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Contents: December 2009, Volume 191, Issue 24

       Commentary

       Microbial Cell Biology

       Genetics and Molecular Biology

       Enzymes and Proteins

       Gene Regulation

       Physiology and Metabolism

       Plant Microbiology

       Computational Biology

       Molecular Biology of Pathogens

       Genomics and Proteomics

       Structural Biology

       Population Genetics and Evolution

       Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids

       Genome Announcements

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Commentary:

FtsN—Trigger for Septation
Joe Lutkenhaus
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7381-7382; published ahead of print October 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.01100-09
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Microbial Cell Biology:

Self-Enhanced Accumulation of FtsN at Division Sites and Roles for Other Proteins with a SPOR Domain (DamX, DedD, and RlpA) in Escherichia coli Cell Constriction
Matthew A. Gerding, Bing Liu, Felipe O. Bendezú, Cynthia A. Hale, Thomas G. Bernhardt, and Piet A. J. de Boer
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7383-7401; published ahead of print August 14, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.00811-09
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Dynamics of Two Phosphorelays Controlling Cell Cycle Progression in Caulobacter crescentus
Y. Erin Chen, Christos G. Tsokos, Emanuele G. Biondi, Barrett S. Perchuk, and Michael T. Laub
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7417-7429; published ahead of print September 25, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.00992-09
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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Structure/Function Analysis of the Pantoea stewartii Quorum-Sensing Regulator EsaR as an Activator of Transcription
Daniel J. Schu, Aurelien L. Carlier, Katherine P. Jamison, Susanne von Bodman, and Ann M. Stevens
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7402-7409; published ahead of print October 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.00994-09
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Polyphosphate Accumulation in Escherichia coli in Response to Defects in DNA Metabolism
Luciana Amado and Andrei Kuzminov
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7410-7416; published ahead of print October 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.01138-09
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A lipA (yutB) Mutant, Encoding Lipoic Acid Synthase, Provides Insight into the Interplay between Branched-Chain and Unsaturated Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis
Natalia Martin, Esteban Lombardía, Silvia G. Altabe, Diego de Mendoza, and María C. Mansilla
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7447-7455; published ahead of print October 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.01160-09
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Roles of the Bacillus anthracis Spore Protein ExsK in Exosporium Maturation and Germination
Kari M. Severson, Michael Mallozzi, Joel Bozue, Susan L. Welkos, Christopher K. Cote, Katherine L. Knight, and Adam Driks
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7587-7596; published ahead of print October 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.01110-09
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Structural and Genetic Analysis of X-Ray Scattering by Spores of Bacillus subtilis
Xiangyun Qiu and Peter Setlow
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7620-7622; published ahead of print October 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.01200-09
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Enzymes and Proteins:

Functional and Biochemical Analysis of the Chlamydia trachomatis Ligase MurE
Delphine Patin, Julieanne Bostock, Didier Blanot, Dominique Mengin-Lecreulx, and Ian Chopra
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7430-7435; published ahead of print October 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.01029-09
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis PhoP Recognizes Two Adjacent Direct-Repeat Sequences To Form Head-to-Head Dimers
Sankalp Gupta, Anuj Pathak, Akesh Sinha, and Dibyendu Sarkar
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7466-7476; published ahead of print October 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.00669-09
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FadD from Pseudomonas putida CA-3 Is a True Long-Chain Fatty Acyl Coenzyme A Synthetase That Activates Phenylalkanoic and Alkanoic Acids
Aisling R. Hume, Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic, and Kevin E. O'Connor
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7554-7565; published ahead of print October 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.01016-09
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Structure-Function Analysis of Escherichia coli MnmG (GidA), a Highly Conserved tRNA-Modifying Enzyme
Rong Shi, Magda Villarroya, Rafael Ruiz-Partida, Yunge Li, Ariane Proteau, Silvia Prado, Ismaïl Moukadiri, Alfonso Benítez-Páez, Rodrigo Lomas, John Wagner, Allan Matte, Adrián Velázquez-Campoy, M.-Eugenia Armengod, and Miroslaw Cygler
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7614-7619; published ahead of print October 2, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.00650-09
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Gene Regulation:

Growth Phase and (p)ppGpp Control of IraD, a Regulator of RpoS Stability, in Escherichia coli
Houra Merrikh, Alexander E. Ferrazzoli, and Susan T. Lovett
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7436-7446; published ahead of print October 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.00412-09
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An SOS-Regulated Type 2 Toxin-Antitoxin System
Larissa A. Singletary, Janet L. Gibson, Elizabeth J. Tanner, Gregory J. McKenzie, Peter L. Lee, Caleb Gonzalez, and Susan M. Rosenberg
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7456-7465; published ahead of print October 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.00963-09
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Physiology and Metabolism:

A Comprehensive Analysis of the Peroxiredoxin Reduction System in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 Reveals that All Five Peroxiredoxins Are Thioredoxin Dependent
María Esther Pérez-Pérez, Alejandro Mata-Cabana, Ana María Sánchez-Riego, Marika Lindahl, and Francisco J. Florencio
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7477-7489; published ahead of print October 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.00831-09
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Global Effects of Inactivation of the Pyruvate Kinase Gene in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex
Sivagamisundaram Chavadi, Esen Wooff, Nicholas G. Coldham, Manjula Sritharan, R. Glyn Hewinson, Stephen V. Gordon, and Paul R. Wheeler
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7545-7553; published ahead of print October 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.00619-09
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Plant Microbiology:

Importance of Trehalose Biosynthesis for Sinorhizobium meliloti Osmotolerance and Nodulation of Alfalfa Roots
Ana Domínguez-Ferreras, María J. Soto, Rebeca Pérez-Arnedo, José Olivares, and Juan Sanjuán
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7490-7499; published ahead of print October 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.00725-09
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Deletion of Citrate Synthase Restores Growth of Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 Aconitase Mutants
Uriel Koziol, Luciana Hannibal, María Cecilia Rodríguez, Elena Fabiano, Michael L. Kahn, and Francisco Noya
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7581-7586; published ahead of print October 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.00777-09
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Computational Biology:

Pathway Evolution by Horizontal Transfer and Positive Selection Is Accommodated by Relaxed Negative Selection upon Upstream Pathway Genes in Purple Bacterial Carotenoid Biosynthesis
Jonathan L. Klassen
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7500-7508; published ahead of print October 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.01060-09
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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

Outer Membrane Machinery and Alginate Synthesis Regulators Control Membrane Vesicle Production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Yosuke Tashiro, Ryosuke Sakai, Masanori Toyofuku, Isao Sawada, Toshiaki Nakajima-Kambe, Hiroo Uchiyama, and Nobuhiko Nomura
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7509-7519; published ahead of print October 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.00722-09
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Genomics and Proteomics:

Diamide Triggers Mainly S Thiolations in the Cytoplasmic Proteomes of Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus
Dierk-Christoph Pöther, Manuel Liebeke, Falko Hochgräfe, Haike Antelmann, Dörte Becher, Michael Lalk, Ulrike Lindequist, Ilya Borovok, Gerald Cohen, Yair Aharonowitz, and Michael Hecker
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7520-7530; published ahead of print October 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.00937-09
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Structural Biology:

Structural Plasticity and Distinct Drug-Binding Modes of LfrR, a Mycobacterial Efflux Pump Regulator
Marco Bellinzoni, Silvia Buroni, Francis Schaeffer, Giovanna Riccardi, Edda De Rossi, and Pedro M. Alzari
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7531-7537; published ahead of print October 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.00631-09
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Solution Structure, Determined by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, of the b30-82 Domain of Subunit b of Escherichia coli F₁F_o ATP Synthase
Ragunathan Priya, Goran Biukovic, Shovanlal Gayen, Subramanian Vivekanandan, and Gerhard Grüber
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7538-7544; published ahead of print October 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.00540-09
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Cryo-Electron Tomography Elucidates the Molecular Architecture of Treponema pallidum, the Syphilis Spirochete
Jacques Izard, Christian Renken, Chyong-Ere Hsieh, Daniel C. Desrosiers, Star Dunham-Ems, Carson La Vake, Linda L. Gebhardt, Ronald J. Limberger, David L. Cox, Michael Marko, and Justin D. Radolf
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7566-7580; published ahead of print October 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.01031-09
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Crystal Structure of Adenylylsulfate Reductase from Desulfovibrio gigas Suggests a Potential Self-Regulation Mechanism Involving the C Terminus of the β-Subunit
Yuan-Lan Chiang, Yin-Cheng Hsieh, Jou-Yin Fang, En-Hong Liu, Yen-Chieh Huang, Phimonphan Chuankhayan, Jeyaraman Jeyakanthan, Ming-Yih Liu, Sunney I. Chan, and Chun-Jung Chen
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7597-7608; published ahead of print October 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.00583-09
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Population Genetics and Evolution:

A Typhus Group-Specific Protease Defies Reductive Evolution in Rickettsiae
Nicole C. Ammerman, Joseph J. Gillespie, Andrew F. Neuwald, Bruno W. Sobral, and Abdu F. Azad
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7609-7613; published ahead of print October 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.01077-09
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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

Tn917 Targets the Region Where DNA Replication Terminates in Bacillus subtilis, Highlighting a Difference in Chromosome Processing in the Firmicutes
Qiaojuan Shi, Jose C. Huguet-Tapia, and Joseph E. Peters
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7623-7627; published ahead of print October 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.01023-09
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Genome Announcements:

Draft Genome Sequences of Yersinia pestis Isolates from Natural Foci of Endemic Plague in China
Mark Eppinger, Zhaobiao Guo, Yinong Sebastian, Yajun Song, Luther E. Lindler, Ruifu Yang, and Jacques Ravel
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7628-7629; published ahead of print October 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.01227-09
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Complete Genome Sequence of the Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus ATCC 53103
Hidetoshi Morita, Hidehiro Toh, Kenshiro Oshima, Masaru Murakami, Todd D. Taylor, Shizunobu Igimi, and Masahira Hattori
J. Bacteriol. December 2009 191: 7630-7631; published ahead of print October 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JB.01287-09
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