SGM SPECIAL LECTURES:

MINI-REVIEWS:

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:

Anna M. Upton and John D. McKinney

Role of the methylcitrate cycle in propionate metabolism and detoxification in Mycobacterium smegmatis
Microbiology 2007 153: 3973-3982. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clarita Olvera, José Luis Fernández-Vázquez, Luis Ledezma-Candanoza, and Agustín López-Munguía

Role of the C-terminal region of dextransucrase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides IBT-PQ in cell anchoring
Microbiology 2007 153: 3994-4002. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. M. van der Kaaij, S. Janecek, M. J. E. C. van der Maarel, and L. Dijkhuizen

Phylogenetic and biochemical characterization of a novel cluster of intracellular fungal -amylase enzymes
Microbiology 2007 153: 4003-4015. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vasso Makrantoni, Paul Dennison, Michael J. R. Stark, and Peter J. Coote

A novel role for the yeast protein kinase Dbf2p in vacuolar H⁺-ATPase function and sorbic acid stress tolerance
Microbiology 2007 153: 4016-4026. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dagmara Jakimowicz, Anna Brzostek, Anna Rumijowska-Galewicz, Paulina Zydek, Alicja Dolzblasz, Aleksandra Smulczyk-Krawczyszyn, Tomasz Zimniak, Lukasz Wojtasz, Anna Zawilak-Pawlik, Agnieszka Kois, Jaroslaw Dziadek, and Jolanta Zakrzewska-Czerwinska

Characterization of the mycobacterial chromosome segregation protein ParB and identification of its target in Mycobacterium smegmatis
Microbiology 2007 153: 4050-4060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Angela H. Nobbs, Reka M. Vajna, Jeremy R. Johnson, Yongshu Zhang, Stanley L. Erlandsen, Monika W. Oli, Jens Kreth, L. Jeannine Brady, and Mark C. Herzberg

Consequences of a sortase A mutation in Streptococcus gordonii
Microbiology 2007 153: 4088-4097. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul C. M. Fogg, Sharon M. Gossage, Darren L. Smith, Jon R. Saunders, Alan J. McCarthy, and Heather E. Allison

Identification of multiple integration sites for Stx-phage 24_B in the Escherichia coli genome, description of a novel integrase and evidence for a functional anti-repressor
Microbiology 2007 153: 4098-4110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fatma Karray, Emmanuelle Darbon, Nathalie Oestreicher, Hélène Dominguez, Karine Tuphile, Josette Gagnat, Marie-Hélène Blondelet-Rouault, Claude Gerbaud, and Jean-Luc Pernodet

Organization of the biosynthetic gene cluster for the macrolide antibiotic spiramycin in Streptomyces ambofaciens
Microbiology 2007 153: 4111-4122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Gregory T. Smaldone and John D. Helmann

CsoR regulates the copper efflux operon copZA in Bacillus subtilis
Microbiology 2007 153: 4123-4128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Taira Matsuo, Katsuhiko Hayashi, Yuji Morita, Motohiro Koterasawa, Wakano Ogawa, Tohru Mizushima, Tomofusa Tsuchiya, and Teruo Kuroda

VmeAB, an RND-type multidrug efflux transporter in Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Microbiology 2007 153: 4129-4137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicola Holden, Ian C. Blomfield, Bernt-Eric Uhlin, Makrina Totsika, Don Hemantha Kulasekara, and David L. Gally

Comparative analysis of FimB and FimE recombinase activity
Microbiology 2007 153: 4138-4149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maaike Sterk, Joachim Müller, Andrew Hemphill, and Norbert Müller

Characterization of a Giardia lamblia WB C6 clone resistant to the isoflavone formononetin
Microbiology 2007 153: 4150-4158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lilian Mederos, José A. Valdivia, and Pedro L. Valero-Guillén

Analysis of the structure of mycolic acids of Mycobacterium simiae reveals a particular composition of -mycolates in strain ‘habana’ TMC 5135, considered as immunogenic in tuberculosis and leprosy
Microbiology 2007 153: 4159-4165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alistair K. Brown, Apoorva Bhatt, Albel Singh, Elesh Saparia, Alex F. Evans, and Gurdyal S. Besra

Identification of the dehydratase component of the mycobacterial mycolic acid-synthesizing fatty acid synthase-II complex
Microbiology 2007 153: 4166-4173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION:

T. Råsbäck, K.-E. Johansson, D. S. Jansson, C. Fellström, M. Y. Alikhani, T. La, D. S. Dunn, and D. J. Hampson

Development of a multilocus sequence typing scheme for intestinal spirochaetes within the genus Brachyspira
Microbiology 2007 153: 4074-4087. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

V. Encheva, R. Wait, S. Begum, S. E. Gharbia, and H. N. Shah

Protein expression diversity amongst serovars of Salmonella enterica
Microbiology 2007 153: 4183-4193. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY:

Shun Fujinami, Takako Sato, James S. Trimmer, Benjamin W. Spiller, David E. Clapham, Terry A. Krulwich, Ikuro Kawagishi, and Masahiro Ito

The voltage-gated Na⁺ channel Na_VBP co-localizes with methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein at cell poles of alkaliphilic Bacillus pseudofirmus OF4
Microbiology 2007 153: 4027-4038. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY:

Yunhong Kong, Yun Xia, Jeppe Lund Nielsen, and Per Halkjær Nielsen

Structure and function of the microbial community in a full-scale enhanced biological phosphorus removal plant
Microbiology 2007 153: 4061-4073. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GENES AND GENOMES:

Jae-Gu Seo, Sae W. Park, Hyuk Park, Seo Y. Kim, Young T. Ro, Eungbin Kim, Jin W. Cho, and Young M. Kim

Cloning, characterization and expression of a gene encoding dihydroxyacetone synthase in Mycobacterium sp. strain JC1 DSM 3803
Microbiology 2007 153: 4174-4182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Milce Costa, Clayton L. Borges, Alexandre M. Bailão, Gabriela V. Meirelles, Yuri A. Mendonça, Sabrina F. I. M. Dantas, Fabrícia P. de Faria, Maria S. S. Felipe, Eugênia E. W. I. Molinari-Madlum, Maria J. S. Mendes-Giannini, Rogério B. Fiuza, Wellington S. Martins, Maristela Pereira, and Célia M. A. Soares

Transcriptome profiling of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis yeast-phase cells recovered from infected mice brings new insights into fungal response upon host interaction
Microbiology 2007 153: 4194-4207. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY:

Helene C. Eisenman, Mascha Mues, Sarah E. Weber, Susana Frases, Stuart Chaskes, Gary Gerfen, and Arturo Casadevall

Cryptococcus neoformans laccase catalyses melanin synthesis from both D- and L-DOPA
Microbiology 2007 153: 3954-3962. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gilles R. Bolduc and Lawrence C. Madoff

The group B streptococcal alpha C protein binds ₁β₁-integrin through a novel KTD motif that promotes internalization of GBS within human epithelial cells
Microbiology 2007 153: 4039-4049. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christofer Karlsson, Marie-Louise Andersson, Mattias Collin, Artur Schmidtchen, Lars Björck, and Inga-Maria Frick

SufA – a novel subtilisin-like serine proteinase of Finegoldia magna
Microbiology 2007 153: 4208-4218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer M. Gaines, Nancy L. Carty, Federica Tiburzi, Marko Davinic, Paolo Visca, Jane A. Colmer-Hamood, and Abdul N. Hamood

Regulation of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa toxA, regA and ptxR genes by the iron-starvation sigma factor PvdS under reduced levels of oxygen
Microbiology 2007 153: 4219-4233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Willem van Schaik, Julie Prigent, and Agnès Fouet

The stringent response of Bacillus anthracis contributes to sporulation but not to virulence
Microbiology 2007 153: 4234-4239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carey-Ann D. Burnham, Sandra E. Shokoples, and Gregory J. Tyrrell

Invasion of HeLa cells by group B streptococcus requires the phosphoinositide-3-kinase signalling pathway and modulates phosphorylation of host-cell Akt and glycogen synthase kinase-3
Microbiology 2007 153: 4240-4252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Ichiro Tatsuno, Jun Sawai, Akira Okamoto, Masakado Matsumoto, Masaaki Minami, Masanori Isaka, Michio Ohta, and Tadao Hasegawa

Characterization of the NAD-glycohydrolase in streptococcal strains
Microbiology 2007 153: 4253-4260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHYSIOLOGY:

Xueming Wei, Luis A. Sayavedra-Soto, and Daniel J. Arp

Characterization of the ferrioxamine uptake system of Nitrosomonas europaea
Microbiology 2007 153: 3963-3972. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tina Kogej, Marlene Stein, Marc Volkmann, Anna A. Gorbushina, Erwin A. Galinski, and Nina Gunde-Cimerman

Osmotic adaptation of the halophilic fungus Hortaea werneckii: role of osmolytes and melanization
Microbiology 2007 153: 4261-4273. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sutthirat Sitthisak, Lawrence Knutsson, James W. Webb, and Radheshyam K. Jayaswal

Molecular characterization of the copper transport system in Staphylococcus aureus
Microbiology 2007 153: 4274-4283. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS:

Yasuyuki Kawaharada, Shima Eda, Kiwamu Minamisawa, and Hisayuki Mitsui

A Mesorhizobium loti mutant with reduced glucan content shows defective invasion of its host plant Lotus japonicus
Microbiology 2007 153: 3983-3993. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figures]  

Guang-Tao Lu, Zheng-Jiu Yang, Fang-Yin Peng, Yi-Ning Tan, Yong-Qin Tang, Jia-Xun Feng, Dong-Jie Tang, Yong-Qiang He, and Ji-Liang Tang

The role of glucose kinase in carbohydrate utilization and extracellular polysaccharide production in Xanthomonas campestris pathovar campestris
Microbiology 2007 153: 4284-4294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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