REVIEW:

MINI-REVIEW:

CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MICROBES:

Miriam Drath, Kerstin Baier, and Karl Forchhammer

An alternative methionine aminopeptidase, MAP-A, is required for nitrogen starvation and high-light acclimation in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
Microbiology 2009 155: 1427-1439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figures]  

J. Peña-Sánchez, S. Poggio, U. Flores-Pérez, A. Osorio, C. Domenzain, G. Dreyfus, and L. Camarena

Identification of the binding site of the ⁵⁴ hetero-oligomeric FleQ/FleT activator in the flagellar promoters of Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Microbiology 2009 155: 1669-1679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Evelyn Barth, Katherine V. Gora, Katharina M. Gebendorfer, Florian Settele, Ursula Jakob, and Jeannette Winter

Interplay of cellular cAMP levels, ^S activity and oxidative stress resistance in Escherichia coli
Microbiology 2009 155: 1680-1689. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Nianshu Zhang, Jian Wu, and Stephen G. Oliver

Gis1 is required for transcriptional reprogramming of carbon metabolism and the stress response during transition into stationary phase in yeast
Microbiology 2009 155: 1690-1698. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENVIRONMENTAL AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY:

Anna Koza, Paul D. Hallett, Christina D. Moon, and Andrew J. Spiers

Characterization of a novel air–liquid interface biofilm of Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25
Microbiology 2009 155: 1397-1406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rebecca Munk Vejborg and Per Klemm

Cellular chain formation in Escherichia coli biofilms
Microbiology 2009 155: 1407-1417. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Ju-Yuan Zhang, Wen-Li Chen, and Cheng-Cai Zhang

hetR and patS, two genes necessary for heterocyst pattern formation, are widespread in filamentous nonheterocyst-forming cyanobacteria
Microbiology 2009 155: 1418-1426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julia K. Christenson and David M. Gordon

Evolution of colicin BM plasmids: the loss of the colicin B activity gene
Microbiology 2009 155: 1645-1655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Catherine Deschamps, Olivier Clermont, Marie Claire Hipeaux, Guillaume Arlet, Erick Denamur, and Catherine Branger

Multiple acquisitions of CTX-M plasmids in the rare D₂ genotype of Escherichia coli provide evidence for convergent evolution
Microbiology 2009 155: 1656-1668. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

GENES AND GENOMES:

Nina Jochmann, Anna-Katharina Kurze, Lisa F. Czaja, Karina Brinkrolf, Iris Brune, Andrea T. Hüser, Nicole Hansmeier, Alfred Pühler, Ilya Borovok, and Andreas Tauch

Genetic makeup of the Corynebacterium glutamicum LexA regulon deduced from comparative transcriptomics and in vitro DNA band shift assays
Microbiology 2009 155: 1459-1477. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Armand Paauw, Martien P. M. Caspers, Maurine A. Leverstein-van Hall, Frank H. J. Schuren, Roy C. Montijn, Jan Verhoef, and Ad C. Fluit

Identification of resistance and virulence factors in an epidemic Enterobacter hormaechei outbreak strain
Microbiology 2009 155: 1478-1488. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary tables]  

Isamu Miyakawa, Akira Okamuro, Slavomir Kinsky, Katarina Visacka, Lubomir Tomaska, and Jozef Nosek

Mitochondrial nucleoids from the yeast Candida parapsilosis: expansion of the repertoire of proteins associated with mitochondrial DNA
Microbiology 2009 155: 1558-1568. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Takaomi Wada, Masafumi Noda, Fumi Kashiwabara, Hyung Joon Jeon, Ayano Shirakawa, Hironori Yabu, Yasuyuki Matoba, Takanori Kumagai, and Masanori Sugiyama

Characterization of four plasmids harboured in a Lactobacillus brevis strain encoding a novel bacteriocin, brevicin 925A, and construction of a shuttle vector for lactic acid bacteria and Escherichia coli
Microbiology 2009 155: 1726-1737. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marie Pierre Artigot, Nicolas Loiseau, Joelle Laffitte, Lina Mas-Reguieg, Souria Tadrist, Isabelle P. Oswald, and Olivier Puel

Molecular cloning and functional characterization of two CYP619 cytochrome P450s involved in biosynthesis of patulin in Aspergillus clavatus
Microbiology 2009 155: 1738-1747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MICROBIAL PATHOGENICITY:

Crystal L. Schmerk, Barry N. Duplantis, Diana Wang, Robert D. Burke, Alicia Y. Chou, Karen L. Elkins, Jagjit S. Ludu, and Francis E. Nano

Characterization of the pathogenicity island protein PdpA and its role in the virulence of Francisella novicida
Microbiology 2009 155: 1489-1497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Crystal L. Schmerk, Barry N. Duplantis, Perry L. Howard, and Francis E. Nano

A Francisella novicida pdpA mutant exhibits limited intracellular replication and remains associated with the lysosomal marker LAMP-1
Microbiology 2009 155: 1498-1504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary tables]  

Susana Martínez-Pulgarín, Gustavo Domínguez-Bernal, José A. Orden, and Ricardo de la Fuente

Simultaneous lack of catalase and beta-toxin in Staphylococcus aureus leads to increased intracellular survival in macrophages and epithelial cells and to attenuated virulence in murine and ovine models
Microbiology 2009 155: 1505-1515. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olivia L. Champion, Ian A. M. Cooper, Sarah L. James, Donna Ford, Andrey Karlyshev, Brendan W. Wren, Melanie Duffield, Petra C. F. Oyston, and Richard W. Titball

Galleria mellonella as an alternative infection model for Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
Microbiology 2009 155: 1516-1522. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. A. O'May, S. M. Jacobsen, M. Longwell, P. Stoodley, H. L. T. Mobley, and M. E. Shirtliff

The high-affinity phosphate transporter Pst in Proteus mirabilis HI4320 and its importance in biofilm formation
Microbiology 2009 155: 1523-1535. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [HTML Page - index.htslp]  

Michelle N. Kelly, Douglas A. Johnston, Bethany A. Peel, Timothy W. Morgan, Glen E. Palmer, and Joy E. Sturtevant

Bmh1p (14-3-3) mediates pathways associated with virulence in Candida albicans
Microbiology 2009 155: 1536-1546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data][Corrigendum]  

Gerald Kayingo, António Martins, Rachael Andrie, Luisa Neves, Cândida Lucas, and Brian Wong

A permease encoded by STL1 is required for active glycerol uptake by Candida albicans
Microbiology 2009 155: 1547-1557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

Wouter T. Hendriksen, Hester J. Bootsma, Angela van Diepen, Silvia Estevão, Oscar P. Kuipers, Ronald de Groot, and Peter W. M. Hermans

Strain-specific impact of PsaR of Streptococcus pneumoniae on global gene expression and virulence
Microbiology 2009 155: 1569-1579. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jesús Aranda, Maria Elena Garrido, Nahuel Fittipaldi, Pilar Cortés, Montserrat Llagostera, Marcelo Gottschalk, and Jordi Barbé

Protective capacities of cell surface-associated proteins of Streptococcus suis mutants deficient in divalent cation-uptake regulators
Microbiology 2009 155: 1580-1587. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Soma Sannigrahi, Xinjian Zhang, and Yih-Ling Tzeng

Regulation of the type I protein secretion system by the MisR/MisS two-component system in Neisseria meningitidis
Microbiology 2009 155: 1588-1601. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Guang-Tao Lu, Jia-Ri Xie, Lei Chen, Jiang-Ru Hu, Shi-Qi An, Hui-Zhao Su, Jia-Xun Feng, Yong-Qiang He, Bo-Le Jiang, Dong-Jie Tang, and Ji-Liang Tang

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris is required for extracellular polysaccharide production and full virulence
Microbiology 2009 155: 1602-1612. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

Yann Fardini, Jérôme Trotereau, Elisabeth Bottreau, Charlène Souchard, Philippe Velge, and Isabelle Virlogeux-Payant

Investigation of the role of the BAM complex and SurA chaperone in outer-membrane protein biogenesis and type III secretion system expression in Salmonella
Microbiology 2009 155: 1613-1622. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aizhen Guo, Sha Cao, Lingling Tu, Peifu Chen, Chengdong Zhang, Aiqing Jia, Weihong Yang, Ziduo Liu, Huanchun Chen, and Dieter M. Schifferli

FimH alleles direct preferential binding of Salmonella to distinct mammalian cells or to avian cells
Microbiology 2009 155: 1623-1633. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lixiang Zhao, Song Gao, Haixia Huan, Xiaojing Xu, Xiaoping Zhu, Weixia Yang, Qingqing Gao, and Xiufan Liu

Comparison of virulence factors and expression of specific genes between uropathogenic Escherichia coli and avian pathogenic E. coli in a murine urinary tract infection model and a chicken challenge model
Microbiology 2009 155: 1634-1644. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY:

Ofelia Chacon, Luiz E. Bermudez, Denise K. Zinniel, Harpreet K. Chahal, Robert J. Fenton, Zhengyu Feng, Kathy Hanford, L. Garry Adams, and Raúl G. Barletta

Impairment of D-alanine biosynthesis in Mycobacterium smegmatis determines decreased intracellular survival in human macrophages
Microbiology 2009 155: 1440-1450. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Beverley A. Bray, Iain C. Sutcliffe, and Dean J. Harrington

Impact of lgt mutation on lipoprotein biosynthesis and in vitro phenotypes of Streptococcus agalactiae
Microbiology 2009 155: 1451-1458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figure]  

J. L. Snoep, M. Mrwebi, J. M. Schuurmans, J. M. Rohwer, and M. J. Teixeira de Mattos

Control of specific growth rate in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Microbiology 2009 155: 1699-1707. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Sánchez, S. Arias, S. Chaignepain, M. Denayrolles, J. M. Schmitter, P. Bressollier, and M. C. Urdaci

Identification of surface proteins involved in the adhesion of a probiotic Bacillus cereus strain to mucin and fibronectin
Microbiology 2009 155: 1708-1716. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhong Qian, Bo Meng, Quanhui Wang, Zhuowei Wang, Chuanqi Zhou, Qian Wang, Shuyang Tu, Liang Lin, Yanhe Ma, and Siqi Liu

Systematic characterization of a novel gal operon in Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis
Microbiology 2009 155: 1717-1725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

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