Journal of Bacteriology

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Editor in Chief and Minireview Editor Philip Matsumura (2011) University of Illinois at Chicago Editors Michael W. W. Adams (2011) University of Georgia Athens, Ga. Judith P. Armitage (2010) University of Oxford Oxford, UK Peter J. Christie (2011) University of Texas Health Sciences Center Houston, Tex. Piet de Boer (2012) Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine Cleveland, Ohio. Richard L. Gourse (2012) University of Wisconsin Madison, Wis. William G. Haldenwang (2010) University of Texas Health Care Center San Antonio, Tex. Roberto Kolter, Cover Editor (2013) Harvard Medical School Boston, Mass. Charles P. Moran, Jr. (2009) Emory University, School of Medicine Atlanta, Ga Staffan Normark (2011) Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control Solna, Sweden Douglas H. Ohlendorf (2011) University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. George A. O'Toole (2012) Dartmouth Medical School Hanover, NH. John S. Parkinson (2010) University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Martin Rosenberg (2011) Promega Corp. Madison, Wis. Igor B. Zhulin (2013) Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Tennessee Oak Ridge, Tenn. Chairman, Publications Board Thomas E. Shenk Director, Journals Barbara M. Goldman Production Editor Jack Kenney Assistant Production Editor Jennifer L. Owens	Editorial Board Brian Ahmer (2009) Bonnie Bassler (2010) Andreas Baumler (2010) Robert Belas (2009) Robert Bender (2009) Howard Berg (2010) Harris D. Bernstein (2008) Peter M. Bergquist (2010) Andrew Binns (2008) Indranil Biswas (2010) David Blair (2010) Winfried Boos (2009) Bob Bourret (2008) Richard Brennan (2008) Harald Brussow (2008) Martin Buck (2008) Stephen Busby (2009) Sherwood Casjens (2009) Michael Chandler (2009) Dhruba K. Chattoraj (2009) Gorden Churchward (2009) Fevzi Daldal (2009) Andrew J. Darwin (2010) Dennis Dean (2009) Michael S. Donnenberg (2010) Pieter de Haseth (2009) Diego de Mendoza (2010) Wim DHaeze (2009) Eduardo Diaz (2008) Timothy Donohue (2009) Charles Dorman (2009) Adam Driks (2010) David Dubnau (2009) Gary Dunny (2009) Susan M. Egan (2010) Manuel Espinosa-Urgel (2010) Michael Feiss (2008) James Ferry (2009) Alain Filloux (2009) S. H. Fisher (2009) Enrique Flores (2010) Katrina Forest (2010) Claire Fraser-Liggett(2010) Laura Frost (2009) George Fuchs (2010) Barbara Funnell (2009) Clay Fuqua (2009) Joanna Goldberg (2009) Mark Gomelsky (2010) Susan Gottesman (2009) Dennis Grogan (2009) Eric J. Hansen (2008) Klaus Hantke (2009) Graham Hatfull (2009) Robert P. Hausinger (2009) Michael Hecker (2010) John Helmann (2010) Roger Hendrix (2010) Antonia Herrero (2008) Darren E. Higgins (2008) Ann Hochschild (2008) Allen Honeyman (2010) Timothy Hoover (2008) James Imlay (2009) Urs Jenal (2008) Robert Kelly (2008) Saleem Khan (2009) Karl Klose (2010) Theresa M. Koehler (2008) Lee Kroos (2009) Joseph Lam (2008) Erich Lanka (2009) Robert LaRossa (2010) John A. Leigh (2008) John D. Lipscomb (2008) Olga Lomovskaya (2009) Joseph Lutkenhaus (2009) Janine Maddock (2008) Michael E. Maguire (2009)	Michael Manson (2010) William Margolin (2008) M. G. Marinus (2008) Silvia Marqués (2009) Esperanza Martinez Romero (2008) Mark McBride (2009) Linda McCarter (2009) Paul Messner (2009) Leonard Mindich (2008) Rajeev Misra (2009) Donald Morrison (2009) Tarek Msadek (2009) Conrad W. Mullineaux (2010) Michiko Nakano (2009) Justin Nodwell (2010) Bernhard Palsson (2009) Rebecca Parales (2009) James P. Pearson (2009) Marta Perego (2008) John Perkins (2008) Gregory J. Phillips (2008) Jacqueline Plumbridge (2009) Kit Pogliano (2009) Philip S. Poole (2008) David Popham (2009) Kathleen Postle (2009) Anthony R. Poteete (2009) James Preston (2010) Chester Price (2009) Steven Projan (2010) Reuben Ramphal (2009) Philip N. Rather (2010) Christopher Rensing (2008) Mikael Rhen (2010) Virgil Rhodius (2010) Fernando Rojo (2009) Tony Romeo (2008) Maria Sandkvist (2010) Mario A. Santos (2009) Olaf Schneewind (2009) June Scott (2009) Peter Setlow (2009) William M. Shafer (2008) Victoria Shingler (2009) Deborah Siegele (2009) Mitchell Singer (2009) Mikael Skurnik (2009) James Slauch (2009) Lotte Sogaard-Andersen (2008) Abraham Sonenshein (2009) Stephen Spiro (2010) Valley J. Stewart (2009) Ann Stock (2008) Susan C. Straley (2009) Jorg Stulke (2010) Michael Surette (2010) David Thanassi (2009) Nicolas Toro (2010) Burkhard Tuemmler (2008) John van der Oost (2008) Mike Vasil (2010) Joerg Vogel (2008) Uwe Volker (2009) Gerrit Voordouw (2008) Matthew Waldor (2009) Judy Wall (2009) Cecile Wandersman (2009) Roy D. Welch (2010) Robert White (2008) Chris Whitfield (2009) JoAnn C. Williams (2009) Malcolm Winkler (2010) Rolf  M. Wittich (2008) Alan Wolfe (2009) Daniel J. Wozniak (2009) Kevin Young (2008) Janice M. Zengel (2008) Cheng-Cai Zhang (2010) Peter Zuber (2009)

The Journal of Bacteriology, a publication of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), 1752 N Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-2904, is devoted to the advancement and dissemination of fundamental knowledge concerning bacteria and other microorganisms.