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Contents: August 2005, Volume 187, Issue 16        Meeting Review        Structural Biology        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Population Genetics and Evolution        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Plant Microbiology        Genomics and Proteomics        Microbial Cell Biology        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Gene Regulation        Physiology and Metabolism        Signal Transduction        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Enzymes and Proteins

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Meeting Review:

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Decoding Microbial Chatter: Cell-Cell Communication in Bacteria Karen L. Visick and Clay Fuqua J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5507-5519; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structural Biology:

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Crystal Structure of the Bacterial YhcH Protein Indicates a Role in Sialic Acid Catabolism Alexey Teplyakov, Galina Obmolova, John Toedt, Michael Y. Galperin, and Gary L. Gilliland J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5520-5527; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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The Bacteriophage P1 hot Gene Product Can Substitute for the Escherichia coli DNA Polymerase III Subunit Anna K. Chikova and Roel M. Schaaper J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5528-5536; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Evolution and Molecular Phylogeny of Listeria monocytogenes Isolated from Human and Animal Listeriosis Cases and Foods K. K. Nightingale, K. Windham, and M. Wiedmann J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5537-5551; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Analysis of Pasteuria penetrans by Use of Multiple Genetic Loci Lauren Charles, Ignazio Carbone, Keith G. Davies, David Bird, Mark Burke, Brian R. Kerry, and Charles H. Opperman J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5700-5708; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Methanol-Dependent Gene Expression Demonstrates that Methyl-Coenzyme M Reductase Is Essential in Methanosarcina acetivorans C2A and Allows Isolation of Mutants with Defects in Regulation of the Methanol Utilization Pathway Michael Rother, Paolo Boccazzi, Arpita Bose, Matthew A. Pritchett, and W. W. Metcalf J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5552-5559; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coordinated Replication and Sequestration of oriC and dnaA Are Required for Maintaining Controlled Once-per-Cell-Cycle Initiation in Escherichia coli Leise Riber and Anders Løbner-Olesen J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5605-5613; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Bacteriophage 434 Repressor Dimer Preferentially Undergoes Autoproteolysis by an Intramolecular Mechanism Barbara C. McCabe, David R. Pawlowski, and Gerald B. Koudelka J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5624-5630; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Borrelia burgdorferi Linear Plasmid 25 in Infection of Ixodes scapularis Ticks Keith O. Strother and Aravinda de Silva J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5776-5781; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Leptospira interrogans lexA Gene Is Not Autoregulated Jordi Cuñé, Paul Cullen, Gerard Mazon, Susana Campoy, Ben Adler, and Jordi Barbe J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5841-5845; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Upstream Migration of Xylella fastidiosa via Pilus-Driven Twitching Motility Yizhi Meng, Yaxin Li, Cheryl D. Galvani, Guixia Hao, James N. Turner, Thomas J. Burr, and H. C. Hoch J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5560-5567; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Swine and Poultry Pathogens: the Complete Genome Sequences of Two Strains of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and a Strain of Mycoplasma synoviae Ana Tereza R. Vasconcelos, Henrique B. Ferreira, Cristiano V. Bizarro, Sandro L. Bonatto, Marcos O. Carvalho, Paulo M. Pinto, Darcy F. Almeida, Luiz G. P. Almeida, Rosana Almeida, Leonardo Alves-Filho, Enedina N. Assunção, Vasco A. C. Azevedo, Maurício R. Bogo, Marcelo M. Brigido, Marcelo Brocchi, Helio A. Burity, Anamaria A. Camargo, Sandro S. Camargo, Marta S. Carepo, Dirce M. Carraro, Júlio C. de Mattos Cascardo, Luiza A. Castro, Gisele Cavalcanti, Gustavo Chemale, Rosane G. Collevatti, Cristina W. Cunha, Bruno Dallagiovanna, Bibiana P. Dambrós, Odir A. Dellagostin, Clarissa Falcão, Fabiana Fantinatti-Garboggini, Maria S. S. Felipe, Laurimar Fiorentin, Gloria R. Franco, Nara S. A. Freitas, Diego Frías, Thalles B. Grangeiro, Edmundo C. Grisard, Claudia T. Guimarães, Mariangela Hungria, Sílvia N. Jardim, Marco A. Krieger, Jomar P. Laurino, Lucymara F. A. Lima, Maryellen I. Lopes, Élgion L. S. Loreto, Humberto M. F. Madeira, Gilson P. Manfio, Andrea Q. Maranhão, Christyanne T. Martinkovics, Sílvia R. B. Medeiros, Miguel A. M. Moreira, Márcia Neiva, Cicero E. Ramalho-Neto, Marisa F. Nicolás, Sergio C. Oliveira, Roger F. C. Paixão, Fábio O. Pedrosa, Sérgio D. J. Pena, Maristela Pereira, Lilian Pereira-Ferrari, Itamar Piffer, Luciano S. Pinto, Deise P. Potrich, Anna C. M. Salim, Fabrício R. Santos, Renata Schmitt, Maria P. C. Schneider, Augusto Schrank, Irene S. Schrank, Adriana F. Schuck, Hector N. Seuanez, Denise W. Silva, Rosane Silva, Sérgio C. Silva, Célia M. A. Soares, Kelly R. L. Souza, Rangel C. Souza, Charley C. Staats, Maria B. R. Steffens, Santuza M. R. Teixeira, Turan P. Urmenyi, Marilene H. Vainstein, Luciana W. Zuccherato, Andrew J. G. Simpson, and Arnaldo Zaha J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5568-5577; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proteomic Analysis of Global Changes in Protein Expression during Bile Salt Exposure of Bifidobacterium longum NCIMB 8809 Borja Sánchez, Marie-Christine Champomier-Vergès, Patricia Anglade, Fabienne Baraige, Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán, Abelardo Margolles, and Monique Zagorec J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5799-5808; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expanded Metabolic Reconstruction of Helicobacter pylori (iIT341 GSM/GPR): an In Silico Genome-Scale Characterization of Single- and Double-Deletion Mutants Ines Thiele, Thuy D. Vo, Nathan D. Price, and Bernhard Ø. Palsson J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5818-5830; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Identification of a 123-Kilodalton Protein (Gli123) Involved in Machinery for Gliding Motility of Mycoplasma mobile Atsuko Uenoyama and Makoto Miyata J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5578-5584; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

FliG Subunit Arrangement in the Flagellar Rotor Probed by Targeted Cross-Linking Bryan J. Lowder, Mark D. Duyvesteyn, and David F. Blair J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5640-5647; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Localization of SpoVAD to the Inner Membrane of Spores of Bacillus subtilis Venkata Ramana Vepachedu and Peter Setlow J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5677-5682; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Large First Periplasmic Loop of SecD and SecF Plays an Important Role in SecDF Functioning Nico Nouwen, Magdalena Piwowarek, Greetje Berrelkamp, and Arnold J. M. Driessen J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5857-5860; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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The agr Radiation: an Early Event in the Evolution of Staphylococci Jesse S. Wright, III, Katrina E. Traber, Rebecca Corrigan, Sarah A. Benson, James M. Musser, and Richard P. Novick J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5585-5594; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Lipopolysaccharide of Brucella abortus BvrS/BvrR Mutants Contains Lipid A Modifications and Has Higher Affinity for Bactericidal Cationic Peptides Lorea Manterola, Ignacio Moriyón, Edgardo Moreno, Alberto Sola-Landa, David S. Weiss, Michel H. J. Koch, Jörg Howe, Klaus Brandenburg, and Ignacio López-Goñi J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5631-5639; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interactions between Partner Switcher Orthologs BtrW and BtrV Regulate Type III Secretion in Bordetella Natalia A. Kozak, Seema Mattoo, Amy K. Foreman-Wykert, Julian P. Whitelegge, and Jeff F. Miller J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5665-5676; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of a Widespread, Pathogenic, and Antibiotic Resistance-Receptive Enterococcus faecalis Lineage and Dissemination of Its Putative Pathogenicity Island Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy, Huang Wenxiang, George M. Weinstock, and Barbara E. Murray J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5709-5718; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Carboxyl-Terminal Protease Regulates Brucella suis Morphology in Culture and Persistence in Macrophages and Mice Aloka B. Bandara, Nammalwar Sriranganathan, Gerhardt G. Schurig, and Stephen M. Boyle J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5767-5775; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Protein Kinase G in Growth and Glutamine Metabolism of Mycobacterium bovis BCG Liem Nguyen, Anne Walburger, Edith Houben, Anil Koul, Stefan Muller, Monika Morbitzer, Bert Klebl, Giorgio Ferrari, and Jean Pieters J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5852-5856; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Transcriptional Control by A-Factor of strR, the Pathway-Specific Transcriptional Activator for Streptomycin Biosynthesis in Streptomyces griseus Ayami Tomono, Yisan Tsai, Haruka Yamazaki, Yasuo Ohnishi, and Sueharu Horinouchi J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5595-5604; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CtsR Is the Master Regulator of Stress Response Gene Expression in Oenococcus oeni Cosette Grandvalet, Françoise Coucheney, Charlotte Beltramo, and Jean Guzzo J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5614-5623; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

FpvIR Control of fpvA Ferric Pyoverdine Receptor Gene Expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Demonstration of an Interaction between FpvI and FpvR and Identification of Mutations in Each Compromising This Interaction Gyula Alan Rédly and Keith Poole J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5648-5657; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of finP Transcription by DNA Adenine Methylation in the Virulence Plasmid of Salmonella enterica Eva M. Camacho, Ana Serna, Cristina Madrid, Silvia Marqués, Raúl Fernández, Fernando de la Cruz, Antonio Juárez, and Josep Casadesús J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5691-5699; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Escherichia coli CpxA-CpxR Envelope Stress Response System Regulates Expression of the Porins OmpF and OmpC Eric Batchelor, Don Walthers, Linda J. Kenney, and Mark Goulian J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5723-5731; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Excision Genes of the Bacteroides Conjugative Transposon CTnDOT Kyung Moon, Nadja B. Shoemaker, Jeffrey F. Gardner, and Abigail A. Salyers J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5732-5741; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rv2358 and FurB: Two Transcriptional Regulators from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Which Respond to Zinc Fabio Canneva, Manuela Branzoni, Giovanna Riccardi, Roberta Provvedi, and Anna Milano J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5837-5840; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Role of RsbV, RsbW, and RsbY in Regulating B Activity in Bacillus cereus Willem van Schaik, Marcel H. Tempelaars, Marcel H. Zwietering, Willem M. de Vos, and Tjakko Abee J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5846-5851; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Shigella dysenteriae ShuS Promotes Utilization of Heme as an Iron Source and Protects against Heme Toxicity Elizabeth E. Wyckoff, Gregory F. Lopreato, Kimberly A. Tipton, and Shelley M. Payne J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5658-5664; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rickettsial metK-Encoded Methionine Adenosyltransferase Expression in an Escherichia coli metK Deletion Strain Lonnie O. Driskell, Aimee M. Tucker, Herbert H. Winkler, and David O. Wood J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5719-5722; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Helicobacter pylori Flagellar Hook-Filament Transition Is Controlled by a FliK Functional Homolog Encoded by the Gene HP0906 Kieran A. Ryan, Najma Karim, Mulugeta Worku, Charles W. Penn, and Paul W. O'Toole J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5742-5750; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Carbon-Concentrating Mechanism of the Hydrothermal Vent Chemolithoautotroph Thiomicrospira crunogena Kimberly P. Dobrinski, Dana L. Longo, and Kathleen M. Scott J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5761-5766; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conversion of Methylglyoxal to Acetol by Escherichia coli Aldo-Keto Reductases Junsang Ko, Insook Kim, Seokho Yoo, Bumchan Min, Kyungmin Kim, and Chankyu Park J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5782-5789; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Important Role for Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase in the Oxidative Stress Response of Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli Paiboon Vattanaviboon, Chotirote Seeanukun, Wirongrong Whangsuk, Supa Utamapongchai, and Skorn Mongkolsuk J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5831-5836; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Biochemical Characterization of RssA-RssB, a Two-Component Signal Transduction System Regulating Swarming Behavior in Serratia marcescens Jun-Rong Wei, Yu-Huan Tsai, Po-Chi Soo, Yu-Tze Horng, Shang-Chen Hsieh, Shen-Wu Ho, and Hsin-Chih Lai J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5683-5690; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Deletion of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis pknH Gene Confers a Higher Bacillary Load during the Chronic Phase of Infection in BALB/c Mice K. G. Papavinasasundaram, Bosco Chan, Ji-Hae Chung, M. Joseph Colston, Elaine O. Davis, and Yossef Av-Gay J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5751-5760; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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SarA Positively Controls Bap-Dependent Biofilm Formation in Staphylococcus aureus María Pilar Trotonda, Adhar C. Manna, Ambrose L. Cheung, Iñigo Lasa, and José R. Penadés J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5790-5798; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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The pnhA Gene of Pasteurella multocida Encodes a Dinucleoside Oligophosphate Pyrophosphatase Member of the Nudix Hydrolase Superfamily Tonia Urick, Chien I-Chang, Ellen Arena, WenLian Xu, Maurice J. Bessman, and Carmel G. Ruffolo J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5809-5817; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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