MICROBIOLOGY COMMENTS:

M.-R. Yen, Y.-H. Tseng, and M. H. Saier, Jr

Maize Yellow Stripe1, an iron-phytosiderophore uptake transporter, is a member of the oligopeptide transporter (OPT) family
Microbiology 2001 147: 2881-2883. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ANTIGENS AND IMMUNITY:

Audrey J. King, Guy Berbers, Hans F. L. M. van Oirschot, Peter Hoogerhout, Karen Knipping, and Frits R. Mooi

Role of the polymorphic region 1 of the Bordetella pertussis protein pertactin in immunity
Microbiology 2001 147: 2885-2895. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alfonso Ruiz-Bravo, Encarnación Moreno, and María Jiménez-Valera

Intestinal infection of BALB/c mice with Yersinia enterocolitica O9 causes major modifications in phenotype and functions of spleen cells
Microbiology 2001 147: 3165-3169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOENERGETICS AND TRANSPORT:

Christine Harms, Yukiyo Domoto, Christian Celik, Evelyne Rahe, Stefan Stumpe, Roland Schmid, Tatsunosuke Nakamura, and Evert P. Bakker

Identification of the ABC protein SapD as the subunit that confers ATP dependence to the K⁺-uptake systems Trk^H and Trk^G from Escherichia coli K-12
Microbiology 2001 147: 2991-3003. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marina L. Verkhovskaya, Blanca Barquera, and Mårten Wikström

Deletion of one of two Escherichia coli genes encoding putative Na⁺/H⁺ exchangers (ycgO) perturbs cytoplasmic alkali cation balance at low osmolarity
Microbiology 2001 147: 3005-3013. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURE:

Abdelmadjid Atrih and Simon J. Foster

In vivo roles of the germination-specific lytic enzymes of Bacillus subtilis 168
Microbiology 2001 147: 2925-2932. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY:

Jan-Ulrich Kreft, Cristian Picioreanu, Julian W. T. Wimpenny, and Mark C. M. van Loosdrecht

Individual-based modelling of biofilms
Microbiology 2001 147: 2897-2912. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary images and movies]  

Elke Dittmann, Marcel Erhard, Melanie Kaebernick, Christian Scheler, Brett A. Neilan, Hans von Döhren, and Thomas Börner

Altered expression of two light-dependent genes in a microcystin-lacking mutant of Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806
Microbiology 2001 147: 3113-3119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ricardo Murga, Terri S. Forster, Ellen Brown, Janet M. Pruckler, Barry S. Fields, and Rodney M. Donlan

Role of biofilms in the survival of Legionella pneumophila in a model potable-water system
Microbiology 2001 147: 3121-3126. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:

Malcolm J. Horsburgh, Penny D. Thackray, and Anne Moir

Transcriptional responses during outgrowth of Bacillus subtilis endospores
Microbiology 2001 147: 2933-2941. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amal O. Amer and Miguel A. Valvano

Conserved amino acid residues found in a predicted cytosolic domain of the lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic protein WecA are implicated in the recognition of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine
Microbiology 2001 147: 3015-3025. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karen F. Novak, Bryan Dougherty, and Manuel Peláez

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans harbours type IV secretion system genes on a plasmid and in the chromosome
Microbiology 2001 147: 3027-3035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vineet K. Singh, Jackob Moskovitz, Brian J. Wilkinson, and Radheshyam K. Jayaswal

Molecular characterization of a chromosomal locus in Staphylococcus aureus that contributes to oxidative defence and is highly induced by the cell-wall-active antibiotic oxacillin
Microbiology 2001 147: 3037-3045. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. Hai, S. Hein, and A. Steinbüchel

Multiple evidence for widespread and general occurrence of type-III PHA synthases in cyanobacteria and molecular characterization of the PHA synthases from two thermophilic cyanobacteria: Chlorogloeopsis fritschii PCC 6912 and Synechococcus sp. strain MA19
Microbiology 2001 147: 3047-3060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. M. Vickerman, P. E. Minick, and N. M. Mather

Characterization of the Streptococcus gordonii chromosomal region immediately downstream of the glucosyltransferase gene
Microbiology 2001 147: 3061-3070. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heather M. Chatwin and David K. Summers

Monomer–dimer control of the ColE1 P_cer promoter
Microbiology 2001 147: 3071-3081. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Victoria Colombo, Maria Fernández-de-Heredia, and Francisco Malpartida

A polyketide biosynthetic gene cluster from Streptomyces antibioticus includes a LysR-type transcriptional regulator
Microbiology 2001 147: 3083-3092. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

William T. Self, Adnan Hasona, and K. T. Shanmugam

N-terminal truncations in the FhlA protein result in formate- and MoeA-independent expression of the hyc (formate hydrogenlyase) operon of Escherichia coli
Microbiology 2001 147: 3093-3104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valérie Leclère, Anne Chotteau-Lelièvre, Frédérique Gancel, Marlène Imbert, and Roland Blondeau

Occurrence of two superoxide dismutases in Aeromonas hydrophila: molecular cloning and differential expression of the sodA and sodB genes
Microbiology 2001 147: 3105-3111. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PATHOGENICITY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY:

Elise Borezée, Elisabeth Pellegrini, Jean-Luc Beretti, and Patrick Berche

SvpA, a novel surface virulence-associated protein required for intracellular survival of Listeria monocytogenes
Microbiology 2001 147: 2913-2923. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antje Flieger, Shimei Gong, Marion Faigle, Hinnak Northoff, and Birgid Neumeister

In vitro secretion kinetics of proteins from Legionella pneumophila in comparison to proteins from non-pneumophila species
Microbiology 2001 147: 3127-3134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aya Kubo and Richard S. Stephens

Substrate-specific diffusion of select dicarboxylates through Chlamydia trachomatis PorB
Microbiology 2001 147: 3135-3140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vincent Labrie, Hans-Erick Beausoleil, Josée Harel, and J. Daniel Dubreuil

Binding to sulfatide and enterotoxicity of various Escherichia coli STb mutants
Microbiology 2001 147: 3141-3148. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luisa Sandner, Luis E. Eguiarte, Armando Navarro, Alejandro Cravioto, and Valeria Souza

The elements of the locus of enterocyte effacement in human and wild mammal isolates of Escherichia coli: evolution by assemblage or disruption?
Microbiology 2001 147: 3149-3158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Stephen A. Klotz, Micheal L. Pendrak, and Raymond C. Hein

Antibodies to ₅ß₁ and _vß₃ integrins react with Candida albicans alcohol dehydrogenase
Microbiology 2001 147: 3159-3164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary sequence]  

PHYSIOLOGY AND GROWTH:

Gabriele Beckers, Lars Nolden, and Andreas Burkovski

Glutamate synthase of Corynebacterium glutamicum is not essential for glutamate synthesis and is regulated by the nitrogen status
Microbiology 2001 147: 2961-2970. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Svensäter, Olof Björnsson, and I. R. Hamilton

Effect of carbon starvation and proteolytic activity on stationary-phase acid tolerance of Streptococcus mutans
Microbiology 2001 147: 2971-2979. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xueqiao Liu and Thomas Ferenci

An analysis of multifactorial influences on the transcriptional control of ompF and ompC porin expression under nutrient limitation
Microbiology 2001 147: 2981-2989. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS:

Gary A. Strobel, Emilie Dirkse, Joe Sears, and Chris Markworth

Volatile antimicrobials from Muscodor albus, a novel endophytic fungus
Microbiology 2001 147: 2943-2950. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Won-Sik Kim, Maja Hildebrand, Susanne Jock, and Klaus Geider

Molecular comparison of pathogenic bacteria from pear trees in Japan and the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora
Microbiology 2001 147: 2951-2959. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION:

Claire S. Ting, Gabrielle Rocap, Jonathan King, and Sallie W. Chisholm

Phycobiliprotein genes of the marine photosynthetic prokaryote Prochlorococcus: evidence for rapid evolution of genetic heterogeneity
Microbiology 2001 147: 3171-3182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Georgios I. Zervakis, Giuseppe Venturella, and Kalliopi Papadopoulou

Genetic polymorphism and taxonomic infrastructure of the Pleurotus eryngii species-complex as determined by RAPD analysis, isozyme profiles and ecomorphological characters
Microbiology 2001 147: 3183-3194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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