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Contents: August 2006, Volume 188, Issue 16

       Minireviews

       Microbial Communities and Interactions

       Molecular Biology of Pathogens

       Gene Regulation

       Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids

       Genetics and Molecular Biology

       Physiology and Metabolism

       Microbial Cell Biology

       Genomics and Proteomics

       Enzymes and Proteins

       Population Genetics and Evolution

       Structural Biology

       Errata

       Author's Correction

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Minireviews:

Protein-Translocating Trimeric Autotransporters of Gram-Negative Bacteria
David S. H. Kim, Yi Chao, and Milton H. Saier, Jr
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5655-5667;
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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

AI-3 Synthesis Is Not Dependent on luxS in Escherichia coli
Matthew Walters, Marcelo P. Sircili, and Vanessa Sperandio
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5668-5681;
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Rippling Is a Predatory Behavior in Myxococcus xanthus
James E. Berleman, Tatiana Chumley, Patricia Cheung, and John R. Kirby
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5888-5895;
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Membrane Vesicles: an Overlooked Component of the Matrices of Biofilms
Sarah R. Schooling and Terry J. Beveridge
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5945-5957;
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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

The GrlR-GrlA Regulatory System Coordinately Controls the Expression of Flagellar and LEE-Encoded Type III Protein Secretion Systems in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
Sunao Iyoda, Nobuo Koizumi, Hitomi Satou, Yan Lu, Takehito Saitoh, Makoto Ohnishi, and Haruo Watanabe
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5682-5692;
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A Functional dlt Operon, Encoding Proteins Required for Incorporation of D-Alanine in Teichoic Acids in Gram-Positive Bacteria, Confers Resistance to Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides in Streptococcus pneumoniae
Márta Kovács, Alexander Halfmann, Iris Fedtke, Manuel Heintz, Andreas Peschel, Waldemar Vollmer, Regine Hakenbeck, and Reinhold Brückner
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5797-5805;
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Characterization of the Pilin Ortholog of the Helicobacter pylori Type IV cag Pathogenicity Apparatus, a Surface-Associated Protein Expressed during Infection
Joanna Andrzejewska, Sae Kyung Lee, Patrick Olbermann, Nina Lotzing, Elena Katzowitsch, Bodo Linz, Mark Achtman, Clarence I. Kado, Sebastian Suerbaum, and Christine Josenhans
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5865-5877;
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Complete DNA Sequence of a ColBM Plasmid from Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli Suggests that It Evolved from Closely Related ColV Virulence Plasmids
Timothy J. Johnson, Sara J. Johnson, and Lisa K. Nolan
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5975-5983;
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Transport of Multidrug Resistance Substrates by the Streptococcus agalactiae Hemolysin Transporter
Birgit Gottschalk, Gerd Bröker, Melanie Kuhn, Simone Aymanns, Ute Gleich-Theurer, and Barbara Spellerberg
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5984-5992;
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Two GacA-Dependent Small RNAs Modulate the Quorum-Sensing Response in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Elisabeth Kay, Bérénice Humair, Valérie Dénervaud, Kathrin Riedel, Stéphanie Spahr, Leo Eberl, Claudio Valverde, and Dieter Haas
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 6026-6033;
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Gene Regulation:

Growth Phase-Dependent Expression of Drug Exporters in Escherichia coli and Its Contribution to Drug Tolerance
Asuka Kobayashi, Hidetada Hirakawa, Takahiro Hirata, Kunihiko Nishino, and Akihito Yamaguchi
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5693-5703;
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Activity of Rhodobacter sphaeroides RpoH_II, a Second Member of the Heat Shock Sigma Factor Family
Heather A. Green and Timothy J. Donohue
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5712-5721;
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The Global Regulator Spx Functions in the Control of Organosulfur Metabolism in Bacillus subtilis
Soon-Yong Choi, Dindo Reyes, Montira Leelakriangsak, and Peter Zuber
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5741-5751;
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DksA Is Required for Growth Phase-Dependent Regulation, Growth Rate-Dependent Control, and Stringent Control of fis Expression in Escherichia coli
Prabhat Mallik, Brian J. Paul, Steven T. Rutherford, Richard L. Gourse, and Robert Osuna
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5775-5782;
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N-Acetyl-D-Glucosamine Induces the Expression of Multidrug Exporter Genes, mdtEF, via Catabolite Activation in Escherichia coli
Hidetada Hirakawa, Yoshihiko Inazumi, Yasuko Senda, Asuka Kobayashi, Takahiro Hirata, Kunihiko Nishino, and Akihito Yamaguchi
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5851-5858;
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The Nitric Oxide-Responsive Regulator NsrR Controls ResDE-Dependent Gene Expression
Michiko M. Nakano, Hao Geng, Shunji Nakano, and Kazuo Kobayashi
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5878-5887;
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Salicylic Acid Activates Sigma Factor B by rsbU-Dependent and -Independent Mechanisms
Marco Palma, Arnold Bayer, Leon I. Kupferwasser, Tammy Joska, Michael R. Yeaman, and Ambrose Cheung
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5896-5903;
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The Mycobacterium-Specific Gene Rv2719c Is DNA Damage Inducible Independently of RecA
Patricia C. Brooks, Lisa F. Dawson, Lucinda Rand, and Elaine O. Davis
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 6034-6038;
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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

Requirement for Vibrio cholerae Integration Host Factor in Conjugative DNA Transfer
Sarah M. McLeod, Vincent Burrus, and Matthew K. Waldor
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5704-5711;
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The Entry Mechanism of Membrane-Containing Phage Bam35 Infecting Bacillus thuringiensis
Ausra Gaidelyte, Virginija Cvirkaite-Krupovic, Rimantas Daugelavicius, Jaana K. H. Bamford, and Dennis H. Bamford
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5925-5934;
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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Class 1 Integrons Potentially Predating the Association with Tn402-Like Transposition Genes Are Present in a Sediment Microbial Community
H. W. Stokes, Camilla L. Nesbø, Marita Holley, Martin I. Bahl, Michael R. Gillings, and Yan Boucher
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5722-5730;
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Cross-Functionality of Nitrogenase Components NifH1 and VnfH in Anabaena variabilis
Brenda S. Pratte, Kim Eplin, and Teresa Thiel
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5806-5811;
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Distinguishing Characteristics of Hyperrecombinogenic RecA Protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Acting in Escherichia coli
Dmitry M. Baitin, Irina V. Bakhlanova, Yury V. Kil, Michael M. Cox, and Vladislav A. Lanzov
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5812-5820;
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Mutator and Antimutator Effects of the Bacteriophage P1 hot Gene Product
Anna K. Chikova and Roel M. Schaaper
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5831-5838;
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Cyclic AMP-Dependent Osmoregulation of crp Gene Expression in Escherichia coli
Carlos Balsalobre, Jörgen Johansson, and Bernt Eric Uhlin
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5935-5944;
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Peptidyl-Prolyl cis/trans Isomerase-Independent Functional NifH Mutant of Azotobacter vinelandii
Nara Gavini, Sudheer Tungtur, and Lakshmi Pulakat
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 6020-6025;
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The Bacillus subtilis DivIVA Protein Has a Sporulation-Specific Proximity to Spo0J
S. E. Perry and D. H. Edwards
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 6039-6043;
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Physiology and Metabolism:

The Bordetella Bfe System: Growth and Transcriptional Response to Siderophores, Catechols, and Neuroendocrine Catecholamines
Mark T. Anderson and Sandra K. Armstrong
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5731-5740;
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Two Transsulfurylation Pathways in Klebsiella pneumoniae
Thomas A. Seiflein and Jeffrey G. Lawrence
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5762-5774;
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Microbial Cell Biology:

Interaction of TonB with the Outer Membrane Receptor FpvA of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Hendrik Adams, Gabrielle Zeder-Lutz, Isabelle Schalk, Franc Pattus, and Hervé Celia
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5752-5761;
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Relationship among Several Key Cell Cycle Events in the Developmental Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
Samer Sakr, Melilotus Thyssen, Michel Denis, and Cheng-Cai Zhang
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5958-5965;
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Analysis of the Terminus Region of the Caulobacter crescentus Chromosome and Identification of the dif Site
Rasmus B. Jensen
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 6016-6019;
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Genomics and Proteomics:

Global Regulatory Impact of ClpP Protease of Staphylococcus aureus on Regulons Involved in Virulence, Oxidative Stress Response, Autolysis, and DNA Repair
Antje Michel, Franziska Agerer, Christof R. Hauck, Mathias Herrmann, Joachim Ullrich, Jörg Hacker, and Knut Ohlsen
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5783-5796;
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Global Gene Expression Analysis of the Heat Shock Response in the Phytopathogen Xylella fastidiosa
Tie Koide, Ricardo Z. N. Vêncio, and Suely L. Gomes
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5821-5830;
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Comparison of the Genome Sequence of the Poultry Pathogen Bordetella avium with Those of B. bronchiseptica, B. pertussis, and B. parapertussis Reveals Extensive Diversity in Surface Structures Associated with Host Interaction
Mohammed Sebaihia, Andrew Preston, Duncan J. Maskell, Holly Kuzmiak, Terry D. Connell, Natalie D. King, Paul E. Orndorff, David M. Miyamoto, Nicholas R. Thomson, David Harris, Arlette Goble, Angela Lord, Lee Murphy, Michael A. Quail, Simon Rutter, Robert Squares, Steven Squares, John Woodward, Julian Parkhill, and Louise M. Temple
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 6002-6015;
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Enzymes and Proteins:

Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase in Helicobacter pylori: Interaction with Methionine-Rich Proteins and Stress-Induced Expression
Praveen Alamuri and Robert J. Maier
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5839-5850;
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TrzN from Arthrobacter aurescens TC1 Is a Zinc Amidohydrolase
Nir Shapir, Charlotte Pedersen, Omer Gil, Lisa Strong, Jennifer Seffernick, Michael J. Sadowsky, and Lawrence P. Wackett
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5859-5864;
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A Novel Branching Enzyme of the GH-57 Family in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis KOD1
Taira Murakami, Tamotsu Kanai, Hiroki Takata, Takashi Kuriki, and Tadayuki Imanaka
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5915-5924;
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Feedback-Resistant Mutations in Bacillus subtilis Glutamine Synthetase Are Clustered in the Active Site
Susan H. Fisher and Lewis V. Wray, Jr
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5966-5974;
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Population Genetics and Evolution:

Paired-End Sequence Mapping Detects Extensive Genomic Rearrangement and Translocation during Divergence of Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis and Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica Populations
Michael P. Dempsey, Joseph Nietfeldt, Jacques Ravel, Steven Hinrichs, Robert Crawford, and Andrew K. Benson
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5904-5914;
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Structural Biology:

Solution Structure of the Conserved Hypothetical Protein Rv2302 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Garry W. Buchko, Chang-Yub Kim, Thomas C. Terwilliger, and Michael A. Kennedy
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 5993-6001;
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Errata:

VpsT Is a Transcriptional Regulator Required for Expression of vps Biosynthesis Genes and the Development of Rugose Colonial Morphology in Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor
Catharina Casper-Lindley and Fitnat H. Yildiz
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 6044
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Regulation of Iron Transport in Streptococcus pneumoniae by RitR, an Orphan Response Regulator
Andrew T. Ulijasz, David R. Andes, Jeremy D. Glasner, and Bernard Weisblum
J. Bacteriol. August 2006 188: 6045
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Author's Correction:

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 2006 188: 6046
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