Issue table of contents
Microbiology — Volume 153, Issue 12
SGM SPECIAL LECTURE
Quorum sensing, communication and cross-kingdom signalling in the bacterial world
Making sense of quorum sensing in lactobacilli: a special focus on Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1
MINI-REVIEW
The role of protein secretion systems in the virulence of the intracellular pathogen Legionella pneumophila
PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY
Cryptococcus neoformans laccase catalyses melanin synthesis from both d- and l-DOPA
Characterization of the ferrioxamine uptake system of Nitrosomonas europaea
Role of the methylcitrate cycle in propionate metabolism and detoxification in Mycobacterium smegmatis
A Mesorhizobium loti mutant with reduced glucan content shows defective invasion of its host plant Lotus japonicus
Role of the C-terminal region of dextransucrase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides IBT-PQ in cell anchoring
Phylogenetic and biochemical characterization of a novel cluster of intracellular fungal {alpha}-amylase enzymes
BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
A novel role for the yeast protein kinase Dbf2p in vacuolar H+-ATPase function and sorbic acid stress tolerance
The voltage-gated Na+ channel NaVBP co-localizes with methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein at cell poles of alkaliphilic Bacillus pseudofirmus OF4
The group B streptococcal alpha C protein binds {alpha}1 1-integrin through a novel KTD motif that promotes internalization of GBS within human epithelial cells
Characterization of the mycobacterial chromosome segregation protein ParB and identification of its target in Mycobacterium smegmatis
Structure and function of the microbial community in a full-scale enhanced biological phosphorus removal plant
Development of a multilocus sequence typing scheme for intestinal spirochaetes within the genus Brachyspira
Consequences of a sortase A mutation in Streptococcus gordonii
Identification of multiple integration sites for Stx-phage {Phi}24B in the Escherichia coli genome, description of a novel integrase and evidence for a functional anti-repressor
Organization of the biosynthetic gene cluster for the macrolide antibiotic spiramycin in Streptomyces ambofaciens
CsoR regulates the copper efflux operon copZA in Bacillus subtilis
VmeAB, an RND-type multidrug efflux transporter in Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Comparative analysis of FimB and FimE recombinase activity
Characterization of a Giardia lamblia WB C6 clone resistant to the isoflavone formononetin
Analysis of the structure of mycolic acids of Mycobacterium simiae reveals a particular composition of {alpha}-mycolates in strain 'habana' TMC 5135, considered as immunogenic in tuberculosis and leprosy
Identification of the dehydratase component of the mycobacterial mycolic acid-synthesizing fatty acid synthase-II complex
Cloning, characterization and expression of a gene encoding dihydroxyacetone synthase in Mycobacterium sp. strain JC1 DSM 3803
Protein expression diversity amongst serovars of Salmonella enterica
Transcriptome profiling of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis yeast-phase cells recovered from infected mice brings new insights into fungal response upon host interaction
SufA a novel subtilisin-like serine proteinase of Finegoldia magna
Regulation of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa toxA, regA and ptxR genes by the iron-starvation sigma factor PvdS under reduced levels of oxygen
The stringent response of Bacillus anthracis contributes to sporulation but not to virulence
Invasion of HeLa cells by group B streptococcus requires the phosphoinositide-3-kinase signalling pathway and modulates phosphorylation of host-cell Akt and glycogen synthase kinase-3
Characterization of the NAD-glycohydrolase in streptococcal strains
PHYSIOLOGY