REVIEW:

CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MICROBES:

Carlos Barreiro, Diana Nakunst, Andrea T. Hüser, Héctor D. de Paz, Jörn Kalinowski, and Juan F. Martín

Microarray studies reveal a ‘differential response’ to moderate or severe heat shock of the HrcA- and HspR-dependent systems in Corynebacterium glutamicum
Microbiology 2009 155: 359-372. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Jaime M. Martínez-Salazar, Mario Sandoval-Calderón, Xianwu Guo, Santiago Castillo-Ramírez, Alma Reyes, Maria G. Loza, Javier Rivera, Xochitl Alvarado-Affantranger, Federico Sánchez, Víctor González, Guillermo Dávila, and Miguel A. Ramírez-Romero

The Rhizobium etli RpoH1 and RpoH2 sigma factors are involved in different stress responses
Microbiology 2009 155: 386-397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kassem Hamze, Daria Julkowska, Sabine Autret, Krzysztof Hinc, Krzysztofa Nagorska, Agnieszka Sekowska, I. Barry Holland, and Simone J. Séror

Identification of genes required for different stages of dendritic swarming in Bacillus subtilis, with a novel role for phrC
Microbiology 2009 155: 398-412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures][Errata]  

Nani Van Gerven, Mike Sleutel, Francine Deboeck, Henri De Greve, and Jean-Pierre Hernalsteens

Surface display of the receptor-binding domain of the F17a-G fimbrial adhesin through the autotransporter AIDA-I leads to permeability of bacterial cells
Microbiology 2009 155: 468-476. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rembert Pieper, Shih-Ting Huang, Jeffrey M. Robinson, David J. Clark, Hamid Alami, Prashanth P. Parmar, Robert D. Perry, Robert D. Fleischmann, and Scott N. Peterson

Temperature and growth phase influence the outer-membrane proteome and the expression of a type VI secretion system in Yersinia pestis
Microbiology 2009 155: 498-512. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Trang Nguyen, Zhijun Zhang, I-Hsiu Huang, Chenggang Wu, Justin Merritt, Wenyuan Shi, and Fengxia Qi

Genes involved in the repression of mutacin I production in Streptococcus mutans
Microbiology 2009 155: 551-556. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Gordon Churchward, Christopher Bates, Asiya A. Gusa, Virginia Stringer, and June R. Scott

Regulation of streptokinase expression by CovR/S in Streptococcus pyogenes: CovR acts through a single high-affinity binding site
Microbiology 2009 155: 566-575. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

Eugenia M. Clerico, Vincent M. Cassone, and Susan S. Golden

Stability and lability of circadian period of gene expression in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus
Microbiology 2009 155: 635-641. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENVIRONMENTAL AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY:

S. T. Huang, S. S. Tzean, B. Y. Tsai, and H. J. Hsieh

Cloning and heterologous expression of a novel ligninolytic peroxidase gene from poroid brown-rot fungus Antrodia cinnamomea
Microbiology 2009 155: 424-433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Francisco J. Roig and Carmen Amaro

Plasmid diversity in Vibrio vulnificus biotypes
Microbiology 2009 155: 489-497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elisabete Valério, Lélia Chambel, Sérgio Paulino, Natália Faria, Paulo Pereira, and Rogério Tenreiro

Molecular identification, typing and traceability of cyanobacteria from freshwater reservoirs
Microbiology 2009 155: 642-656. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Anna Evstigneeva, Didier Raoult, Lev Karpachevskiy, and Bernard La Scola

Amoeba co-culture of soil specimens recovered 33 different bacteria, including four new species and Streptococcus pneumoniae
Microbiology 2009 155: 657-664. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GENES AND GENOMES:

Gang Liu, Jin Zhong, Jianqiang Ni, Meiling Chen, Haijie Xiao, and Liandong Huan

Characteristics of the bovicin HJ50 gene cluster in Streptococcus bovis HJ50
Microbiology 2009 155: 584-593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MICROBIAL PATHOGENICITY:

María Antúnez-Lamas, Ezequiel Cabrera-Ordóñez, Emilia López-Solanilla, Rosa Raposo, Oswaldo Trelles-Salazar, Andrés Rodríguez-Moreno, and Pablo Rodríguez-Palenzuela

Role of motility and chemotaxis in the pathogenesis of Dickeya dadantii 3937 (ex Erwinia chrysanthemi 3937)
Microbiology 2009 155: 434-442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kelly A. Tivendale, Amir H. Noormohammadi, Joanne L. Allen, and Glenn F. Browning

The conserved portion of the putative virulence region contributes to virulence of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli
Microbiology 2009 155: 450-460. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leann Clark, Isabel Martinez-Argudo, Tom J. Humphrey, and Mark A. Jepson

GFP plasmid-induced defects in Salmonella invasion depend on plasmid architecture, not protein expression
Microbiology 2009 155: 461-467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sébastien P. Faucher, Chantal Forest, Maxime Béland, and France Daigle

A novel PhoP-regulated locus encoding the cytolysin ClyA and the secreted invasin TaiA of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi is involved in virulence
Microbiology 2009 155: 477-488. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Noriko Nakanishi, Kosuke Tashiro, Satoru Kuhara, Tetsuya Hayashi, Nakaba Sugimoto, and Toru Tobe

Regulation of virulence by butyrate sensing in enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli
Microbiology 2009 155: 521-530. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figures]  

Narveen Jandu, Zoë Jingjing Zeng, Kathene C. Johnson-Henry, and Philip M. Sherman

Probiotics prevent enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 : H7-mediated inhibition of interferon--induced tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT-1
Microbiology 2009 155: 531-540. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hidetada Hirakawa, Toshio Kodama, Asuka Takumi-Kobayashi, Takeshi Honda, and Akihito Yamaguchi

Secreted indole serves as a signal for expression of type III secretion system translocators in enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 : H7
Microbiology 2009 155: 541-550. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yukie Shibata, Jan R. van der Ploeg, Takeshi Kozuki, Yasuhito Shirai, Naoaki Saito, Miki Kawada-Matsuo, Toru Takeshita, and Yoshihisa Yamashita

Kinase activity of the dgk gene product is involved in the virulence of Streptococcus mutans
Microbiology 2009 155: 557-565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Preston E. Bratcher, In H. Park, Susan K. Hollingshead, and Moon H. Nahm

Production of a unique pneumococcal capsule serotype belonging to serogroup 6
Microbiology 2009 155: 576-583. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CORRIGENDUM]  

E. Sierra-Campos, M. A. Valdez-Solana, D. Matuz-Mares, I. Velázquez, and J. P. Pardo

Induction of morphological changes in Ustilago maydis cells by octyl gallate
Microbiology 2009 155: 604-611. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY:

Ky-Anh Nguyen, Jasiek Zylicz, Pawel Szczesny, Aneta Sroka, Neil Hunter, and Jan Potempa

Verification of a topology model of PorT as an integral outer-membrane protein in Porphyromonas gingivalis
Microbiology 2009 155: 328-337. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Mara Ceragioli, Giuseppina Cangiano, Semih Esin, Emilia Ghelardi, Ezio Ricca, and Sonia Senesi

Phagocytosis, germination and killing of Bacillus subtilis spores presenting heterologous antigens in human macrophages
Microbiology 2009 155: 338-346. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gerd M. Seibold, Martin Wurst, and Bernhard J. Eikmanns

Roles of maltodextrin and glycogen phosphorylases in maltose utilization and glycogen metabolism in Corynebacterium glutamicum
Microbiology 2009 155: 347-358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Libia Saborido Basconcillo, Rahat Zaheer, Turlough M. Finan, and Brian E. McCarry

Cyclopropane fatty acyl synthase in Sinorhizobium meliloti
Microbiology 2009 155: 373-385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Rebeca Alonso-Monge, Sara Carvaihlo, Cesar Nombela, Eduardo Rial, and Jesús Pla

The Hog1 MAP kinase controls respiratory metabolism in the fungal pathogen Candida albicans
Microbiology 2009 155: 413-423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anna-Marie Lindsay, Meng Zhang, Zoe Mitchell, Matthew T. G. Holden, Andrew S. Waller, Iain C. Sutcliffe, and Gary W. Black

The Streptococcus equi prophage-encoded protein SEQ2045 is a hyaluronan-specific hyaluronate lyase that is produced during equine infection
Microbiology 2009 155: 443-449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figure]  

Estelle Devillard, Freda M. McIntosh, Delphine Paillard, Nadine A. Thomas, Kevin J. Shingfield, and R. John Wallace

Differences between human subjects in the composition of the faecal bacterial community and faecal metabolism of linoleic acid
Microbiology 2009 155: 513-520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Worrawat Promden, Alisa S. Vangnai, Hirohide Toyama, Kazunobu Matsushita, and Piamsook Pongsawasdi

Analysis of the promoter activities of the genes encoding three quinoprotein alcohol dehydrogenases in Pseudomonas putida HK5
Microbiology 2009 155: 594-603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Theodora C. Sideri, Sylvia A. Willetts, and Simon V. Avery

Methionine sulphoxide reductases protect iron–sulphur clusters from oxidative inactivation in yeast
Microbiology 2009 155: 612-623. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

A. Santos, M. San Mauro, E. Bravo, and D. Marquina

PMKT2, a new killer toxin from Pichia membranifaciens, and its promising biotechnological properties for control of the spoilage yeast Brettanomyces bruxellensis
Microbiology 2009 155: 624-634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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