MINI-REVIEWS:

CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MICROBES:

Sarah C. Pulvermacher, Lorraine T. Stauffer, and George V. Stauffer

Role of the sRNA GcvB in regulation of cycA in Escherichia coli
Microbiology 2009 155: 106-114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Sarah C. Pulvermacher, Lorraine T. Stauffer, and George V. Stauffer

Role of the Escherichia coli Hfq protein in GcvB regulation of oppA and dppA mRNAs
Microbiology 2009 155: 115-123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qing Yan, Wei Gao, Xiao-Gang Wu, and Li-Qun Zhang

Regulation of the PcoI/PcoR quorum-sensing system in Pseudomonas fluorescens 2P24 by the PhoP/PhoQ two-component system
Microbiology 2009 155: 124-133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

E. L. Denham, P. N. Ward, and J. A. Leigh

In the absence of Lgt, lipoproteins are shed from Streptococcus uberis independently of Lsp
Microbiology 2009 155: 134-141. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prashant Kodgire and K. Krishnamurthy Rao

hag expression in Bacillus subtilis is both negatively and positively regulated by ScoC
Microbiology 2009 155: 142-149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENVIRONMENTAL AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY:

Carlo Viti, Francesca Decorosi, Annalisa Mini, Enrico Tatti, and Luciana Giovannetti

Involvement of the oscA gene in the sulphur starvation response and in Cr(VI) resistance in Pseudomonas corrugata 28
Microbiology 2009 155: 95-105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

GENES AND GENOMES:

Svenja S. Nentwich, Karina Brinkrolf, Lars Gaigalat, Andrea T. Hüser, Daniel A. Rey, Tobias Mohrbach, Kay Marin, Alfred Pühler, Andreas Tauch, and Jörn Kalinowski

Characterization of the LacI-type transcriptional repressor RbsR controlling ribose transport in Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032
Microbiology 2009 155: 150-164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Yongshu Zhang, Marvin Whiteley, Jens Kreth, Yu Lei, Ali Khammanivong, Jamie N. Evavold, Jingyuan Fan, and Mark C. Herzberg

The two-component system BfrAB regulates expression of ABC transporters in Streptococcus gordonii and Streptococcus sanguinis
Microbiology 2009 155: 165-173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

J. Xu, D. Baldwin, C. Kindrachuk, and D. D. Hegedus

Comparative EST analysis of a Zoophthora radicans isolate derived from Pieris brassicae and an isogenic strain adapted to Plutella xylostella
Microbiology 2009 155: 174-185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

MICROBIAL PATHOGENICITY:

Yingji Jin, Yuki Takegahara, Yo Sugawara, Takuhiro Matsumura, and Yukako Fujinaga

Disruption of the epithelial barrier by botulinum haemagglutinin (HA) proteins – differences in cell tropism and the mechanism of action between HA proteins of types A or B, and HA proteins of type C
Microbiology 2009 155: 35-45. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Christopher D. Doern, Amity L. Roberts, Wenzhou Hong, Jessica Nelson, Slawomir Lukomski, William E. Swords, and Sean D. Reid

Biofilm formation by group A Streptococcus: a role for the streptococcal regulator of virulence (Srv) and streptococcal cysteine protease (SpeB)
Microbiology 2009 155: 46-52. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jiaqin Zhang and Indranil Biswas

A phenotypic microarray analysis of a Streptococcus mutans liaS mutant
Microbiology 2009 155: 61-68. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

Scott W. Bearden, Christopher Sexton, Joshua Pare, Janet M. Fowler, Cindy G. Arvidson, Lyudmyla Yerman, Ronald E. Viola, and Robert R. Brubaker

Attenuated enzootic (pestoides) isolates of Yersinia pestis express active aspartase
Microbiology 2009 155: 198-209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian D. Dill, Sophie Dessus-Babus, and Jane E. Raulston

Identification of iron-responsive proteins expressed by Chlamydia trachomatis reticulate bodies during intracellular growth
Microbiology 2009 155: 210-219. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. K. Paterson, H. Northen, D. B. Cone, C. Willers, S. E. Peters, and D. J. Maskell

Deletion of tolA in Salmonella Typhimurium generates an attenuated strain with vaccine potential
Microbiology 2009 155: 220-228. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arvind A. Bhagwat, Won Jun, Liu Liu, Porteen Kannan, Mahesh Dharne, Benedict Pheh, Ben D. Tall, Mahendra H. Kothary, Kenneth C. Gross, Scott Angle, Jianghong Meng, and Allen Smith

Osmoregulated periplasmic glucans of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium are required for optimal virulence in mice
Microbiology 2009 155: 229-237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY:

Oliver Riebe, Ralf-Jörg Fischer, David A. Wampler, Donald M. Kurtz, Jr, and Hubert Bahl

Pathway for H₂O₂ and O₂ detoxification in Clostridium acetobutylicum
Microbiology 2009 155: 16-24. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figure]  

Francisco Leganés, Karl Forchhammer, and Francisca Fernández-Piñas

Role of calcium in acclimation of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 to nitrogen starvation
Microbiology 2009 155: 25-34. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claes Wickström, Ian R. Hamilton, and Gunnel Svensäter

Differential metabolic activity by dental plaque bacteria in association with two preparations of MUC5B mucins in solution and in biofilms
Microbiology 2009 155: 53-60. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher L. Case, Jason R. Rodriguez, and Biswarup Mukhopadhyay

Characterization of an NADH oxidase of the flavin-dependent disulfide reductase family from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii
Microbiology 2009 155: 69-79. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

John A. Wright, Andrew J. Grant, Douglas Hurd, Marcus Harrison, Edward J. Guccione, David J. Kelly, and Duncan J. Maskell

Metabolite and transcriptome analysis of Campylobacter jejuni in vitro growth reveals a stationary-phase physiological switch
Microbiology 2009 155: 80-94. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Cinthia Núñez, Alexander V. Bogachev, Gabriel Guzmán, Isaac Tello, Josefina Guzmán, and Guadalupe Espín

The Na⁺-translocating NADH : ubiquinone oxidoreductase of Azotobacter vinelandii negatively regulates alginate synthesis
Microbiology 2009 155: 249-256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ana Laura Ramos-Vega, Yadira Dávila-Martínez, Christian Sohlenkamp, Sandra Contreras-Martínez, Sergio Encarnación, Otto Geiger, and Isabel M. López-Lara

SMb20651 is another acyl carrier protein from Sinorhizobium meliloti
Microbiology 2009 155: 257-267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data][Corrigendum]  

Rick Orij, Jarne Postmus, Alex Ter Beek, Stanley Brul, and Gertien J. Smits

In vivo measurement of cytosolic and mitochondrial pH using a pH-sensitive GFP derivative in Saccharomyces cerevisiae reveals a relation between intracellular pH and growth
Microbiology 2009 155: 268-278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefan Gilch, Manja Vogel, Matthias W. Lorenz, Ortwin Meyer, and Ingo Schmidt

Interaction of the mechanism-based inactivator acetylene with ammonia monooxygenase of Nitrosomonas europaea
Microbiology 2009 155: 279-284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Freda M. McIntosh, Kevin J. Shingfield, Estelle Devillard, Wendy R. Russell, and R. John Wallace

Mechanism of conjugated linoleic acid and vaccenic acid formation in human faecal suspensions and pure cultures of intestinal bacteria
Microbiology 2009 155: 285-294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael P. Thorgersen and Diana M. Downs

Oxidative stress and disruption of labile iron generate specific auxotrophic requirements in Salmonella enterica
Microbiology 2009 155: 295-304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bryan Marshall, Alain Stintzi, Christie Gilmour, Jean-Marie Meyer, and Keith Poole

Citrate-mediated iron uptake in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: involvement of the citrate-inducible FecA receptor and the FeoB ferrous iron transporter
Microbiology 2009 155: 305-315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

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