MICROBIOLOGY COMMENTS:

P. A. Hoskisson and G. Hobbs

One size doesn't fit all
Microbiology 2006 152: 1891. [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Zouhair Atassi

On the enhancement of anti-neurotoxin antibody production by subcomponents HA1 and HA3b of Clostridium botulinum type B 16S toxin-haemagglutinin
Microbiology 2006 152: 1891-1895. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keiji Oguma and Jae-Chul Lee

Authors' reply
Microbiology 2006 152: 1895-1897. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:

Sarah J. Coulthurst, Neil R. Williamson, Abigail K. P. Harris, David R. Spring, and George P. C. Salmond

Metabolic and regulatory engineering of Serratia marcescens: mimicking phage-mediated horizontal acquisition of antibiotic biosynthesis and quorum-sensing capacities
Microbiology 2006 152: 1899-1911. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Klaus Nüsslein, Lachelle Arnt, Jason Rennie, Cullen Owens, and Gregory N. Tew

Broad-spectrum antibacterial activity by a novel abiogenic peptide mimic
Microbiology 2006 152: 1913-1918. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

Andreas Keck, Doris Conradt, Anette Mahler, Andreas Stolz, Ralf Mattes, and Joachim Klein

Identification and functional analysis of the genes for naphthalenesulfonate catabolism by Sphingomonas xenophaga BN6
Microbiology 2006 152: 1929-1940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thijs J. G. Ettema, Arie B. Brinkman, Packo P. Lamers, Noor G. Kornet, Willem M. de Vos, and John van der Oost

Molecular characterization of a conserved archaeal copper resistance (cop) gene cluster and its copper-responsive regulator in Sulfolobus solfataricus P2
Microbiology 2006 152: 1969-1979. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Lee and Gaétan M. Faubert

Expression of the Giardia lamblia cyst wall protein 2 in Lactococcus lactis
Microbiology 2006 152: 1981-1990. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicholas C. K. Heng, Nancy L. Ragland, Pearl M. Swe, Hayley J. Baird, Megan A. Inglis, John R. Tagg, and Ralph W. Jack

Dysgalacticin: a novel, plasmid-encoded antimicrobial protein (bacteriocin) produced by Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis
Microbiology 2006 152: 1991-2001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Verena Seidl, Irina S. Druzhinina, and Christian P. Kubicek

A screening system for carbon sources enhancing -N-acetylglucosaminidase formation in Hypocrea atroviridis (Trichoderma atroviride)
Microbiology 2006 152: 2003-2012. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dongyi Xu, Xianwei Liu, Cong Guo, and Jindong Zhao

Methylglyoxal detoxification by an aldo-keto reductase in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002
Microbiology 2006 152: 2013-2021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephanie J. Clegg, Wenjing Jia, and Jeffrey A. Cole

Role of the Escherichia coli nitrate transport protein, NarU, in survival during severe nutrient starvation and slow growth
Microbiology 2006 152: 2091-2100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary tables]  

BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION:

Tatjana P. Tourova, Elizaveta M. Spiridonova, Ivan A. Berg, Boris B. Kuznetsov, and Dimitry Yu. Sorokin

Occurrence, phylogeny and evolution of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase genes in obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria of the genera Thiomicrospira and Thioalkalimicrobium
Microbiology 2006 152: 2159-2169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY:

Jennifer M. Hatchel, Rebecca S. Balish, Matthew L. Duley, and Mitchell F. Balish

Ultrastructure and gliding motility of Mycoplasma amphoriforme, a possible human respiratory pathogen
Microbiology 2006 152: 2181-2189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY:

Rie Hirota-Mamoto, Ryoko Nagai, Shinjiro Tachibana, Masaaki Yasuda, Akio Tani, Kazuhide Kimbara, and Fusako Kawai

Cloning and expression of the gene for periplasmic poly(vinyl alcohol) dehydrogenase from Sphingomonas sp. strain 113P3, a novel-type quinohaemoprotein alcohol dehydrogenase
Microbiology 2006 152: 1941-1949. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figure]  

GENES AND GENOMES:

Gaël Erauso, Kenneth M. Stedman, Harmen J. G. van de Werken, Wolfram Zillig, and John van der Oost

Two novel conjugative plasmids from a single strain of Sulfolobus
Microbiology 2006 152: 1951-1968. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figure]  

Nobuko Takenouchi-Ohkubo, Lotte M. Mortensen, Kim R. Drasbek, Mogens Kilian, and Knud Poulsen

Horizontal transfer of the immunoglobulin A1 protease gene (iga) from Streptococcus to Gemella haemolysans
Microbiology 2006 152: 2171-2180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY:

Jacob Romano, Guy Nimrod, Nir Ben-Tal, Yona Shadkchan, Koti Baruch, Haim Sharon, and Nir Osherov

Disruption of the Aspergillus fumigatus ECM33 homologue results in rapid conidial germination, antifungal resistance and hypervirulence
Microbiology 2006 152: 1919-1928. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Glen C. Ulett, Richard I. Webb, and Mark A. Schembri

Antigen-43-mediated autoaggregation impairs motility in Escherichia coli
Microbiology 2006 152: 2101-2110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Armand P. H. M. Hermans, Annelien M. Beuling, Angela H. A. M. van Hoek, Henk J. M. Aarts, Tjakko Abee, and Marcel H. Zwietering

Distribution of prophages and SGI-1 antibiotic-resistance genes among different Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates
Microbiology 2006 152: 2137-2147. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vanessa Sosa, Geraldine Schlapp, and Pablo Zunino

Proteus mirabilis isolates of different origins do not show correlation with virulence attributes and can colonize the urinary tract of mice
Microbiology 2006 152: 2149-2157. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHYSIOLOGY:

Kay Marin, Marit Stirnberg, Marion Eisenhut, Reinhard Krämer, and Martin Hagemann

Osmotic stress in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: low tolerance towards nonionic osmotic stress results from lacking activation of glucosylglycerol accumulation
Microbiology 2006 152: 2023-2030. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Priya Uppuluri, Bhaskarjyoti Sarmah, and W. LaJean Chaffin

Candida albicans SNO1 and SNZ1 expressed in stationary-phase planktonic yeast cells and base of biofilm
Microbiology 2006 152: 2031-2038. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yaoping Zhang, David M. Wolfe, Edward L. Pohlmann, Mary C. Conrad, and Gary P. Roberts

Effect of AmtB homologues on the post-translational regulation of nitrogenase activity in response to ammonium and energy signals in Rhodospirillum rubrum
Microbiology 2006 152: 2075-2089. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alessandro G. Franchini and Thomas Egli

Global gene expression in Escherichia coli K-12 during short-term and long-term adaptation to glucose-limited continuous culture conditions
Microbiology 2006 152: 2111-2127. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary tables]  

Taku Oshima and Francis Biville

Functional identification of ygiP as a positive regulator of the ttdA-ttdB-ygjE operon
Microbiology 2006 152: 2129-2135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS:

Julieta R. Mendieta, Mariana R. Pagano, Fernando F. Muñoz, Gustavo R. Daleo, and María G. Guevara

Antimicrobial activity of potato aspartic proteases (StAPs) involves membrane permeabilization
Microbiology 2006 152: 2039-2047. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark Miller-Williams, Peter C. Loewen, and Ivan J. Oresnik

Isolation of salt-sensitive mutants of Sinorhizobium meliloti strain Rm1021
Microbiology 2006 152: 2049-2059. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher K. Yost, Amber M. Rath, Tanya C. Noel, and Michael F. Hynes

Characterization of genes involved in erythritol catabolism in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae
Microbiology 2006 152: 2061-2074. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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