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March 1, 2014; Volume 196,Issue 5

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Functional Genetic Analysis of the GarML Gene Cluster in Lactococcus garvieae DCC43 Gives New Insights into Circular Bacteriocin Biosynthesis
Christina Gabrielsen, Dag A. Brede, Zhian Salehian, Ingolf F. Nes, Dzung B. Diep
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Comparative Phylogenomics and Evolution of the Brucellae Reveal a Path to Virulence
Alice R. Wattam, Jeffrey T. Foster, Shrinivasrao P. Mane, Stephen M. Beckstrom-Sternberg, James M. Beckstrom-Sternberg, Allan W. Dickerman, Paul Keim, Talima Pearson, Maulik Shukla, Doyle V. Ward, Kelly P. Williams, Bruno W. Sobral, Renee M. Tsolis, Adrian M. Whatmore, David O'Callaghan
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Type 1 Fimbriae Contribute to Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Caused by Escherichia coli
Andreas Reisner, Mario Maierl, Michael Jörger, Robert Krause, Daniela Berger, Andrea Haid, Dijana Tesic, Ellen L. Zechner
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Genome Sequence-Based Discriminator for Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus
Lavanya Rishishwar, Robert A. Petit, Colleen S. Kraft, I. King Jordan
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Nitrate Assimilation Contributes to Ralstonia solanacearum Root Attachment, Stem Colonization, and Virulence
Beth L. Dalsing, Caitilyn Allen
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Flavobacterium johnsoniae Chitinase ChiA Is Required for Chitin Utilization and Is Secreted by the Type IX Secretion System
Sampada S. Kharade, Mark J. McBride
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The Giant Protein Ebh Is a Determinant of Staphylococcus aureus Cell Size and Complement Resistance
Alice G. Cheng, Dominique Missiakas, Olaf Schneewind
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Addition of Escherichia coli K-12 Growth Observation and Gene Essentiality Data to the EcoCyc Database
Amanda Mackie, Suzanne Paley, Ingrid M. Keseler, Alexander Shearer, Ian T. Paulsen, Peter D. Karp
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Transformation of Chlamydia muridarum Reveals a Role for Pgp5 in Suppression of Plasmid-Dependent Gene Expression
Yuanjun Liu, Chaoqun Chen, Siqi Gong, Shuping Hou, Manli Qi, Quanzhong Liu, Joel Baseman, Guangming Zhong
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Intracellular Locations of Replication Proteins and the Origin of Replication during Chromosome Duplication in the Slowly Growing Human Pathogen Helicobacter pylori
Atul Sharma, Mohammad Kamran, Vijay Verma, Santanu Dasgupta, Suman Kumar Dhar
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Functional Characterization of Osmotically Inducible Protein C (MG_427) from Mycoplasma genitalium
Wenbo Zhang, Joel B. Baseman
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The LuxR-Type Regulator VpsT Negatively Controls the Transcription of rpoS, Encoding the General Stress Response Regulator, in Vibrio cholerae Biofilms
Hongxia Wang, Julio C. Ayala, Jorge A. Benitez, Anisia J. Silva
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Quorum-Dependent Mannopine-Inducible Conjugative Transfer of an Agrobacterium Opine-Catabolic Plasmid
Margaret E. Wetzel, Kun-Soo Kim, Marilyn Miller, Gary J. Olsen, Stephen K. Farrand
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Spore Germination Mediated by Bacillus megaterium QM B1551 SleL and YpeB
Fatma Işık Üstok, Len C. Packman, Christopher R. Lowe, Graham Christie
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Identification in Haloferax volcanii of Phosphomevalonate Decarboxylase and Isopentenyl Phosphate Kinase as Catalysts of the Terminal Enzyme Reactions in an Archaeal Alternate Mevalonate Pathway
John C. VanNice, D. Andrew Skaff, Andrew Keightley, James K. Addo, Gerald J. Wyckoff, Henry M. Miziorko
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Identification of a 5′-Deoxyadenosine Deaminase in Methanocaldococcus jannaschii and Its Possible Role in Recycling the Radical S-Adenosylmethionine Enzyme Reaction Product 5′-Deoxyadenosine
Danielle Miller, Kaitlin O'Brien, Huimin Xu, Robert H. White
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Comparative Analysis of the Full Genome of Helicobacter pylori Isolate Sahul64 Identifies Genes of High Divergence
Wei Lu, Michael J. Wise, Chin Yen Tay, Helen M. Windsor, Barry J. Marshall, Christopher Peacock, Tim Perkins
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The Sensor Kinase DctS Forms a Tripartite Sensor Unit with DctB and DctA for Sensing C₄-Dicarboxylates in Bacillus subtilis
Sabrina Graf, Dominik Schmieden, Karolin Tschauner, Sabine Hunke, Gottfried Unden
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Identification of HilD-Regulated Genes in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
Brianna L. Petrone, Anne M. Stringer, Joseph T. Wade
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Evidence for Moonlighting Functions of the θ Subunit of Escherichia coli DNA Polymerase III
M. Dietrich, L. Pedró, J. García, M. Pons, M. Hüttener, S. Paytubi, C. Madrid, A. Juárez
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Expanding the Direct HetR Regulon in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
Patrick Videau, Shuisong Ni, Orion S. Rivers, Blake Ushijima, Erik A. Feldmann, Loralyn M. Cozy, Michael A. Kennedy, Sean M. Callahan
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Identification and Characterization of an Archaeal Kojibiose Catabolic Pathway in the Hyperthermophilic Pyrococcus sp. Strain ST04
Jong-Hyun Jung, Dong-Ho Seo, James F. Holden, Cheon-Seok Park