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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Damian Gawel, Michael D. Hamilton, and Roel M. Schaaper

A Novel Mutator of Escherichia coli Carrying a Defect in the dgt Gene, Encoding a dGTP Triphosphohydrolase
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 6931-6939. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Daniel R. Zeigler, Zoltán Prágai, Sabrina Rodriguez, Bastien Chevreux, Andrea Muffler, Thomas Albert, Renyuan Bai, Markus Wyss, and John B. Perkins

The Origins of 168, W23, and Other Bacillus subtilis Legacy Strains
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 6983-6995. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rita Branco, Ana Paula Chung, Tatiana Johnston, Volkan Gurel, Paula Morais, and Anatoly Zhitkovich

The Chromate-Inducible chrBACF Operon from the Transposable Element TnOtChr Confers Resistance to Chromium(VI) and Superoxide
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 6996-7003. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Miranda L. Asikyan, Julianne V. Kus, and Lori L. Burrows

Novel Proteins That Modulate Type IV Pilus Retraction Dynamics in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7022-7034. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Blair R. G. Gordon, Robin Imperial, Linru Wang, William Wiley Navarre, and Jun Liu

Lsr2 of Mycobacterium Represents a Novel Class of H-NS-Like Proteins
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7052-7059. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Archi Joardar, Priyatansh Gurha, Geena Skariah, and Ramesh Gupta

Box C/D RNA-Guided 2'-O Methylations and the Intron of tRNA^Trp Are Not Essential for the Viability of Haloferax volcanii
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7308-7313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

Jeffrey W. Schertzer and Eric D. Brown

Use of CDP-Glycerol as an Alternate Acceptor for the Teichoic Acid Polymerase Reveals that Membrane Association Regulates Polymer Length
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 6940-6947. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jason Koo, Stephanie Tammam, Shao-Yang Ku, Liliana M. Sampaleanu, Lori L. Burrows, and P. Lynne Howell

PilF Is an Outer Membrane Lipoprotein Required for Multimerization and Localization of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type IV Pilus Secretin
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 6961-6969. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marcus Thein, Ignas Bunikis, Katrin Denker, Christer Larsson, Sally Cutler, Michel Drancourt, Tom G. Schwan, Reinhard Mentele, Friedrich Lottspeich, Sven Bergström, and Roland Benz

Oms38 Is the First Identified Pore-Forming Protein in the Outer Membrane of Relapsing Fever Spirochetes
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7035-7042. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Guillaume Andre, Kees Leenhouts, Pascal Hols, and Yves F. Dufrêne

Detection and Localization of Single LysM-Peptidoglycan Interactions
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7079-7086. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mohd Akif, Garima Khare, Anil K. Tyagi, Shekhar C. Mande, and Abhijit A. Sardesai

Functional Studies of Multiple Thioredoxins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7087-7095. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chen Katz and Eliora Z. Ron

Dual Role of FtsH in Regulating Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthesis in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7117-7122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Akane Miura, Masafumi Kameya, Hiroyuki Arai, Masaharu Ishii, and Yasuo Igarashi

A Soluble NADH-Dependent Fumarate Reductase in the Reductive Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle of Hydrogenobacter thermophilus TK-6
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7170-7177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anita Verma, Anissa M. Cheung, and Drusilla L. Burns

Stabilization of the Pertussis Toxin Secretion Apparatus by the C Terminus of PtlD
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7285-7290. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sanchaita Das, Elizabeth Stivison, Ewa Folta-Stogniew, and Donald Oliver

Reexamination of the Role of the Amino Terminus of SecA in Promoting Its Dimerization and Functional State
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7302-7307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Genomics and Proteomics:

Yoshitoshi Ogura, Hiroyuki Abe, Keisuke Katsura, Ken Kurokawa, Md Asadulghani, Atsushi Iguchi, Tadasuke Ooka, Keisuke Nakayama, Atsushi Yamashita, Masahira Hattori, Toru Tobe, and Tetsuya Hayashi

Systematic Identification and Sequence Analysis of the Genomic Islands of the Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Strain B171-8 by the Combined Use of Whole-Genome PCR Scanning and Fosmid Mapping
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 6948-6960. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gregory D. Wiens, Daniel D. Rockey, Zaining Wu, Jean Chang, Ruth Levy, Samuel Crane, Donald S. Chen, Gina R. Capri, Jeffrey R. Burnett, Ponnerassery S. Sudheesh, Matthew J. Schipma, Henry Burd, Anamitra Bhattacharyya, Linda D. Rhodes, Rajinder Kaul, and Mark S. Strom

Genome Sequence of the Fish Pathogen Renibacterium salmoninarum Suggests Reductive Evolution away from an Environmental Arthrobacter Ancestor
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 6970-6982. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Molecular Biology Of Pathogens:

Gabriella Garufi, Emily Butler, and Dominique Missiakas

ESAT-6-Like Protein Secretion in Bacillus anthracis
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7004-7011. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Christopher M. Stead, Ashley Beasley, Robert J. Cotter, and M. Stephen Trent

Deciphering the Unusual Acylation Pattern of Helicobacter pylori Lipid A
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7012-7021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jesús Gonzalo-Asensio, Carlos Y. Soto, Ainhoa Arbués, Javier Sancho, María del Carmen Menéndez, María J. García, Brigitte Gicquel, and Carlos Martín

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis phoPR Operon Is Positively Autoregulated in the Virulent Strain H37Rv
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7068-7078. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yanpeng Ding, Yoshikuni Onodera, Jean C. Lee, and David C. Hooper

NorB, an Efflux Pump in Staphylococcus aureus Strain MW2, Contributes to Bacterial Fitness in Abscesses
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7123-7129. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Scott E. Battle, Folker Meyer, Jordi Rello, Vanderlene L. Kung, and Alan R. Hauser

Hybrid Pathogenicity Island PAGI-5 Contributes to the Highly Virulent Phenotype of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolate in Mammals
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7130-7140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bayan Al-Dabbagh, Dominique Mengin-Lecreulx, and Ahmed Bouhss

Purification and Characterization of the Bacterial UDP-GlcNAc:Undecaprenyl-Phosphate GlcNAc-1-Phosphate Transferase WecA
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7141-7146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

María Florencia Del Papa and Marta Perego

Ethanolamine Activates a Sensor Histidine Kinase Regulating Its Utilization in Enterococcus faecalis
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7147-7156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Thomas E. Kehl-Fie, Sara E. Miller, and Joseph W. St. Geme, III

Kingella kingae Expresses Type IV Pili That Mediate Adherence to Respiratory Epithelial and Synovial Cells
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7157-7163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Robyn J. Law, Jason N. R. Hamlin, Aida Sivro, Stuart J. McCorrister, Georgina A. Cardama, and Silvia T. Cardona

A Functional Phenylacetic Acid Catabolic Pathway Is Required for Full Pathogenicity of Burkholderia cenocepacia in the Caenorhabditis elegans Host Model
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7209-7218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Melanie Blokesch and Gary K. Schoolnik

The Extracellular Nuclease Dns and Its Role in Natural Transformation of Vibrio cholerae
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7232-7240. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Guoqing Niu, Toshinori Okinaga, Lin Zhu, Jeffrey Banas, Felicia Qi, and Justin Merritt

Characterization of irvR, a Novel Regulator of the irvA-Dependent Pathway Required for Genetic Competence and Dextran-Dependent Aggregation in Streptococcus mutans
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7268-7274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Pattarachai Kiratisin and Sittinee Sanmee

Roles and Interactions of Burkholderia pseudomallei BpsIR Quorum-Sensing System Determinants
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7291-7297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gene Regulation:

John M. Farrow, III, Zoe M. Sund, Matthew L. Ellison, Dana S. Wade, James P. Coleman, and Everett C. Pesci

PqsE Functions Independently of PqsR-Pseudomonas Quinolone Signal and Enhances the rhl Quorum-Sensing System
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7043-7051. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Johannes Amon, Tanja Bräu, Aletta Grimrath, Eva Hänβler, Kristin Hasselt, Martina Höller, Nadja Jeβberger, Lisa Ott, Juraj Szököl, Fritz Titgemeyer, and Andreas Burkovski

Nitrogen Control in Mycobacterium smegmatis: Nitrogen-Dependent Expression of Ammonium Transport and Assimilation Proteins Depends on the OmpR-Type Regulator GlnR
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7108-7116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Masakazu Kataoka, Takeshi Tanaka, Toshiyuki Kohno, and Yusuke Kajiyama

The Carboxyl-Terminal Domain of TraR, a Streptomyces HutC Family Repressor, Functions in Oligomerization
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7164-7169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

R. Julie Ryu and Cheryl L. Patten

Aromatic Amino Acid-Dependent Expression of Indole-3-Pyruvate Decarboxylase Is Regulated by TyrR in Enterobacter cloacae UW5
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7200-7208. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Evelyn Toh, Harry D. Kurtz, Jr., and Yves V. Brun

Characterization of the Caulobacter crescentus Holdfast Polysaccharide Biosynthesis Pathway Reveals Significant Redundancy in the Initiating Glycosyltransferase and Polymerase Steps
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7219-7231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lina Li and David M. Kehoe

Abundance Changes of the Response Regulator RcaC Require Specific Aspartate and Histidine Residues and Are Necessary for Normal Light Color Responsiveness
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7241-7250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kristine B. Arnvig, Shirley Zeng, Selwyn Quan, Alexander Papageorge, Ning Zhang, Anuradha C. Villapakkam, and Catherine L. Squires

Evolutionary Comparison of Ribosomal Operon Antitermination Function
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7251-7257. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Douglas F. Browning, Jeffrey A. Cole, and Stephen J. W. Busby

Regulation by Nucleoid-Associated Proteins at the Escherichia coli nir Operon Promoter
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7258-7267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kalpana D. Singh, Matthias H. Schmalisch, Jörg Stülke, and Boris Görke

Carbon Catabolite Repression in Bacillus subtilis: Quantitative Analysis of Repression Exerted by Different Carbon Sources
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7275-7284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Population Genetics and Evolution:

J. R. McQuiston, S. Herrera-Leon, B. C. Wertheim, J. Doyle, P. I. Fields, R. V. Tauxe, and J. M. Logsdon, Jr.

Molecular Phylogeny of the Salmonellae: Relationships among Salmonella Species and Subspecies Determined from Four Housekeeping Genes and Evidence of Lateral Gene Transfer Events
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7060-7067. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Microbial Cell Biology:

José Roberto Tavares, Robson F. de Souza, Guilherme Louzada Silva Meira, and Frederico J. Gueiros-Filho

Cytological Characterization of YpsB, a Novel Component of the Bacillus subtilis Divisome
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7096-7107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Azusa Inoue, Yoshimitsu Murata, Hiroshi Takahashi, Naoko Tsuji, Shingo Fujisaki, and Jun-ichi Kato

Involvement of an Essential Gene, mviN, in Murein Synthesis in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7298-7301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

Kazuaki Miyamoto, Jihong Li, Sameera Sayeed, Shigeru Akimoto, and Bruce A. McClane

Sequencing and Diversity Analyses Reveal Extensive Similarities between Some Epsilon-Toxin-Encoding Plasmids and the pCPF5603 Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin Plasmid
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7178-7188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

Nelli Boes, Kerstin Schreiber, and Max Schobert

SpoT-Triggered Stringent Response Controls usp Gene Expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 7189-7199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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