Issue table of contents

Microbiology — Volume 154, Issue 1

32 articles in this issue

Are all horizontal gene transfers created equal? Prospects for mechanism-based studies of HGT patterns

Zaneveld, Jesse R., Nemergut, Diana R., Knight, Rob

p. 1 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011833-0

REVIEWS

The post-transcriptional regulator CsrA plays a central role in the adaptation of bacterial pathogens to different stages of infection in animal hosts

Céline Lucchetti-Miganeh, Elizabeth Burrowes, Christine Baysse, Gwennola Ermel

p. 16–29 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/012286-0

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Transcriptional profiling of Legionella pneumophila biofilm cells and the influence of iron on biofilm formation

Thomas Hindré, Holger Brüggemann, Carmen Buchrieser, Yann Héchard

p. 30–41 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/008698-0

The phagosomal nutrient transporter (Pht) family

Chen, Derek E., Podell, Sheila, Sauer, John-Demian, Swanson, Michele S., Saier, Milton H.

p. 42 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/010611-0

kinA mRNA is missing a stop codon in the undomesticated Bacillus subtilis strain ATCC 6051

Kobayashi, Kazuo, Kuwana, Ritsuko, Takamatsu, Hiromu

p. 54 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011783-0

Different patterns of integral membrane protein localization during cell division in Bacillus subtilis

Meredith, D. H., Plank, M., Lewis, P. J.

p. 64 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/013268-0

Glucosyltransferase A (GtfA) and inulosucrase (Inu) of Lactobacillus reuteri TMW1.106 contribute to cell aggregation, in vitro biofilm formation, and colonization of the mouse gastrointestinal tract

Walter, Jens, Schwab, Clarissa, Loach, Diane M., Ganzle, Michael G., Tannock, Gerald W.

p. 72 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/010637-0

The complete coenzyme B12 biosynthesis gene cluster of Lactobacillus reuteri CRL1098

Santos, Filipe, Vera, Jose L., van der Heijden, Rene, Valdez, Graciela, de Vos, Willem M., Sesma, Fernando, Hugenholtz, Jeroen

p. 81 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011569-0

An analysis of the evolutionary relationships of integron integrases, with emphasis on the prevalence of class 1 integrons in Escherichia coli isolates from clinical and environmental origins

Diaz-Mejia, J. Javier, Amabile-Cuevas, Carlos F., Rosas, Irma, Souza, Valeria

p. 94 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/008649-0

Investigation of the algT operon sequence in mucoid and non-mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from 115 Scandinavian patients with cystic fibrosis and in 88 in vitro non-mucoid revertants

Ciofu, Oana, Lee, Baoleri, Johannesson, Marie, Hermansen, Nils Olav, Meyer, Peter, Hoiby, Niels, the Scandinavian Cystic Fibrosis Study Consortium,

p. 103 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/010421-0

Functional role of conserved residues in the characteristic secretion NTPase motifs of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pilus motor proteins PilB, PilT and PilU

Chiang, Poney, Sampaleanu, Liliana M., Ayers, Melissa, Pahuta, Markian, Howell, P. Lynne, Burrows, Lori L.

p. 114 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011320-0

Multiple phenotypic alterations caused by a c-type cytochrome maturation ccmC gene mutation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Baert, Barbara, Baysse, Christine, Matthijs, Sandra, Cornelis, Pierre

p. 127 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/008268-0

Involvement of BmoR and BmoG in n-alkane metabolism in 'Pseudomonas butanovora'

Kurth, Elizabeth G., Doughty, David M., Bottomley, Peter J., Arp, Daniel J., Sayavedra-Soto, Luis A.

p. 139 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/012724-0

Low temperature (23 {degrees}C) increases expression of biofilm-, cold-shock- and RpoS-dependent genes in Escherichia coli K-12

White-Ziegler, Christine A., Um, Suzin, Perez, Natalie M., Berns, Abby L., Malhowski, Amy J., Young, Sarah

p. 148 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/012021-0

The ferric yersiniabactin uptake receptor FyuA is required for efficient biofilm formation by urinary tract infectious Escherichia coli in human urine

Hancock, Viktoria, Ferrieres, Lionel, Klemm, Per

p. 167 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011981-0

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY

Differential expression of stx2 variants in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli belonging to seropathotypes A and C

Thibaut de Sablet, Yolande Bertin, Marjolaine Vareille, Jean-Pierre Girardeau, Annie Garrivier, Alain P. Gobert, Christine Martin

p. 176–186 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/009704-0

Type 3 fimbriae, encoded by the conjugative plasmid pOLA52, enhance biofilm formation and transfer frequencies in Enterobacteriaceae strains

Burmolle, Mette, Bahl, Martin Iain, Jensen, Lars Bogo, Sorensen, Soren J., Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg

p. 187 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/010454-0

Presence of a functional flagellar cluster Flag-2 and low-temperature expression of flagellar genes in Yersinia enterocolitica W22703

Bresolin, Geraldine, Trcek, Janja, Scherer, Siegfried, Fuchs, Thilo M.

p. 196 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/008458-0

N-terminal residues of SipB are required for its surface localization on Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

Kim, Hyeon Guk, Kim, Bae Hoon, Kim, Jin Seok, Eom, Jeong Seon, Bang, Iel-Soo, Bang, Seong Ho, Lee, In Soo, Park, Yong Keun

p. 207 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011528-0

Reduced DNA binding and uptake in the absence of DsbA1 and DsbA2 of Neisseria meningitidis due to inefficient folding of the outer-membrane secretin PilQ

Sunita Sinha, Ole Herman Ambur, Paul R. Langford, Tone Tønjum, J. Simon Kroll

p. 217–225 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/010496-0

cis- and trans-acting elements involved in regulation of norB (norZ), the gene encoding nitric oxide reductase in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Isabella, Vincent, Wright, Lori F., Barth, Kenneth, Spence, Janice M., Grogan, Susan, Genco, Caroline A., Clark, Virginia L.

p. 226 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/010470-0

EmbA is an essential arabinosyltransferase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Amin, Anita G., Goude, Renan, Shi, Libin, Zhang, Jian, Chatterjee, Delphi, Parish, Tanya

p. 240 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/012153-0

Degradation of ambient carbonyl sulfide by Mycobacterium spp. in soil

Kato, Hiromi, Saito, Masahiko, Nagahata, Yoshiko, Katayama, Yoko

p. 249 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011213-0

Bacterial sulfite dehydrogenases in organotrophic metabolism: separation and identification in Cupriavidus necator H16 and in Delftia acidovorans SPH-1

Denger, Karin, Weinitschke, Sonja, Smits, Theo H. M., Schleheck, David, Cook, Alasdair M.

p. 256 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011650-0

Regulation of the expression of phosphoenolpyruvate : carbohydrate phosphotransferase system (PTS) genes in Corynebacterium glutamicum R

Tanaka, Yuya, Okai, Naoko, Teramoto, Haruhiko, Inui, Masayuki, Yukawa, Hideaki

p. 264 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/008862-0

Analysis of the determinants of bba64 (P35) gene expression in Borrelia burgdorferi using a gfp reporter

Gautam, Aarti, Hathaway, Marianne, McClain, Natalie, Ramesh, Geeta, Ramamoorthy, Ramesh

p. 275 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011676-0

Attachment organelle ultrastructure correlates with phylogeny, not gliding motility properties, in Mycoplasma pneumoniae relatives

Hatchel, Jennifer M., Balish, Mitchell F.

p. 286 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/012765-0

PHYSIOLOGY

Identification of proteins involved in formaldehyde metabolism by Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Shondelle M. Wilson, Marshall P. Gleisten, Timothy J. Donohue

p. 296–305 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011346-0

New insights into the BzdR-mediated transcriptional regulation of the anaerobic catabolism of benzoate in Azoarcus sp. CIB

Durante-Rodriguez, Gonzalo, Zamarro, M. Teresa, Garcia, Jose L., Diaz, Eduardo, Carmona, Manuel

p. 306 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011361-0

Nitrogen status and heat-stress-dependent differential expression of the cpn60 chaperonin gene influences thermotolerance in the cyanobacterium Anabaena

Rajaram, Hema, Apte, Shree Kumar

p. 317 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011064-0

Functional characterization of Fusarium verticillioides CPP1, a gene encoding a putative protein phosphatase 2A catalytic subunit

Yoon-E Choi, Won-Bo Shim

p. 326 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011411-0

Revisiting the role of yeast Sfp1 in ribosome biogenesis and cell size control: a chemostat study

Chiara Cipollina, Joost van den Brink, Pascale Daran-Lapujade, Jack T. Pronk, Marina Vai, Johannes H. de Winde

p. 337 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011767-0