Issue table of contents

Microbiology — Volume 150, Issue 3

29 articles in this issue

Genome Update: length distributions of sequenced prokaryotic genomes

Ussery, David W., Hallin, Peter F.

p. 513 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27032-0

Iron, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and cystic fibrosis

Reid, D. W., Kirov, S. M.

p. 516 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26804-0

IVET experiments in Pseudomonas fluorescens reveal cryptic promoters at loci associated with recognizable overlapping genes

Silby, Mark W., Rainey, Paul B., Levy, Stuart B.

p. 518 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26871-0

COMMENT

Non-gonococcal urethritis, Helicobacter pylori infection and fellatio: a new ménage à trois?

Guy D. Eslick

p. 520–522 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26945-0

COMMENT

Patatin-like proteins: a new family of lipolytic enzymes present in bacteria?

Sangeeta Banerji, Antje Flieger

p. 522–525 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26957-0

COMMENT

Clostridium tetani encodes a phosphocarrier protein, HPr

Martin Tangney, Wilfrid J. Mitchell

p. 525–526 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26965-0

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) adhesion to intestinal epithelial cells: role of bundle-forming pili (BFP), EspA filaments and intimin

Jennifer Cleary, Li-Ching Lai, Robert K. Shaw, Anna Straatman-Iwanowska, Michael S. Donnenberg, Gad Frankel, Stuart Knutton

p. 527–538 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26740-0

The truA gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is required for the expression of type III secretory genes

Ahn, Kyung-Seop, Ha, Unhwan, Jia, Jinghua, Wu, Donghai, Jin, Shouguang

p. 539 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26652-0

Molecular analysis of the channel-forming protein P13 and its paralogue family 48 from different Lyme disease Borrelia species

Pinne, Marija, Ostberg, Yngve, Comstedt, Par, Bergstrom, Sven

p. 549 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26728-0

Campylobacter jejuni infection of differentiated THP-1 macrophages results in interleukin 1{beta} release and caspase-1-independent apoptosis

Siegesmund, Amy M., Konkel, Michael E., Klena, John D., Mixter, Philip F.

p. 561 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26466-0

The fifth gene of the iol operon of Bacillus subtilis, iolE, encodes 2-keto-myo-inositol dehydratase

Yoshida, Ken-ichi, Yamaguchi, Masanori, Ikeda, Hideki, Omae, Kaoru, Tsurusaki, Ken-ichi, Fujita, Yasutaro

p. 571 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26768-0

Effect of loss of CheC and other adaptational proteins on chemotactic behaviour in Bacillus subtilis

Saulmon, Michael M., Karatan, Ece, Ordal, George W.

p. 581 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26463-0

Interaction of Bacillus subtilis extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factors with the N-terminal regions of their potential anti-sigma factors

Yoshimura, Mika, Asai, Kei, Sadaie, Yoshito, Yoshikawa, Hirofumi

p. 591 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26712-0

Two distinct types of rRNA operons in the Bacillus cereus group

Candelon, Benjamin, Guilloux, Kevin, Ehrlich, S. Dusko, Sorokin, Alexei

p. 601 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26870-0

Complementation of a {Delta}ccpA mutant of Lactobacillus casei with CcpA mutants affected in the DNA- and cofactor-binding domains

Esteban, Carlos D., Mahr, Kerstin, Monedero, Vicente, Hillen, Wolfgang, Perez-Martinez, Gaspar, Titgemeyer, Fritz

p. 613 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26658-0

Biochemical and molecular characterization of a levansucrase from Lactobacillus reuteri

van Hijum, S. A. F. T., Szalowska, E., van der Maarel, M. J. E. C., Dijkhuizen, L.

p. 621 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26671-0

RppA, a transducer homologue, and MmrA, a multidrug transporter homologue, are involved in the biogenesis and/or assembly of polysaccharide in Myxococcus xanthus

Kimura, Yoshio, Ishida, Saori, Matoba, Hideki, Okahisa, Naoki

p. 631 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26786-0

Identification of a topoisomerase IV in actinobacteria: purification and characterization of ParYR and GyrBR from the coumermycin A1 producer Streptomyces rishiriensis DSM 40489

Schmutz, Elisabeth, Hennig, Susanne, Li, Shu-Ming, Heide, Lutz

p. 641 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26867-0

Downregulation of the motA gene delays the escape of the obligate predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus 109J from bdelloplasts of bacterial prey cells

Flannagan, Ronald S., Valvano, Miguel A., Koval, Susan F.

p. 649 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26761-0

Smc01944, a secreted peroxidase induced by oxidative stresses in Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021

Barloy-Hubler, Frederique, Cheron, Angelique, Hellegouarch, Adeline, Galibert, Francis

p. 657 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26764-0

Characterization of a new internal promoter (P3) for Rhizobium leguminosarum hydrogenase accessory genes hupGHIJ

Martinez, Marta, Brito, Belen, Imperial, Juan, Ruiz-Argueso, Tomas

p. 665 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26623-0

Expression of the Pneumocystis carinii major surface glycoprotein epitope is correlated with linkage of the cognate gene to the upstream conserved sequence locus

Schaffzin, Joshua K., Stringer, James R.

p. 677 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26542-0

Temperature-dependent processing of the cspA mRNA in Rhodobacter capsulatus

Jager, Stephanie, Evguenieva-Hackenberg, Elena, Klug, Gabriele

p. 687 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26666-0

Redox property and regulation of PpsR, a transcriptional repressor of photosystem gene expression in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Cho, Seung-Hyun, Youn, Sang-Hee, Lee, Seung-Rock, Yim, Hyung-Soon, Kang, Sa-Ouk

p. 697 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26777-0

Formaldehyde dehydrogenase preparations from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) comprise methanol dehydrogenase and methylene tetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase

Adeosun, Ekundayo K., Smith, Thomas J., Hoberg, Anne-Mette, Velarde, Giles, Ford, Robert, Dalton, Howard

p. 707 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26707-0

Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and speciation of the mushroom species Pleurotus cystidiosus and allied taxa

Zervakis, Georgios I., Moncalvo, Jean-Marc, Vilgalys, Rytas

p. 715 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26673-0

Groupings of highly similar major surface protein (p44)-encoding paralogues: a potential index of genetic diversity amongst isolates of Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Casey, A. N. J., Birtles, R. J., Radford, A. D., Bown, K. J., French, N. P., Woldehiwet, Z., Ogden, N. H.

p. 727 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26648-0

Effect of acid stress on the physiology of biofilm cells of Streptococcus mutans

McNeill, Karol, Hamilton, I. R.

p. 735 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26482-0

Disruption of the gene encoding the V-ATPase subunit A results in inhibition of normal growth and abolished sporulation in Aspergillus nidulans

Melin, Petter, Schnurer, Johan, Wagner, E. Gerhart H.

p. 743 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26807-0