Table of Contents

May 15, 2007; Volume 189,Issue 10

Guest Commentaries

GUEST COMMENTARY
Novel Links between Antibiotic Resistance and Antibiotic Production
Justin R. Nodwell

Genetics and Molecular Biology

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
A Novel Fur- and Iron-Regulated Small RNA, NrrF, Is Required for Indirect Fur-Mediated Regulation of the sdhA and sdhC Genes in Neisseria meningitidis
J. R. Mellin, Sulip Goswami, Susan Grogan, Brian Tjaden, Caroline A. Genco
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Identification and Characterization of Genes Encoding a Putative ABC-Type Transporter Essential for Utilization of γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane in Sphingobium japonicum UT26
Ryo Endo, Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Masataka Tsuda, Yuji Nagata
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Functional Complementation of the Essential Gene fabG1 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Mycobacterium smegmatis fabG but Not Escherichia coli fabG
Tanya Parish, Gretta Roberts, Francoise Laval, Merrill Schaeffer, Mamadou Daffé, Ken Duncan
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
The SsrA-SmpB Ribosome Rescue System Is Important for Growth of Bacillus subtilis at Low and High Temperatures
Ji-Hyun Shin, Chester W. Price
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Expression Analysis of Multiple dnaK Genes in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942
Masumi Sato, Kaori Nimura-Matsune, Satoru Watanabe, Taku Chibazakura, Hirofumi Yoshikawa
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Mutations in rsmG, Encoding a 16S rRNA Methyltransferase, Result in Low-Level Streptomycin Resistance and Antibiotic Overproduction in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)
Kenji Nishimura, Takeshi Hosaka, Shinji Tokuyama, Susumu Okamoto, Kozo Ochi

Molecular Biology of Pathogens

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Differential Bvg Phase-Dependent Regulation and Combinatorial Role in Pathogenesis of Two Bordetella Paralogs, BipA and BcfA
Neelima Sukumar, Meenu Mishra, Gina Parise Sloan, Tomoo Ogi, Rajendar Deora
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Error-Prone DNA Repair System in Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Identified by Subtractive Hybridization
Lucy M. Joo, Louissa R. Macfarlane-Smith, Iruka N. Okeke
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Genetic Analysis of Helicobacter pylori Strain Populations Colonizing the Stomach at Different Times Postinfection
Nina R. Salama, Gerardo Gonzalez-Valencia, Brooke Deatherage, Francisco Aviles-Jimenez, John C. Atherton, David Y. Graham, Javier Torres
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Biofilms Formed by Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae In Vivo Contain both Double-Stranded DNA and Type IV Pilin Protein
Joseph A. Jurcisek, Lauren O. Bakaletz

Gene Regulation

GENE REGULATION
Regulation of Arsenate Resistance in Desulfovibrio desulfuricans G20 by an arsRBCC Operon and an arsC Gene
Xiangkai Li, Lee R. Krumholz
GENE REGULATION
Regulation of dev, an Operon That Includes Genes Essential for Myxococcus xanthus Development and CRISPR-Associated Genes and Repeats
Poorna Viswanathan, Kimberly Murphy, Bryan Julien, Anthony G. Garza, Lee Kroos
GENE REGULATION
Integrated Response to Inducers by Communication between a Catabolic Pathway and Its Regulatory System
Olga Martínez-Pérez, Aroa López-Sánchez, Francisca Reyes-Ramírez, Belén Floriano, Eduardo Santero
GENE REGULATION
Regulation of Hydrogen Peroxide-Dependent Gene Expression in Rhodobacter sphaeroides: Regulatory Functions of OxyR
Tanja Zeller, Mobarak A. Mraheil, Oleg V. Moskvin, Kuanyu Li, Mark Gomelsky, Gabriele Klug
GENE REGULATION
Transcription Activation Mediated by a Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein from Thermus thermophilus HB8
Akeo Shinkai, Satoshi Kira, Noriko Nakagawa, Aiko Kashihara, Seiki Kuramitsu, Shigeyuki Yokoyama

Physiology and Metabolism

PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Degradation of Alkyl Methyl Ketones by Pseudomonas veronii MEK700
Christina Onaca, Martin Kieninger, Karl-H. Engesser, Josef Altenbuchner
PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Biosynthesis of Isoprenoid Wax Ester in Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus DSM 8798: Identification and Characterization of Isoprenoid Coenzyme A Synthetase and Wax Ester Synthases
Erik Holtzapple, Claudia Schmidt-Dannert
PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Heterologous Expression and Identification of the Genes Involved in Anaerobic Degradation of 1,3-Dihydroxybenzene (Resorcinol) in Azoarcus anaerobius
Paula I. Darley, Jutta A. Hellstern, Javier I. Medina-Bellver, Silvia Marqués, Bernhard Schink, Bodo Philipp
PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Quinone Reduction by the Na⁺-Translocating NADH Dehydrogenase Promotes Extracellular Superoxide Production in Vibrio cholerae
Po-Chi Lin, Karin Türk, Claudia C. Häse, Günter Fritz, Julia Steuber

Microbial Cell Biology

Microbial Cell Biology
XphA/XqhA, a Novel GspCD Subunit for Type II Secretion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Gérard P. F. Michel, Eric Durand, Alain Filloux
Microbial Cell Biology
Glycine Residues in the Hydrophobic Core of the GspB Signal Sequence Route Export toward the Accessory Sec Pathway
Barbara A. Bensing, Ian R. Siboo, Paul M. Sullam
Microbial Cell Biology
Septum-Localized Protein Required for Filament Integrity and Diazotrophy in the Heterocyst-Forming Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
Enrique Flores, Rafael Pernil, Alicia M. Muro-Pastor, Vicente Mariscal, Iris Maldener, Sigal Lechno-Yossef, Qing Fan, C. Peter Wolk, Antonia Herrero

Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids

Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids
TraY and Integration Host Factor oriT Binding Sites and F Conjugal Transfer: Sequence Variations, but Not Altered Spacing, Are Tolerated
Sarah L. Williams, Joel F. Schildbach
Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids
Interaction of Related Tn916-Like Transposons: Analysis of Excision Events Promoted by Tn916 and Tn5386 Integrases
Louis B. Rice, Lenore L. Carias, Rebecca Hutton-Thomas, Susan Rudin
Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids
Target Site Selection of Pseudomonas putida Transposon Tn4652
Paula Ann Kivistik, Maia Kivisaar, Rita Hõrak

Genomics and Proteomics

Genomics and Proteomics
Complete Nucleotide Sequence of the 113-Kilobase Linear Catabolic Plasmid pAL1 of Arthrobacter nitroguajacolicus Rü61a and Transcriptional Analysis of Genes Involved in Quinaldine Degradation
Katja Parschat, Jörg Overhage, Axel W. Strittmatter, Anke Henne, Gerhard Gottschalk, Susanne Fetzner
Genomics and Proteomics
MarT Activates Expression of the MisL Autotransporter Protein of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium
Çagla Tükel, Mustafa Akçelik, Maarten F. de Jong, Ömer Şimşek, Renée M. Tsolis, Andreas J. Bäumler
Genomics and Proteomics
Identification of the l,d-Transpeptidases Responsible for Attachment of the Braun Lipoprotein to Escherichia coli Peptidoglycan
Sophie Magnet, Samuel Bellais, Lionel Dubost, Martine Fourgeaud, Jean-Luc Mainardi, Sébastien Petit-Frère, Arul Marie, Dominique Mengin-Lecreulx, Michel Arthur, Laurent Gutmann

Errata

Erratum
Mutagenesis and Repair in Bacillus anthracis: the Effect of Mutators
Krystle Ziebell, Sharon Aguila, Vivian Yan Shi, Andrea Chan, Hanjing Yang, Jeffrey H. Miller
Erratum
N-Acetylanthranilate Amidase from Arthrobacter nitroguajacolicus Rü61a, an α/β-Hydrolase-Fold Protein Active towards Aryl-Acylamides and -Esters, and Properties of Its Cysteine-Deficient Variant
Stephan Kolkenbrock, Katja Parschat, Bernd Beermann, Hans-Jürgen Hinz, Susanne Fetzner
Erratum
RR06 Activates Transcription of spr1996 and cbpA in Streptococcus pneumoniae
Zhuo Ma, Jing-Ren Zhang