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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Marcus Miethke, Sarah Schmidt, and Mohamed A. Marahiel

The Major Facilitator Superfamily-Type Transporter YmfE and the Multidrug-Efflux Activator Mta Mediate Bacillibactin Secretion in Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5143-5152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Matthew R. Chenoweth and Sue Wickner

Complex Regulation of the DnaJ Homolog CbpA by the Global Regulators ^S and Lrp, by the Specific Inhibitor CbpM, and by the Proteolytic Degradation of CbpM
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5153-5161. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. Kish and J. DiRuggiero

Rad50 Is Not Essential for the Mre11-Dependent Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks in Halobacterium sp. Strain NRC-1
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5210-5216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jennifer Reineke Pohlhaus, David T. Long, Erin O'Reilly, and Kenneth N. Kreuzer

The Subunit of DNA Polymerase III Is Involved in the Nalidixic Acid-Induced SOS Response in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5239-5247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

José A. Lemos, Marcelle M. Nascimento, Vanessa K. Lin, Jacqueline Abranches, and Robert A. Burne

Global Regulation by (p)ppGpp and CodY in Streptococcus mutans
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5291-5299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Daniela Ceccarelli, Aurélie Daccord, Mélissa René, and Vincent Burrus

Identification of the Origin of Transfer (oriT) and a New Gene Required for Mobilization of the SXT/R391 Family of Integrating Conjugative Elements
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5328-5338. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kazuyuki Fujimitsu, Masayuki Su'etsugu, Yoko Yamaguchi, Kensaku Mazda, Nisi Fu, Hironori Kawakami, and Tsutomu Katayama

Modes of Overinitiation, dnaA Gene Expression, and Inhibition of Cell Division in a Novel Cold-Sensitive hda Mutant of Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5368-5381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gabriela Mercado, Mario Tello, Macarena Marín, Octavio Monasterio, and Rosalba Lagos

The Production In Vivo of Microcin E492 with Antibacterial Activity Depends on Salmochelin and EntF
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5464-5471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gene Regulation:

Ayako Yasumura, Sadanobu Abe, and Teruo Tanaka

Involvement of Nitrogen Regulation in Bacillus subtilis degU Expression
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5162-5171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Indu Sangwan, Sandra K. Small, and Mark R. O'Brian

The Bradyrhizobium japonicum Irr Protein Is a Transcriptional Repressor with High-Affinity DNA-Binding Activity
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5172-5177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jean Bouvier, Patrick Stragier, Violette Morales, Elisabeth Rémy, and Claude Gutierrez

Lysine Represses Transcription of the Escherichia coli dapB Gene by Preventing Its Activation by the ArgP Activator
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5224-5229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Matthew McIntosh, Elizaveta Krol, and Anke Becker

Competitive and Cooperative Effects in Quorum-Sensing-Regulated Galactoglucan Biosynthesis in Sinorhizobium meliloti
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5308-5317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Santosh Chauhan and Jaya Sivaswami Tyagi

Interaction of DevR with Multiple Binding Sites Synergistically Activates Divergent Transcription of narK2-Rv1738 Genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5394-5403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Weijing Xu, Jianqiang Huang, and Stanley N. Cohen

Autoregulation of AbsB (RNase III) Expression in Streptomyces coelicolor by Endoribonucleolytic Cleavage of absB Operon Transcripts
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5526-5530. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Microbial Communities and Interactions:

Linda M. Holland, Sinéad T. O'Donnell, Dmitri A. Ryjenkov, Larissa Gomelsky, Shawn R. Slater, Paul D. Fey, Mark Gomelsky, and James P. O'Gara

A Staphylococcal GGDEF Domain Protein Regulates Biofilm Formation Independently of Cyclic Dimeric GMP
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5178-5189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anne Mai-Prochnow, Patricia Lucas-Elio, Suhelen Egan, Torsten Thomas, Jeremy S. Webb, Antonio Sanchez-Amat, and Staffan Kjelleberg

Hydrogen Peroxide Linked to Lysine Oxidase Activity Facilitates Biofilm Differentiation and Dispersal in Several Gram-Negative Bacteria
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5493-5501. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

Mariëlle J. H. Moonen, Nanne M. Kamerbeek, Adrie H. Westphal, Sjef A. Boeren, Dick B. Janssen, Marco W. Fraaije, and Willem J. H. van Berkel

Elucidation of the 4-Hydroxyacetophenone Catabolic Pathway in Pseudomonas fluorescens ACB
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5190-5198. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mariëlle J. H. Moonen, Silvia A. Synowsky, Willy A. M. van den Berg, Adrie H. Westphal, Albert J. R. Heck, Robert H. H. van den Heuvel, Marco W. Fraaije, and Willem J. H. van Berkel

Hydroquinone Dioxygenase from Pseudomonas fluorescens ACB: a Novel Member of the Family of Nonheme-Iron(II)-Dependent Dioxygenases
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5199-5209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ignacio Arechaga, Alejandro Peña, Sandra Zunzunegui, María del Carmen Fernández-Alonso, Germán Rivas, and Fernando de la Cruz

ATPase Activity and Oligomeric State of TrwK, the VirB4 Homologue of the Plasmid R388 Type IV Secretion System
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5472-5479. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Molecular Biology Of Pathogens:

Christine Lascols, Isabelle Podglajen, Charlotte Verdet, Valérie Gautier, Laurent Gutmann, Claude-James Soussy, Ekkehard Collatz, and Emmanuelle Cambau

A Plasmid-Borne Shewanella algae Gene, qnrA3, and Its Possible Transfer In Vivo between Kluyvera ascorbata and Klebsiella pneumoniae
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5217-5223. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Libin Shi, Roukun Zhou, Zhentong Liu, Todd L. Lowary, Peter H. Seeberger, Bridget L. Stocker, Dean C. Crick, Kay-Hooi Khoo, and Delphi Chatterjee

Transfer of the First Arabinofuranose Residue to Galactan Is Essential for Mycobacterium smegmatis Viability
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5248-5255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Martin G. Lamarche, Sang-Hyun Kim, Sébastien Crépin, Michael Mourez, Nicolas Bertrand, Russell E. Bishop, J. Daniel Dubreuil, and Josée Harel

Modulation of Hexa-Acyl Pyrophosphate Lipid A Population under Escherichia coli Phosphate (Pho) Regulon Activation
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5256-5264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Richard C. Jones, Joanna Deck, Ricky D. Edmondson, and Mark E. Hart

Relative Quantitative Comparisons of the Extracellular Protein Profiles of Staphylococcus aureus UAMS-1 and Its sarA, agr, and sarA agr Regulatory Mutants Using One-Dimensional Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis and Nanocapillary Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Tandem Mass Spectrometry
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5265-5278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

John M. Atack, Philippa Harvey, Michael A. Jones, and David J. Kelly

The Campylobacter jejuni Thiol Peroxidases Tpx and Bcp Both Contribute to Aerotolerance and Peroxide-Mediated Stress Resistance but Have Distinct Substrate Specificities
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5279-5290. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Labbate, P. Roy Chowdhury, and H. W. Stokes

A Class 1 Integron Present in a Human Commensal Has a Hybrid Transposition Module Compared to Tn402: Evidence of Interaction with Mobile DNA from Natural Environments
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5318-5327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Girija Ramakrishnan, Alexis Meeker, and Bojan Dragulev

fslE Is Necessary for Siderophore-Mediated Iron Acquisition in Francisella tularensis Schu S4
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5353-5361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tomas G. Kloosterman, Robert M. Witwicki, Magdalena M. van der Kooi-Pol, Jetta J. E. Bijlsma, and Oscar P. Kuipers

Opposite Effects of Mn²⁺ and Zn²⁺ on PsaR-Mediated Expression of the Virulence Genes pcpA, prtA, and psaBCA of Streptococcus pneumoniae
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5382-5393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Biju Joseph, Sonja Mertins, Regina Stoll, Jennifer Schär, Kanasinakatte Rudrappa Umesha, Qin Luo, Stefanie Müller-Altrock, and Werner Goebel

Glycerol Metabolism and PrfA Activity in Listeria monocytogenes
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5412-5430. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Fabio Bagnoli, Monica Moschioni, Claudio Donati, Valentina Dimitrovska, Ilaria Ferlenghi, Claudia Facciotti, Alessandro Muzzi, Fabiola Giusti, Carla Emolo, Antonella Sinisi, Markus Hilleringmann, Werner Pansegrau, Stefano Censini, Rino Rappuoli, Antonello Covacci, Vega Masignani, and Michele A. Barocchi

A Second Pilus Type in Streptococcus pneumoniae Is Prevalent in Emerging Serotypes and Mediates Adhesion to Host Cells
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5480-5492. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Liang Shi, Shuang Deng, Matthew J. Marshall, Zheming Wang, David W. Kennedy, Alice C. Dohnalkova, Heather M. Mottaz, Eric A. Hill, Yuri A. Gorby, Alexander S. Beliaev, David J. Richardson, John M. Zachara, and James K. Fredrickson

Direct Involvement of Type II Secretion System in Extracellular Translocation of Shewanella oneidensis Outer Membrane Cytochromes MtrC and OmcA
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5512-5516. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Adam C. Wilson, James A. Hoch, and Marta Perego

Virulence Gene Expression Is Independent of ResDE-Regulated Respiration Control in Bacillus anthracis
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5522-5525. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

Simone Eisenbeis, Stefanie Lohmiller, Marianne Valdebenito, Stefan Leicht, and Volkmar Braun

NagA-Dependent Uptake of N-Acetyl-Glucosamine and N-Acetyl-Chitin Oligosaccharides across the Outer Membrane of Caulobacter crescentus
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5230-5238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Haruo Shimada, Naoki Nemoto, Yasuo Shida, Tairo Oshima, and Akihiko Yamagishi

Effects of pH and Temperature on the Composition of Polar Lipids in Thermoplasma acidophilum HO-62
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5404-5411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kerstin Helbig, Corinna Bleuel, Gerd J. Krauss, and Dietrich H. Nies

Glutathione and Transition-Metal Homeostasis in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5431-5438. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kerstin Helbig, Cornelia Grosse, and Dietrich H. Nies

Cadmium Toxicity in Glutathione Mutants of Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5439-5454. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Microbial Cell Biology:

David J. VanDyke, John Wu, Sandy Y. M. Ng, Masaomi Kanbe, Bonnie Chaban, Shin-Ichi Aizawa, and Ken F. Jarrell

Identification of a Putative Acetyltransferase Gene, MMP0350, Which Affects Proper Assembly of both Flagella and Pili in the Archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5300-5307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Magnus Lundgren, Laurence Malandrin, Stefan Eriksson, Harald Huber, and Rolf Bernander

Cell Cycle Characteristics of Crenarchaeota: Unity among Diversity
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5362-5367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Edan R. Hosking and Michael D. Manson

Clusters of Charged Residues at the C Terminus of MotA and N Terminus of MotB Are Important for Function of the Escherichia coli Flagellar Motor
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5517-5521. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Signal Transduction:

Ludovic Vial, François Lépine, Sylvain Milot, Marie-Christine Groleau, Valérie Dekimpe, Donald E. Woods, and Eric Déziel

Burkholderia pseudomallei, B. thailandensis, and B. ambifaria Produce 4-Hydroxy-2-Alkylquinoline Analogues with a Methyl Group at the 3 Position That Is Required for Quorum-Sensing Regulation
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5339-5352. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Genomics and Proteomics:

Robert T. DeBoy, Emmanuel F. Mongodin, Derrick E. Fouts, Louise E. Tailford, Hoda Khouri, Joanne B. Emerson, Yasmin Mohamoud, Kisha Watkins, Bernard Henrissat, Harry J. Gilbert, and Karen E. Nelson

Insights into Plant Cell Wall Degradation from the Genome Sequence of the Soil Bacterium Cellvibrio japonicus
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5455-5463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Population Genetics and Evolution:

Anne M. Buboltz, Tracy L. Nicholson, Mylisa R. Parette, Sara E. Hester, Julian Parkhill, and Eric T. Harvill

Replacement of Adenylate Cyclase Toxin in a Lineage of Bordetella bronchiseptica
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5502-5511. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Genome Announcement:

Debarati Paul, Susan Bridges, Shane C. Burgess, Yoginder Dandass, and Mark L. Lawrence

Genome Sequence of the Chemolithoautotrophic Bacterium Oligotropha carboxidovorans OM5^T
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 5531-5532. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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