GENOME UPDATE:

P. Christoph Champ, Tim T. Binnewies, Natasja Nielsen, Guy Zinman, Kristoffer Kiil, Heng Wu, Jon Bohlin, and David W. Ussery

Genome update: purine strand bias in 280 bacterial genomes
Microbiology 2006 152: 579-583. [Full Text] [PDF]  

MINI-REVIEWS:

Jörg Soppa

From genomes to function: haloarchaea as model organisms
Microbiology 2006 152: 585-590. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:

Kaihei Kojima, Yong-Sun Bahn, and Joseph Heitman

Calcineurin, Mpk1 and Hog1 MAPK pathways independently control fludioxonil antifungal sensitivity in Cryptococcus neoformans
Microbiology 2006 152: 591-604. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Primer sequences]  

Claudia S. López, Alejandro F. Alice, Horacio Heras, Emilio A. Rivas, and Carmen Sánchez-Rivas

Role of anionic phospholipids in the adaptation of Bacillus subtilis to high salinity
Microbiology 2006 152: 605-616. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margarita Soriano, Pilar Diaz, and Francisco I. Javier Pastor

Pectate lyase C from Bacillus subtilis: a novel endo-cleaving enzyme with activity on highly methylated pectin
Microbiology 2006 152: 617-625. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patricia Bralley, Bertolt Gust, Samantha Chang, Keith F. Chater, and George H. Jones

RNA 3'-tail synthesis in Streptomyces: in vitro and in vivo activities of RNase PH, the SCO3896 gene product and polynucleotide phosphorylase
Microbiology 2006 152: 627-636. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brigitta Kurenbach, Jolanta Kopec, Marion Mägdefrau, Kristin Andreas, Walter Keller, Christine Bohn, Mouhammad Y. Abajy, and Elisabeth Grohmann

The TraA relaxase autoregulates the putative type IV secretion-like system encoded by the broad-host-range Streptococcus agalactiae plasmid pIP501
Microbiology 2006 152: 637-645. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shira Kahlon, Karen Beeri, Hiroshi Ohkawa, Yukako Hihara, Omer Murik, Iwane Suzuki, Teruo Ogawa, and Aaron Kaplan

A putative sensor kinase, Hik31, is involved in the response of Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 to the presence of glucose
Microbiology 2006 152: 647-655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sang-Hyun Kim, Wenyi Jia, Valeria R. Parreira, Russell E. Bishop, and Carlton L. Gyles

Phosphoethanolamine substitution in the lipid A of Escherichia coli O157 : H7 and its association with PmrC
Microbiology 2006 152: 657-666. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eduardo Rodríguez, Salvador Peirú, John R. Carney, and Hugo Gramajo

In vivo characterization of the dTDP-D-desosamine pathway of the megalomicin gene cluster from Micromonospora megalomicea
Microbiology 2006 152: 667-673. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION:

Elena Busti, Paolo Monciardini, Linda Cavaletti, Ruggiero Bamonte, Ameriga Lazzarini, Margherita Sosio, and Stefano Donadio

Antibiotic-producing ability by representatives of a newly discovered lineage of actinomycetes
Microbiology 2006 152: 675-683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angela Roberts, Kendra Nightingale, Greg Jeffers, Esther Fortes, Jose Marcelino Kongo, and Martin Wiedmann

Genetic and phenotypic characterization of Listeria monocytogenes lineage III
Microbiology 2006 152: 685-693. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY:

Helder Fernandes, Olivier Roumanie, Sandra Claret, Xavier Gatti, Didier Thoraval, François Doignon, and Marc Crouzet

The Rho3 and Rho4 small GTPases interact functionally with Wsc1p, a cell surface sensor of the protein kinase C cell-integrity pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Microbiology 2006 152: 695-708. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY:

Jie Qin, Lingyun Song, Hassan Brim, Michael J. Daly, and Anne O. Summers

Hg(II) sequestration and protection by the MerR metal-binding domain (MBD)
Microbiology 2006 152: 709-719. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figure]  

Wim De Windt, Haichun Gao, Wolfgang Krömer, Petra Van Damme, Jan Dick, Jan Mast, Nico Boon, Jizhong Zhou, and Willy Verstraete

AggA is required for aggregation and increased biofilm formation of a hyper-aggregating mutant of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1
Microbiology 2006 152: 721-729. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Janine Kessi

Enzymic systems proposed to be involved in the dissimilatory reduction of selenite in the purple non-sulfur bacteria Rhodospirillum rubrum and Rhodobacter capsulatus
Microbiology 2006 152: 731-743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GENES AND GENOMES:

Mourad Sabri, Simon Léveillé, and Charles M. Dozois

A SitABCD homologue from an avian pathogenic Escherichia coli strain mediates transport of iron and manganese and resistance to hydrogen peroxide
Microbiology 2006 152: 745-758. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY:

Aurélie Couesnon, Stéphanie Raffestin, and Michel R. Popoff

Expression of botulinum neurotoxins A and E, and associated non-toxin genes, during the transition phase and stability at high temperature: analysis by quantitative reverse transcription-PCR
Microbiology 2006 152: 759-770. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Noriyuki Nagano, Yukiko Nagano, Ryuichi Nakano, Ryoichi Okamoto, and Matsuhisa Inoue

Genetic diversity of the C protein -antigen gene and its upstream regions within clonally related groups of type Ia and Ib group B streptococci
Microbiology 2006 152: 771-778. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figure]  

Wyatt Byrd and Frederick J. Cassels

The encapsulation of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli colonization factor CS3 in biodegradable microspheres enhances the murine antibody response following intranasal administration
Microbiology 2006 152: 779-786. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Violet I. Haraszthy, Shawn F. Jordan, and Joseph J. Zambon

Identification of Fur-regulated genes in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
Microbiology 2006 152: 787-796. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Suzana Brozovic, Rashmita Sahoo, Shirish Barve, Hideki Shiba, Silvia Uriarte, Richard S. Blumberg, and Denis F. Kinane

Porphyromonas gingivalis enhances FasL expression via up-regulation of NFB-mediated gene transcription and induces apoptotic cell death in human gingival epithelial cells
Microbiology 2006 152: 797-806. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annet E. J. van Merode, Henny C. van der Mei, Henk J. Busscher, Karola Waar, and Bastiaan P. Krom

Enterococcus faecalis strains show culture heterogeneity in cell surface charge
Microbiology 2006 152: 807-814. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Hiroyuki Azakami, Hiromi Akimichi, Yuichiro Noiri, Shigeyuki Ebisu, and Akio Kato

Plasmid-mediated genomic recombination at the pilin gene locus enhances the N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-specific haemagglutination activity and the growth rate of Eikenella corrodens
Microbiology 2006 152: 815-821. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHYSIOLOGY:

James A. Megehee, Jonathan P. Hosler, and Michael D. Lundrigan

Evidence for a cytochrome bcc–aa₃ interaction in the respiratory chain of Mycobacterium smegmatis
Microbiology 2006 152: 823-829. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ina Budde, Leif Steil, Christian Scharf, Uwe Völker, and Erhard Bremer

Adaptation of Bacillus subtilis to growth at low temperature: a combined transcriptomic and proteomic appraisal
Microbiology 2006 152: 831-853. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Sami Maalej, Ines Dammak, and Sam Dukan

The impairment of superoxide dismutase coordinates the derepression of the PerR regulon in the response of Staphylococcus aureus to HOCl stress
Microbiology 2006 152: 855-861. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS:

Olga V. Mavrodi, Dmitri V. Mavrodi, Amanda A. Park, David M. Weller, and Linda S. Thomashow

The role of dsbA in colonization of the wheat rhizosphere by Pseudomonas fluorescens Q8r1-96
Microbiology 2006 152: 863-872. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nathalie Berho, Sybille Duret, and Joël Renaudin

Absence of plasmids encoding adhesion-related proteins in non-insect-transmissible strains of Spiroplasma citri
Microbiology 2006 152: 873-886. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

THEORETICAL MICROBIOLOGY:

Wolfgang Burgstaller

Thermodynamic boundary conditions suggest that a passive transport step suffices for citrate excretion in Aspergillus and Penicillium
Microbiology 2006 152: 887-893. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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