REVIEW:

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:

Steven E. Passmore, Rithy Meas, and Donna L. Marykwas

Analysis of the FliM/FliG motor protein interaction by two-hybrid mutation suppression analysis
Microbiology 2008 154: 714-724. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Hairong Huang, Stefan Berg, John S. Spencer, Danny Vereecke, Wim D'Haeze, Marcelle Holsters, and Michael R. McNeil

Identification of amino acids and domains required for catalytic activity of DPPR synthase, a cell wall biosynthetic enzyme of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Microbiology 2008 154: 736-743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juan P. Gomez-Escribano, Juan F. Martín, A. Hesketh, M. J. Bibb, and P. Liras

Streptomyces clavuligerus relA-null mutants overproduce clavulanic acid and cephamycin C: negative regulation of secondary metabolism by (p)ppGpp
Microbiology 2008 154: 744-755. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bettina Jerg and Ulrike Gerischer

Relevance of nucleotides of the PcaU binding site from Acinetobacter baylyi
Microbiology 2008 154: 756-766. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barbara Weber, Antony Croxatto, Chang Chen, and Debra L. Milton

RpoS induces expression of the Vibrio anguillarum quorum-sensing regulator VanT
Microbiology 2008 154: 767-780. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angelina Ramos, Felipe Lombó, Alfredo F. Braña, Jürgen Rohr, Carmen Méndez, and José A. Salas

Biosynthesis of elloramycin in Streptomyces olivaceus requires glycosylation by enzymes encoded outside the aglycon cluster
Microbiology 2008 154: 781-788. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karin Förster-Fromme, Ava Chattopadhyay, and Dieter Jendrossek

Biochemical characterization of AtuD from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the first member of a new subgroup of acyl-CoA dehydrogenases with specificity for citronellyl-CoA
Microbiology 2008 154: 789-796. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figure]  

Birendra Singh and Klaus-Heinrich Röhm

Characterization of a Pseudomonas putida ABC transporter (AatJMQP) required for acidic amino acid uptake: biochemical properties and regulation by the Aau two-component system
Microbiology 2008 154: 797-809. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leong-Keat Chan, Timothy S. Weber, Rachael M. Morgan-Kiss, and Thomas E. Hanson

A genomic region required for phototrophic thiosulfate oxidation in the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum (syn. Chlorobaculum tepidum)
Microbiology 2008 154: 818-829. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary tables]  

Tomoko Iwaki, Haruyuki Iefuji, Yoshikazu Hiraga, Akira Hosomi, Tomotake Morita, Yuko Giga-Hama, and Kaoru Takegawa

Multiple functions of ergosterol in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Microbiology 2008 154: 830-841. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figures]  

Rocío Moreno-Jiménez, Jesús García-Soto, and Guadalupe Martínez-Cadena

Small GTP-binding proteins are associated with chitosomes and vesicles carrying glucose oxidase from Mucor circinelloides
Microbiology 2008 154: 842-851. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION:

Martin T. Edwards, Norman K. Fry, and Timothy G. Harrison

Clonal population structure of Legionella pneumophila inferred from allelic profiling
Microbiology 2008 154: 852-864. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY:

Choong-Min Kang, Seeta Nyayapathy, Jung-Yeon Lee, Joo-Won Suh, and Robert N. Husson

Wag31, a homologue of the cell division protein DivIVA, regulates growth, morphology and polar cell wall synthesis in mycobacteria
Microbiology 2008 154: 725-735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Marta Vergara-Irigaray, Tomas Maira-Litrán, Nekane Merino, Gerald B. Pier, José R. Penadés, and Iñigo Lasa

Wall teichoic acids are dispensable for anchoring the PNAG exopolysaccharide to the Staphylococcus aureus cell surface
Microbiology 2008 154: 865-877. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY:

Ghasemali Mohebali, Andrew S. Ball, Ashk Kaytash, and Behnam Rasekh

Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as the sulfur source for the production of desulfurizing resting cells of Gordonia alkanivorans RIPI90A
Microbiology 2008 154: 878-885. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Caroline Kragelund, Caterina Levantesi, Arjan Borger, Karin Thelen, Dick Eikelboom, Valter Tandoi, Yunhong Kong, Janneke Krooneman, Poul Larsen, Trine Rolighed Thomsen, and Per Halkjær Nielsen

Identity, abundance and ecophysiology of filamentous bacteria belonging to the Bacteroidetes present in activated sludge plants
Microbiology 2008 154: 886-894. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GENES AND GENOMES:

Lilian Galbis-Martínez, Marisa Galbis-Martínez, Francisco J. Murillo, and Marta Fontes

An anti-antisigma factor in the response of the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus to blue light
Microbiology 2008 154: 895-904. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Setsu Hirano, Katsuyuki Tanaka, Yasuo Ohnishi, and Sueharu Horinouchi

Conditionally positive effect of the TetR-family transcriptional regulator AtrA on streptomycin production by Streptomyces griseus
Microbiology 2008 154: 905-914. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Soo-Dong Park, Jung-Won Youn, Young-Joon Kim, Seok-Myung Lee, Younhee Kim, and Heung-Shick Lee

Corynebacterium glutamicum ^E is involved in responses to cell surface stresses and its activity is controlled by the anti- factor CseE
Microbiology 2008 154: 915-923. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY:

Annette Fagerlund, Toril Lindbäck, Anne K. Storset, Per Einar Granum, and Simon P. Hardy

Bacillus cereus Nhe is a pore-forming toxin with structural and functional properties similar to the ClyA (HlyE, SheA) family of haemolysins, able to induce osmotic lysis in epithelia
Microbiology 2008 154: 693-704. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bertil Kinnby, Nuala A. Booth, and Gunnel Svensäter

Plasminogen binding by oral streptococci from dental plaque and inflammatory lesions
Microbiology 2008 154: 924-931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Pecharki, F. C. Petersen, and A. Aa. Scheie

Role of hyaluronidase in Streptococcus intermedius biofilm
Microbiology 2008 154: 932-938. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Témoin, S. M. Roche, O. Grépinet, Y. Fardini, and P. Velge

Multiple point mutations in virulence genes explain the low virulence of Listeria monocytogenes field strains
Microbiology 2008 154: 939-948. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Rajan P. Adhikari and Richard P. Novick

Regulatory organization of the staphylococcal sae locus
Microbiology 2008 154: 949-959. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Brian G. Oliver, Peter M. Silver, Chelsea Marie, Samantha J. Hoot, Sarah E. Leyde, and Theodore C. White

Tetracycline alters drug susceptibility in Candida albicans and other pathogenic fungi
Microbiology 2008 154: 960-970. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer Vanover, Jingru Sun, Srilekha Deka, Jennifer Kintner, Michelle M. Duffourc, and Robert V. Schoborg

Herpes simplex virus co-infection-induced Chlamydia trachomatis persistence is not mediated by any known persistence inducer or anti-chlamydial pathway
Microbiology 2008 154: 971-978. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Claire Lewis, Henrieta Skovierova, Gary Rowley, Bronislava Rezuchova, Dagmar Homerova, Andrew Stevenson, Aileen Sherry, Jan Kormanec, and Mark Roberts

Small outer-membrane lipoprotein, SmpA, is regulated by ^E and has a role in cell envelope integrity and virulence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
Microbiology 2008 154: 979-988. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

PHYSIOLOGY:

Uldis Kalnenieks, Nina Galinina, Inese Strazdina, Zane Kravale, James L. Pickford, Reinis Rutkis, and Robert K. Poole

NADH dehydrogenase deficiency results in low respiration rate and improved aerobic growth of Zymomonas mobilis
Microbiology 2008 154: 989-994. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS:

Yi-Min Hsiao, Mei-Huei Zheng, Rouh-Mei Hu, Tsuey-Ching Yang, and Yi-Hsiung Tseng

Regulation of the pehA gene encoding the major polygalacturonase of Xanthomonas campestris by Clp and RpfF
Microbiology 2008 154: 705-713. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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