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The 50 Most-Frequently Read Articles
in Microbiology during May 2009 -- updated monthly

Most-read rankings are recalculated at the beginning of the month and are based on full-text and pdf views.

1.  Rainer Kalscheuer, Torsten Stölting, Alexander Steinbüchel
  Microdiesel: Escherichia coli engineered for fuel production
  Microbiology Sep 01, 2006; 152: 2529-2536.
(In "BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
2.  Howard Gest
  Names of bacteria and their evolutionary relationships
  Microbiology Aug 01, 2003; 149: 1956-1958.
(In "MICROBIOLOGY COMMENT")   [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
3.  M. T. Hedayati, A. C. Pasqualotto, P. A. Warn, P. Bowyer, D. W. Denning
  Aspergillus flavus: human pathogen, allergen and mycotoxin producer
  Microbiology Jun 01, 2007; 153: 1677-1692.
(In "REVIEWS")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
4.  Guy D. Eslick
  Non-gonococcal urethritis, Helicobacter pylori infection and fellatio: a new ménage à trois?
  Microbiology Mar 01, 2004; 150: 520-522.
(In "MICROBIOLOGY COMMENT")   [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
5.  Ian W. Sutherland
  Biofilm exopolysaccharides: a strong and sticky framework
  Microbiology Jan 01, 2001; 147: 3-9.
(In "MINI-REVIEW")   [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
6.  Jean-Christophe Camus, Melinda J. Pryor, Claudine Médigue, Stewart T. Cole
  Re-annotation of the genome sequence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
  Microbiology Oct 01, 2002; 148: 2967-2973.
(In "MOLECULAR GENETICS AND IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF MYCOBACTERIA")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
7.  Mangala A. Nadkarni, F. Elizabeth Martin, Nicholas A. Jacques, Neil Hunter
  Determination of bacterial load by real-time PCR using a broad-range (universal) probe and primers set
  Microbiology Jan 01, 2002; 148: 257-266.
(In "RESEARCH PAPERS")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
8.  David J. Richardson
  Bacterial respiration: a flexible process for a changing environment
  Microbiology Mar 01, 2000; 146: 551-571.
(In "SGM SPECIAL LECTURES")   [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
9.  Kay H. McClean, Michael K. Winson, Leigh Fish, Adrian Taylor, Siri Ram Chhabra, Miguel Camara, Mavis Daykin, John H. Lamb, Simon Swift, Barrie W. Bycroft, Gordon S. A. B. Stewart, Paul Williams
  Quorum sensing and Chromobacterium violaceum: exploitation of violacein production and inhibition for the detection of N-acylhomoserine lactones
  Microbiology Dec 01, 1997; 143: 3703-3711.
(In "BIOCHEMISTRY")   [Abstract]     [PDF]
 
10.  Morten Hentzer, Kathrin Riedel, Thomas B. Rasmussen, Arne Heydorn, Jens Bo Andersen, Matthew R. Parsek, Scott A. Rice, Leo Eberl, Søren Molin, Niels Høiby, Staffan Kjelleberg, Michael Givskov
  Inhibition of quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm bacteria by a halogenated furanone compound
  Microbiology Jan 01, 2002; 148: 87-102.
(In "RESEARCH PAPERS")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
11.  Harald Brüssow
  Phage therapy: the Escherichia coli experience
  Microbiology Jul 01, 2005; 151: 2133-2140.
(In "REVIEWS")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
12.  Sujatha Subramoni, Vittorio Venturi
  LuxR-family ‘solos’: bachelor sensors/regulators of signalling molecules
 Current issue Microbiology May 01, 2009; 155: 1377-1385.
(In "MINI-REVIEW")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
13.  Paul Williams
  Quorum sensing, communication and cross-kingdom signalling in the bacterial world
  Microbiology Dec 01, 2007; 153: 3923-3938.
(In "SGM SPECIAL LECTURES")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
14.  Robert P. Ryan, J. Maxwell Dow
  Diffusible signals and interspecies communication in bacteria
  Microbiology Jul 01, 2008; 154: 1845-1858.
(In "REVIEWS")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
15.  Todd B. Reynolds
  Strategies for acquiring the phospholipid metabolite inositol in pathogenic bacteria, fungi and protozoa: making it and taking it
 Current issue Microbiology May 01, 2009; 155: 1386-1396.
(In "REVIEWS")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
16.  Ghasemali Mohebali, Andrew S. Ball
  Biocatalytic desulfurization (BDS) of petrodiesel fuels
  Microbiology Aug 01, 2008; 154: 2169-2183.
(In "REVIEWS")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
17.  P. D. Marsh
  Are dental diseases examples of ecological catastrophes?
  Microbiology Feb 01, 2003; 149: 279-294.
(In "SGM SPECIAL LECTURES")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
18.  M. Sofia Ciampi
  Rho-dependent terminators and transcription termination
  Microbiology Sep 01, 2006; 152: 2515-2528.
(In "REVIEWS")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
19.  Erja Malinen, Anna Kassinen, Teemu Rinttilä, Airi Palva
  Comparison of real-time PCR with SYBR Green I or 5'-nuclease assays and dot-blot hybridization with rDNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes in quantification of selected faecal bacteria
  Microbiology Jan 01, 2003; 149: 269-277.
(In "BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
20.  David J. Adams
  Fungal cell wall chitinases and glucanases
  Microbiology Jul 01, 2004; 150: 2029-2035.
(In "MINI-REVIEW")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
21.  Volker Gürtler, Vilma A. Stanisich
  New approaches to typing and identification of bacteria using the 16S-23S rDNA spacer region
  Microbiology Jan 01, 1996; 142: 3-16.
(In "REVIEW ARTICLES")   [PDF]
 
22.  Lovisa Björnsson, Philip Hugenholtz, Gene W. Tyson, Linda L. Blackall
  Filamentous Chloroflexi (green non-sulfur bacteria) are abundant in wastewater treatment processes with biological nutrient removal
  Microbiology Aug 01, 2002; 148: 2309-2318.
(In "RESEARCH PAPERS")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
23.  Douglas E. Rawlings, D. Barrie Johnson
  The microbiology of biomining: development and optimization of mineral-oxidizing microbial consortia
  Microbiology Feb 01, 2007; 153: 315-324.
(In "REVIEWS")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
24.  Alain Filloux, Abderrahman Hachani, Sophie Bleves
  The bacterial type VI secretion machine: yet another player for protein transport across membranes
  Microbiology Jun 01, 2008; 154: 1570-1583.
(In "REVIEWS")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
25.  Mark Dopson, Craig Baker-Austin, P. Ram Koppineedi, Philip L. Bond
  Growth in sulfidic mineral environments: metal resistance mechanisms in acidophilic micro-organisms
  Microbiology Aug 01, 2003; 149: 1959-1970.
(In "REVIEWS")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
26.  Thongchai Taechowisan, Chunhua Lu, Yuemao Shen, Saisamorn Lumyong
  Secondary metabolites from endophytic Streptomyces aureofaciens CMUAc130 and their antifungal activity
  Microbiology May 01, 2005; 151: 1691-1695.
(In "PHYSIOLOGY")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
27.  Christopher F. Thurston
  The structure and function of fungal laccases
  Microbiology Jan 01, 1994; 140: 19-26.
(In "REVIEW ARTICLES")   [PDF]
 
28.  Mana Obata-Yasuoka, William Ba-Thein, Teizo Tsukamoto, Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, Hideo Hayashi
  Vaginal Escherichia coli share common virulence factor profiles, serotypes and phylogeny with other extraintestinal E. coli
  Microbiology Sep 01, 2002; 148: 2745-2752.
(In "RESEARCH PAPERS")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
29.  Michael Niederweis
  Nutrient acquisition by mycobacteria
  Microbiology Mar 01, 2008; 154: 679-692.
(In "REVIEWS")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
30.  Astrid A. van de Graaf, Peter de Bruijn, Lesley A. Robertson, Mike S. M. Jetten, J. Gijs Kuenen
  Autotrophic growth of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing micro-organisms in a fluidized bed reactor
  Microbiology Aug 01, 1996; 142: 2187-2196.
(In "ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY")   [Abstract]     [PDF]
 
31.  Sonia L. Bardy, Sandy Y. M. Ng, Ken F. Jarrell
  Prokaryotic motility structures
  Microbiology Feb 01, 2003; 149: 295-304.
(In "REVIEWS")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
32.  James A. Barnett
  Beginnings of microbiology and biochemistry: the contribution of yeast research
  Microbiology Mar 01, 2003; 149: 557-567.
(In "REVIEWS")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
33.  Elsorra E. Idriss, Oliwia Makarewicz, Abdelazim Farouk, Kristin Rosner, Ralf Greiner, Helmut Bochow, Thomas Richter, Rainer Borriss
  Extracellular phytase activity of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB45 contributes to its plant-growth-promoting effect
  Microbiology Jul 01, 2002; 148: 2097-2109.
(In "RESEARCH PAPERS")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
34.  Marcel H. N. Hoefnagel, Marjo J. C. Starrenburg, Dirk E. Martens, Jeroen Hugenholtz, Michiel Kleerebezem, Iris I. Van Swam, Roger Bongers, Hans V. Westerhoff, Jacky L. Snoep
  Metabolic engineering of lactic acid bacteria, the combined approach: kinetic modelling, metabolic control and experimental analysis
  Microbiology Apr 01, 2002; 148: 1003-1013.
(In "RESEARCH PAPERS")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
35.  Andrew J. Spiers, Angus Buckling, Paul B. Rainey
  The causes of Pseudomonas diversity
  Microbiology Oct 01, 2000; 146: 2345-2350.
(In "PSEUDOMONAS: BIOLOGY AND DIVERSITY")   [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
36.  Thomas B. Rasmussen, Michael Givskov
  Quorum sensing inhibitors: a bargain of effects
  Microbiology Apr 01, 2006; 152: 895-904.
(In "REVIEWS")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
37.  Xia Zhou, Stephen J. Bent, Maria G. Schneider, Catherine C. Davis, Mohammed R. Islam, Larry J. Forney
  Characterization of vaginal microbial communities in adult healthy women using cultivation-independent methods
  Microbiology Aug 01, 2004; 150: 2565-2573.
(In "BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
38.  Martin A. Line
  The enigma of the origin of life and its timing
  Microbiology Jan 01, 2002; 148: 21-27.
(In "MINI-REVIEW")   [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
39.  Vendula Valásková, Petr Baldrian
  Degradation of cellulose and hemicelluloses by the brown rot fungus Piptoporus betulinus – production of extracellular enzymes and characterization of the major cellulases
  Microbiology Dec 01, 2006; 152: 3613-3622.
(In "PHYSIOLOGY")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
40.  Elena Busti, Paolo Monciardini, Linda Cavaletti, Ruggiero Bamonte, Ameriga Lazzarini, Margherita Sosio, Stefano Donadio
  Antibiotic-producing ability by representatives of a newly discovered lineage of actinomycetes
  Microbiology Mar 01, 2006; 152: 675-683.
(In "BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
41.  Thomas J. Smith, Steve A. Blackman, Simon J. Foster
  Autolysins of Bacillus subtilis: multiple enzymes with multiple functions
  Microbiology Feb 01, 2000; 146: 249-262.
(In "REVIEW ARTICLES")   [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
42.  Artem Khlebnikov, Kirill A. Datsenko, Tove Skaug, Barry L. Wanner, Jay D. Keasling
  Homogeneous expression of the PBAD promoter in Escherichia coli by constitutive expression of the low-affinity high-capacity AraE transporter
  Microbiology Dec 01, 2001; 147: 3241-3247.
(In "GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
43.  Gwyneth Bertram, Shona Innes, Odile Minella, Jonathan P. Richardson, Ian Stansfield
  Endless possibilities: translation termination and stop codon recognition
  Microbiology Feb 01, 2001; 147: 255-269.
(In "REVIEW ARTICLES")   [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
44.  María J. Soto, Juan Sanjuán, José Olivares
  Rhizobia and plant-pathogenic bacteria: common infection weapons
  Microbiology Nov 01, 2006; 152: 3167-3174.
(In "MINI-REVIEW")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
45.  Diego Mora, Giovanni Ricci, Simone Guglielmetti, Daniele Daffonchio, Maria Grazia Fortina
  16S–23S rRNA intergenic spacer region sequence variation in Streptococcus thermophilus and related dairy streptococci and development of a multiplex ITS-SSCP analysis for their identification
  Microbiology Mar 01, 2003; 149: 807-813.
(In "BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
46.  Pia T. Sunde, Ingar Olsen, Ulf B. Göbel, Dirk Theegarten, Sascha Winter, Gilberto J. Debelian, Leif Tronstad, Annette Moter
  Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for direct visualization of bacteria in periapical lesions of asymptomatic root-filled teeth
  Microbiology May 01, 2003; 149: 1095-1102.
(In "PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
47.  Benjamin N. Mijts, Bharat K. C. Patel
  Cloning, sequencing and expression of an {alpha}-amylase gene, amyA, from the thermophilic halophile Halothermothrix orenii and purification and biochemical characterization of the recombinant enzyme
  Microbiology Aug 01, 2002; 148: 2343-2349.
(In "RESEARCH PAPERS")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
48.  Christina Schäffer, Paul Messner
  The structure of secondary cell wall polymers: how Gram-positive bacteria stick their cell walls together
  Microbiology Mar 01, 2005; 151: 643-651.
(In "REVIEWS")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
49.  Richard E. Williams, Neil C. Bruce
  ‘New uses for an Old Enzyme’ – the Old Yellow Enzyme family of flavoenzymes
  Microbiology Jun 01, 2002; 148: 1607-1614.
(In "REVIEW ARTICLES")   [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
50.  E. Richard Moxon
  Bacterial variation, virulence and vaccines
  Microbiology Apr 01, 2009; 155: 997-1003.
(In "SGM SPECIAL LECTURES")   [Abstract]     [Full Text]     [PDF]
 
  

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