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Research Articles

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  RNase III Processing of rRNA in the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi

  Melissa L. Anacker, Dan Drecktrah, Richard D. LeCoultre, Meghan Lybecker, D. Scott Samuels
• Research Article | Spotlight

  YtfB, an OapA Domain-Containing Protein, Is a New Cell Division Protein in Escherichia coli

  Matthew A. Jorgenson, Kevin D. Young
• Research Article | Spotlight

  Substrate Specificities and Efflux Efficiencies of RND Efflux Pumps of Acinetobacter baumannii

  Inga V. Leus, Jon W. Weeks, Vincent Bonifay, Lauren Smith, Sophie Richardson, Helen I. Zgurskaya
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  Three Substrains of the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 Display Divergence in Genomic Sequences and hetC Function

  Yali Wang, Yuan Gao, Chao Li, Hong Gao, Cheng-Cai Zhang, Xudong Xu
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  A Complex Mechanism Involving LysR and TetR/AcrR That Regulates Iron Scavenger Biosynthesis in Pseudomonas donghuensis HYS

  Min Chen, Panning Wang, Zhixiong Xie
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  DdrI, a cAMP Receptor Protein Family Member, Acts as a Major Regulator for Adaptation of Deinococcus radiodurans to Various Stresses

  Laura Meyer, Geneviève Coste, Suzanne Sommer, Jacques Oberto, Fabrice Confalonieri, Pascale Servant, Cécile Pasternak
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  Increased Isoprenoid Quinone Concentration Modulates Membrane Fluidity in Listeria monocytogenes at Low Growth Temperatures

  Waldemar Seel, Alexander Flegler, Marija Zunabovic-Pichler, André Lipski
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  Forespore Targeting of SpoVD in Bacillus subtilis Is Mediated by the N-Terminal Part of the Protein

  Margareth Sidarta, Dongdong Li, Lars Hederstedt, Ewa Bukowska-Faniband
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  Research Article

  d-Alanyl-d-Alanine Ligase as a Broad-Host-Range Counterselection Marker in Vancomycin-Resistant Lactic Acid Bacteria

  Shenwei Zhang, Jee-Hwan Oh, Laura M. Alexander, Mustafa Özçam, Jan-Peter van Pijkeren
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  Important Late-Stage Symbiotic Role of the Sinorhizobium meliloti Exopolysaccharide Succinoglycan

  Markus F. F. Arnold, Jon Penterman, Mohammed Shabab, Esther J. Chen, Graham C. Walker
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  GntR Family Regulator DasR Controls Acetate Assimilation by Directly Repressing the acsA Gene in Saccharopolyspora erythraea

  Di You, Bai-Qing Zhang, Bang-Ce Ye
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  Domains within RbpA Serve Specific Functional Roles That Regulate the Expression of Distinct Mycobacterial Gene Subsets

  Jerome Prusa, Drake Jensen, Gustavo Santiago-Collazo, Steven S. Pope, Ashley L. Garner, Justin J. Miller, Ana Ruiz Manzano, Eric A. Galburt, Christina L. Stallings