MICROBIOLOGY COMMENTS:

Peter F. Hallin, Tim T. Binnewies, and David W. Ussery

Genome Update: Chromosome Atlases
Microbiology 2004 150: 3091-3093. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Linda Cavaletti and Paolo Monciardini

Congruence between strain morphology and the 16S rRNA gene sequence
Microbiology 2004 150: 3093-3094. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gary A. Strobel, David Ezra, Uvidelio Castillo, and Wilford M. Hess

A question concerning the identity of Streptomyces sp. MSU-2110
Microbiology 2004 150: 3094-3096. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wai-Leung Ng and Malcolm E. Winkler

Singular structures and operon organizations of essential two-component systems in species of Streptococcus
Microbiology 2004 150: 3096-3098. [Full Text] [PDF]  

FUNGAL CELL WALL BIOGENESIS: BUILDING A DYNAMIC INTERFACE WITH THE ENVIRONMENT:

Angel Durán and César Nombela

Fungal cell wall biogenesis: building a dynamic interface with the environment
Microbiology 2004 150: 3099-3103. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew B. Frieman and Brendan P. Cormack

Multiple sequence signals determine the distribution of glycosylphosphatidylinositol proteins between the plasma membrane and cell wall in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Microbiology 2004 150: 3105-3114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen J. Grimme, Paul A. Colussi, Christopher H. Taron, and Peter Orlean

Deficiencies in the essential Smp3 mannosyltransferase block glycosylphosphatidylinositol assembly and lead to defects in growth and cell wall biogenesis in Candida albicans
Microbiology 2004 150: 3115-3128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Weig, Lothar Jänsch, Uwe Groß, Chris G. De Koster, Frans M. Klis, and Piet W. J. De Groot

Systematic identification in silico of covalently bound cell wall proteins and analysis of protein–polysaccharide linkages of the human pathogen Candida glabrata
Microbiology 2004 150: 3129-3144. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Renata Teparic, Igor Stuparevic, and Vladimir Mrsa

Increased mortality of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell wall protein mutants
Microbiology 2004 150: 3145-3150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ana I. Martínez, Luis Castillo, Ana Garcerá, María V. Elorza, Eulogio Valentín, and Rafael Sentandreu

Role of Pir1 in the construction of the Candida albicans cell wall
Microbiology 2004 150: 3151-3161. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kazuki Machi, Masayuki Azuma, Koichi Igarashi, Takeshi Matsumoto, Hideki Fukuda, Akihiko Kondo, and Hiroshi Ooshima

Rot1p of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a putative membrane protein required for normal levels of the cell wall 1,6--glucan
Microbiology 2004 150: 3163-3173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Magdalena Martín-Udíroz, Marta P. Madrid, and M. Isabel G. Roncero

Role of chitin synthase genes in Fusarium oxysporum
Microbiology 2004 150: 3175-3187. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alison Coluccio and Aaron M. Neiman

Interspore bridges: a new feature of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae spore wall
Microbiology 2004 150: 3189-3196. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sergej Sestak, Ilja Hagen, Widmar Tanner, and Sabine Strahl

Scw10p, a cell-wall glucanase/transglucosidase important for cell-wall stability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Microbiology 2004 150: 3197-3208. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frank Breinig, Karin Schleinkofer, and Manfred J. Schmitt

Yeast Kre1p is GPI-anchored and involved in both cell wall assembly and architecture
Microbiology 2004 150: 3209-3218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pearl Kipnis, Naomi Thomas, Rafael Ovalle, and Peter N. Lipke

The ER-Golgi v-SNARE Bet1p is required for cross-linking -agglutinin to the cell wall in yeast
Microbiology 2004 150: 3219-3228. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Sanz, F. Castrejón, A. Durán, and C. Roncero

Saccharomyces cerevisiae Bni4p directs the formation of the chitin ring and also participates in the correct assembly of the septum structure
Microbiology 2004 150: 3229-3241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lynn Rowbottom, Carol A. Munro, and Neil A. R. Gow

Candida albicans mutants in the BNI4 gene have reduced cell-wall chitin and alterations in morphogenesis
Microbiology 2004 150: 3243-3252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Schmidt

Survival and cytokinesis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in the absence of chitin
Microbiology 2004 150: 3253-3260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michelle Momany, Rebecca Lindsey, Terry W. Hill, Elizabeth A. Richardson, Cory Momany, Michael Pedreira, Gretel M. Guest, John F. Fisher, Richard B. Hessler, and Kathy A. Roberts

The Aspergillus fumigatus cell wall is organized in domains that are remodelled during polarity establishment
Microbiology 2004 150: 3261-3268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francisco Gómez-Esquer, Jose M. Rodríguez-Peña, Gema Díaz, Estefanía Rodriguez, Peter Briza, César Nombela, and Javier Arroyo

CRR1, a gene encoding a putative transglycosidase, is required for proper spore wall assembly in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Microbiology 2004 150: 3269-3280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary video file]  

Heather A. Vay, Bevin Philip, and David E. Levin

Mutational analysis of the cytoplasmic domain of the Wsc1 cell wall stress sensor
Microbiology 2004 150: 3281-3288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Françoise M. Roelants, Pamela D. Torrance, and Jeremy Thorner

Differential roles of PDK1- and PDK2-phosphorylation sites in the yeast AGC kinases Ypk1, Pkc1 and Sch9
Microbiology 2004 150: 3289-3304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dongmei Li, Valeria Gurkovska, Michael Sheridan, Richard Calderone, and Neeraj Chauhan

Studies on the regulation of the two-component histidine kinase gene CHK1 in Candida albicans using the heterologous lacZ reporter gene
Microbiology 2004 150: 3305-3313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Corrigendum]  

Arthur F. J. Ram, Mark Arentshorst, Robbert A. Damveld, Patricia A. vanKuyk, Frans M. Klis, and Cees A. M. J. J. van den Hondel

The cell wall stress response in Aspergillus niger involves increased expression of the glutamine : fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase-encoding gene (gfaA) and increased deposition of chitin in the cell wall
Microbiology 2004 150: 3315-3326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ke Wang, Stefano Vavassori, Lilian M. Schweizer, and Michael Schweizer

Impaired PRPP-synthesizing capacity compromises cell integrity signalling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Microbiology 2004 150: 3327-3339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Raquel Martinez-Lopez, Lucia Monteoliva, Rosalia Diez-Orejas, César Nombela, and Concha Gil

The GPI-anchored protein CaEcm33p is required for cell wall integrity, morphogenesis and virulence in Candida albicans
Microbiology 2004 150: 3341-3354. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lucimar F. Kneipp, Marcio L. Rodrigues, Carla Holandino, Fabiano F. Esteves, Thais Souto-Padrón, Celuta S. Alviano, Luiz R. Travassos, and José R. Meyer-Fernandes

Ectophosphatase activity in conidial forms of Fonsecaea pedrosoi is modulated by exogenous phosphate and influences fungal adhesion to mammalian cells
Microbiology 2004 150: 3355-3362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:

Lili Wang, Georges Renault, Hervé Garreau, and Michel Jacquet

Stress induces depletion of Cdc25p and decreases the cAMP producing capability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Microbiology 2004 150: 3383-3391. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seiya Watanabe and Yasuhiro Takada

Amino acid residues involved in cold adaptation of isocitrate lyase from a psychrophilic bacterium, Colwellia maris
Microbiology 2004 150: 3393-3403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thi Hang Pham, Jeremy S. Webb, and Bernd H. A. Rehm

The role of polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthesis by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in rhamnolipid and alginate production as well as stress tolerance and biofilm formation
Microbiology 2004 150: 3405-3413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hugo Cruz-Ramos, Gregory M. Cook, Guanghui Wu, Michael W. Cleeter, and Robert K. Poole

Membrane topology and mutational analysis of Escherichia coli CydDC, an ABC-type cysteine exporter required for cytochrome assembly
Microbiology 2004 150: 3415-3427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Loredana Baccigalupi, Gaetano Castaldo, Giuseppina Cangiano, Rachele Isticato, Rosangela Marasco, Maurilio De Felice, and Ezio Ricca

GerE-independent expression of cotH leads to CotC accumulation in the mother cell compartment during Bacillus subtilis sporulation
Microbiology 2004 150: 3441-3449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tanja Zeller and Gabriele Klug

Detoxification of hydrogen peroxide and expression of catalase genes in Rhodobacter
Microbiology 2004 150: 3451-3462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chaoxuan Li, Galina Florova, Konstatin Akopiants, and Kevin A. Reynolds

Crotonyl-coenzyme A reductase provides methylmalonyl-CoA precursors for monensin biosynthesis by Streptomyces cinnamonensis in an oil-based extended fermentation
Microbiology 2004 150: 3463-3472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pakieli H. Kaufusi, L. Scott Forsberg, Panlada Tittabutr, and Dulal Borthakur

Regulation of exopolysaccharide synthesis in Rhizobium sp. strain TAL1145 involves an alternative sigma factor gene, rpoH2
Microbiology 2004 150: 3473-3482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY:

Chia-Lung Chen, Hervé Macarie, Ignacio Ramirez, Alejandro Olmos, Say Leong Ong, Oscar Monroy, and Wen-Tso Liu

Microbial community structure in a thermophilic anaerobic hybrid reactor degrading terephthalate
Microbiology 2004 150: 3429-3440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GENES AND GENOMES:

Gary Moran, Cheryl Stokes, Sascha Thewes, Bernhard Hube, David C. Coleman, and Derek Sullivan

Comparative genomics using Candida albicans DNA microarrays reveals absence and divergence of virulence-associated genes in Candida dubliniensis
Microbiology 2004 150: 3363-3382. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masayuki Nakano, Tetsuya Iida, and Takeshi Honda

Urease activity of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli depends on a specific one-base substitution in ureD
Microbiology 2004 150: 3483-3489. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roger A. Batchelor, Bruce M. Pearson, Lorna M. Friis, Patricia Guerry, and Jerry M. Wells

Nucleotide sequences and comparison of two large conjugative plasmids from different Campylobacter species
Microbiology 2004 150: 3507-3517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY:

Victoria J. Chalker, Wanda M. A. Owen, Caren Paterson, Emily Barker, Harriet Brooks, Andrew N. Rycroft, and Joe Brownlie

Mycoplasmas associated with canine infectious respiratory disease
Microbiology 2004 150: 3491-3497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Movahedzadeh, S. C. G. Rison, P. R. Wheeler, S. L. Kendall, T. J. Larson, and N. G. Stoker

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv1099c gene encodes a GlpX-like class II fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase
Microbiology 2004 150: 3499-3505. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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