Sousa, Silvino, McLaughlin, Megan M., Pereira, Sarita A., VanHorn, Stephanie, Knowlton, Robert, Brown, James R., Nicholas, Richard O., Livi, George P.

p. 1291

Aspartyl protease from Trichoderma harzianum CECT 2413: cloning and characterization

Delgado-Jarana, Jesus, Rincon, Ana M., Benitez, Tahia

p. 1305

Mutational analysis of K28 preprotoxin processing in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Riffer, Frank, Eisfeld, Katrin, Breinig, Frank, Schmitt, Manfred J.

p. 1317

Transglutaminase activity is involved in Saccharomyces cerevisiae wall construction

Iranzo, Maria, Aguado, Carmen, Pallotti, Claudia, Canizares, Jose V., Mormeneo, Salvador

p. 1329

Repression of chsB expression reveals the functional importance of class IV chitin synthase gene chsD in hyphal growth and conidiation of Aspergillus nidulans

Ichinomiya, Masayuki, Motoyama, Takayuki, Fujiwara, Makoto, Takagi, Masamichi, Horiuchi, Hiroyuki, Ohta, Akinori

p. 1335

The 'primitive' microaerophile Giardia intestinalis (syn. lamblia, duodenalis) has specialized membranes with electron transport and membrane-potential-generating functions

Lloyd, David, Harris, Janine C., Maroulis, Sarah, Wadley, Ron, Ralphs, James R., Hann, Ao C., Turner, Michael P., Edwards, Michael R.

p. 1349

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli translocate Tir and form an intimin-Tir intimate attachment to red blood cell membranes

Shaw, Robert K., Daniell, Sarah, Frankel, Gad, Knutton, Stuart

p. 1355

Sample sequencing of a selected region of the genome of Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica reveals candidate phytopathogenicity genes and allows comparison with Escherichia coli

Bell, Kenneth S., Avrova, Anna O., Holeva, Maria C., Cardle, Linda, Morris, Wayne, De Jong, Walter, Toth, Ian K., Waugh, Robbie et al.

p. 1367

Direct quantitative differentiation between Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens in clinical specimens

Gmur, Rudolf, Thurnheer, Thomas

p. 1379

Evidence of intermolecular recombination between extrachromosomal DNAs in phytoplasma: a trigger for the biological diversity of phytoplasma?

Nishigawa, Hisashi, Oshima, Kenro, Kakizawa, Shigeyuki, Jung, Hee-young, Kuboyama, Tsutomu, Miyata, Shin-ichi, Ugaki, Masashi, Namba, Shigetou

p. 1389

Identification of novel sulfur-containing bacterial polyesters: biosynthesis of poly(3-hydroxy-S-propyl-{omega}-thioalkanoates) containing thioether linkages in the side chains

Ewering, Christian, Lutke-Eversloh, Tina, Luftmann, Heinrich, Steinbuchel, Alexander

p. 1397

Identification of phenyldecanoic acid as a constituent of triacylglycerols and wax ester produced by Rhodococcus opacus PD630

Alvarez, Hector M., Luftmann, Heinrich, Silva, Roxana A., Cesari, Ana C., Viale, Alberto, Waltermann, Marc, Steinbuchel, Alexander

p. 1407

Characterization of the hom-thrC-thrB cluster in aminoethoxyvinylglycine-producing Streptomyces sp. NRRL 5331

Fernandez, Monica, Cuadrado, Yolanda, Recio, Eliseo, Aparicio, Jesus F., Martin, Juan F.

p. 1413

cDNA cloning confirms the polyadenylation of RNA decay intermediates in Streptomyces coelicolor

Bralley, Patricia, Jones, George H.

p. 1421

The clavulanic acid biosynthetic cluster of Streptomyces clavuligerus: genetic organization of the region upstream of the car gene

Mellado, Encarnacion, Lorenzana, Luis Miguel, Rodriguez-Saiz, Marta, Diez, Bruno, Liras, Paloma, Barredo, Jose Luis

p. 1427

An essential virulence protein of Brucella abortus, VirB4, requires an intact nucleoside-triphosphate-binding domain

Watarai, Masahisa, Makino, Sou-ichi, Shirahata, Toshikazu

p. 1439

Isogenic mutants of the cag pathogenicity island of Helicobacter pylori in the mouse model of infection: effects on colonization efficiency

Marchetti, Marta, Rappuoli, Rino

p. 1447

Yersinia enterocolitica YopQ: strain-dependent cytosolic accumulation and post-translational secretion

Trcek, Janja, Wilharm, Gottfried, Jacobi, Christoph A., Heesemann, Jurgen

p. 1457

Invasion by Neisseria meningitidis varies widely between clones and among nasopharyngeal mucosae derived from adult human hosts

Townsend, Robert, Goodwin, Linda, Stevanin, Tania M., Silcocks, Paul B., Parker, Andrew, Maiden, Martin C. J., Read, Robert C.

p. 1467

Quorum sensing in Campylobacter jejuni: detection of a luxS encoded signalling molecule

Elvers, Karen T., Park, Simon F.

p. 1475

In vivo characterization of the psa genes from Streptococcus pneumoniae in multiple models of infection

Marra, Andrea, Lawson, Stacey, Asundi, Jyoti S., Brigham, Daniel, Hromockyj, Alexander E.

p. 1483

tRNA gene clusters at the 3' end of rRNA operons are specific to virulent subgroups of Streptococcus agalactiae strains, as demonstrated by molecular differential analysis at the population level

Rolland, Karine, Mereghetti, Laurent, Watt, Stephane, Chatellier, Sonia, Quentin, Roland

p. 1493

Group A streptococcal RofA-type global regulators exhibit a strain-specific genomic presence and regulation pattern

Kreikemeyer, Bernd, Beckert, Susanne, Braun-Kiewnick, Andrea, Podbielski, Andreas

p. 1501

The genetic structure of Escherichia coli populations in primary and secondary habitats

Gordon, David M., Bauer, Sonja, Johnson, James R.

p. 1513

Intraspecific diversity of Brevibacterium linens, Corynebacterium glutamicum and Rhodococcus erythropolis based on partial 16S rDNA sequence analysis and Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy

Oberreuter, Helene, Charzinski, Joachim, Scherer, Siegfried

p. 1523

The cell surface protein Ag43 facilitates phage infection of Escherichia coli in the presence of bile salts and carbohydrates

Gabig, Magdalena, Herman-Antosiewicz, Anna, Kwiatkowska, Marta, Los, Marcin, Thomas, Mark S., Wegrzyn, Grzegorz

p. 1533

Use of an arrayed promoter-probe library for the identification of macrophage-regulated genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Hobson, Russell J., McBride, Alan J. A., Kempsell, Karen E., Dale, Jeremy W.

p. 1571

Formation and resuscitation of 'non-culturable' cells of Rhodococcus rhodochrous and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in prolonged stationary phase

Shleeva, M. O., Bagramyan, K., Telkov, M. V., Mukamolova, G. V., Young, M., Kell, D. B., Kaprelyants, A. S.

p. 1581

Regulatory interactions between the Pho and {sigma}B-dependent general stress regulons of Bacillus subtilis

Pragai, Zoltan, Harwood, Colin R.

p. 1593

Microbiology — Volume 148, Issue 5

LacZ-promoter fusions: the effect of growth

The genomes of Pseudomonas encode a third HU protein

The fate of microbial mutators

Fine-scale genetic analyses reveal unexpected spatial-temporal heterogeneity in two natural populations of the commercial mushroom Agaricus bisporus

Production of a monoclonal antibody specific to the genus Trichoderma and closely related fungi, and its use to detect Trichoderma spp. in naturally infested composts

Disruption in Candida albicans of the TPS2 gene encoding trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase affects cell integrity and decreases infectivity

The ARO4 gene of Candida albicans encodes a tyrosine-sensitive DAHP synthase: evolution, functional conservation and phenotype of Aro3p-, Aro4p-deficient mutants