Issue table of contents

Microbiology — Volume 150, Issue 6

41 articles in this issue

Genome Update: tRNAs in sequenced microbial genomes

Ussery, David W., Hallin, Peter F., Lagesen, Karin, Wassenaar, Trudy M.

p. 1603 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27260-0

Methylotrophy versus heterotrophy: a misconception

De Marco, Paolo

p. 1606 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27165-0

The replication-related organization of bacterial genomes

Rocha, Eduardo P. C.

p. 1609 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26974-0

Substrate recognition by nonribosomal peptide synthetase multi-enzymes

Lautru, Sylvie, Challis, Gregory L.

p. 1629 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26837-0

Specific growth rate and not cell density controls the general stress response in Escherichia coli

Ihssen, Julian, Egli, Thomas

p. 1637 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26849-0

Oxidative stress response in Clostridium perfringens

Jean, Delphine, Briolat, Valerie, Reysset, Gilles

p. 1649 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27017-0

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of Pseudomonas putida genes responsive to nutrient limitation

Chris K. C. Syn, Jon K. Magnuson, Mark T. Kingsley, Sanjay Swarup

p. 1661–1669 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26657-0

FpvB, an alternative type I ferripyoverdine receptor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Ghysels, Bart, Dieu, Bui Thi Min, Beatson, Scott A., Pirnay, Jean-Paul, Ochsner, Urs A., Vasil, Michael L., Cornelis, Pierre

p. 1671 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27035-0

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis cysD and cysNC genes form a stress-induced operon that encodes a tri-functional sulfate-activating complex

Rachel Pinto, Quing Xui Tang, Warwick J. Britton, Thomas S. Leyh, James A. Triccas

p. 1681–1686 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26894-0

Formation of 'non-culturable' cells of Mycobacterium smegmatis in stationary phase in response to growth under suboptimal conditions and their Rpf-mediated resuscitation

Shleeva, Margarita, Mukamolova, Galina V., Young, Michael, Williams, Huw D., Kaprelyants, Arseny S.

p. 1687 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26893-0

Phylogeny of Mycobacterium avium strains inferred from glycopeptidolipid biosynthesis pathway genes

Krzywinska, Elzbieta, Krzywinski, Jaroslaw, Schorey, Jeffrey S.

p. 1699 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27007-0

Naturally occurring horizontal gene transfer and homologous recombination in Mycobacterium

Krzywinska, Elzbieta, Krzywinski, Jaroslaw, Schorey, Jeffrey S.

p. 1707 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27088-0

DNA methyltransferases from Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae FA1090 associated with mismatch nicking endonucleases

Kwiatek, Agnieszka, Kobes, Monika, Olejnik, Kamil, Piekarowicz, Andrzej

p. 1713 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27011-0

Molecular cloning of haemoglobin-binding protein HgbA in the outer membrane of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae

Srikumar, Ramakrishnan, Mikael, Leonie G., Pawelek, Peter D., Khamessan, Ali, Gibbs, Bernard F., Jacques, Mario, Coulton, James W.

p. 1723 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27046-0

Diversity analysis of commensal porcine Escherichia coli - associations between genotypes and habitat in the porcine gastrointestinal tract

Dixit, Sameer M., Gordon, David M., Wu, Xi-Yang, Chapman, Toni, Kailasapathy, Kaila, Chin, James J.-C.

p. 1735 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26733-0

Sequence typing reveals extensive strain diversity of the Lyme borreliosis agents Borrelia burgdorferi in North America and Borrelia afzelii in Europe

Bunikis, Jonas, Garpmo, Ulf, Tsao, Jean, Berglund, Johan, Fish, Durland, Barbour, Alan G.

p. 1741 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26944-0

BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION

Revised description and classification of atypical isolates of Pasteurella multocida from bovine lungs based on genotypic characterization to include variants previously classified as biovar 2 of Pasteurella canis and Pasteurella avium

Henrik Christensen, Øystein Angen, John Elmerdahl Olsen, Magne Bisgaard

p. 1757–1767 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26720-0

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular identification of Vibrio harveyi-related isolates associated with diseased aquatic organisms

Bruno Gomez-Gil, Sonia Soto-Rodríguez, Alejandra García-Gasca, Ana Roque, Ricardo Vazquez-Juarez, Fabiano L. Thompson, Jean Swings

p. 1769–1777 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26797-0

Multiple linear regression analysis of bacterial deposition to polyurethane coatings after conditioning film formation in the marine environment

Bakker, Dewi P., Busscher, Henk J., van Zanten, Joyce, de Vries, Joop, Klijnstra, Job W., van der Mei, Henny C.

p. 1779 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26983-0

Diversity and distribution of Microcystis (Cyanobacteria) oligopeptide chemotypes from natural communities studied by single-colony mass spectrometry

Welker, Martin, Brunke, Matthias, Preussel, Karina, Lippert, Indra, von Dohren, Hans

p. 1785 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26947-0

Branched swarming patterns on a synthetic medium formed by wild-type Bacillus subtilis strain 3610: detection of different cellular morphologies and constellations of cells as the complex architecture develops

Julkowska, Daria, Obuchowski, Michal, Holland, I. Barry, Seror, Simone J.

p. 1839 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27061-0

AgmR controls transcription of a regulon with several operons essential for ethanol oxidation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 17933

Gliese, Nicole, Khodaverdi, Viola, Schobert, Max, Gorisch, Helmut

p. 1851 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26882-0

Rhodococcus opacus expresses the xsc gene to utilize taurine as a carbon source or as a nitrogen source but not as a sulfur source

Denger, Karin, Ruff, Jurgen, Schleheck, David, Cook, Alasdair M.

p. 1859 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27077-0

The transcription of the cbb operon in Nitrosomonas europaea

Wei, Xueming, Sayavedra-Soto, Luis A., Arp, Daniel J.

p. 1869 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26785-0

Phototrophic utilization of taurine by the purple nonsulfur bacteria Rhodopseudomonas palustris and Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Novak, Ryan T., Gritzer, Rachel F., Leadbetter, Edward R., Godchaux, Walter

p. 1881 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27023-0

The role of dor gene products in controlling the P2 promoter of the cytochrome c2 gene, cycA, in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Tavano, Christine L., Comolli, James C., Donohue, Timothy J.

p. 1893 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26971-0

luxS mutants of Serratia defective in autoinducer-2-dependent 'quorum sensing' show strain-dependent impacts on virulence and production of carbapenem and prodigiosin

Coulthurst, Sarah J., Kurz, C. Leopold, Salmond, George P. C.

p. 1901 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26946-0

Mutant alleles of the essential 14-3-3 gene in Candida albicans distinguish between growth and filamentation

Palmer, Glen E., Johnson, Kevin J., Ghosh, Sumana, Sturtevant, Joy

p. 1911 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26910-0

The RAM1 gene encoding a protein-farnesyltransferase {beta}-subunit homologue is essential in Cryptococcus neoformans

Vallim, Marcelo A., Fernandes, Larissa, Alspaugh, J. Andrew

p. 1925 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27030-0

Oxidative and amphotericin B-mediated cell death in the opportunistic pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus is associated with an apoptotic-like phenotype

Mousavi, S. Amin A., Robson, Geoffrey D.

p. 1937 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26830-0

A novel glucan-binding protein with lipase activity from the oral pathogen Streptococcus mutans

Shah, Deepan S. H., Russell, Roy R. B.

p. 1947 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26955-0

The Campylobacter jejuni general glycosylation system is important for attachment to human epithelial cells and in the colonization of chicks

Karlyshev, A. V., Everest, P., Linton, D., Cawthraw, S., Newell, D. G., Wren, B. W.

p. 1957 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26721-0

Effects of high hydrostatic pressure on bacterial cytoskeleton FtsZ polymers in vivo and in vitro

Ishii, Akihiro, Sato, Takako, Wachi, Masaaki, Nagai, Kazuo, Kato, Chiaki

p. 1965 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26962-0

Molecular characterization of protein O-mannosyltransferase and its involvement in cell-wall synthesis in Aspergillus nidulans

Oka, Takuji, Hamaguchi, Tetsu, Sameshima, Yuka, Goto, Masatoshi, Furukawa, Kensuke

p. 1973 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27005-0