Issue table of contents

Microbiology — Volume 143, Issue 7

35 articles in this issue

Challenging food microbiology from a molecular perspective

Stewart, Gordon S. A. B.

p. 2099 https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-143-7-2099

The Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin gene is on a transposable element in type A human food poisoning strains

Brynestad, S, Synstad, B, Granum, PE

p. 2109

The MtrD protein of Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a member of the resistance/nodulation/division protein family constituting part of an efflux system

Hagman, KE, Lucas, CE, Balthazar, JT, Snyder, L, Nilles, M, Judd, RC, Shafer, WM

p. 2117

Involvement of the gonococcal MtrE protein in the resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to toxic hydrophobic agents

Delahay, RM, Robertson, BD, Balthazar, JT, Shafer, WM, Ison, CA

p. 2127

A spectinomycin resistance determinant from the spectinomycin producer Streptomyces flavopersicus

Lyutzkanova, D, Distler, J, Altenbuchner, J

p. 2135

Conjugative transfer of tet(S) between strains of Enterococcus faecalis is associated with the exchange of large fragments of chromosomal DNA

Francois, B, Charles, M, Courvalin, P

p. 2145

bctA: a novel pBF4 gene necessary for conjugal transfer in Bacteroides spp

Morgan, RM, Macrina, FL

p. 2155

Divergence and conservation of the partitioning and global regulation functions in the central control region of the IncP plasmids RK2 and R751

Macartney, DP, Williams, DR, Stafford, T, Thomas, CM

p. 2167

Alanyl-tRNA synthetase gene of the extreme acidophilic chemolithoautotrophic Thiobacillus ferrooxidans is highly homologous to alaS genes from all living kingdoms but cannot be transcribed from its promoter in Escherichia coli

Guiliani, N, Bengrine, A, Borne, F, Chippaux, M, Bonnefoy, V

p. 2179

The pyruvate dehydrogenase complex of the chemolithoautotrophic bacterium Thiobacillus ferrooxidans has an unusual E2-E3 subunit fusion

Powles, R, Rawlings, D

p. 2189

The cydR gene product, required for regulation of cytochrome bd expression in the obligate aerobe Azotobacter vinelandii, is an Fnr- like protein

Wu, G, Hill, S, Kelly, MJ, Sawers, G, Poole, RK

p. 2197

Regulation of the TCA cycle and the general amino acid permease by overflow metabolism in Rhizobium leguminosarum

Walshaw, DL, Wilkinson, A, Mundy, M, Smith, M, Poole, PS

p. 2209

A Pneumocystis carinii multi-gene family with homology to subtilisin- like serine proteases

Lugli, EB, Allen, AG, Wakefield, AE

p. 2223

Cloning and disruption of the ornithine decarboxylase gene of Ustilago maydis: evidence for a role of polyamines in its dimorphic transition

Guevara-Olvera, L, Xoconostle-Cazares, B, Ruiz-Herrera, J

p. 2237

The Aspergillus fumigatus mepB gene encodes an 82 kDa intracellular metalloproteinase structurally related to mammalian thimet oligopeptidases

Ibrahim-Granet, O, D'Enfert, C

p. 2247

Monoclonal antibodies as probes for fungal wall structure during morphogenesis

Marshall, M, Gull, K, Jeffries, P

p. 2255

Regulation of the inducible acetamidase gene of Mycobacterium smegmatis

Parish, T, Mahenthiralingam, E, Draper, P, Davis, EO, Colston, MJ

p. 2267

Molecular characterization of the restriction endonuclease gene (scrFIR) associated with the ScrFI restriction/modification system from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris UC503

Twomey, DP, Gabillet, N, Daly, C, Fitzgerald, GF

p. 2277

Enterocin B, a new bacteriocin from Enterococcus faecium T136 which can act synergistically with enterocin A

Casaus, Pilar, Nilsen, Trine, Cintas, Luis M., Nes, Ingolf F., Hernandez, Pablo E., Holo, Helge

p. 2287 https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-143-7-2287

Role of the colicin A lysis protein in the expression of the colicin A operon

Cavard, D

p. 2295

Physiology of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) production by Alcaligenes eutrophus growing in continuous culture

Henderson, Robin A., Jones, Colin W.

p. 2361 https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-143-7-2361

An outer-membrane porin inducible by short-chain amides and urea in the methylotrophic bacterium Methylophilus methylotrophus

Mills, J, Wyborn, NR, Greenwood, JA, Williams, SG, Jones, CW

p. 2373

Tn5-induced lipopolysaccharide mutations in Bordetella pertussis that affect outer membrane function

Turcotte, ML, Martin, D, Brodeur, BR, Peppler, MS

p. 2381

The Staphylococcus aureus allelic genetic loci for serotype 5 and 8 capsule expression contain the type-specific genes flanked by common genes

Sau, Subrata, Bhasin, Navneet, Wann, Elisabeth R., Lee, Jean C., Foster, Timothy J., Lee, Chia Y.

p. 2395 https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-143-7-2395

The effects of adherence to silicone surfaces on antibiotic susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus

Williams, I, Venables, WA, Lloyd, D, Paul, F, Critchley, I

p. 2407

Environmental Microbiology

Metabolic pathway of anaerobic ammonium oxidation on the basis of 15N studies in a fluidized bed reactor

Astrid A. van de Graaf, Peter de Bruijn, Lesley A. Robertson, Mike S. M. Jetten, J. Gijs Kuenen

p. 2415–2421 https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-143-7-2415

Anaerobic pathways of glycerol dissimilation by Enterobacter agglomerans CNCM 1210: limitations and regulations

Barbirato, F, Astruc, S, Soucaille, P, Camarasa, C, Salmon, JM, Bories, A

p. 2423

Medium- and long-chain fatty acid uptake and utilization by Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2): first characterization of a gram- positive bacterial system

Banchio, C, Gramajo, HC

p. 2439

Mitogenic factor secreted by Streptococcus pyogenes is a heat-stable nuclease requiring His122 for activity

Iwasaki, M, Igarashi, H, Yutsudo, T

p. 2449

Protein kinase Sck1 is involved in trehalase activation by glucose and nitrogen source in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Soto, T, Fernandez, J, Cansado, J, Vicente-Soler, J, Gacto, M

p. 2457

Reduction of ATPase activity accompanied by photodecomposition of ergosterol by near-UV irradiation in plasma membranes prepared from Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Arami, S, Hada, M, Tada, M

p. 2465

The properties and localization of Saprolegnia monoica chitin synthase differ from those of other fungi

Leal-Morales, CA, Gay, L, Fevre, M, Bartnicki-Garcia, S

p. 2473

A cell-associated protein complex of Porphyromonas gingivalis W50 composed of Arg- and Lys-specific cysteine proteinases and adhesins

Bhogal, PS, Slakeski, N, Reynolds, EC

p. 2485

Localization of enzymically enhanced heavy metal accumulation by Citrobacter sp. and metal accumulation in vitro by liposomes containing entrapped enzyme

Jeong, BC, Hawes, C, Bonthrone, KM, Macaskie, LE

p. 2497

Iron acquisition from transferrin and lactoferrin by Pseudomonas aeruginosa pyoverdin

Xiao, R, Kisaalita, WS

p. 2509