MICROBIOLOGY COMMENTS:

Anne Moir

A rose by any other name . . .
Microbiology 2001 147: 1-2. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julian Parkhill

An annotator's view
Microbiology 2001 147: 2. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ANTIGENS AND IMMUNITY:

Andrew J. Roche, Joanna P. McFadden, and Peter Owen

Antigen 43, the major phase-variable protein of the Escherichia coli outer membrane, can exist as a family of proteins encoded by multiple alleles
Microbiology 2001 147: 161-169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOCHEMISTRY:

Stepánka Vanácová, Dominique Rasoloson, Jakub Rázga, Ivan Hrdý, Jaroslav Kulda, and Jan Tachezy

Iron-induced changes in pyruvate metabolism of Tritrichomonas foetus and involvement of iron in expression of hydrogenosomal proteins
Microbiology 2001 147: 53-62. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOENERGETICS AND TRANSPORT:

Jana Meier-Wagner, Lars Nolden, Marc Jakoby, Ruth Siewe, Reinhard Krämer, and Andreas Burkovski

Multiplicity of ammonium uptake systems in Corynebacterium glutamicum: role of Amt and AmtB
Microbiology 2001 147: 135-143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOTECHNOLOGY:

Tina Lütke-Eversloh, Klaus Bergander, Heinrich Luftmann, and Alexander Steinbüchel

Identification of a new class of biopolymer: bacterial synthesis of a sulfur-containing polymer with thioester linkages
Microbiology 2001 147: 11-19. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY:

Junqin Chen and Paul J. Weimer

Competition among three predominant ruminal cellulolytic bacteria in the absence or presence of non-cellulolytic bacteria
Microbiology 2001 147: 21-30. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshinori Ohta, Michihisa Maeda, and Toshiaki Kudo

Pseudomonas putida CE2010 can degrade biphenyl by a mosaic pathway encoded by the tod operon and cmtE, which are identical to those of P. putida F1 except for a single base difference in the operator–promoter region of the cmt operon
Microbiology 2001 147: 31-41. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:

Jasper Kieboom and Jan A. M. de Bont

Identification and molecular characterization of an efflux system involved in Pseudomonas putida S12 multidrug resistance
Microbiology 2001 147: 43-51. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Felicitas Pfeifer, Jens Zotzel, Brigitta Kurenbach, Richard Röder, and Peter Zimmermann

A p-loop motif and two basic regions in the regulatory protein GvpD are important for the repression of gas vesicle formation in the archaeon Haloferax mediterranei
Microbiology 2001 147: 63-73. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susanne Behrens, Wilfrid J. Mitchell, and Hubert Bahl

Molecular analysis of the mannitol operon of Clostridium acetobutylicum encoding a phosphotransferase system and a putative PTS-modulated regulator
Microbiology 2001 147: 75-86. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Perigio B. Francisco, Jr, Naoto Ogawa, Katsuhisa Suzuki, and Kiyotaka Miyashita

The chlorobenzoate dioxygenase genes of Burkholderia sp. strain NK8 involved in the catabolism of chlorobenzoates
Microbiology 2001 147: 121-133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew J. Roe, Carol Currie, David G. E. Smith, and David L. Gally

Analysis of type 1 fimbriae expression in verotoxigenic Escherichia coli: a comparison between serotypes O157 and O26
Microbiology 2001 147: 145-152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toru Ozaki, Yuichi Kumaki, Risa Kitagawa, and Tohru Ogawa

Anomalous DnaA protein binding to the regulatory region of the Escherichia coli aldA gene
Microbiology 2001 147: 153-159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Agata Czyz, Ryszard Zielke, Grazyna Konopa, and Grzegorz Wegrzyn

A Vibrio harveyi insertional mutant in the cgtA (obg, yhbZ) gene, whose homologues are present in diverse organisms ranging from bacteria to humans and are essential genes in many bacterial species
Microbiology 2001 147: 183-191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yaoping Zhang, Kitai Kim, Paul W. Ludden, and Gary P. Roberts

Isolation and characterization of draT mutants that have altered regulatory properties of dinitrogenase reductase ADP-ribosyltransferase in Rhodospirillum rubrum
Microbiology 2001 147: 193-202. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Konrad Trülzsch, Andreas Roggenkamp, Cosima Pelludat, Alexander Rakin, Christoph A. Jacobi, and Jürgen Heesemann

Cloning and characterization of the gene encoding periplasmic 2',3'-cyclic phosphodiesterase of Yersinia enterocolitica O:8
Microbiology 2001 147: 203-213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edward G. Dudley and James L. Steele

Lactococcus lactis LM0230 contains a single aminotransferase involved in aspartate biosynthesis, which is essential for growth in milk
Microbiology 2001 147: 215-224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sandra Ramirez-Arcos, Jason Szeto, Terry J. Beveridge, Charles Victor, Finola Francis, and Jo-Anne R. Dillon

Deletion of the cell-division inhibitor MinC results in lysis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Microbiology 2001 147: 225-237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MINI-REVIEW:

Ian W. Sutherland

Biofilm exopolysaccharides: a strong and sticky framework
Microbiology 2001 147: 3-9. [Full Text] [PDF]  

PATHOGENICITY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY:

Claire Hennequin, Fabrice Porcheray, Anne-Judith Waligora-Dupriet, Anne Collignon, Marie-Claude Barc, Pierre Bourlioux, and Tuomo Karjalainen

GroEL (Hsp60) of Clostridium difficile is involved in cell adherence
Microbiology 2001 147: 87-96. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Corrigendum]  

Matthew D. Lefebre and Miguel A. Valvano

In vitro resistance of Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates to reactive oxygen species in relation to catalase and superoxide dismutase production
Microbiology 2001 147: 97-109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mary N. Burtnick, Alexandra J. Bolton, Paul J. Brett, David Watanabe, and Donald E. Woods

Identification of the acid phosphatase (acpA) gene homologues in pathogenic and non-pathogenic Burkholderia spp. facilitates TnphoA mutagenesis
Microbiology 2001 147: 111-120. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHYSIOLOGY AND GROWTH:

N. B. Grover and C. L. Woldringh

Dimensional regulation of cell-cycle events in Escherichia coli during steady-state growth
Microbiology 2001 147: 171-181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Fig. 1]  

Mhairi McIntyre, Jens Dynesen, and Jens Nielsen

Morphological characterization of Aspergillus nidulans: growth, septation and fragmentation
Microbiology 2001 147: 239-246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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