Issue table of contents

Microbiology — Volume 150, Issue 12

33 articles in this issue

Genome Update: correlation of bacterial genomic properties

Hallin, Peter F., Coenye, Tom, Binnewies, Tim T., Jarmer, Hanne, Staerfeldt, Hans-Henrik, Ussery, David W.

p. 3899 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27720-0

Polymerization of C-terminally truncated Mycobacterium tuberculosis FtsZ is unlikely to be physiologically relevant

Borhani, David W., White, E. Lucile

p. 3903 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27528-0

The C-terminally truncated MtFtsZ-{Delta}C169 mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis FtsZ shows GTPase and GTP-induced, GTP-specific polymerization activities in vitro

Gupta, Prabuddha, Anand, Syam Prasad, Srinivasan, Ramanujam, Rajeswari, Haryadi, Indi, Shantinath, Ajitkumar, Parthasarathi

p. 3906 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27603-0

The difficulty of annotating genes: the case of putrescine carbamoyltransferase

Naumoff, Daniil G., Xu, Ying, Stalon, Victor, Glansdorff, Nicolas, Labedan, Bernard

p. 3908 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27640-0

Helicobacter pylori heat-shock protein 60 induces inflammatory responses through the Toll-like receptor-triggered pathway in cultured human gastric epithelial cells

Takenaka, Ryuta, Yokota, Kenji, Ayada, Kiyoshi, Mizuno, Motowo, Zhao, Ying, Fujinami, Yoshihito, Lin, Song-Nan, Toyokawa, Tatsuya et al.

p. 3913 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27527-0

Identification of a haem-utilization protein (Hup) in Haemophilus influenzae

Morton, Daniel J., Smith, Ann, Ren, Zhen, Madore, Larissa L., VanWagoner, Timothy M., Seale, Thomas W., Whitby, Paul W., Stull, Terrence L.

p. 3923 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27238-0

Production and characterization of murine monoclonal antibodies against Haemophilus parasuis and study of their protective role in mice

Tadjine, M., Mittal, K. R., Bourdon, S., Gottschalk, M.

p. 3935 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27443-0

The pmrF polymyxin-resistance operon of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is upregulated by the PhoP-PhoQ two-component system but not by PmrA-PmrB, and is not required for virulence

Marceau, M., Sebbane, F., Ewann, F., Collyn, F., Lindner, B., Campos, M. A., Bengoechea, J.-A., Simonet, M.

p. 3947 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27426-0

Characterization of the Bacillus cereus Nhe enterotoxin

Lindback, Toril, Fagerlund, Annette, Rodland, Marianne Skeie, Granum, Per Einar

p. 3959 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27359-0

Identification of residues in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase propeptide required for chaperone and secretion activities

McIver, Kevin S., Kessler, Efrat, Ohman, Dennis E.

p. 3969 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27340-0

Siderophore and haem iron use by Tritrichomonas foetus

Sutak, Robert, Chamot, Christophe, Tachezy, Jan, Camadro, Jean-Michel, Lesuisse, Emmanuel

p. 3979 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27544-0

Cross-complementation between the products of the genes P1 and ORF6 of Mycoplasma pneumoniae subtypes 1 and 2

Catrein, Ina, Dumke, Roger, Weiner, January, III, Jacobs, Enno, Herrmann, Richard

p. 3989 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27506-0

Cell surface differentiation of Mycoplasma mobile visualized by surface protein localization

Kusumoto, Akiko, Seto, Shintaro, Jaffe, Jacob D., Miyata, Makoto

p. 4001 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27436-0

Variability of a glucose phosphotransferase system permease in Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides Small Colony

Gaurivaud, Patrice, Persson, Anja, Grand, Dominique Le, Westberg, Joakim, Solsona, Michel, Johansson, Karl-Erik, Poumarat, Francois

p. 4009 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27247-0

New endophytic isolates of Muscodor albus, a volatile-antibiotic-producing fungus

Ezra, David, Hess, W. M., Strobel, Gary A.

p. 4023 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27334-0

Microarray analysis of Cryphonectria parasitica G{alpha}- and G{beta}{gamma}-signalling pathways reveals extensive modulation by hypovirus infection

Dawe, Angus L., Segers, Gert C., Allen, Todd D., McMains, Vanessa C., Nuss, Donald L.

p. 4033 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27339-0

Distribution and characterization of staphylococcal interspersed repeat units (SIRUs) and potential use for strain differentiation

Hardy, K. J., Ussery, D. W., Oppenheim, B. A., Hawkey, P. M.

p. 4045 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27413-0

The Vibrio seventh pandemic island-II is a 26{middle dot}9 kb genomic island present in Vibrio cholerae El Tor and O139 serogroup isolates that shows homology to a 43{middle dot}4 kb genomic island in V. vulnificus

O'Shea, Yvonne A., Finnan, Shirley, Reen, F. Jerry, Morrissey, John P., O'Gara, Fergal, Boyd, E. Fidelma

p. 4053 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27172-0

Evidence that the Rhizobium regulatory protein RirA binds to cis-acting iron-responsive operators (IROs) at promoters of some Fe-regulated genes

Yeoman, K. H., Curson, A. R. J., Todd, J. D., Sawers, G., Johnston, A. W. B.

p. 4065 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27419-0

Physical and genetic map of the Weissella paramesenteroides DSMZ 20288T chromosome and characterization of different rrn operons by ITS analysis

Chelo, Ivo M., Ze-Ze, Libia, Chambel, Lelia, Tenreiro, Rogerio

p. 4075 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27472-0

Characterization of a Myxococcus xanthus mutant that is defective for adventurous motility and social motility

Lancero, Hope, Caberoy, Nora B., Castaneda, Schryl, Li, Yinuo, Lu, Ann, Dutton, David, Duan, Xue-yan, Kaplan, Heidi B. et al.

p. 4085 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27381-0

Wzx proteins involved in biosynthesis of O antigen function in association with the first sugar of the O-specific lipopolysaccharide subunit

Marolda, Cristina L., Vicarioli, Jessica, Valvano, Miguel A.

p. 4095 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27456-0

Denitrification and ammonia oxidation by Nitrosomonas europaea wild-type, and NirK- and NorB-deficient mutants

Schmidt, Ingo, van Spanning, Rob J. M., Jetten, Mike S. M.

p. 4107 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27382-0

Characterization of Bacillus subtilis {gamma}-glutamyltransferase and its involvement in the degradation of capsule poly-{gamma}-glutamate

Kimura, Keitarou, Tran, Lam-Son Phan, Uchida, Ikuo, Itoh, Yoshifumi

p. 4115 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27467-0

Evolution of the PPM-family protein phosphatases in Streptomyces: duplication of catalytic domain and lateral recruitment of additional sensory domains

Zhang, Weiwen, Shi, Liang

p. 4189 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27480-0

BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION

Genetic diversity among Pasteurella multocida strains of avian, bovine, ovine and porcine origin from England and Wales by comparative sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene

Robert L. Davies

p. 4199–4210 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27409-0

Protein FOG - a streptococcal inhibitor of neutrophil function

Johansson, Helena M., Morgelin, Matthias, Frick, Inga-Maria

p. 4211 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27269-0