MICROBIOLOGY COMMENTS:

David W. Ussery and Peter F. Hallin

Genome Update: length distributions of sequenced prokaryotic genomes
Microbiology 2004 150: 513-516. [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. W. Reid and S. M. Kirov

Iron, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and cystic fibrosis
Microbiology 2004 150: 516. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A.-P. Zeng and E.-J. Kim

Iron availability, oxygen limitation, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and cystic fibrosis
Microbiology 2004 150: 516-518. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark W. Silby, Paul B. Rainey, and Stuart B. Levy

IVET experiments in Pseudomonas fluorescens reveal cryptic promoters at loci associated with recognizable overlapping genes
Microbiology 2004 150: 518-520. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guy D. Eslick

Non-gonococcal urethritis, Helicobacter pylori infection and fellatio: a new ménage à trois?
Microbiology 2004 150: 520-522. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sangeeta Banerji and Antje Flieger

Patatin-like proteins: a new family of lipolytic enzymes present in bacteria?
Microbiology 2004 150: 522-525. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Tangney and Wilfrid J. Mitchell

Clostridium tetani encodes a phosphocarrier protein, HPr
Microbiology 2004 150: 525-526. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:

Ken-ichi Yoshida, Masanori Yamaguchi, Hideki Ikeda, Kaoru Omae, Ken-ichi Tsurusaki, and Yasutaro Fujita

The fifth gene of the iol operon of Bacillus subtilis, iolE, encodes 2-keto-myo-inositol dehydratase
Microbiology 2004 150: 571-580. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael M. Saulmon, Ece Karatan, and George W. Ordal

Effect of loss of CheC and other adaptational proteins on chemotactic behaviour in Bacillus subtilis
Microbiology 2004 150: 581-589. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mika Yoshimura, Kei Asai, Yoshito Sadaie, and Hirofumi Yoshikawa

Interaction of Bacillus subtilis extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factors with the N-terminal regions of their potential anti-sigma factors
Microbiology 2004 150: 591-599. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlos D. Esteban, Kerstin Mahr, Vicente Monedero, Wolfgang Hillen, Gaspar Pérez-Martínez, and Fritz Titgemeyer

Complementation of a ccpA mutant of Lactobacillus casei with CcpA mutants affected in the DNA- and cofactor-binding domains
Microbiology 2004 150: 613-620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. A. F. T. van Hijum, E. Szalowska, M. J. E. C. van der Maarel, and L. Dijkhuizen

Biochemical and molecular characterization of a levansucrase from Lactobacillus reuteri
Microbiology 2004 150: 621-630. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshio Kimura, Saori Ishida, Hideki Matoba, and Naoki Okahisa

RppA, a transducer homologue, and MmrA, a multidrug transporter homologue, are involved in the biogenesis and/or assembly of polysaccharide in Myxococcus xanthus
Microbiology 2004 150: 631-639. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elisabeth Schmutz, Susanne Hennig, Shu-Ming Li, and Lutz Heide

Identification of a topoisomerase IV in actinobacteria: purification and characterization of ParY^R and GyrB^R from the coumermycin A₁ producer Streptomyces rishiriensis DSM 40489
Microbiology 2004 150: 641-647. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frédérique Barloy-Hubler, Angélique Chéron, Adeline Hellégouarch, and Francis Galibert

Smc01944, a secreted peroxidase induced by oxidative stresses in Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021
Microbiology 2004 150: 657-664. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joshua K. Schaffzin and James R. Stringer

Expression of the Pneumocystis carinii major surface glycoprotein epitope is correlated with linkage of the cognate gene to the upstream conserved sequence locus
Microbiology 2004 150: 677-686. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephanie Jäger, Elena Evguenieva-Hackenberg, and Gabriele Klug

Temperature-dependent processing of the cspA mRNA in Rhodobacter capsulatus
Microbiology 2004 150: 687-695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seung-Hyun Cho, Sang-Hee Youn, Seung-Rock Lee, Hyung-Soon Yim, and Sa-Ouk Kang

Redox property and regulation of PpsR, a transcriptional repressor of photosystem gene expression in Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Microbiology 2004 150: 697-706. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ekundayo K. Adeosun, Thomas J. Smith, Anne-Mette Hoberg, Giles Velarde, Robert Ford, and Howard Dalton

Formaldehyde dehydrogenase preparations from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) comprise methanol dehydrogenase and methylene tetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase
Microbiology 2004 150: 707-713. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION:

Georgios I. Zervakis, Jean-Marc Moncalvo, and Rytas Vilgalys

Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and speciation of the mushroom species Pleurotus cystidiosus and allied taxa
Microbiology 2004 150: 715-726. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY:

Ronald S. Flannagan, Miguel A. Valvano, and Susan F. Koval

Downregulation of the motA gene delays the escape of the obligate predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus 109J from bdelloplasts of bacterial prey cells
Microbiology 2004 150: 649-656. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY:

A. N. J. Casey, R. J. Birtles, A. D. Radford, K. J. Bown, N. P. French, Z. Woldehiwet, and N. H. Ogden

Groupings of highly similar major surface protein (p44)-encoding paralogues: a potential index of genetic diversity amongst isolates of Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Microbiology 2004 150: 727-734. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GENES AND GENOMES:

Benjamin Candelon, Kévin Guilloux, S. Dusko Ehrlich, and Alexei Sorokin

Two distinct types of rRNA operons in the Bacillus cereus group
Microbiology 2004 150: 601-611. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marta Martínez, Belén Brito, Juan Imperial, and Tomás Ruiz-Argüeso

Characterization of a new internal promoter (P₃) for Rhizobium leguminosarum hydrogenase accessory genes hupGHIJ
Microbiology 2004 150: 665-675. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY:

Jennifer Cleary, Li-Ching Lai, Robert K. Shaw, Anna Straatman-Iwanowska, Michael S. Donnenberg, Gad Frankel, and Stuart Knutton

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) adhesion to intestinal epithelial cells: role of bundle-forming pili (BFP), EspA filaments and intimin
Microbiology 2004 150: 527-538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kyung-Seop Ahn, Unhwan Ha, Jinghua Jia, Donghai Wu, and Shouguang Jin

The truA gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is required for the expression of type III secretory genes
Microbiology 2004 150: 539-547. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marija Pinne, Yngve Östberg, Pär Comstedt, and Sven Bergström

Molecular analysis of the channel-forming protein P13 and its paralogue family 48 from different Lyme disease Borrelia species
Microbiology 2004 150: 549-559. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amy M. Siegesmund, Michael E. Konkel, John D. Klena, and Philip F. Mixter

Campylobacter jejuni infection of differentiated THP-1 macrophages results in interleukin 1 release and caspase-1-independent apoptosis
Microbiology 2004 150: 561-569. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHYSIOLOGY:

Karol McNeill and I. R. Hamilton

Effect of acid stress on the physiology of biofilm cells of Streptococcus mutans
Microbiology 2004 150: 735-742. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Petter Melin, Johan Schnürer, and E. Gerhart H. Wagner

Disruption of the gene encoding the V-ATPase subunit A results in inhibition of normal growth and abolished sporulation in Aspergillus nidulans
Microbiology 2004 150: 743-748. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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