MINI-REVIEWS:

María J. Soto, Juan Sanjuán, and José Olivares

Rhizobia and plant-pathogenic bacteria: common infection weapons
Microbiology 2006 152: 3167-3174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:

Karin Denger, Theo H. M. Smits, and Alasdair M. Cook

Genome-enabled analysis of the utilization of taurine as sole source of carbon or of nitrogen by Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1
Microbiology 2006 152: 3197-3206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sad Halak, Tamara Basta, Sibylle Bürger, Matthias Contzen, and Andreas Stolz

Characterization of the genes encoding the 3-carboxy-cis,cis-muconate-lactonizing enzymes from the 4-sulfocatechol degradative pathways of Hydrogenophaga intermedia S1 and Agrobacterium radiobacter S2
Microbiology 2006 152: 3207-3216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katsuya Satoh, Hirofumi Ohba, Haïtham Sghaier, and Issay Narumi

Down-regulation of radioresistance by LexA2 in Deinococcus radiodurans
Microbiology 2006 152: 3217-3226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arjaree Nilavongse, T. Harma C. Brondijk, Tim W. Overton, David J. Richardson, Emily R. Leach, and Jeffrey A. Cole

The NapF protein of the Escherichia coli periplasmic nitrate reductase system: demonstration of a cytoplasmic location and interaction with the catalytic subunit, NapA
Microbiology 2006 152: 3227-3237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION:

David M. Gordon and Claire L. O'Brien

Bacteriocin diversity and the frequency of multiple bacteriocin production in Escherichia coli
Microbiology 2006 152: 3239-3244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

Sheng Sun, Hong Guo, and Jianping Xu

Multiple gene genealogical analyses reveal both common and distinct population genetic patterns among replicons in the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti
Microbiology 2006 152: 3245-3259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alessandra Bragonzi, Lutz Wiehlmann, Jens Klockgether, Nina Cramer, Dieter Worlitzsch, Gerd Döring, and Burkhard Tümmler

Sequence diversity of the mucABD locus in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients with cystic fibrosis
Microbiology 2006 152: 3261-3269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY:

Jan Hänisch, Marc Wältermann, Horst Robenek, and Alexander Steinbüchel

The Ralstonia eutropha H16 phasin PhaP1 is targeted to intracellular triacylglycerol inclusions in Rhodococcus opacus PD630 and Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155, and provides an anchor to target other proteins
Microbiology 2006 152: 3271-3280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY:

Alan G. Ramsay, Karen P. Scott, Jenny C. Martin, Marco T. Rincon, and Harry J. Flint

Cell-associated -amylases of butyrate-producing Firmicute bacteria from the human colon
Microbiology 2006 152: 3281-3290. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicole Popp, Michael Schlömann, and Margit Mau

Bacterial diversity in the active stage of a bioremediation system for mineral oil hydrocarbon-contaminated soils
Microbiology 2006 152: 3291-3304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

GENES AND GENOMES:

Jos Boekhorst, Michiel Wels, Michiel Kleerebezem, and Roland J. Siezen

The predicted secretome of Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 sheds light on interactions with its environment
Microbiology 2006 152: 3175-3183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Carlos Canchaya, Marcus J. Claesson, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, Douwe van Sinderen, and Paul W. O'Toole

Diversity of the genus Lactobacillus revealed by comparative genomics of five species
Microbiology 2006 152: 3185-3196. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. Rosales-Saavedra, E. U. Esquivel-Naranjo, S. Casas-Flores, P. Martínez-Hernández, E. Ibarra-Laclette, C. Cortes-Penagos, and A. Herrera-Estrella

Novel light-regulated genes in Trichoderma atroviride: a dissection by cDNA microarrays
Microbiology 2006 152: 3305-3317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ying Wang, Joshua Orvis, David Dyer, and Casey Chen

Genomic distribution and functions of uptake signal sequences in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
Microbiology 2006 152: 3319-3325. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlos R. Osorio, Sandra Juiz-Río, and Manuel L. Lemos

A siderophore biosynthesis gene cluster from the fish pathogen Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida is structurally and functionally related to the Yersinia high-pathogenicity island
Microbiology 2006 152: 3327-3341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marina Caldara, Daniel Charlier, and Raymond Cunin

The arginine regulon of Escherichia coli: whole-system transcriptome analysis discovers new genes and provides an integrated view of arginine regulation
Microbiology 2006 152: 3343-3354. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francisco Barona-Gómez, Sylvie Lautru, Francois-Xavier Francou, Pierre Leblond, Jean-Luc Pernodet, and Gregory L. Challis

Multiple biosynthetic and uptake systems mediate siderophore-dependent iron acquisition in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) and Streptomyces ambofaciens ATCC 23877
Microbiology 2006 152: 3355-3366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Janina P. Lewis, Konrad Plata, Fan Yu, Adriana Rosato, and Cecilia Anaya

Transcriptional organization, regulation and role of the Porphyromonas gingivalis W83 hmu haemin-uptake locus
Microbiology 2006 152: 3367-3382. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY:

E. Vanterpool, F. Roy, W. Zhan, S. M. Sheets, L. Sangberg, and H. M. Fletcher

VimA is part of the maturation pathway for the major gingipains of Porphyromonas gingivalis W83
Microbiology 2006 152: 3383-3389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Roy, E. Vanterpool, and H. M. Fletcher

HtrA in Porphyromonas gingivalis can regulate growth and gingipain activity under stressful environmental conditions
Microbiology 2006 152: 3391-3398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stanislav Forman, Alexander G. Bobrov, Olga Kirillina, Susannah K. Craig, Jennifer Abney, Jacqueline D. Fetherston, and Robert D. Perry

Identification of critical amino acid residues in the plague biofilm Hms proteins
Microbiology 2006 152: 3399-3410. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

Max Teplitski, Ali Al-Agely, and Brian M. M. Ahmer

Contribution of the SirA regulon to biofilm formation in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
Microbiology 2006 152: 3411-3424. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric D. LoVullo, Lani A. Sherrill, Lanyn L. Perez, and Martin S. Pavelka, Jr

Genetic tools for highly pathogenic Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis
Microbiology 2006 152: 3425-3435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isabel Rodríguez-Escudero, Rafael Rotger, Víctor J. Cid, and María Molina

Inhibition of Cdc42-dependent signalling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by phosphatase-dead SigD/SopB from Salmonella typhimurium
Microbiology 2006 152: 3437-3452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHYSIOLOGY:

Susanne Gebhard, Sieu L. Tran, and Gregory M. Cook

The Phn system of Mycobacterium smegmatis: a second high-affinity ABC-transporter for phosphate
Microbiology 2006 152: 3453-3465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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