SGM SPECIAL LECTURES:

Frank Sargent

Constructing the wonders of the bacterial world: biosynthesis of complex enzymes
Microbiology 2007 153: 633-651. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MINI-REVIEWS:

Mandana Rezwan, Thomas Grau, Andreas Tschumi, and Peter Sander

Lipoprotein synthesis in mycobacteria
Microbiology 2007 153: 652-658. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:

Mitsuo Ogura, Kensuke Tsukahara, Kentaro Hayashi, and Teruo Tanaka

The Bacillus subtilis NatK–NatR two-component system regulates expression of the natAB operon encoding an ABC transporter for sodium ion extrusion
Microbiology 2007 153: 667-675. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Birgit Hobl and Matthias Mack

The regulator protein PyrR of Bacillus subtilis specifically interacts in vivo with three untranslated regions within pyr mRNA of pyrimidine biosynthesis
Microbiology 2007 153: 693-700. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jer-Sheng Lin and Gwo-Chyuan Shaw

Regulation of the kduID operon of Bacillus subtilis by the KdgR repressor and the ccpA gene: identification of two KdgR-binding sites within the kdgR-kduI intergenic region
Microbiology 2007 153: 701-710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Javier Espinosa, Karl Forchhammer, and Asunción Contreras

Role of the Synechococcus PCC 7942 nitrogen regulator protein PipX in NtcA-controlled processes
Microbiology 2007 153: 711-718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joanne M. Neary, Amanda Powell, Lyndsey Gordon, Claire Milne, Fiona Flett, Barrie Wilkinson, Colin P. Smith, and Jason Micklefield

An asparagine oxygenase (AsnO) and a 3-hydroxyasparaginyl phosphotransferase (HasP) are involved in the biosynthesis of calcium-dependent lipopeptide antibiotics
Microbiology 2007 153: 768-776. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Rubing Liang, Xipeng Liu, Dongli Pei, and Jianhua Liu

Biochemical characterization and functional complementation of ribonuclease HII and ribonuclease HIII from Chlamydophila pneumoniae AR39
Microbiology 2007 153: 787-793. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne Tøndervik and Arne R. Strøm

Membrane topology and mutational analysis of the osmotically activated BetT choline transporter of Escherichia coli
Microbiology 2007 153: 803-813. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION:

Damian C. Melles, Debby Bogaert, Raymond F. J. Gorkink, Justine K. Peeters, Michael J. Moorhouse, Alewijn Ott, Willem B. van Leeuwen, Guus Simons, Henri A. Verbrugh, Peter W. M. Hermans, and Alex van Belkum

Nasopharyngeal co-colonization with Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae in children is bacterial genotype independent
Microbiology 2007 153: 686-692. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pierre Germon, David Roche, Sandrine Melo, Sandrine Mignon-Grasteau, Ulrich Dobrindt, Jörg Hacker, Catherine Schouler, and Maryvonne Moulin-Schouleur

tDNA locus polymorphism and ecto-chromosomal DNA insertion hot-spots are related to the phylogenetic group of Escherichia coli strains
Microbiology 2007 153: 826-837. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Ann-Marie Patch and Stephen J. Aves

Fingerprinting fission yeast: polymorphic markers for molecular genetic analysis of Schizosaccharomyces pombe strains
Microbiology 2007 153: 887-897. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figures]  

CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY:

Brett Geissler, Daisuke Shiomi, and William Margolin

The ftsA* gain-of-function allele of Escherichia coli and its effects on the stability and dynamics of the Z ring
Microbiology 2007 153: 814-825. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY:

Naiel Bisharat, Carmen Amaro, Belén Fouz, Amparo Llorens, and Daniel I. Cohen

Serological and molecular characteristics of Vibrio vulnificus biotype 3: evidence for high clonality
Microbiology 2007 153: 847-856. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GENES AND GENOMES:

Shan Goh, Peh Fern Ong, Keang Peng Song, Thomas V. Riley, and Barbara J. Chang

The complete genome sequence of Clostridium difficile phage C2 and comparisons to CD119 and inducible prophages of CD630
Microbiology 2007 153: 676-685. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Anna O. Avrova, Stephen C. Whisson, Leighton Pritchard, Eduard Venter, Sergio De Luca, Ingo Hein, and Paul R. J. Birch

A novel non-protein-coding infection-specific gene family is clustered throughout the genome of Phytophthora infestans
Microbiology 2007 153: 747-759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables and Figure]  

Toshiyuki Ueki and Derek R. Lovley

Heat-shock sigma factor RpoH from Geobacter sulfurreducens
Microbiology 2007 153: 838-846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Muhammad Tausif Chaudhry, Yan Huang, Xi-Hui Shen, Ansgar Poetsch, Cheng-Ying Jiang, and Shuang-Jiang Liu

Genome-wide investigation of aromatic acid transporters in Corynebacterium glutamicum
Microbiology 2007 153: 857-865. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY:

Vikas Srivastava, Carine Rouanet, Ranjana Srivastava, B. Ramalingam, Camille Locht, and Brahm S. Srivastava

Macrophage-specific Mycobacterium tuberculosis genes: identification by green fluorescent protein and kanamycin resistance selection
Microbiology 2007 153: 659-666. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rhonda Flores, Jianhua Luo, Ding Chen, Gracie Sturgeon, Pooja Shivshankar, Youmin Zhong, and Guangming Zhong

Characterization of the hypothetical protein Cpn1027, a newly identified inclusion membrane protein unique to Chlamydia pneumoniae
Microbiology 2007 153: 777-786. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuwen Chong, Robert Fitzhenry, Robert Heuschkel, Franco Torrente, Gad Frankel, and Alan D. Phillips

Human intestinal tissue tropism in Escherichia coli O157 : H7 – initial colonization of terminal ileum and Peyer's patches and minimal colonic adhesion ex vivo
Microbiology 2007 153: 794-802. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Junpei Sakakibara, Keiji Nagano, Yukitaka Murakami, Naoya Higuchi, Hiroshi Nakamura, Kazuo Shimozato, and Fuminobu Yoshimura

Loss of adherence ability to human gingival epithelial cells in S-layer protein-deficient mutants of Tannerella forsythensis
Microbiology 2007 153: 866-876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barbara Léchenne, Utz Reichard, Christophe Zaugg, Marina Fratti, Jiri Kunert, Olivier Boulat, and Michel Monod

Sulphite efflux pumps in Aspergillus fumigatus and dermatophytes
Microbiology 2007 153: 905-913. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHYSIOLOGY:

Franck Bouchart, Aurélie Delangle, Jérôme Lemoine, Jean-Pierre Bohin, and Jean-Marie Lacroix

Proteomic analysis of a non-virulent mutant of the phytopathogenic bacterium Erwinia chrysanthemi deficient in osmoregulated periplasmic glucans: change in protein expression is not restricted to the envelope, but affects general metabolism
Microbiology 2007 153: 760-767. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Siew Leng Tai, Ishtar Snoek, Marijke A. H. Luttik, Marinka J. H. Almering, Michael C. Walsh, Jack T. Pronk, and Jean-Marc Daran

Correlation between transcript profiles and fitness of deletion mutants in anaerobic chemostat cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Microbiology 2007 153: 877-886. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

C. Alves-Araújo, A. Pacheco, M. J. Almeida, I. Spencer-Martins, C. Leão, and M. J. Sousa

Sugar utilization patterns and respiro-fermentative metabolism in the baker's yeast Torulaspora delbrueckii
Microbiology 2007 153: 898-904. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS:

Yaxin Li, Guixia Hao, Cheryl D. Galvani, Yizhi Meng, Leonardo De La Fuente, H. C. Hoch, and Thomas J. Burr

Type I and type IV pili of Xylella fastidiosa affect twitching motility, biofilm formation and cell–cell aggregation
Microbiology 2007 153: 719-726. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Movie]  

Nathan J. Poysti, Erin D. M. Loewen, Zexi Wang, and Ivan J. Oresnik

Sinorhizobium meliloti pSymB carries genes necessary for arabinose transport and catabolism
Microbiology 2007 153: 727-736. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guang-Tao Lu, Zeng-Feng Ma, Jiang-Ru Hu, Dong-Jie Tang, Yong-Qiang He, Jia-Xun Feng, and Ji-Liang Tang

A novel locus involved in extracellular polysaccharide production and virulence of Xanthomonas campestris pathovar campestris
Microbiology 2007 153: 737-746. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

RETRACTION:

T. Taechowisan, C. Lu, Y. Shen, and S. Lumyong

Secondary metabolites from endophytic Streptomyces aureofaciens CMUAc130 and their antifungal activity
Microbiology 2007 153: 915. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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