MICROBIOLOGY COMMENTS:

Peter F. Hallin, Tom Coenye, Tim T. Binnewies, Hanne Jarmer, Hans-Henrik Stærfeldt, and David W. Ussery

Genome Update: correlation of bacterial genomic properties
Microbiology 2004 150: 3899-3903. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David W. Borhani and E. Lucile White

Polymerization of C-terminally truncated Mycobacterium tuberculosis FtsZ is unlikely to be physiologically relevant
Microbiology 2004 150: 3903-3906. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prabuddha Gupta, Syam Prasad Anand, Ramanujam Srinivasan, Haryadi Rajeswari, Shantinath Indi, and Parthasarathi Ajitkumar

The C-terminally truncated MtFtsZ-C169 mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis FtsZ shows GTPase and GTP-induced, GTP-specific polymerization activities in vitro
Microbiology 2004 150: 3906-3908. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniil G. Naumoff, Ying Xu, Victor Stalon, Nicolas Glansdorff, and Bernard Labedan

The difficulty of annotating genes: the case of putrescine carbamoyltransferase
Microbiology 2004 150: 3908-3911. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:

Shrin Kuo, Shuyu Zhang, Robyn L. Woodbury, and W. G. Haldenwang

Associations between Bacillus subtilis ^B regulators in cell extracts
Microbiology 2004 150: 4125-4136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Liru Wang, Kapil Tahlan, Tracy L. Kaziuk, Dylan C. Alexander, and Susan E. Jensen

Transcriptional and translational analysis of the ccaR gene from Streptomyces clavuligerus
Microbiology 2004 150: 4137-4145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bettina Ughy and Ghada Ajlani

Phycobilisome rod mutants in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803
Microbiology 2004 150: 4147-4156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mercedes Pardo, Lucía Monteoliva, Paloma Vázquez, Raquel Martínez, Gloria Molero, César Nombela, and Concha Gil

PST1 and ECM33 encode two yeast cell surface GPI proteins important for cell wall integrity
Microbiology 2004 150: 4157-4170. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manuel Lavesa-Curto, Heather Sayer, Desmond Bullard, Andrew MacDonald, Adam Wilkinson, Andrew Smith, Laura Bowater, Andrew Hemmings, and Richard P. Bowater

Characterization of a temperature-sensitive DNA ligase from Escherichia coli
Microbiology 2004 150: 4171-4180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Howard Junca, Iris Plumeier, Hans-Jürgen Hecht, and Dietmar H. Pieper

Difference in kinetic behaviour of catechol 2,3-dioxygenase variants from a polluted environment
Microbiology 2004 150: 4181-4187. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION:

Weiwen Zhang and Liang Shi

Evolution of the PPM-family protein phosphatases in Streptomyces: duplication of catalytic domain and lateral recruitment of additional sensory domains
Microbiology 2004 150: 4189-4197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert L. Davies

Genetic diversity among Pasteurella multocida strains of avian, bovine, ovine and porcine origin from England and Wales by comparative sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene
Microbiology 2004 150: 4199-4210. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY:

Akiko Kusumoto, Shintaro Seto, Jacob D. Jaffe, and Makoto Miyata

Cell surface differentiation of Mycoplasma mobile visualized by surface protein localization
Microbiology 2004 150: 4001-4008. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hope Lancero, Nora B. Caberoy, Schryl Castaneda, Yinuo Li, Ann Lu, David Dutton, Xue-yan Duan, Heidi B. Kaplan, Wenyuan Shi, and Anthony G. Garza

Characterization of a Myxococcus xanthus mutant that is defective for adventurous motility and social motility
Microbiology 2004 150: 4085-4093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cristina L. Marolda, Jessica Vicarioli, and Miguel A. Valvano

Wzx proteins involved in biosynthesis of O antigen function in association with the first sugar of the O-specific lipopolysaccharide subunit
Microbiology 2004 150: 4095-4105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GENES AND GENOMES:

Patrice Gaurivaud, Anja Persson, Dominique Le Grand, Joakim Westberg, Michel Solsona, Karl-Erik Johansson, and François Poumarat

Variability of a glucose phosphotransferase system permease in Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides Small Colony
Microbiology 2004 150: 4009-4022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angus L. Dawe, Gert C. Segers, Todd D. Allen, Vanessa C. McMains, and Donald L. Nuss

Microarray analysis of Cryphonectria parasitica G- and G-signalling pathways reveals extensive modulation by hypovirus infection
Microbiology 2004 150: 4033-4043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary tables]  

K. J. Hardy, D. W. Ussery, B. A. Oppenheim, and P. M. Hawkey

Distribution and characterization of staphylococcal interspersed repeat units (SIRUs) and potential use for strain differentiation
Microbiology 2004 150: 4045-4052. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yvonne A. O'Shea, Shirley Finnan, F. Jerry Reen, John P. Morrissey, Fergal O'Gara, and E. Fidelma Boyd

The Vibrio seventh pandemic island-II is a 26·9 kb genomic island present in Vibrio cholerae El Tor and O139 serogroup isolates that shows homology to a 43·4 kb genomic island in V. vulnificus
Microbiology 2004 150: 4053-4063. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. H. Yeoman, A. R. J. Curson, J. D. Todd, G. Sawers, and A. W. B. Johnston

Evidence that the Rhizobium regulatory protein RirA binds to cis-acting iron-responsive operators (IROs) at promoters of some Fe-regulated genes
Microbiology 2004 150: 4065-4074. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ivo M. Chelo, Líbia Zé-Zé, Lélia Chambel, and Rogério Tenreiro

Physical and genetic map of the Weissella paramesenteroides DSMZ 20288^T chromosome and characterization of different rrn operons by ITS analysis
Microbiology 2004 150: 4075-4084. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY:

Ryuta Takenaka, Kenji Yokota, Kiyoshi Ayada, Motowo Mizuno, Ying Zhao, Yoshihito Fujinami, Song-Nan Lin, Tatsuya Toyokawa, Hiroyuki Okada, Yasushi Shiratori, and Keiji Oguma

Helicobacter pylori heat-shock protein 60 induces inflammatory responses through the Toll-like receptor-triggered pathway in cultured human gastric epithelial cells
Microbiology 2004 150: 3913-3922. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel J. Morton, Ann Smith, Zhen Ren, Larissa L. Madore, Timothy M. VanWagoner, Thomas W. Seale, Paul W. Whitby, and Terrence L. Stull

Identification of a haem-utilization protein (Hup) in Haemophilus influenzae
Microbiology 2004 150: 3923-3933. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Tadjine, K. R. Mittal, S. Bourdon, and M. Gottschalk

Production and characterization of murine monoclonal antibodies against Haemophilus parasuis and study of their protective role in mice
Microbiology 2004 150: 3935-3945. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Marceau, F. Sebbane, F. Ewann, F. Collyn, B. Lindner, M. A. Campos, J.-A. Bengoechea, and M. Simonet

The pmrF polymyxin-resistance operon of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is upregulated by the PhoP–PhoQ two-component system but not by PmrA–PmrB, and is not required for virulence
Microbiology 2004 150: 3947-3957. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toril Lindbäck, Annette Fagerlund, Marianne Skeie Rødland, and Per Einar Granum

Characterization of the Bacillus cereus Nhe enterotoxin
Microbiology 2004 150: 3959-3967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kevin S. McIver, Efrat Kessler, and Dennis E. Ohman

Identification of residues in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase propeptide required for chaperone and secretion activities
Microbiology 2004 150: 3969-3977. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert Sutak, Christophe Chamot, Jan Tachezy, Jean-Michel Camadro, and Emmanuel Lesuisse

Siderophore and haem iron use by Tritrichomonas foetus
Microbiology 2004 150: 3979-3987. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ina Catrein, Roger Dumke, January Weiner, III, Enno Jacobs, and Richard Herrmann

Cross-complementation between the products of the genes P1 and ORF6 of Mycoplasma pneumoniae subtypes 1 and 2
Microbiology 2004 150: 3989-4000. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary files]  

Helena M. Johansson, Matthias Mörgelin, and Inga-Maria Frick

Protein FOG – a streptococcal inhibitor of neutrophil function
Microbiology 2004 150: 4211-4221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHYSIOLOGY:

Ingo Schmidt, Rob J. M. van Spanning, and Mike S. M. Jetten

Denitrification and ammonia oxidation by Nitrosomonas europaea wild-type, and NirK- and NorB-deficient mutants
Microbiology 2004 150: 4107-4114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keitarou Kimura, Lam-Son Phan Tran, Ikuo Uchida, and Yoshifumi Itoh

Characterization of Bacillus subtilis -glutamyltransferase and its involvement in the degradation of capsule poly--glutamate
Microbiology 2004 150: 4115-4123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS:

David Ezra, W. M. Hess, and Gary A. Strobel

New endophytic isolates of Muscodor albus, a volatile-antibiotic-producing fungus
Microbiology 2004 150: 4023-4031. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary sequence alignment]  

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