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Microbiology — Volume 147, Issue 6

33 articles in this issue

The discs of Leptothrix discophora: lost for 89 years?

Carlile, Michael J., Dudeney, A. William L.

p. 1393

Review Article

Ustilago maydis – a valuable model system for the study of fungal dimorphism and virulence

Michael Bölker

p. 1395–1401

Microarrays for microbiologists

Lucchini, S., Thompson, A., Hinton, J. C. D.

p. 1403

Microbiology

p. 1415

A novel filamentous Bacillus sp., strain NAF001, forming endospores and budding cells

Ajithkumar, Vasudevan P., Ajithkumar, Bindu, Mori, Koji, Takamizawa, Kazuhiro, Iriye, Ryozo, Tabata, Shinichiro

p. 1415

Visualization of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) on whole-body sections of Ixodes ricinus ticks and gerbil skin biopsies

Hammer, Bettina, Moter, Annette, Kahl, Olaf, Alberti, Gerd, Gobel, Ulf B.

p. 1425

Development And Structure

Cell cycle control of septin ring dynamics in the budding yeast

Vı́ctor J. Cid, Lubica Adamiková, Miguel Sánchez, Marı́a Molina, César Nombela

p. 1437–1450

Identification of lipopolysaccharide O antigen synthesis genes required for attachment of the S-layer of Caulobacter crescentus

Awram, Peter, Smit, John

p. 1451

Metabolic flux in cellulose batch and cellulose-fed continuous cultures of Clostridium cellulolyticum in response to acidic environment

Desvaux, Mickael, Guedon, Emmanuel, Petitdemange, Henri

p. 1461

An NMR and enzyme study of the carbon metabolism of Neisseria meningitidis

Leighton, Matthew P., Kelly, David J., Williamson, Michael P., Shaw, Jonathan G.

p. 1473

Pyruvate oxidase contributes to the aerobic growth efficiency of Escherichia coli

Abdel-Hamid, Ahmed M., Attwood, Margaret M., Guest, John R.

p. 1483

A peptidorhamnomannan from the mycelium of Pseudallescheria boydii is a potential diagnostic antigen of this emerging human pathogen

Pinto, Marcia R., Mulloy, Barbara, Haido, Rosa M. T., Travassos, Luiz R., Barreto Bergter, Eliana

p. 1499

A pre-genetic study of the isoforms of malic enzyme associated with lipid accumulation in Mucor circinelloides

Song, Yuanda, Wynn, James P., Li, Yonghua, Grantham, David, Ratledge, Colin

p. 1507

Involvement of a transformylase enzyme in siderophore synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

McMorran, Brendan J., Kumara, H. M. C. Shantha, Sullivan, Kate, Lamont, Iain L.

p. 1517

Biochemistry

Substrate analysis and molecular cloning of the extracellular alkaline phosphatase of Streptomyces griseus

Rute S. Moura, Juan F. Martı́n, Alicia Martı́n, Paloma Liras

p. 1525–1533

Cloning and functional analysis of a phosphopantetheinyl transferase superfamily gene associated with jadomycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces venezuelae ISP5230

Wang, Liru, McVey, Jennifer, Vining, Leo C.

p. 1535

Structure of the ask-asd operon and formation of aspartokinase subunits in the cephamycin producer 'Amycolatopsis lactamdurans'

Hernando-Rico, Victor, Martin, Juan F., Santamarta, Irene, Liras, Paloma

p. 1547

Unique expression of a highly conserved mycobacterial gene in IS901+ Mycobacterium avium

Inglis, Neil F., Stevenson, Karen, Davies, Richard C., Heaslip, Darragh G., Sharp, J. Michael

p. 1557

Genetics And Molecular Biology

Genetic localization and regulation of the maltose phosphorylase gene, malP, in Lactococcus lactis

Ulrika Nilsson, Peter Rådström

p. 1565–1573

Analysis of {{sigma}}54-dependent genes in Enterococcus faecalis: a mannose PTS permease (EIIMan) is involved in sensitivity to a bacteriocin, mesentericin Y105

Hechard, Yann, Pelletier, Christelle, Cenatiempo, Yves, Frere, Jacques

p. 1575

Suppression of thermosensitive peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase mutation in Escherichia coli by gene duplication

Menez, Jeanne, Remy, Elisabeth, Buckingham, Richard H.

p. 1581

Characterization of two autoreplicative regions of the IncHI2 plasmid R478: RepHI2A and RepHI1A(R478)

Page, David T., Whelan, Kenneth F., Colleran, Emer

p. 1591

Expression of Streptococcus mutans fimA is iron-responsive and regulated by a DtxR homologue

Spatafora, Grace, Moore, Meagan, Landgren, Susan, Stonehouse, Emily, Michalek, Suzanne

p. 1599

Regulation of the p-hydroxybenzoic acid hydroxylase gene (pobA) in plant-growth-promoting Pseudomonas putida WCS358

Bertani, Iris, Kojic, Milan, Venturi, Vittorio

p. 1611

Analysis of Pseudomonas putida alkane-degradation gene clusters and flanking insertion sequences: evolution and regulation of the alk genes

van Beilen, Jan B., Panke, Sven, Lucchini, Sacha, Franchini, Alessandro G., Rothlisberger, Martina, Witholt, Bernard

p. 1621

Sulfur-limitation-regulated proteins in Bacillus subtilis: a two-dimensional gel electrophoresis study

Coppee, Jean-Yves, Auger, Sandrine, Turlin, Evelyne, Sekowska, Agnieszka, Le Caer, Jean-Pierre, Labas, Valerie, Vagner, Valerie, Danchin, Antoine et al.

p. 1631

A novel glycosylated Cu/Zn-containing superoxide dismutase: production and potential therapeutic effect

Angelova, Maria, Dolashka-Angelova, Pavlina, Ivanova, Emilia, Serkedjieva, Julia, Slokoska, Ludmila, Pashova, Svetlana, Toshkova, Reneta, Vassilev, Spassen et al.

p. 1641

A two-hybrid system based on chimeric operator recognition for studying protein homo/heterodimerization in Escherichia coli

Di Lallo, G., Castagnoli, L., Ghelardini, P., Paolozzi, L.

p. 1651

The osmotic stress response and virulence in pyelonephritis isolates of Escherichia coli: contributions of RpoS, ProP, ProU and other systems

Culham, Doreen E., Lu, Annie, Jishage, Miki, Krogfelt, Karen A., Ishihama, Akira, Wood, Janet M.

p. 1657

Commensal Escherichia coli isolates are phylogenetically distributed among geographically distinct human populations

Duriez, Patrick, Clermont, Olivier, Bonacorsi, Stephane, Bingen, Edouard, Chaventre, Andre, Elion, Jacques, Picard, Bertrand, Denamur, Erick

p. 1671

The role of antibodies to Bacillus anthracis and anthrax toxin components in inhibiting the early stages of infection by anthrax spores

Welkos, Susan, Little, Stephen, Friedlander, Arthur, Fritz, David, Fellows, Patricia

p. 1677

Evidence for a more recently evolved clade within a Candida albicans North American population

Lott, Timothy J., Effat, Mohammad M.

p. 1687

Population genetics of Helicobacter pylori in the southern part of Switzerland analysed by sequencing of four housekeeping genes (atpD, glnA, scoB and recA), and by vacA, cagA, iceA and IS605 genotyping

Maggi Solca, Nadia, Bernasconi, Marco V., Valsangiacomo, Claudio, Van Doorn, Leen-Jan, Piffaretti, Jean-Claude

p. 1693