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Microbiology — Volume 151, Issue 6

37 articles in this issue

Genome update: prediction of secreted proteins in 225 bacterial proteomes

Bendtsen, Jannick D., Binnewies, Tim T., Hallin, Peter F., Sicheritz-Ponten, Thomas, Ussery, David W.

p. 1725 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28029-0

Transcriptional takeover by {sigma} appropriation: remodelling of the {sigma}70 subunit of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase by the bacteriophage T4 activator MotA and co-activator AsiA

Hinton, Deborah M., Pande, Suchira, Wais, Neelowfar, Johnson, Xanthia B., Vuthoori, Madhavi, Makela, Anna, Hook-Barnard, India

p. 1729 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27972-0

Acquisition of a stable mutation in metY allows efficient initiation from an amber codon in Escherichia coli

Das, Gautam, Dineshkumar, T. K., Thanedar, Swapna, Varshney, Umesh

p. 1741 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27915-0

The DNA-binding specificity of the Bacillus anthracis AbrB protein

Strauch, Mark A., Ballar, Petek, Rowshan, Austin J., Zoller, Katherine L.

p. 1751 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27803-0

Regulation of two highly similar genes, omcB and omcC, in a 10 kb chromosomal duplication in Geobacter sulfurreducens

Leang, Ching, Lovley, Derek R.

p. 1761 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27870-0

The Bacillus subtilis YdfHI two-component system regulates the transcription of ydfJ, a member of the RND superfamily

Serizawa, Masakuni, Sekiguchi, Junichi

p. 1769 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27619-0

Binding and transcriptional activation of non-flagellar genes by the Escherichia coli flagellar master regulator FlhD2C2

Stafford, Graham P., Ogi, Tomoo, Hughes, Colin

p. 1779 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27879-0

sae is essential for expression of the staphylococcal adhesins Eap and Emp

Harraghy, Niamh, Kormanec, Jan, Wolz, Christiane, Homerova, Dagmar, Goerke, Christiane, Ohlsen, Knut, Qazi, Saara, Hill, Philip et al.

p. 1789 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27902-0

Protein-protein interactions in the chemotaxis signalling pathway of Treponema denticola

Sim, Jee-Hyun, Shi, Wenyuan, Lux, Renate

p. 1801 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27622-0

Three putative oxylipin biosynthetic genes integrate sexual and asexual development in Aspergillus nidulans

Tsitsigiannis, Dimitrios I., Kowieski, Terri M., Zarnowski, Robert, Keller, Nancy P.

p. 1809 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27880-0

Up-regulation of competence- but not stress-responsive proteins accompanies an altered metabolic phenotype in Streptococcus mutans biofilms

Rathsam, Catherine, Eaton, Ruth E., Simpson, Christine L., Browne, Gina V., Berg, Tracey, Harty, Derek W. S., Jacques, N. A.

p. 1823 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27830-0

Comparative analysis of the exopolysaccharide biosynthesis gene clusters from four strains of Lactobacillus rhamnosus

Peant, B., LaPointe, G., Gilbert, C., Atlan, D., Ward, P., Roy, D.

p. 1839 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27852-0

The native Pseudomonas stutzeri strain Q chromosomal integron can capture and express cassette-associated genes

Coleman, Nicholas V., Holmes, Andrew J.

p. 1853 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27854-0

Mutations affecting predation ability of the soil bacterium Myxococcus xanthus

Pham, Vinh D., Shebelut, Conrad W., Diodati, Michelle E., Bull, Carolee T., Singer, Mitchell

p. 1865 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27824-0

Population structure of group B streptococcus from a low-incidence region for invasive neonatal disease

Bisharat, Naiel, Jones, Nicola, Marchaim, Dror, Block, Colin, Harding, Rosalind M., Yagupsky, Pablo, Peto, Tim, Crook, Derrick W.

p. 1875 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27826-0

Use of molecular diversity of Mycoplasma gallisepticum by gene-targeted sequencing (GTS) and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis for epidemiological studies

Ferguson, Naola M., Hepp, Diego, Sun, Shulei, Ikuta, Nilo, Levisohn, Sharon, Kleven, Stanley H., Garcia, Maricarmen

p. 1883 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27642-0

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY

Identification and regulation of cold-inducible factors of Bordetella bronchiseptica

Dorothee Stübs, Thilo M. Fuchs, Boris Schneider, Armin Bosserhoff, Roy Gross

p. 1895–1909 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27785-0

Immobilization-based isolation of capsule-negative mutants of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Llull, Daniel, Veiga, Patrick, Tremblay, Josselyne, Kulakauskas, Saulius

p. 1911 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27862-0

Oral immunization with a dam mutant of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis protects against plague

Taylor, Victoria L., Titball, Richard W., Oyston, Petra C. F.

p. 1919 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27959-0

Photo-oxidative stress in Rhodobacter sphaeroides: protective role of carotenoids and expression of selected genes

Glaeser, Jens, Klug, Gabriele

p. 1927 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27789-0

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Oxidative protein damage causes chromium toxicity in yeast

Edward R. Sumner, Anupama Shanmuganathan, Theodora C. Sideri, Sylvia A. Willetts, John E. Houghton, Simon V. Avery

p. 1939–1948 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27945-0

NovG, a DNA-binding protein acting as a positive regulator of novobiocin biosynthesis

Eustaquio, Alessandra S., Li, Shu-Ming, Heide, Lutz

p. 1949 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27669-0

An acyl-CoA dehydrogenase is involved in the formation of the {Delta}cis3 double bond in the acyl residue of the lipopeptide antibiotic friulimicin in Actinoplanes friuliensis

Heinzelmann, Eva, Berger, Susanne, Muller, Claudia, Hartner, Thomas, Poralla, Karl, Wohlleben, Wolfgang, Schwartz, Dirk

p. 1963 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27844-0

A minor catalase/peroxidase from Burkholderia cenocepacia is required for normal aconitase activity

Lefebre, Mathew D., Flannagan, Ronald S., Valvano, Miguel A.

p. 1975 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27704-0

The specificity of oligopeptide transport by Streptococcus thermophilus resembles that of Lactococcus lactis and not that of pathogenic streptococci

Juille, Odile, Bars, Dominique Le, Juillard, Vincent

p. 1987 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27730-0

Plasma membrane H+ and K+ transporters are involved in the weak-acid preservative response of disparate food spoilage yeasts

Macpherson, Neil, Shabala, Lana, Rooney, Henrietta, Jarman, Marcus G., Davies, Julia M.

p. 1995 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27502-0

The ferric iron uptake regulator (Fur) from the extreme acidophile Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Quatrini, R., Lefimil, C., Holmes, D. S., Jedlicki, E.

p. 2005 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27581-0

The leucyl aminopeptidase from Helicobacter pylori is an allosteric enzyme

Dong, Lei, Cheng, Ni, Wang, Ming-Wei, Zhang, Junfeng, Shu, Chang, Zhu, De-Xu

p. 2017 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27767-0

Structural and replicative diversity of large plasmids from sphingomonads that degrade polycyclic aromatic compounds and xenobiotics

Basta, Tamara, Buerger, Sibylle, Stolz, Andreas

p. 2025 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27965-0

A PCR-based specific assay reveals a population of bacteria within the Chloroflexi associated with the reductive dehalogenation of polychlorinated biphenyls

Watts, Joy E. M., Fagervold, Sonja K., May, Harold D., Sowers, Kevin R.

p. 2039 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27819-0

Pectin utilization by the methylotrophic yeast Pichia methanolica

Nakagawa, Tomoyuki, Yamada, Kaichiro, Fujimura, Shuki, Ito, Takashi, Miyaji, Tatsuro, Tomizuka, Noboru

p. 2047 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27895-0

ftsZ mutations affecting cell division frequency, placement and morphology in Bacillus subtilis

Feucht, Andrea, Errington, Jeffery

p. 2053 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27899-0

Diverse humoral immune responses and changes in IgG antibody levels against mycobacterial lipid antigens in active tuberculosis

Fujita, Yukiko, Doi, Takeshi, Sato, Koji, Yano, Ikuya

p. 2065 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27790-0

The cell envelope structure and properties of Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155: is there a clue for the unique transformability of the strain?

Etienne, Gilles, Laval, Francoise, Villeneuve, Christelle, Dinadayala, Premkumar, Abouwarda, Ahmed, Zerbib, Didier, Galamba, Alexandra, Daffe, Mamadou

p. 2075 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27869-0

Altered expression profile of mycobacterial surface glycopeptidolipids following treatment with the antifungal azole inhibitors econazole and clotrimazole

Burguiere, Adeline, Hitchen, Paul G., Dover, Lynn G., Dell, Anne, Besra, Gurdyal S.

p. 2087 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27938-0

Comparison of Escherichia coli isolates implicated in human urinary tract infection and avian colibacillosis

Rodriguez-Siek, Kylie E., Giddings, Catherine W., Doetkott, Curt, Johnson, Timothy J., Fakhr, Mohamed K., Nolan, Lisa K.

p. 2097 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27499-0

Attenuated virulence of an Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida type III secretion mutant in a rainbow trout model

Burr, Sarah E., Pugovkin, Dmitri, Wahli, Thomas, Segner, Helmut, Frey, Joachim

p. 2111 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.27926-0