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Guest Commentaries:

Valley Stewart

The Ribosome: a Metabolite-Responsive Transcription Regulator
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4787-4790. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gene Regulation:

Luis R. Cruz-Vera and Charles Yanofsky

Conserved Residues Asp16 and Pro24 of TnaC-tRNA^Pro Participate in Tryptophan Induction of tna Operon Expression
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4791-4797. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Matthew R. Spencer, Paul A. Beare, and Iain L. Lamont

Role of Cell Surface Signaling in Proteolysis of an Alternative Sigma Factor in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4865-4869. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Falko Hochgräfe, Carmen Wolf, Stephan Fuchs, Manuel Liebeke, Michael Lalk, Susanne Engelmann, and Michael Hecker

Nitric Oxide Stress Induces Different Responses but Mediates Comparable Protein Thiol Protection in Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4997-5008. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Anil Magge, Amanda C. Granger, Paul G. Wahome, Barbara Setlow, Venkata R. Vepachedu, Charles A. Loshon, Lixin Peng, De Chen, Yong-qing Li, and Peter Setlow

Role of Dipicolinic Acid in the Germination, Stability, and Viability of Spores of Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4798-4807. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gaozhong Shen, Heidi S. Leonard, Wendy M. Schluchter, and Donald A. Bryant

CpcM Posttranslationally Methylates Asparagine-71/72 of Phycobiliprotein Beta Subunits in Synechococcus sp. Strain PCC 7002 and Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4808-4817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ignasi Roca, Eduard Torrents, Margareta Sahlin, Isidre Gibert, and Britt-Marie Sjöberg

NrdI Essentiality for Class Ib Ribonucleotide Reduction in Streptococcus pyogenes
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4849-4858. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Paul Carroll, Carey A. Pashley, and Tanya Parish

Functional Analysis of GlnE, an Essential Adenylyl Transferase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4894-4902. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Martin Bastian Pedersen, Christel Garrigues, Karine Tuphile, Célia Brun, Karin Vido, Mads Bennedsen, Henrik Møllgaard, Philippe Gaudu, and Alexandra Gruss

Impact of Aeration and Heme-Activated Respiration on Lactococcus lactis Gene Expression: Identification of a Heme-Responsive Operon
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4903-4911. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Julieta Barchiesi, María E. Castelli, Fernando C. Soncini, and Eleonora García Véscovi

mgtA Expression Is Induced by Rob Overexpression and Mediates a Salmonella enterica Resistance Phenotype
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4951-4958. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sasha G. Tetu and Andrew J. Holmes

A Family of Insertion Sequences That Impacts Integrons by Specific Targeting of Gene Cassette Recombination Sites, the IS1111-attC Group
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4959-4970. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Aya Iida, Yasuo Ohnishi, and Sueharu Horinouchi

An OmpA Family Protein, a Target of the GinI/GinR Quorum-Sensing System in Gluconacetobacter intermedius, Controls Acetic Acid Fermentation
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5009-5019. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Kenyon Applebee, Markus J. Herrgård, and Bernhard Ø. Palsson

Impact of Individual Mutations on Increased Fitness in Adaptively Evolved Strains of Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5087-5094. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Michael Gillings, Yan Boucher, Maurizio Labbate, Andrew Holmes, Samyuktha Krishnan, Marita Holley, and H. W. Stokes

The Evolution of Class 1 Integrons and the Rise of Antibiotic Resistance
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5095-5100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

James W. Donald, Matthew G. Hicks, David J. Richardson, and Tracy Palmer

The c-Type Cytochrome OmcA Localizes to the Outer Membrane upon Heterologous Expression in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5127-5131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

Erik L. Hendrickson and John A. Leigh

Roles of Coenzyme F₄₂₀-Reducing Hydrogenases and Hydrogen- and F₄₂₀-Dependent Methylenetetrahydromethanopterin Dehydrogenases in Reduction of F₄₂₀ and Production of Hydrogen during Methanogenesis
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4818-4821. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Carol Gross, Roderick Felsheim, and Lawrence P. Wackett

Genes and Enzymes of Azetidine-2-Carboxylate Metabolism: Detoxification and Assimilation of an Antibiotic
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4859-4864. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hartmut Grammel and Robin Ghosh

Redox-State Dynamics of Ubiquinone-10 Imply Cooperative Regulation of Photosynthetic Membrane Expression in Rhodospirillum rubrum
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4912-4921. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Elwood A. Mullins, Julie A. Francois, and T. Joseph Kappock

A Specialized Citric Acid Cycle Requiring Succinyl-Coenzyme A (CoA):Acetate CoA-Transferase (AarC) Confers Acetic Acid Resistance on the Acidophile Acetobacter aceti
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4933-4940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gregory J. Crowther, George Kosály, and Mary E. Lidstrom

Formate as the Main Branch Point for Methylotrophic Metabolism in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5057-5062. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Molecular Biology Of Pathogens:

Takehito Saitoh, Sunao Iyoda, Shouji Yamamoto, Yan Lu, Ken Shimuta, Makoto Ohnishi, Jun Terajima, and Haruo Watanabe

Transcription of the ehx Enterohemolysin Gene Is Positively Regulated by GrlA, a Global Regulator Encoded within the Locus of Enterocyte Effacement in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4822-4830. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Edwige Rancès, Denis Voronin, Van Tran-Van, and Patrick Mavingui

Genetic and Functional Characterization of the Type IV Secretion System in Wolbachia
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5020-5030. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nikolaus Ackermann, Maximilian Tiller, Gisela Anding, Andreas Roggenkamp, and Jürgen Heesemann

Contribution of Trimeric Autotransporter C-Terminal Domains of Oligomeric Coiled-Coil Adhesin (Oca) Family Members YadA, UspA1, EibA, and Hia to Translocation of the YadA Passenger Domain and Virulence of Yersinia enterocolitica
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5031-5043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Beata Zalewska-Piatek, Katarzyna Bury, Rafal Piatek, Piotr Bruzdziak, and Józef Kur

Type II Secretory Pathway for Surface Secretion of DraD Invasin from the Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Dr⁺ Strain
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5044-5056. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yulia Shifrin, Adi Peleg, Ophir Ilan, Chen Nadler, Simi Kobi, Kobi Baruch, Gal Yerushalmi, Tatiana Berdichevsky, Shoshy Altuvia, Maya Elgrably-Weiss, Cecilia Abe, Stuart Knutton, Chihiro Sasakawa, Jennifer M. Ritchie, Matthew K. Waldor, and Ilan Rosenshine

Transient Shielding of Intimin and the Type III Secretion System of Enterohemorrhagic and Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli by a Group 4 Capsule
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5063-5074. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Genomics and Proteomics:

Jesus M. Eraso, Jung Hyeob Roh, Xiaohua Zeng, Stephen J. Callister, Mary S. Lipton, and Samuel Kaplan

Role of the Global Transcriptional Regulator PrrA in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1: Combined Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4831-4848. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Wee Lin Teng, Trudi L. Bannam, Jennifer A. Parsons, and Julian I. Rood

Functional Characterization and Localization of the TcpH Conjugation Protein from Clostridium perfringens
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5075-5086. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yong Heon Lee, Ji Hye Kim, Iel Soo Bang, and Yong Keun Park

The Membrane-Bound Transcriptional Regulator CadC Is Activated by Proteolytic Cleavage in Response to Acid Stress
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5120-5126. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Microbial Communities and Interactions:

Gregory R. Richards, Erin E. Herbert, Youngjin Park, and Heidi Goodrich-Blair

Xenorhabdus nematophila lrhA Is Necessary for Motility, Lipase Activity, Toxin Expression, and Virulence in Manduca sexta Insects
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4870-4879. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Cynthia L. Darnell, Elizabeth A. Hussa, and Karen L. Visick

The Putative Hybrid Sensor Kinase SypF Coordinates Biofilm Formation in Vibrio fischeri by Acting Upstream of Two Response Regulators, SypG and VpsR
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4941-4950. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Breck A. Duerkop, Jake P. Herman, Ricky L. Ulrich, Mair E. A. Churchill, and E. Peter Greenberg

The Burkholderia mallei BmaR3-BmaI3 Quorum-Sensing System Produces and Responds to N-3-Hydroxy-Octanoyl Homoserine Lactone
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5137-5141. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

Jie M. Hou, Nadia G. D'Lima, Nathan W. Rigel, Henry S. Gibbons, Jessica R. McCann, Miriam Braunstein, and Carolyn M. Teschke

ATPase Activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis SecA1 and SecA2 Proteins and Its Importance for SecA2 Function in Macrophages
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4880-4887. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. A. Aguilar, C. Díaz-Pérez, A. L. Díaz-Pérez, J. S. Rodríguez-Zavala, B. J. Nikolau, and J. Campos-García

Substrate Specificity of the 3-Methylcrotonyl Coenzyme A (CoA) and Geranyl-CoA Carboxylases from Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4888-4893. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Inka Brockhausen, Bo Hu, Bin Liu, Kenneth Lau, Walter A. Szarek, Lei Wang, and Lu Feng

Characterization of Two β-1,3-Glucosyltransferases from Escherichia coli Serotypes O56 and O152
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4922-4932. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jeffrey G. Gardner and Jorge C. Escalante-Semerena

Biochemical and Mutational Analyses of AcuA, the Acetyltransferase Enzyme That Controls the Activity of the Acetyl Coenzyme A Synthetase (AcsA) in Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5132-5136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Microbial Cell Biology:

Hongbin Xu, Keith F. Chater, Zixin Deng, and Meifeng Tao

A Cellulose Synthase-Like Protein Involved in Hyphal Tip Growth and Morphological Differentiation in Streptomyces
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4971-4978. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Supreet Saini, Jonathon D. Brown, Phillip D. Aldridge, and Christopher V. Rao

FliZ Is a Posttranslational Activator of FlhD₄C₂-Dependent Flagellar Gene Expression
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4979-4988. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

Catarina Baptista, Mário A. Santos, and Carlos São-José

Phage SPP1 Reversible Adsorption to Bacillus subtilis Cell Wall Teichoic Acids Accelerates Virus Recognition of Membrane Receptor YueB
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4989-4996. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Julia Frunzke, Marc Bramkamp, Jens-Eric Schweitzer, and Michael Bott

Population Heterogeneity in Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032 Caused by Prophage CGP3
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5111-5119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Plant Microbiology:

Wei-Jun Dai, Yong Zeng, Zhi-Ping Xie, and Christian Staehelin

Symbiosis-Promoting and Deleterious Effects of NopT, a Novel Type 3 Effector of Rhizobium sp. Strain NGR234
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5101-5110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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