MICROBIOLOGY COMMENTS:

David W. Ussery, Peter F. Hallin, Karin Lagesen, and Tom Coenye

Genome Update: rRNAs in sequenced microbial genomes
Microbiology 2004 150: 1113-1115. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Lloyd

‘Anaerobic protists’: some misconceptions and confusions
Microbiology 2004 150: 1115-1116. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hans Rediers, Jos Vanderleyden, and René De Mot

Azotobacter vinelandii: a Pseudomonas in disguise?
Microbiology 2004 150: 1117-1119. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

A C-terminal deletion mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis FtsZ shows fast polymerization in vitro
Microbiology 2004 150: 1119-1121. [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Dirix, P. Monsieurs, K. Marchal, J. Vanderleyden, and J. Michiels

Screening genomes of Gram-positive bacteria for double-glycine-motif-containing peptides
Microbiology 2004 150: 1121-1126. [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS IN AMITOCHONDRIATE PROTISTS OF CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Nigel Yarlett

Anaerobic protists and hidden mitochondria
Microbiology 2004 150: 1127-1129. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudia R. León-Sicairos, Josefina León-Félix, and Rossana Arroyo

tvcp12: a novel Trichomonas vaginalis cathepsin L-like cysteine proteinase-encoding gene
Microbiology 2004 150: 1131-1138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yekaterina Kleydman, Nigel Yarlett, and Thomas E. Gorrell

Production of ammonia by Tritrichomonas foetus and Trichomonas vaginalis
Microbiology 2004 150: 1139-1145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hisao Yoshikawa, Niichiro Abe, and Zhiliang Wu

PCR-based identification of zoonotic isolates of Blastocystis from mammals and birds
Microbiology 2004 150: 1147-1151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Scott P. Keely, Jared M. Fischer, Melanie T. Cushion, and James R. Stringer

Phylogenetic identification of Pneumocystis murina sp. nov., a new species in laboratory mice
Microbiology 2004 150: 1153-1165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Chabé, S. L. Vargas, I. Eyzaguirre, E. M. Aliouat, A. Follet-Dumoulin, C. Creusy, L. Fleurisse, C. Recourt, D. Camus, E. Dei-Cas, and I. Durand-Joly

Molecular typing of Pneumocystis jirovecii found in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded lung tissue sections from sudden infant death victims
Microbiology 2004 150: 1167-1172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne Totet, Hyacinthe Duwat, Eline Magois, Vincent Jounieaux, Patricia Roux, Christian Raccurt, and Gilles Nevez

Similar genotypes of Pneumocystis jirovecii in different forms of Pneumocystis infection
Microbiology 2004 150: 1173-1178. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vibeke H. Vestereng and Joseph A. Kovacs

Inability of Pneumocystis organisms to incorporate bromodeoxyuridine suggests the absence of a salvage pathway for thymidine
Microbiology 2004 150: 1179-1182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Lloyd, J. C. Harris, G. A. Biagini, M. R. Hughes, S. Maroulis, C. Bernard, R. B. Wadley, and M. R. Edwards

The plasma membrane of microaerophilic protists: oxidative and nitrosative stress
Microbiology 2004 150: 1183-1190. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiaomin Cai, Cheryl A. Lancto, Mitchell S. Abrahamsen, and Guan Zhu

Intron-containing -tubulin transcripts in Cryptosporidium parvum cultured in vitro
Microbiology 2004 150: 1191-1195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason J. Millership, Xiaomin Cai, and Guan Zhu

Functional characterization of replication protein A2 (RPA2) from Cryptosporidium parvum
Microbiology 2004 150: 1197-1205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason J. Millership, Palvi Waghela, Xiaomin Cai, Amy Cockerham, and Guan Zhu

Differential expression and interaction of transcription co-activator MBF1 with TATA-binding protein (TBP) in the apicomplexan Cryptosporidium parvum
Microbiology 2004 150: 1207-1213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cyrus J. Bacchi, Donna Rattendi, Evangeline Faciane, Nigel Yarlett, Louis M. Weiss, Benjamin Frydman, Patrick Woster, Benjamin Wei, Laurence J. Marton, and Murray Wittner

Polyamine metabolism in a member of the phylum Microspora (Encephalitozoon cuniculi): effects of polyamine analogues
Microbiology 2004 150: 1215-1224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keriman Sener, Zuojun Shen, David S. Newburg, and Edward L. Jarroll

Amino sugar phosphate levels in Giardia change during cyst wall formation
Microbiology 2004 150: 1225-1230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Timothy Paget, Sarah Maroulis, Andrew Mitchell, Michael R. Edwards, Edward L. Jarroll, and David Lloyd

Menadione kills trophozoites and cysts of Giardia intestinalis
Microbiology 2004 150: 1231-1236. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Craig D. Karr and Edward L. Jarroll

Cyst wall synthase: N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase activity is induced to form the novel N-acetylgalactosamine polysaccharide in the Giardia cyst wall
Microbiology 2004 150: 1237-1243. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gloria León-Avila and Jorge Tovar

Mitosomes of Entamoeba histolytica are abundant mitochondrion-related remnant organelles that lack a detectable organellar genome
Microbiology 2004 150: 1245-1250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xochil Madriz, Máximo B. Martínez, Mario A. Rodríguez, Gustavo Sierra, Carolina Martínez-López, Ana M. Riverón, Leopoldo Flores, and Esther Orozco

Expression in fibroblasts and in live animals of Entamoeba histolytica polypeptides EhCP112 and EhADH112
Microbiology 2004 150: 1251-1260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuliya Y. Sokolova, Lacey R. McNally, James R. Fuxa, and S. Bradleigh Vinson

Spore morphotypes of Thelohania solenopsae (microsporidia) described microscopically and confirmed by PCR of individual spores microdissected from smears by position ablative laser microbeam microscopy
Microbiology 2004 150: 1261-1270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:

Davide Serruto and Cesira L. Galeotti

The signal peptide sequence of a lytic transglycosylase of Neisseria meningitidis is involved in regulation of gene expression
Microbiology 2004 150: 1427-1437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hongjun He, Holly A. Snyder, and Steven Forst

Unique organization and regulation of the mrx fimbrial operon in Xenorhabdus nematophila
Microbiology 2004 150: 1439-1446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Díaz-Mireles, M. Wexler, G. Sawers, D. Bellini, J. D. Todd, and A. W. B. Johnston

The Fur-like protein Mur of Rhizobium leguminosarum is a Mn²⁺-responsive transcriptional regulator
Microbiology 2004 150: 1447-1456. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacqueline M. Reimers, Karen H. Schmidt, Angelika Longacre, Dennis K. Reschke, and Barbara E. Wright

Increased transcription rates correlate with increased reversion rates in leuB and argH Escherichia coli auxotrophs
Microbiology 2004 150: 1457-1466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mónica Fernández, Yolanda Cuadrado, Jesús F. Aparicio, and Juan F. Martín

Role of homoserine and threonine pathway intermediates as precursors for the biosynthesis of aminoethoxyvinylglycine in Streptomyces sp. NRRL 5331
Microbiology 2004 150: 1467-1474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neil R. Wyborn, Angela Clark, Ruth E. Roberts, Stuart J. Jamieson, Svetomir Tzokov, Per A. Bullough, Timothy J. Stillman, Peter J. Artymiuk, James E. Galen, Licheng Zhao, Myron M. Levine, and Jeffrey Green

Properties of haemolysin E (HlyE) from a pathogenic Escherichia coli avian isolate and studies of HlyE export
Microbiology 2004 150: 1495-1505. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION:

Svetlana N. Dedysh, Peter Ricke, and Werner Liesack

NifH and NifD phylogenies: an evolutionary basis for understanding nitrogen fixation capabilities of methanotrophic bacteria
Microbiology 2004 150: 1301-1313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julianne V. Kus, Elizabeth Tullis, Dennis G. Cvitkovitch, and Lori L. Burrows

Significant differences in type IV pilin allele distribution among Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis (CF) versus non-CF patients
Microbiology 2004 150: 1315-1326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Strain information]  

Andrea M. Smania, Ignacio Segura, Roberto J. Pezza, Cecilia Becerra, Inés Albesa, and Carlos E. Argaraña

Emergence of phenotypic variants upon mismatch repair disruption in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Microbiology 2004 150: 1327-1338. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY:

Jim Manos, Elena Artimovich, and Robert Belas

Enhanced motility of a Proteus mirabilis strain expressing hybrid FlaAB flagella
Microbiology 2004 150: 1291-1299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY:

Isabelle Mary, Chao-Jung Tu, Arthur Grossman, and Daniel Vaulot

Effects of high light on transcripts of stress-associated genes for the cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and Prochlorococcus MED4 and MIT9313
Microbiology 2004 150: 1271-1281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marianne H. Larsen, Nicholas Blackburn, Jens L. Larsen, and John E. Olsen

Influences of temperature, salinity and starvation on the motility and chemotactic response of Vibrio anguillarum
Microbiology 2004 150: 1283-1290. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GENES AND GENOMES:

Wook Jin, Yong Gu Ryu, Sung Gyun Kang, Sung Keun Kim, Natsumi Saito, Kozo Ochi, Sang Hee Lee, and Kye Joon Lee

Two relA/spoT homologous genes are involved in the morphological and physiological differentiation of Streptomyces clavuligerus
Microbiology 2004 150: 1485-1493. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adriana Rycovska, Matus Valach, Lubomir Tomaska, Monique Bolotin-Fukuhara, and Jozef Nosek

Linear versus circular mitochondrial genomes: intraspecies variability of mitochondrial genome architecture in Candida parapsilosis
Microbiology 2004 150: 1571-1580. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Safia Arous, Carmen Buchrieser, Patrice Folio, Philippe Glaser, Abdelkader Namane, Michel Hébraud, and Yann Héchard

Global analysis of gene expression in an rpoN mutant of Listeria monocytogenes
Microbiology 2004 150: 1581-1590. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christina M. Collis and Ruth M. Hall

Comparison of the structure–activity relationships of the integron-associated recombination sites attI3 and attI1 reveals common features
Microbiology 2004 150: 1591-1601. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY:

Elke Lammertyn, Lieve Van Mellaert, Eef Meyen, Ilya Lebeau, Emmy De Buck, Jozef Anné, and Nick Geukens

Molecular and functional characterization of type I signal peptidase from Legionella pneumophila
Microbiology 2004 150: 1475-1483. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Teresa F. Pais and Rui Appelberg

Induction of Mycobacterium avium growth restriction and inhibition of phagosome–endosome interactions during macrophage activation and apoptosis induction by picolinic acid plus IFN
Microbiology 2004 150: 1507-1518. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cristiane C. Frota, Debbie M. Hunt, Roger S. Buxton, Lisa Rickman, Jason Hinds, Kristin Kremer, Dick van Soolingen, and M. Joseph Colston

Genome structure in the vole bacillus, Mycobacterium microti, a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex with a low virulence for humans
Microbiology 2004 150: 1519-1527. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yukako Fujinaga, Kaoru Inoue, Shinobu Watarai, Yoshihiko Sakaguchi, Hideyuki Arimitsu, Jae-Chul Lee, Yingji Jin, Takuhiro Matsumura, Yuko Kabumoto, Toshihiro Watanabe, Tohru Ohyama, Atsushi Nishikawa, and Keiji Oguma

Molecular characterization of binding subcomponents of Clostridium botulinum type C progenitor toxin for intestinal epithelial cells and erythrocytes
Microbiology 2004 150: 1529-1538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Miranda Sherley, David M. Gordon, and Peter J. Collignon

Evolution of multi-resistance plasmids in Australian clinical isolates of Escherichia coli
Microbiology 2004 150: 1539-1546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joanne M. Kingsbury, Zhonghui Yang, Tonya M. Ganous, Gary M. Cox, and John H. McCusker

Cryptococcus neoformans Ilv2p confers resistance to sulfometuron methyl and is required for survival at 37 °C and in vivo
Microbiology 2004 150: 1547-1558. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrik Nyberg, Magnus Rasmussen, Ulrich von Pawel-Rammingen, and Lars Björck

SpeB modulates fibronectin-dependent internalization of Streptococcus pyogenes by efficient proteolysis of cell-wall-anchored protein F1
Microbiology 2004 150: 1559-1569. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHYSIOLOGY:

Alice C. L. Len, Derek W. S. Harty, and Nicholas A. Jacques

Stress-responsive proteins are upregulated in Streptococcus mutans during acid tolerance
Microbiology 2004 150: 1339-1351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alice C. L. Len, Derek W. S. Harty, and Nicholas A. Jacques

Proteome analysis of Streptococcus mutans metabolic phenotype during acid tolerance
Microbiology 2004 150: 1353-1366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alinda A. Hasper, Luisa M. Trindade, Douwe van der Veen, Albert J. J. van Ooyen, and Leo H. de Graaff

Functional analysis of the transcriptional activator XlnR from Aspergillus niger
Microbiology 2004 150: 1367-1375. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jesús A. G. Ochoa de Alda, Christiane Lichtlé, Jean-Claude Thomas, and Jean Houmard

Immunolocalization of NblA, a protein involved in phycobilisome turnover, during heterocyst differentiation in cyanobacteria
Microbiology 2004 150: 1377-1384. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lori A. Maggio-Hall, Kathy R. Claas, and Jorge C. Escalante-Semerena

The last step in coenzyme B₁₂ synthesis is localized to the cell membrane in bacteria and archaea
Microbiology 2004 150: 1385-1395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Md Anwarul Haque and Nicholas J. Russell

Strains of Bacillus cereus vary in the phenotypic adaptation of their membrane lipid composition in response to low water activity, reduced temperature and growth in rice starch
Microbiology 2004 150: 1397-1404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Ingo Schmidt, Christiane Look, Eberhard Bock, and Mike S. M. Jetten

Ammonium and hydroxylamine uptake and accumulation in Nitrosomonas
Microbiology 2004 150: 1405-1412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

THEORETICAL MICROBIOLOGY:

Robert A. Cox

Quantitative relationships for specific growth rates and macromolecular compositions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) and Escherichia coli B/r: an integrative theoretical approach
Microbiology 2004 150: 1413-1426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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