Issue table of contents

Microbiology — Volume 151, Issue 11

35 articles in this issue

Genome update: distribution of two-component transduction systems in 250 bacterial genomes

Kiil, Kristoffer, Ferchaud, Jean Baptiste, David, Christophe, Binnewies, Tim T., Wu, Heng, Sicheritz-Ponten, Thomas, Willenbrock, Hanni, Ussery, David W.

p. 3447 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28423-0

Clinical significance of seeding dispersal in biofilms

Kirov, S. M., Webb, J. S., Kjelleberg, S.

p. 3452 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28295-0

COMMENT

Clinical significance of seeding dispersal in biofilms: a response

P. Stoodley, B. Purevdorj-Gage, J. W. Costerton

p. 3453 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28456-0

Peptidoglycan degradation by specialized lytic transglycosylases associated with type III and type IV secretion systems

Zahrl, Doris, Wagner, Maria, Bischof, Karin, Bayer, Michaela, Zavecz, Barbara, Beranek, Andreas, Ruckenstuhl, Christoph, Zarfel, Gernot E. et al.

p. 3455 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28141-0

The putative lytic transglycosylase VirB1 from Brucella suis interacts with the type IV secretion system core components VirB8, VirB9 and VirB11

Hoppner, Christoph, Carle, Anna, Sivanesan, Durga, Hoeppner, Sabine, Baron, Christian

p. 3469 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28326-0

TYPE IV SECRETION

Molecular characterization of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens DNA transfer protein VirB6

Paul K. Judd, David Mahli, Anath Das

p. 3483–3492 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28337-0

Conjugative plasmid DNA transfer in Helicobacter pylori mediated by chromosomally encoded relaxase and TraG-like proteins

Backert, Steffen, Kwok, Terry, Konig, Wolfgang

p. 3493 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28250-0

Functional interactions between type IV secretion systems involved in DNA transfer and virulence

de Paz, Hector D., Sangari, Felix J., Bolland, Silvia, Garcia-Lobo, Juan M., Dehio, Christoph, de la Cruz, Fernando, Llosa, Matxalen

p. 3505 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28410-0

TYPE IV SECRETION

Unsaturated fatty acids are inhibitors of bacterial conjugation

Raul Fernandez-Lopez, Cristina Machón, Christopher M. Longshaw, Steve Martin, Soren Molin, Ellen L. Zechner, Manuel Espinosa, Erich Lanka et al.

p. 3517–3526 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28216-0

The mating pair stabilization protein, TraN, of the F plasmid is an outer-membrane protein with two regions that are important for its function in conjugation

Klimke, William A., Rypien, Candace D., Klinger, Barbara, Kennedy, R. Alexander, Rodriguez-Maillard, J. Manuel, Frost, Laura S.

p. 3527 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28025-0

Fluorescence assays for F-pili and their application

Daehnel, Katrin, Harris, Robin, Maddera, Lucinda, Silverman, Philip

p. 3541 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28159-0

Subcellular localization and functional domains of the coupling protein, TraG, from IncHI1 plasmid R27

Gunton, James E., Gilmour, Matthew W., Alonso, Guillermina, Taylor, Diane E.

p. 3549 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28255-0

Transcriptional organization of the temperature-sensitive transfer system from the IncHI1 plasmid R27

Alonso, Guillermina, Baptista, Kelly, Ngo, Trinh, Taylor, Diane E.

p. 3563 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28256-0

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY

Factors triggering type III secretion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Jaewha Kim, Kyungseop Ahn, Sungran Min, Jinghua Jia, Unhwan Ha, Donghai Wu, Shouguang Jin

p. 3575–3587 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28277-0

The LuxR receptor: the sites of interaction with quorum-sensing signals and inhibitors

Koch, B., Liljefors, T., Persson, T., Nielsen, J., Kjelleberg, S., Givskov, M.

p. 3589 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27954-0

Identification of a novel two-component system SenS/SenR modulating the production of the catalase-peroxidase CpeB and the haem-binding protein HbpS in Streptomyces reticuli

Lucana, Dario Ortiz de Orue, Zou, Peijian, Nierhaus, Marc, Schrempf, Hildgund

p. 3603 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28298-0

The role of two CbbRs in the transcriptional regulation of three ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase genes in Hydrogenovibrio marinus strain MH-110

Toyoda, Koichi, Yoshizawa, Yoichi, Arai, Hiroyuki, Ishii, Masaharu, Igarashi, Yasuo

p. 3615 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28056-0

ESCRT-I components of the endocytic machinery are required for Rim101-dependent ambient pH regulation in the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica

Blanchin-Roland, Sylvie, Costa, Gregory Da, Gaillardin, Claude

p. 3627 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28196-0

Nitrilase from Pseudomonas fluorescens EBC191: cloning and heterologous expression of the gene and biochemical characterization of the recombinant enzyme

Kiziak, Christoph, Conradt, Doris, Stolz, Andreas, Mattes, Ralf, Klein, Joachim

p. 3639 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28246-0

Methylcrotonyl-CoA and geranyl-CoA carboxylases are involved in leucine/isovalerate utilization (Liu) and acyclic terpene utilization (Atu), and are encoded by liuB/liuD and atuC/atuF, in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Hoschle, Birgit, Gnau, Volker, Jendrossek, Dieter

p. 3649 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28260-0

Protein O-mannosyltransferase A of Aspergillus awamori is involved in O-mannosylation of glucoamylase I

Oka, Takuji, Sameshima, Yuka, Koga, Tomoko, Kim, Hoon, Goto, Masatoshi, Furukawa, Kensuke

p. 3657 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28088-0

Knockdown of LIM15/DMC1 in the mushroom Coprinus cinereus by double-stranded RNA-mediated gene silencing

Namekawa, Satoshi H., Iwabata, Kazuki, Sugawara, Hiroko, Hamada, Fumika N., Koshiyama, Akiyo, Chiku, Hiroyuki, Kamada, Takashi, Sakaguchi, Kengo

p. 3669 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28209-0

Surface ultrastructure and elasticity in growing tips and mature regions of Aspergillus hyphae describe wall maturation

Ma, Hui, Snook, Laelie A., Kaminskyj, Susan G. W., Dahms, Tanya E. S.

p. 3679 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28328-0

A death round affecting a young compartmentalized mycelium precedes aerial mycelium dismantling in confluent surface cultures of Streptomyces antibioticus

Manteca, Angel, Fernandez, Marisol, Sanchez, Jesus

p. 3689 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28045-0

The trans-acting flagellar regulatory proteins, FliX and FlbD, play a central role in linking flagellar biogenesis and cytokinesis in Caulobacter crescentus

Muir, Rachel E., Easter, Jesse, Gober, James W.

p. 3699 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28174-0

The fluorene catabolic linear plasmid in Terrabacter sp. strain DBF63 carries the {beta}-ketoadipate pathway genes, pcaRHGBDCFIJ, also found in proteobacteria

Habe, Hiroshi, Chung, Jin-Sung, Ishida, Ayako, Kasuga, Kano, Ide, Kazuki, Takemura, Tetsuo, Nojiri, Hideaki, Yamane, Hisakazu et al.

p. 3713 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28215-0

Identification of an upstream regulatory sequence that mediates the transcription of mox genes in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1

Zhang, Meng, FitzGerald, Kelly A., Lidstrom, Mary E.

p. 3723 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28243-0

Genetic interaction of the SMC complex with topoisomerase IV in Bacillus subtilis

Tadesse, Serkalem, Mascarenhas, Judita, Kosters, Bernd, Hasilik, Andrej, Graumann, Peter L.

p. 3729 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28234-0

Production of anti-neurotoxin antibody is enhanced by two subcomponents, HA1 and HA3b, of Clostridium botulinum type B 16S toxin-haemagglutinin

Lee, Jae-Chul, Yokota, Kenji, Arimitsu, Hideyuki, Hwang, Hyun-Jung, Sakaguchi, Yoshihiko, Cui, Jinhua, Takeshi, Kouichi, Watanabe, Toshihiro et al.

p. 3739 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28421-0

The streptococcal iron uptake (Siu) transporter is required for iron uptake and virulence in a zebrafish infection model

Griselle E. Montañez, Melody N. Neely, Zehava Eichenbaum

p. 3749 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28075-0

Evaluation of O-antigen inactivation on Pla activity and virulence of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis harbouring the pPla plasmid

Pouillot, Flavie, Derbise, Anne, Kukkonen, Maini, Foulon, Jeannine, Korhonen, Timo K., Carniel, Elisabeth

p. 3759 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28274-0

Regulation of expression of type I signal peptidases in Listeria monocytogenes

Raynaud, Catherine, Charbit, Alain

p. 3769 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28066-0

YvcK of Bacillus subtilis is required for a normal cell shape and for growth on Krebs cycle intermediates and substrates of the pentose phosphate pathway

Gorke, Boris, Foulquier, Elodie, Galinier, Anne

p. 3777 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28172-0

Acetate excretion during growth of Salmonella enterica on ethanolamine requires phosphotransacetylase (EutD) activity, and acetate recapture requires acetyl-CoA synthetase (Acs) and phosphotransacetylase (Pta) activities

Starai, Vincent J., Garrity, Jane, Escalante-Semerena, Jorge C.

p. 3793 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28156-0

PHYSIOLOGY

Regulation of nitrate reductase activity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by oxygen and nitric oxide

Charles D. Sohaskey

p. 3803–3810 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28263-0