MICROBIOLOGY COMMENTS:

D. M. Faguy and K. F. Jarrell

A twisted tale: the origin and evolution of motility and chemotaxis in prokaryotes
Microbiology 1999 145: 279-281. [PDF]  

J. H. Hageman and R. L. Switzer

ISP-4 and CWBP52 are proteins encoded by the same gene in Bacillus subtilis
Microbiology 1999 145: 281. [PDF]  

ANTIGENS AND IMMUNITY:

Olivier Neyrolles, Jean-Pierre Eliane, Stéphane Ferris, Regina Ayr Florio da Cunha, Marie-Christine Prevost, Elmostafa Bahraoui, and Alain Blanchard

Antigenic characterization and cytolocalization of P35, the major Mycoplasma penetrans antigen
Microbiology 1999 145: 343-355. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jacobus M. Ossewaarde and Adam Meijer

Molecular evidence for the existence of additional members of the order Chlamydiales
Microbiology 1999 145: 411-417. [Abstract] [PDF]  

BIOCHEMISTRY:

Fabienne Morel, Jacques Frot-Coutaz, Dominique Aubel, Raymond Portalier, and Danièle Atlan

Characterization of a prolidase from Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus CNRZ 397 with an unusual regulation of biosynthesis
Microbiology 1999 145: 437-446. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tomoko Mizote, Masataka Tsuda, D. D. S. Smith, Hideo Nakayama, and Teruko Nakazawa

Cloning and characterization of the thiD/J gene of Escherichia coli encoding a thiamin-synthesizing bifunctional enzyme, hydroxymethylpyrimidine kinase/phosphomethylpyrimidine kinase
Microbiology 1999 145: 495-501. [Abstract] [PDF]  

BIOTECHNOLOGY:

Michael Manefield, Rocky de Nys, Kumar Naresh, Read Roger, Michael Givskov, Steinberg Peter, and Staffan Kjelleberg

Evidence that halogenated furanones from Delisea pulchra inhibit acylated homoserine lactone (AHL)-mediated gene expression by displacing the AHL signal from its receptor protein
Microbiology 1999 145: 283-291. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nianshu Zhang, David C. J. Gardner, Stephen G. Oliver, and Lubomira I. Stateva

Down-regulation of the expression of PKC1 and SRB1/PSA1/VIG9, two genes involved in cell wall integrity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, causes flocculation
Microbiology 1999 145: 309-316. [Abstract] [PDF]  

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:

Santiago Gutiérrez, Ana T. Marcos, Javier Casqueiro, Katarina Kosalková, Francisco J. Fernández, Javier Velasco, and Juan F. Martín

Transcription of the pcbAB, pcbC and penDE genes of Penicillium chrysogenum AS-P-78 is repressed by glucose and the repression is not reversed by alkaline pHs
Microbiology 1999 145: 317-324. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Marjorie J. Gibbon, Ane Sesma, Arantzazu Canal, John R. Wood, Elena Hidalgo, Judy Brown, Alan Vivian, and Jesús Murillo

Replication regions from plant-pathogenic Pseudomonas syringae plasmids are similar to ColE2-related replicons
Microbiology 1999 145: 325-334. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Juan A. Gutierrez, Paula J. Crowley, Dennis G. Cvitkovitch, L. Jeannine Brady, Ian R. Hamilton, Jeffrey D. Hillman, and Arnold S. Bleiweis

Streptococcus mutans ffh, a gene encoding a homologue of the 54 kDa subunit of the signal recognition particle, is involved in resistance to acid stress
Microbiology 1999 145: 357-366. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sarah J. Baker, John S. Gunn, and Renato Morona

The Salmonella typhi melittin resistance gene pqaB affects intracellular growth in PMA-differentiated U937 cells, polymyxin B resistance and lipopolysaccharide
Microbiology 1999 145: 367-378. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Anne C. Wood, Neil J. Oldfield, Clíona A. O'Dwyer, and Julian M. Ketley

Cloning, mutation and distribution of a putative lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis locus in Campylobacter jejuni
Microbiology 1999 145: 379-388. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael S. Chaussee, Jeanne Wilson, and Stuart A. Hill

Characterization of the recD gene of Neisseria gonorrhoeae MS11 and the effect of recD inactivation on pilin variation and DNA transformation
Microbiology 1999 145: 389-400. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jackie L. Collier, Bianca Brahamsha, and Brian Palenik

The marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. WH7805 requires urease (urea amiohydrolase, EC 3.5.1.5) to utilize urea as a nitrogen source: molecular-genetic and biochemical analysis of the enzyme
Microbiology 1999 145: 447-459. [Abstract] [PDF]  

John S. Lloyd, Ruth Finch, Howard Dalton, and J. Colin Murrell

Homologous expression of soluble methane monooxygenase genes in Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b
Microbiology 1999 145: 461-470. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Max Schobert and Helmut Görisch

Cytochrome C₅₅₀ is an essential component of the quinoprotein ethanol oxidation system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: cloning and sequencing of the genes encoding cytochrome C₅₅₀ and an adjacent acetaldehyde dehydrogenase
Microbiology 1999 145: 471-481. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dieter J. Reinscheid, Stephanie Schnicke, Doris Rittmann, Ulrike Zahnow, Hermann Sahm, and Bernhard J. Eikmanns

Cloning, sequence analysis, expression and inactivation of the Corynebacterium glutamicum pta-ack operon encoding phosphotransacetylase and acetate kinase
Microbiology 1999 145: 503-513. [Abstract] [PDF]  

GENOMICS:

Brian A. Dougherty and Hamilton O. Smith

Identification of Haemophilus influenzae Rd transformation genes using cassette mutagenesis
Microbiology 1999 145: 401-409. [Abstract] [PDF]  

PATHOGENICITY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY:

Mia Vanrobaeys, Peter De Herdt, Gerard Charlier, Richard Ducatelle, and Freddy Haesebrouck

Ultrastructure of surface components of Streptococcus gallolyticus (S. bovis) strains of differing virulence isolated from pigeons
Microbiology 1999 145: 335-342. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andrew C. Barnes, M. Carmen Balebona, Michael T. Horne, and Anthony E. Ellis

Superoxide dismutase and catalase in Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida and their roles in resistance to reactive oxygen species
Microbiology 1999 145: 483-494. [Abstract] [PDF]  

PHYSIOLOGY AND GROWTH:

Kiyotaka Machida, Toshio Tanaka, Yoshihisa Yano, Shuzo Otani, and Makoto Taniguchi

Farnesol-induced growth inhibition in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by a cell cycle mechanism
Microbiology 1999 145: 293-299. [Abstract] [PDF]  

R. D. Klein, T. G. Geary, A. S. Gibson, M. A. Favreau, C. A. Winterrowd, S. J. Upton, J. S. Keithly, G. Zhu, R. L. Malmberg, M. P. Martinez, and N. Yarlett

Reconstitution of a bacterial/plant polyamine biosynthesis pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Microbiology 1999 145: 301-307. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gordon W. Niven, Christopher A. Miles, and Bernard M. Mackey

The effects of hydrostatic pressure on ribosome conformation in Escherichia coli: an in vivo study using differential scanning calorimetry
Microbiology 1999 145: 419-425. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Vianney Pichereau, Stéphane Bourot, Sigrid Flahaut, Carlos Blanco, Yanick Auffray, and Théophile Bernard

The osmoprotectant glycine betaine inhibits salt-induced cross-tolerance towards lethal treatment in Enterococcus faecalis
Microbiology 1999 145: 427-435. [Abstract] [PDF]  

To see an article, click its [Full Text] or [PDF] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.