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Meeting Review:

Robert Belas, Igor B. Zhulin, and Zhaomin Yang

Bacterial Signaling and Motility: Sure Bets
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1849-1856. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

Karen K. H. Poon, Erin L. Westman, Evgeny Vinogradov, Shouguang Jin, and Joseph S. Lam

Functional Characterization of MigA and WapR: Putative Rhamnosyltransferases Involved in Outer Core Oligosaccharide Biosynthesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1857-1865. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sylvie Létoffé, Philippe Delepelaire, and Cécile Wandersman

Functional Differences between Heme Permeases: Serratia marcescens HemTUV Permease Exhibits a Narrower Substrate Specificity (Restricted to Heme) Than the Escherichia coli DppABCDF Peptide-Heme Permease
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1866-1870. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Meng Qi, Hyun-Sik Jun, and Cecil W. Forsberg

Cel9D, an Atypical 1,4-β-D-Glucan Glucohydrolase from Fibrobacter succinogenes: Characteristics, Catalytic Residues, and Synergistic Interactions with Other Cellulases
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1976-1984. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tim W. Overton, Marta C. Justino, Ying Li, Joana M. Baptista, Ana M. P. Melo, Jeffrey A. Cole, and Lígia M. Saraiva

Widespread Distribution in Pathogenic Bacteria of Di-Iron Proteins That Repair Oxidative and Nitrosative Damage to Iron-Sulfur Centers
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2004-2013. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Juan R. Ibarra, Alma D. Orozco, Juan A. Rojas, Karina López, Peter Setlow, Ronald E. Yasbin, and Mario Pedraza-Reyes

Role of the Nfo and ExoA Apurinic/Apyrimidinic Endonucleases in Repair of DNA Damage during Outgrowth of Bacillus subtilis Spores
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2031-2038. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Miho Aoshima and Yasuo Igarashi

Nondecarboxylating and Decarboxylating Isocitrate Dehydrogenases: Oxalosuccinate Reductase as an Ancestral Form of Isocitrate Dehydrogenase
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2050-2055. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jonathan E. Ulmer, Yap Boum, Christopher D. Thouvenel, Hannu Myllykallio, and Carol Hopkins Sibley

Functional Analysis of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis FAD-Dependent Thymidylate Synthase, ThyX, Reveals New Amino Acid Residues Contributing to an Extended ThyX Motif
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2056-2064. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Roman Sobotka, Samantha McLean, Monika Zuberova, C. Neil Hunter, and Martin Tichy

The C-Terminal Extension of Ferrochelatase Is Critical for Enzyme Activity and for Functioning of the Tetrapyrrole Pathway in Synechocystis Strain PCC 6803
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2086-2095. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Cristina L. Marolda, Emily R. Haggerty, Michael Lung, and Miguel A. Valvano

Functional Analysis of Predicted Coiled-Coil Regions in the Escherichia coli K-12 O-Antigen Polysaccharide Chain Length Determinant Wzz
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2128-2137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mona P. Singh, Robert K. Shaw, Stuart Knutton, Mark J. Pallen, Valerie F. Crepin, and Gad Frankel

Identification of Amino Acid Residues within the N-Terminal Domain of EspA That Play a Role in EspA Filament Biogenesis and Function
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2221-2226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

Carla D. Jorge, Luís L. Fonseca, Winfried Boos, and Helena Santos

Role of Periplasmic Trehalase in Uptake of Trehalose by the Thermophilic Bacterium Rhodothermus marinus
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1871-1878. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Han Ting Chou, Dong-Hyeon Kwon, Mohamed Hegazy, and Chung-Dar Lu

Transcriptome Analysis of Agmatine and Putrescine Catabolism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1966-1975. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mary E. Laubacher and Sarah E. Ades

The Rcs Phosphorelay Is a Cell Envelope Stress Response Activated by Peptidoglycan Stress and Contributes to Intrinsic Antibiotic Resistance
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2065-2074. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Erik L. Hendrickson, Yuchen Liu, Guillermina Rosas-Sandoval, Iris Porat, Dieter Söll, William B. Whitman, and John A. Leigh

Global Responses of Methanococcus maripaludis to Specific Nutrient Limitations and Growth Rate
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2198-2205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hosam Shams-Eldin, Bonnie Chaban, Sebastian Niehus, Ralph T. Schwarz, and Ken F. Jarrell

Identification of the Archaeal alg7 Gene Homolog (Encoding N-Acetylglucosamine-1-Phosphate Transferase) of the N-Linked Glycosylation System by Cross-Domain Complementation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2217-2220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Melanie Zaparty, Alexander Zaigler, Claudia Stamme, Jörg Soppa, Reinhard Hensel, and Bettina Siebers

DNA Microarray Analysis of Central Carbohydrate Metabolism: Glycolytic/Gluconeogenic Carbon Switch in the Hyperthermophilic Crenarchaeum Thermoproteus tenax
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2231-2238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Molecular Biology Of Pathogens:

Baoqing Guo, Ying Wang, Feng Shi, Yi-Wen Barton, Paul Plummer, Donald L. Reynolds, Dan Nettleton, Tara Grinnage-Pulley, Jun Lin, and Qijing Zhang

CmeR Functions as a Pleiotropic Regulator and Is Required for Optimal Colonization of Campylobacter jejuni In Vivo
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1879-1890. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Frédéric Veyrier, Battouli Saïd-Salim, and Marcel A. Behr

Evolution of the Mycobacterial SigK Regulon
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1891-1899. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Efrat Altman and Gil Segal

The Response Regulator CpxR Directly Regulates Expression of Several Legionella pneumophila icm/dot Components as Well as New Translocated Substrates
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1985-1996. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Belen Belete, Haiping Lu, and Daniel J. Wozniak

Pseudomonas aeruginosa AlgR Regulates Type IV Pilus Biosynthesis by Activating Transcription of the fimU-pilVWXY1Y2E Operon
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2023-2030. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Cheryl Jenkins, Ram Samudrala, Steven J. Geary, and Steven P. Djordjevic

Structural and Functional Characterization of an Organic Hydroperoxide Resistance Protein from Mycoplasma gallisepticum
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2206-2216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ambrose L. Cheung, Koren Nishina, and Adhar C. Manna

SarA of Staphylococcus aureus Binds to the sarA Promoter To Regulate Gene Expression
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2239-2243. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Microbial Cell Biology:

Claire E. Miller, Jonathan D. Rock, Kristian A. Ridley, Peter H. Williams, and Julian M. Ketley

Utilization of Lactoferrin-Bound and Transferrin-Bound Iron by Campylobacter jejuni
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1900-1911. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Melanie S. Sal, Chunhao Li, M. A. Motalab, Satoshi Shibata, Shin-Ichi Aizawa, and Nyles W. Charon

Borrelia burgdorferi Uniquely Regulates Its Motility Genes and Has an Intricate Flagellar Hook-Basal Body Structure
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1912-1921. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Zhihui Cheng, Xueqi Wang, and Yasuko Rikihisa

Regulation of Type IV Secretion Apparatus Genes during Ehrlichia chaffeensis Intracellular Development by a Previously Unidentified Protein
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2096-2105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Archana Varma, Kerwyn Casey Huang, and Kevin D. Young

The Min System as a General Cell Geometry Detection Mechanism: Branch Lengths in Y-Shaped Escherichia coli Cells Affect Min Oscillation Patterns and Division Dynamics
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2106-2117. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Stefan Kutter, Renate Buhrdorf, Jürgen Haas, Wulf Schneider-Brachert, Rainer Haas, and Wolfgang Fischer

Protein Subassemblies of the Helicobacter pylori Cag Type IV Secretion System Revealed by Localization and Interaction Studies
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2161-2171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

Meritxell García-Quintanilla, Francisco Ramos-Morales, and Josep Casadesús

Conjugal Transfer of the Salmonella enterica Virulence Plasmid in the Mouse Intestine
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1922-1927. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Haruyoshi Tomita, Elizabeth Kamei, and Yasuyoshi Ike

Cloning and Genetic Analyses of the Bacteriocin 41 Determinant Encoded on the Enterococcus faecalis Pheromone-Responsive Conjugative Plasmid pYI14: a Novel Bacteriocin Complemented by Two Extracellular Components (Lysin and Activator)
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2075-2085. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Peter Morris, Laura J. Marinelli, Deborah Jacobs-Sera, Roger W. Hendrix, and Graham F. Hatfull

Genomic Characterization of Mycobacteriophage Giles: Evidence for Phage Acquisition of Host DNA by Illegitimate Recombination
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2172-2182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Paula V. Welander and William W. Metcalf

Mutagenesis of the C1 Oxidation Pathway in Methanosarcina barkeri: New Insights into the Mtr/Mer Bypass Pathway
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1928-1936. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Janet K. Hatt and Philip N. Rather

Characterization of a Novel Gene, wosA, Regulating FlhDC Expression in Proteus mirabilis
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1946-1955. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sheng-Mei Jiang, Nadeeza Ishmael, Julie Dunning Hotopp, Manuela Puliti, Luciana Tissi, Nikhil Kumar, Michael J. Cieslewicz, Hervé Tettelin, and Michael R. Wessels

Variation in the Group B Streptococcus CsrRS Regulon and Effects on Pathogenicity
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1956-1965. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Satona Ohno, Naofumi Handa, Miki Watanabe-Matsui, Noriko Takahashi, and Ichizo Kobayashi

Maintenance Forced by a Restriction-Modification System Can Be Modulated by a Region in Its Modification Enzyme Not Essential for Methyltransferase Activity
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2039-2049. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Carolina Pilonieta and George P. Munson

The Chaperone IpgC Copurifies with the Virulence Regulator MxiE
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2249-2251. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gene Regulation:

Luis R. Cruz-Vera, Ming Gong, and Charles Yanofsky

Physiological Effects of Anti-TRAP Protein Activity and tRNA^Trp Charging on trp Operon Expression in Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1937-1945. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Taeksun Song, Seung-Eun Song, Sahadevan Raman, Mauricio Anaya, and Robert N. Husson

Critical Role of a Single Position in the –35 Element for Promoter Recognition by Mycobacterium tuberculosis SigE and SigH
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2227-2230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Thomas J. Santangelo, L'ubomíra Cubonová, Rie Matsumi, Haruyuki Atomi, Tadayuki Imanaka, and John N. Reeve

Polarity in Archaeal Operon Transcription in Thermococcus kodakaraensis
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2244-2248. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Microbial Communities and Interactions:

David E. Whitworth, Antony B. Holmes, Alistair G. Irvine, David A. Hodgson, and David J. Scanlan

Phosphate Acquisition Components of the Myxococcus xanthus Pho Regulon Are Regulated by both Phosphate Availability and Development
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1997-2003. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Signal Transduction:

Graham Christie, Milena Lazarevska, and Christopher R. Lowe

Functional Consequences of Amino Acid Substitutions to GerVB, a Component of the Bacillus megaterium Spore Germinant Receptor
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2014-2022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kylie J. Watts, Mark S. Johnson, and Barry L. Taylor

Structure-Function Relationships in the HAMP and Proximal Signaling Domains of the Aerotaxis Receptor Aer
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2118-2127. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Genomics and Proteomics:

Karl-Heinz Gartemann, Birte Abt, Thomas Bekel, Annette Burger, Jutta Engemann, Monika Flügel, Lars Gaigalat, Alexander Goesmann, Ines Gräfen, Jörn Kalinowski, Olaf Kaup, Oliver Kirchner, Lutz Krause, Burkhard Linke, Alice McHardy, Folker Meyer, Sandra Pohle, Christian Rückert, Susanne Schneiker, Eva-Maria Zellermann, Alfred Pühler, Rudolf Eichenlaub, Olaf Kaiser, and Daniela Bartels

The Genome Sequence of the Tomato-Pathogenic Actinomycete Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis NCPPB382 Reveals a Large Island Involved in Pathogenicity
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2138-2149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Plant Microbiology:

Stephen D. Bentley, Craig Corton, Susan E. Brown, Andrew Barron, Louise Clark, Jon Doggett, Barbara Harris, Doug Ormond, Michael A. Quail, Georgiana May, David Francis, Dennis Knudson, Julian Parkhill, and Carol A. Ishimaru

Genome of the Actinomycete Plant Pathogen Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus Suggests Recent Niche Adaptation
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2150-2160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sang-Won Lee, Kyu-Sik Jeong, Sang-Wook Han, Seung-Eun Lee, Bong-Kwan Phee, Tae-Ryong Hahn, and Pamela Ronald

The Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae PhoPQ Two-Component System Is Required for AvrXA21 Activity, hrpG Expression, and Virulence
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2183-2197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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