El-Hage, Nazira, Babb, Kelly, Carroll, James A., Lindstrom, Nicole, Fischer, Elizabeth R., Miller, Jennifer C., Gilmore, Robert D., Jr, Mbow, M. Lamine et al.

p. 821

Analysis of the role of flagellar activity in virulence gene expression in Vibrio cholerae

Hase, Claudia C.

p. 831

Antigenic variation of gonococcal pilin expression in vivo: analysis of the strain FA1090 pilin repertoire and identification of the pilS gene copies recombining with pilE during experimental human infection

Hamrick, Terri S., Dempsey, Jo Ann F., Cohen, Myron S., Cannon, Janne G.

p. 839

Type IV O antigen modification genes in the genome of Shigella flexneri NCTC 8296

Adams, Mathew M., Allison, Gwen E., Verma, Naresh K.

p. 851

Antibody response against Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin expressed as fusions to flagellin

Pereira, Catia M., Cabilio Guth, Beatriz E., Sbrogio-Almeida, Maria Elisabete, Castilho, Beatriz A.

p. 861

Differences in sialic acid density in pathogenic and non-pathogenic Aspergillus species

Wasylnka, Julie A., Simmer, Megan I., Moore, Margo M.

p. 869

The role and relevance of phospholipase D1 during growth and dimorphism of Candida albicans

Hube, Bernhard, Hess, Daniela, Baker, Carol A., Schaller, Martin, Schafer, Wilhelm, Dolan, Joseph W.

p. 879

Systematics And Evolution

Hybrid genotypes in the pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans

Teun Boekhout, Bart Theelen, Mara Diaz, Jack W. Fell, Wim C. J. Hop, Edwin C. A. Abeln, Françoise Dromer, Wieland Meyer

p. 891–907

Detergent-independent in vitro activity of a truncated Bacillus signal peptidase

van Roosmalen, Maarten L., Jongbloed, Jan D. H., Jong, Anne de, van Eerden, Jaap, Venema, Gerard, Bron, Sierd, Maarten van Dijl, Jan

p. 909

The Bacillus subtilis yabQ gene is essential for formation of the spore cortex

Asai, Kei, Takamatsu, Hiromu, Iwano, Megumi, Kodama, Takeko, Watabe, Kazuhito, Ogasawara, Naotake

p. 919

Microbiology

p. 929

Motions caused by the growth of Bacillus subtilis macrofibres in fluid medium result in new forms of movement of the multicellular structures over solid surfaces

Mendelson, Neil H., Sarlls, Joelle E., Thwaites, John J.

p. 929

Development And Structure

Frozen motion of gliding bacteria outlines inherent features of the motility apparatus

H. Lünsdorf, H. U. Schairer

p. 939–947

Genetics And Molecular Biology

New members of the ctrA regulon: the major chemotaxis operon in Caulobacter is CtrA dependent

Susan E. Jones, N. L. Ferguson, M. R. K. Alley

p. 949–958

A new simvastatin (mevinolin)-resistance marker from Haloarcula hispanica and a new Haloferax volcanii strain cured of plasmid pHV2

Wendoloski, D., Ferrer, C., Dyall-Smith, M. L.

p. 959

The product of the ybdE gene of the Escherichia coli chromosome is involved in detoxification of silver ions

Franke, Sylvia, Grass, Gregor, Nies, Dietrich H.

p. 965

Transcriptional regulation of styrene degradation in Pseudomonas putida CA-3

O'Leary, Niall D., O'Connor, Kevin E., Duetz, Wouter, Dobson, Alan D. W.

p. 973

Plant-Microbe Interactions

Classification of rhizobia based on nodC and nifH gene analysis reveals a close phylogenetic relationship among Phaseolus vulgaris symbionts

Gisèle Laguerre, Sarah M. Nour, Valérie Macheret, Juan Sanjuan, Pascal Drouin, Noëlle Amarger

p. 981–993

Rapid phenotypic change and diversification of a soil bacterium during 1000 generations of experimental evolution

Riley, Merry S., Cooper, Vaughn S., Lenski, Richard E., Forney, Larry J., Marsh, Terence L.

p. 995

Characterization of lactobacilli from Scotch malt whisky distilleries and description of Lactobacillus ferintoshensis sp. nov., a new species isolated from malt whisky fermentations

Simpson, Kirsten L., Pettersson, Bertil, Priest, Fergus G.

p. 1007

Intracellular pH regulation by Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium bovis BCG

Rao, Min, Streur, Trevor L., Aldwell, Frank E., Cook, Gregory M.

p. 1017

Effect of hydrolysable and condensed tannins on growth, morphology and metabolism of Streptococcus gallolyticus (S. caprinus) and Streptococcus bovis

O'Donovan, L., Brooker, J. D.

p. 1025

The glucomannokinase of Prevotella bryantii B14 and its potential role in regulating {beta}-glucanase expression

Fields, Matthew W., Russell, James B.

p. 1035

Defining the mycoplasma 'cytoskeleton': the protein composition of the Triton X-100 insoluble fraction of the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae determined by 2-D gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry

Regula, J. T., Boguth, G., Gorg, A., Hegermann, J., Mayer, F., Frank, R., Herrmann, R.

p. 1045

Topological investigations of the FomA porin from Fusobacterium nucleatum and identification of the constriction loop L6

Kleivdal, Hans, Puntervoll, Pal, Jensen, Harald B.

p. 1059

The gene yghK linked to the glc operon of Escherichia coli encodes a permease for glycolate that is structurally and functionally similar to L-lactate permease

Nunez, M. Felisa, Teresa Pellicer, M., Badia, Josefa, Aguilar, Juan, Baldoma, Laura

p. 1069