COMMENT:

REVIEW:

CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MICROBES:

F. Gil, I. Hernández-Lucas, R. Polanco, N. Pacheco, B. Collao, J. M. Villarreal, G. Nardocci, E. Calva, and C. P. Saavedra

SoxS regulates the expression of the Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium ompW gene
Microbiology 2009 155: 2490-2497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yangbo Hu, Pei Lu, Yao Wang, Lisha Ding, Steve Atkinson, and Shiyun Chen

OmpR positively regulates urease expression to enhance acid survival of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
Microbiology 2009 155: 2522-2531. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Isabel C. R. Werlang, Cristopher Z. Schneider, Jordana D. Mendonça, Mario S. Palma, Luiz A. Basso, and Diógenes S. Santos

Identification of Rv3852 as a nucleoid-associated protein in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Microbiology 2009 155: 2652-2663. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. K. Blaby and D. K. Summers

The role of FIS in the Rcd checkpoint and stable maintenance of plasmid ColE1
Microbiology 2009 155: 2676-2682. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew D. Mastropaolo, Mary L. Thorson, and Ann M. Stevens

Comparison of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron and Escherichia coli 16S rRNA gene expression signals
Microbiology 2009 155: 2683-2693. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Jinjun Wang, Hongqin Hu, Sha Wang, Jie Shi, Shaochun Chen, Hua Wei, Xushi Xu, and Ling Lu

The important role of actinin-like protein (AcnA) in cytokinesis and apical dominance of hyphal cells in Aspergillus nidulans
Microbiology 2009 155: 2714-2725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENVIRONMENTAL AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY:

Sladjana Malic, Katja E. Hill, Anthony Hayes, Steven L. Percival, David W. Thomas, and David W. Williams

Detection and identification of specific bacteria in wound biofilms using peptide nucleic acid fluorescent in situ hybridization (PNA FISH)
Microbiology 2009 155: 2603-2611. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. T. Tambong, R. Xu, and E. S. P. Bromfield

Intercistronic heterogeneity of the 16S–23S rRNA spacer region among Pseudomonas strains isolated from subterranean seeds of hog peanut (Amphicarpa bracteata)
Microbiology 2009 155: 2630-2640. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementaray figures]  

GENES AND GENOMES:

Hannah M. Wexler, Elizabeth Tenorio, and Lilian Pumbwe

Characteristics of Bacteroides fragilis lacking the major outer membrane protein, OmpA
Microbiology 2009 155: 2694-2706. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jomar Patrício Monteiro, Karl V. Clemons, Laurence F. Mirels, John A. Coller, Jr, Thomas D. Wu, Jata Shankar, Catalina R. Lopes, and David A. Stevens

Genomic DNA microarray comparison of gene expression patterns in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis mycelia and yeasts in vitro
Microbiology 2009 155: 2795-2808. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

MICROBIAL PATHOGENICITY:

Priyanka Das, Amit Lahiri, Ayan Lahiri, and Dipshikha Chakravortty

Novel role of the nitrite transporter NirC in Salmonella pathogenesis: SPI2-dependent suppression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in activated macrophages
Microbiology 2009 155: 2476-2489. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Jérôme M. B. Durand and Glenn R. Björk

Metabolic control through ornithine and uracil of epithelial cell invasion by Shigella flexneri
Microbiology 2009 155: 2498-2508. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Janet M. Fowler, Christine R. Wulff, Susan C. Straley, and Robert R. Brubaker

Growth of calcium-blind mutants of Yersinia pestis at 37 °C in permissive Ca²⁺-deficient environments
Microbiology 2009 155: 2509-2521. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenneth R. Barth, Vincent M. Isabella, Lori F. Wright, and Virginia L. Clark

Resistance to peroxynitrite in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Microbiology 2009 155: 2532-2545. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Emelie Salomonsson, Åke Forsberg, Norbert Roos, Claudia Holz, Berenike Maier, Michael Koomey, and Hanne C. Winther-Larsen

Functional analyses of pilin-like proteins from Francisella tularensis: complementation of type IV pilus phenotypes in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Microbiology 2009 155: 2546-2559. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Nathalie Grall, Jonathan Livny, Matthew Waldor, Monique Barel, Alain Charbit, and Karin L. Meibom

Pivotal role of the Francisella tularensis heat-shock sigma factor RpoH
Microbiology 2009 155: 2560-2572. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Lauren Senty Turner, Sankar Das, Taisei Kanamoto, Cindy L. Munro, and Todd Kitten

Development of genetic tools for in vivo virulence analysis of Streptococcus sanguinis
Microbiology 2009 155: 2573-2582. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mary Meehan, Melanie J. Lewis, Caroline Byrne, David O'Hare, Jenny M. Woof, and Peter Owen

Localization of the equine IgG-binding domain in the fibrinogen-binding protein (FgBP) of Streptococcus equi subsp. equi
Microbiology 2009 155: 2583-2592. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lisa K. Nelson, Genevieve H. D'Amours, Kimberley M. Sproule-Willoughby, Douglas W. Morck, and Howard Ceri

Pseudomonas aeruginosa las and rhl quorum-sensing systems are important for infection and inflammation in a rat prostatitis model
Microbiology 2009 155: 2612-2619. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY:

Aditi D. Buch, G. Archana, and G. Naresh Kumar

Enhanced citric acid biosynthesis in Pseudomonas fluorescens ATCC 13525 by overexpression of the Escherichia coli citrate synthase gene
Microbiology 2009 155: 2620-2629. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figure]  

Daniel G. Kurth, Gabriela M. Gago, Agustina de la Iglesia, Bernardo Bazet Lyonnet, Ting-Wan Lin, Héctor R. Morbidoni, Shiou-Chuan Tsai, and Hugo Gramajo

ACCase 6 is the essential acetyl-CoA carboxylase involved in fatty acid and mycolic acid biosynthesis in mycobacteria
Microbiology 2009 155: 2664-2675. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Miia R. Mäkelä, Kristiina Hildén, Annele Hatakka, and Taina K. Lundell

Oxalate decarboxylase of the white-rot fungus Dichomitus squalens demonstrates a novel enzyme primary structure and non-induced expression on wood and in liquid cultures
Microbiology 2009 155: 2726-2738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marta Ávila, Muriel Jaquet, Deborah Moine, Teresa Requena, Carmen Peláez, Fabrizio Arigoni, and Ivana Jankovic

Physiological and biochemical characterization of the two -L-rhamnosidases of Lactobacillus plantarum NCC245
Microbiology 2009 155: 2739-2749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figures]  

Toshio Yamaguchi, Fuminori Tsutsumi, Péter Putnoky, Masahiro Fukuhara, and Tatsunosuke Nakamura

pH-dependent regulation of the multi-subunit cation/proton antiporter Pha1 system from Sinorhizobium meliloti
Microbiology 2009 155: 2750-2756. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. Ledger, F. Aceituno, and B. González

3-Chlorobenzoate is taken up by a chromosomally encoded transport system in Cupriavidus necator JMP134
Microbiology 2009 155: 2757-2765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bettina Franz, Thomas Gehrke, Henning Lichtenberg, Josef Hormes, Christiane Dahl, and Alexander Prange

Unexpected extracellular and intracellular sulfur species during growth of Allochromatium vinosum with reduced sulfur compounds
Microbiology 2009 155: 2766-2774. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zongtao Sun, Shaochuan Shen, Chao Wang, Hu Wang, Yaping Hu, Jiandong Jiao, Tingting Ma, Bing Tian, and Yuejin Hua

A novel carotenoid 1,2-hydratase (CruF) from two species of the non-photosynthetic bacterium Deinococcus
Microbiology 2009 155: 2775-2783. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Melanie Kern and Jörg Simon

Periplasmic nitrate reduction in Wolinella succinogenes: cytoplasmic NapF facilitates NapA maturation and requires the menaquinol dehydrogenase NapH for membrane attachment
Microbiology 2009 155: 2784-2794. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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