Issue table of contents

Microbiology — Volume 153, Issue 8

43 articles in this issue

Temporal analysis of Candida albicans gene expression during biofilm development

Yeater, Kathleen M., Chandra, Jyotsna, Cheng, Georgina, Mukherjee, Pranab K., Zhao, Xiaomin, Rodriguez-Zas, Sandra L., Kwast, Kurt E., Ghannoum, Mahmoud A. et al.

p. 2373 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/006163-0

Mapping of the proinflammatory domains of MspTL of Treponema lecithinolyticum

Jun, Hye-Kyoung, Lee, Hae-Ri, Lee, Sung-Hoon, Choi, Bong-Kyu

p. 2386 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/006650-0

Mesophilic Aeromonas UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (GalU) mutants show two types of lipopolysaccharide structures and reduced virulence

Vilches, Silvia, Canals, Rocio, Wilhelms, Markus, Salo, Maria Teresa, Knirel, Yuriy A., Vinogradov, Evgeny, Merino, Susana, Tomas, Juan M.

p. 2393 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/006437-0

Identification of minor inner-membrane components of the Shigella type III secretion system 'needle complex'

Zenk, Sebastian F., Stabat, David, Hodgkinson, Julie L., Veenendaal, Andreas K. J., Johnson, Steven, Blocker, Ariel J.

p. 2405 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/007781-0

OmpR negatively regulates expression of invasin in Yersinia enterocolitica

Brzostek, Katarzyna, Brzostkowska, Marta, Bukowska, Iwona, Karwicka, Ewa, Raczkowska, Adrianna

p. 2416 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2006/003202-0

A putative DNA adenine methyltransferase is involved in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis pathogenicity

Pouillot, Flavie, Fayolle, Corinne, Carniel, Elisabeth

p. 2426 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/005736-0

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY

The role of Staphylococcus aureus surface protein SasG in adherence and biofilm formation

Rebecca M. Corrigan, David Rigby, Pauline Handley, Timothy J. Foster

p. 2435–2446 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/006676-0

Molecular heterogeneity of EmaA, an oligomeric autotransporter adhesin of Aggregatibacter (Actinobacillus) actinomycetemcomitans

Tang, Gaoyan, Ruiz, Teresa, Barrantes-Reynolds, Ramiro, Mintz, Keith P.

p. 2447 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/005892-0

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY

M protein from Streptococcus pyogenes induces tissue factor expression and pro-coagulant activity in human monocytes

Lisa I. Påhlman, Erik Malmström, Matthias Mörgelin, Heiko Herwald

p. 2458–2464 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2006/003285-0

In vitro expression of the first capsule gene of Streptococcus pneumoniae, cpsA, is associated with serotype-specific colonization prevalence and invasiveness

Hathaway, Lucy J., Battig, Patrick, Muhlemann, Kathrin

p. 2465 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2006/005066-0

Mutations in yhiT enable utilization of exogenous pyrimidine intermediates in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

Zaharik, Michelle L., Lamb, Sherry S., Baker, Kristian E., Krogan, Nevan J., Neuhard, Jan, Kelln, Rod A.

p. 2472 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/007583-0

Heterologous expression of linoleic acid isomerase from Propionibacterium acnes and anti-proliferative activity of recombinant trans-10, cis-12 conjugated linoleic acid

Rosberg-Cody, Eva, Johnson, Mark C., Fitzgerald, Gerald F., Ross, Paul R., Stanton, Catherine

p. 2483 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2006/001966-0

Transcriptional profiling of Corynebacterium glutamicum metabolism during organic acid production under oxygen deprivation conditions

Inui, Masayuki, Suda, Masako, Okino, Shohei, Nonaka, Hiroshi, Puskas, Laszlo G., Vertes, Alain A., Yukawa, Hideaki

p. 2491 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2006/005587-0

Comparative proteomics of cell division mutants and wild-type of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942

Koksharova, Olga A., Klint, Johan, Rasmussen, Ulla

p. 2505 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/007039-0

An Escherichia coli undecaprenyl-pyrophosphate phosphatase implicated in undecaprenyl phosphate recycling

Tatar, Laura D., Marolda, Cristina L., Polischuk, Andrew N., van Leeuwen, Deborah, Valvano, Miguel A.

p. 2518 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/006312-0

LiaRS-dependent gene expression is embedded in transition state regulation in Bacillus subtilis

Jordan, Sina, Rietkotter, Eva, Strauch, Mark A., Kalamorz, Falk, Butcher, Bronwyn G., Helmann, John D., Mascher, Thorsten

p. 2530 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/006817-0

FlhF, a signal recognition particle-like GTPase, is involved in the regulation of flagellar arrangement, motility behaviour and protein secretion in Bacillus cereus

Salvetti, Sara, Ghelardi, Emilia, Celandroni, Francesco, Ceragioli, Mara, Giannessi, Francesco, Senesi, Sonia

p. 2541 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2006/005553-0

Development of an intermolecular transposition assay system in Bacillus subtilis 168 using IS4Bsu1 from Bacillus subtilis (natto)

Takahashi, Kiwamu, Sekine, Yasuhiko, Chibazakura, Taku, Yoshikawa, Hirofumi

p. 2553 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/007104-0

Region 2.1 of the Escherichia coli heat-shock sigma factor RpoH ({sigma}32) is necessary but not sufficient for degradation by the FtsH protease

Obrist, Markus, Milek, Sonja, Klauck, Eberhard, Hengge, Regine, Narberhaus, Franz

p. 2560 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/007047-0

Analysis of the AAA+ chaperone clpB gene and stress-response expression in the halophilic methanogenic archaeon Methanohalophilus portucalensis

Shih, Chao-Jen, Lai, Mei-Chin

p. 2572 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/007633-0

The Escherichia coli AraC-family regulators GadX and GadW activate gadE, the central activator of glutamate-dependent acid resistance

Sayed, Atef K., Odom, Carl, Foster, John W.

p. 2584 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/007005-0

The acid-resistance pathways of Shigella flexneri 2457T

Jennison, Amy V., Verma, Naresh K.

p. 2593 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/006718-0

Plasma-membrane Cnh1 Na+/H+ antiporter regulates potassium homeostasis in Candida albicans

Kinclova-Zimmermannova, Olga, Sychrova, Hana

p. 2603 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/008011-0

Muscodor albus E-6, an endophyte of Guazuma ulmifolia making volatile antibiotics: isolation, characterization and experimental establishment in the host plant

Strobel, Gary A., Kluck, Katreena, Hess, Wilford M., Sears, Joe, Ezra, David, Vargas, Percy N.

p. 2613 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/008912-0

Structural characterization of a partially arabinosylated lipoarabinomannan variant isolated from a Corynebacterium glutamicum ubiA mutant

Tatituri, Raju Venkata Veera, Alderwick, Luke J., Mishra, Arun K., Nigou, Jerome, Gilleron, Martine, Krumbach, Karin, Hitchen, Paul, Giordano, Assunta et al.

p. 2621 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/008078-0

New bacteriophages that infect the phytopathogen Ralstonia solanacearum

Yamada, Takashi, Kawasaki, Takeru, Nagata, Shoko, Fujiwara, Akiko, Usami, Shoji, Fujie, Makoto

p. 2630 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2006/001453-0

Intragenomic heterogeneity and intergenomic recombination among Vibrio parahaemolyticus 16S rRNA genes

Harth, Erika, Romero, Jaime, Torres, Rafael, Espejo, Romilio T.

p. 2640 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/009175-0

Phylogeny and shared conserved inserts in proteins provide evidence that Verrucomicrobia are the closest known free-living relatives of chlamydiae

Griffiths, Emma, Gupta, Radhey S.

p. 2648 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/009118-0

BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION

Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of Lactobacillus casei strains isolated from different ecological niches suggests frequent recombination and niche specificity

Hui Cai, Beatriz T. Rodríguez, Wei Zhang, Jeff R. Broadbent, James L. Steele

p. 2655–2665 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/006452-0

Recombination and positive selection contribute to evolution of Listeria monocytogenes inlA

Orsi, R. H., Ripoll, D. R., Yeung, M., Nightingale, K. K., Wiedmann, M.

p. 2666 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/007310-0

Classification of Mycoplasma synoviae strains using single-strand conformation polymorphism and high-resolution melting-curve analysis of the vlhA gene single-copy region

Jeffery, Nathan, Gasser, Robin B., Steer, Penelope A., Noormohammadi, Amir H.

p. 2679 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2006/005140-0

In vivo expression technology identifies a type VI secretion system locus in Burkholderia pseudomallei that is induced upon invasion of macrophages

Shalom, Gil, Shaw, Jonathan G., Thomas, Mark S.

p. 2689 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/006585-0

Membrane cytosolic translocation of verotoxin A1 subunit in target cells

Tam, Patricia J., Lingwood, Clifford A.

p. 2700 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/006858-0

Comparative genomic analysis of mycobacteriophage Tweety: evolutionary insights and construction of compatible site-specific integration vectors for mycobacteria

Pham, Thuy T., Jacobs-Sera, Deborah, Pedulla, Marisa L., Hendrix, Roger W., Hatfull, Graham F.

p. 2711 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/008904-0

Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2 155 fbiC and MSMEG_2392 are involved in triphenylmethane dye decolorization and coenzyme F420 biosynthesis

Guerra-Lopez, Denise, Daniels, Lacy, Rawat, Mamta

p. 2724 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2006/009241-0

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Dioctatin A is a strong inhibitor of aflatoxin production by Aspergillus parasiticus

Tomoya Yoshinari, Tetsuo Akiyama, Keita Nakamura, Tatsuhiko Kondo, Yoshikazu Takahashi, Yasuhiko Muraoka, Yoshiaki Nonomura, Hiromichi Nagasawa et al.

p. 2774–2780 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2006/005629-0

Functional characterization of three genes encoding putative oxidoreductases required for cercosporin toxin biosynthesis in the fungus Cercospora nicotianae

Chen, Hui-Qin, Lee, Miin-Huey, Chung, Kuang-Ren

p. 2781 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/007294-0

The Botrytis cinerea hexokinase, Hxk1, but not the glucokinase, Glk1, is required for normal growth and sugar metabolism, and for pathogenicity on fruits

Rui, Oliver, Hahn, Matthias

p. 2791 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/006338-0

Modelling the spatial dynamics of plasmid transfer and persistence

Krone, Stephen M., Lu, Ruinan, Fox, Randal, Suzuki, Haruo, Top, Eva M.

p. 2803 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2006/004531-0