BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:

Ying Zhang, Ian P. Adams, and Colin Ratledge

Malic enzyme: the controlling activity for lipid production? Overexpression of malic enzyme in Mucor circinelloides leads to a 2.5-fold increase in lipid accumulation
Microbiology 2007 153: 2013-2025. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Xiu-Lan Chen, Bin-Bin Xie, Jing-Tao Lu, Hai-Lun He, and Yuzhong Zhang

A novel type of subtilase from the psychrotolerant bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. SM9913: catalytic and structural properties of deseasin MCP-01
Microbiology 2007 153: 2116-2125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Hanne-Leena Hyyryläinen, Milla Pietiäinen, Tuula Lundén, Anna Ekman, Marika Gardemeister, Sanna Murtomäki-Repo, Haike Antelmann, Michael Hecker, Leena Valmu, Matti Sarvas, and Vesa P. Kontinen

The density of negative charge in the cell wall influences two-component signal transduction in Bacillus subtilis
Microbiology 2007 153: 2126-2136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wei Wang, Andrei V. Perepelov, Lu Feng, Sergei D. Shevelev, Quan Wang, Sof'ya N. Senchenkova, Weiqing Han, Yayue Li, Alexander S. Shashkov, Yuriy A. Knirel, Peter R. Reeves, and Lei Wang

A group of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica O antigens sharing a common backbone structure
Microbiology 2007 153: 2159-2167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yi Wei, Jun Liu, Yanhe Ma, and Terry A. Krulwich

Three putative cation/proton antiporters from the soda lake alkaliphile Alkalimonas amylolytica N10 complement an alkali-sensitive Escherichia coli mutant
Microbiology 2007 153: 2168-2179. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sung Ok Han, Masayuki Inui, and Hideaki Yukawa

Expression of Corynebacterium glutamicum glycolytic genes varies with carbon source and growth phase
Microbiology 2007 153: 2190-2202. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrick M. Lucas, Victor S. Blancato, Olivier Claisse, Christian Magni, Juke S. Lolkema, and Aline Lonvaud-Funel

Agmatine deiminase pathway genes in Lactobacillus brevis are linked to the tyrosine decarboxylation operon in a putative acid resistance locus
Microbiology 2007 153: 2221-2230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

Paul E. Caldwell, Martin R. MacLean, and Paul R. Norris

Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase activity and a Calvin cycle gene cluster in Sulfobacillus species
Microbiology 2007 153: 2231-2240. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. López-Serrano, F. Solano, and A. Sanchez-Amat

Involvement of a novel copper chaperone in tyrosinase activity and melanin synthesis in Marinomonas mediterranea
Microbiology 2007 153: 2241-2249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takamasa Nomura, Ikuo Kawamura, Chikara Kohda, Hisashi Baba, Yutaka Ito, Terumi Kimoto, Isao Watanabe, and Masao Mitsuyama

Irreversible loss of membrane-binding activity of Listeria-derived cytolysins in non-acidic conditions: a distinct difference from allied cytolysins produced by other Gram-positive bacteria
Microbiology 2007 153: 2250-2258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eva Kickstein, Klaus Harms, and Wilfried Wackernagel

Deletions of recBCD or recD influence genetic transformation differently and are lethal together with a recJ deletion in Acinetobacter baylyi
Microbiology 2007 153: 2259-2270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Aaron Kirkland, Christopher J. Reuter, and Julie A. Maupin-Furlow

Effect of proteasome inhibitor clasto-lactacystin--lactone on the proteome of the haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii
Microbiology 2007 153: 2271-2280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION:

Jianping Xu, Hong Guo, and Zhu-Liang Yang

Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the ectomycorrhizal mushroom Tricholoma matsutake
Microbiology 2007 153: 2002-2012. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Birte Meyer and Jan Kuever

Phylogeny of the alpha and beta subunits of the dissimilatory adenosine-5'-phosphosulfate (APS) reductase from sulfate-reducing prokaryotes – origin and evolution of the dissimilatory sulfate-reduction pathway
Microbiology 2007 153: 2026-2044. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Julia Berghoff, Juliane Viezens, Lynn Guptill, Massimo Fabbi, and Mardjan Arvand

Bartonella henselae exists as a mosaic of different genetic variants in the infected host
Microbiology 2007 153: 2045-2051. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julian Ihssen, Elena Grasselli, Claudio Bassin, Patrice François, Jean-Claude Piffaretti, Wolfgang Köster, Jacques Schrenzel, and Thomas Egli

Comparative genomic hybridization and physiological characterization of environmental isolates indicate that significant (eco-)physiological properties are highly conserved in the species Escherichia coli
Microbiology 2007 153: 2052-2066. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Pauline W. Wang, Robyn L. Morgan, Marco Scortichini, and David S. Guttman

Convergent evolution of phytopathogenic pseudomonads onto hazelnut
Microbiology 2007 153: 2067-2073. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY:

Artemio Mendoza-Mendoza, Teresa Rosales-Saavedra, Carlos Cortés, Verónica Castellanos-Juárez, Pedro Martínez, and Alfredo Herrera-Estrella

The MAP kinase TVK1 regulates conidiation, hydrophobicity and the expression of genes encoding cell wall proteins in the fungus Trichoderma virens
Microbiology 2007 153: 2137-2147. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY:

Marius Vital, Hans Peter Füchslin, Frederik Hammes, and Thomas Egli

Growth of Vibrio cholerae O1 Ogawa Eltor in freshwater
Microbiology 2007 153: 1993-2001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figures]  

Somnath Mallick, Subhankar Chatterjee, and Tapan K. Dutta

A novel degradation pathway in the assimilation of phenanthrene by Staphylococcus sp. strain PN/Y via meta-cleavage of 2-hydroxy-1-naphthoic acid: formation of trans-2,3-dioxo-5-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)-pent-4-enoic acid
Microbiology 2007 153: 2104-2115. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GENES AND GENOMES:

Evan Burkala, Jacqueline M. Reimers, Karen H. Schmidt, Nick Davis, Ping Wei, and Barbara E. Wright

Secondary structures as predictors of mutation potential in the lacZ gene of Escherichia coli
Microbiology 2007 153: 2180-2189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Tomaz Accetto and Gorazd Avgustin

Studies on Prevotella nuclease using a system for the controlled expression of cloned genes in P. bryantii TC1-1
Microbiology 2007 153: 2281-2288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erlend Bore, Solveig Langsrud, Øyvind Langsrud, Tone Mari Rode, and Askild Holck

Acid-shock responses in Staphylococcus aureus investigated by global gene expression analysis
Microbiology 2007 153: 2289-2303. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Sean P. Riley, Tomasz Bykowski, Kelly Babb, Kate von Lackum, and Brian Stevenson

Genetic and physiological characterization of the Borrelia burgdorferi ORF BB0374-pfs-metK-luxS operon
Microbiology 2007 153: 2304-2311. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY:

Zhiqiang Qin, Yuanzhu Ou, Liang Yang, Yuli Zhu, Tim Tolker-Nielsen, Soeren Molin, and Di Qu

Role of autolysin-mediated DNA release in biofilm formation of Staphylococcus epidermidis
Microbiology 2007 153: 2083-2092. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul D. Stapleton, Saroj Shah, Kerstin Ehlert, Yukihiko Hara, and Peter W. Taylor

The -lactam-resistance modifier (–)-epicatechin gallate alters the architecture of the cell wall of Staphylococcus aureus
Microbiology 2007 153: 2093-2103. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sandra C. McKean, John K. Davies, and Robert J. Moore

Expression of phospholipase D, the major virulence factor of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, is regulated by multiple environmental factors and plays a role in macrophage death
Microbiology 2007 153: 2203-2211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Louise D. Christensen, Claus Moser, Peter Ø. Jensen, Thomas B. Rasmussen, Lars Christophersen, Staffan Kjelleberg, Naresh Kumar, Niels Høiby, Michael Givskov, and Thomas Bjarnsholt

Impact of Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing on biofilm persistence in an in vivo intraperitoneal foreign-body infection model
Microbiology 2007 153: 2312-2320. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Glen C. Ulett, Amanda N. Mabbett, Khe C. Fung, Richard I. Webb, and Mark A. Schembri

The role of F9 fimbriae of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in biofilm formation
Microbiology 2007 153: 2321-2331. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

Stanislav Forman, Michal J. Nagiec, Jennifer Abney, Robert D. Perry, and Jacqueline D. Fetherston

Analysis of the aerobactin and ferric hydroxamate uptake systems of Yersinia pestis
Microbiology 2007 153: 2332-2341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Xiaomin Zhao, Soon-Hwan Oh, and Lois L. Hoyer

Unequal contribution of ALS9 alleles to adhesion between Candida albicans and human vascular endothelial cells
Microbiology 2007 153: 2342-2350. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susann Jezewski, Monika von der Heide, Sophia Poltermann, Albert Härtl, Waldemar Künkel, Peter F. Zipfel, and Raimund Eck

Role of the Vps34p-interacting protein Ade5,7p in hyphal growth and virulence of Candida albicans
Microbiology 2007 153: 2351-2362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne-Laure Prunier, Raymond Schuch, Reinaldo E. Fernández, Karen L. Mumy, Henrik Kohler, Beth A. McCormick, and Anthony T. Maurelli

nadA and nadB of Shigella flexneri 5a are antivirulence loci responsible for the synthesis of quinolinate, a small molecule inhibitor of Shigella pathogenicity
Microbiology 2007 153: 2363-2372. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHYSIOLOGY:

William J. Kenyon, Kristy L. Nicholson, Bronislava Rezuchova, Dagmar Homerova, Francisco Garcia-del Portillo, B. Brett Finlay, Mark J. Pallen, Jan Kormanec, and Michael P. Spector

^s-Dependent carbon-starvation induction of pbpG (PBP 7) is required for the starvation-stress response in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
Microbiology 2007 153: 2148-2158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Gerd M. Seibold and Bernhard J. Eikmanns

The glgX gene product of Corynebacterium glutamicum is required for glycogen degradation and for fast adaptation to hyperosmotic stress
Microbiology 2007 153: 2212-2220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS:

Craig McAnulla, Anne Edwards, Maria Sanchez-Contreras, R. Gary Sawers, and J. Allan Downie

Quorum-sensing-regulated transcriptional initiation of plasmid transfer and replication genes in Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae
Microbiology 2007 153: 2074-2082. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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