Issue table of contents

Microbiology — Volume 154, Issue 2

31 articles in this issue

Advances in environmental genomics: towards an integrated view of micro-organisms and ecosystems

Bertin, Philippe N., Medigue, Claudine, Normand, Philippe

p. 347 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011791-0

GENES AND GENOMES

Two-component systems of the myxobacteria: structure, diversity and evolutionary relationships

David E. Whitworth, Peter J. A. Cock

p. 360–372 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/013672-0

The chitobiose-binding protein, DasA, acts as a link between chitin utilization and morphogenesis in Streptomyces coelicolor

Colson, Severine, van Wezel, Gilles P., Craig, Matthias, Noens, Elke E. E., Nothaft, Harald, Mommaas, A. Mieke, Titgemeyer, Fritz, Joris, Bernard et al.

p. 373 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011940-0

Evidence for the horizontal transfer of an integrase gene from a fusellovirus to a pRN-like plasmid within a single strain of Sulfolobus and the implications for plasmid survival

Peng, Xu

p. 383 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/012963-0

Functional analyses of heterotrimeric G protein G{alpha} and G{beta} subunits in Gibberella zeae

Yu, Hye-Young, Seo, Jeong-Ah, Kim, Jung-Eun, Han, Kap-Hoon, Shim, Won-Bo, Yun, Sung-Hwan, Lee, Yin-Won

p. 392 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/012260-0

The copper resistance operon copAB from Xanthomonas axonopodis pathovar citri: gene inactivation results in copper sensitivity

Teixeira, Elaine Cristina, Franco de Oliveira, Julio Cezar, Marques Novo, Maria Teresa, Bertolini, Maria Celia

p. 402 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/013821-0

The alternative sigma factor AlgT, but not alginate synthesis, promotes in planta multiplication of Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea

Schenk, Alexander, Weingart, Helge, Ullrich, Matthias S.

p. 413 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/012864-0

Ethanol tolerance of sugar transport, and the rectification of stuck wine fermentations

Santos, Julia, Sousa, Maria Joao, Cardoso, Helena, Inacio, Joao, Silva, Sofia, Spencer-Martins, Isabel, Leao, Cecilia

p. 422 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011445-0

Regulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ptxR by Vfr

Ferrell, Evan, Carty, Nancy L., Colmer-Hamood, Jane A., Hamood, Abdul N., West, Susan E. H.

p. 431 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011577-0

Distinct functional domains of the Salmonella enterica WbaP transferase that is involved in the initiation reaction for synthesis of the O antigen subunit

Saldias, M. Soledad, Patel, Kinnari, Marolda, Cristina L., Bittner, Mauricio, Contreras, Ines, Valvano, Miguel A.

p. 440 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/013136-0

The role of the Serratia marcescens SdeAB multidrug efflux pump and TolC homologue in fluoroquinolone resistance studied via gene-knockout mutagenesis

Begic, Sanela, Worobec, Elizabeth A.

p. 454 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/012427-0

Differential gene expression of Listeria monocytogenes during high hydrostatic pressure processing

Bowman, John P., Bittencourt, Claudio R., Ross, Tom

p. 462 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/010314-0

Biosynthesis of osmoregulated periplasmic glucans in Escherichia coli: the membrane-bound and the soluble periplasmic phosphoglycerol transferases are encoded by the same gene

Lequette, Yannick, Lanfroy, Eric, Cogez, Virginie, Bohin, Jean-Pierre, Lacroix, Jean-Marie

p. 476 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/013169-0

Modulation of DNA-binding activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis HspR by chaperones

Das Gupta, Twishasri, Bandyopadhyay, Boudhayan, Das Gupta, Sujoy K.

p. 484 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/012294-0

The copper-dependent ACE1 transcription factor activates the transcription of the mco1 gene from the basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium

Canessa, Paulo, Alvarez, Jose Miguel, Polanco, Ruben, Bull, Paulina, Vicuna, Rafael

p. 491 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/013128-0

Carnitine acetyltransferases are required for growth on non-fermentable carbon sources but not for pathogenesis in Candida albicans

Zhou, Huaijin, Lorenz, Michael C.

p. 500 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/014555-0

Hypoxic conditions and iron restriction affect the cell-wall proteome of Candida albicans grown under vagina-simulative conditions

Sosinska, Grazyna J., de Groot, Piet W. J., Teixeira de Mattos, M. Joost, Dekker, Henk L., de Koster, Chris G., Hellingwerf, Klaas J., Klis, Frans M.

p. 510 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/012617-0

Genotyping reveals a wide heterogeneity of Tropheryma whipplei

Li, Wenjun, Fenollar, Florence, Rolain, Jean-Marc, Fournier, Pierre-Edouard, Feurle, Gerhard E., Muller, Christian, Moos, Verena, Marth, Thomas et al.

p. 521 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011668-0

Induction of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans leukotoxin expression by IS1301 and orfA

Schaeffer, Lyndsay M., Schmidt, M. Lee, Demuth, Donald R.

p. 528 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/012195-0

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY

Expression and immunogenicity of six putative variable surface proteins in Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC

Carl Hamsten, Joakim Westberg, Göran Bölske, Roger Ayling, Mathias Uhlén, Anja Persson

p. 539–549 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/010694-0

Identification of the Staphylococcus aureus MSCRAMM clumping factor B (ClfB) binding site in the {alpha}C-domain of human fibrinogen

Walsh, Evelyn J., Miajlovic, Helen, Gorkun, Oleg V., Foster, Timothy J.

p. 550 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/010868-0

Genomic comparison of the O-antigen biosynthesis gene clusters of Escherichia coli O55 strains belonging to three distinct lineages

Iguchi, Atsushi, Ooka, Tadasuke, Ogura, Yoshitoshi, Asadulghani,, Nakayama, Keisuke, Frankel, Gad, Hayashi, Tetsuya

p. 559 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/013334-0

A subset of mucosa-associated Escherichia coli isolates from patients with colon cancer, but not Crohn's disease, share pathogenicity islands with urinary pathogenic E. coli

Bronowski, Christina, Smith, Shirley L., Yokota, Kyoko, Corkill, John E., Martin, Helen M., Campbell, Barry J., Rhodes, Jonathan M., Hart, C. Anthony et al.

p. 571 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/013086-0

Functional analysis of a Campylobacter jejuni alkaline phosphatase secreted via the Tat export machinery

van Mourik, Andries, Bleumink-Pluym, Nancy M. C., van Dijk, Linda, van Putten, Jos P. M., Wosten, Marc M. S. M.

p. 584 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/012120-0

Membrane localization and topology of the Yersinia pestis YscJ lipoprotein

Silva-Herzog, Eugenia, Ferracci, Franco, Jackson, Michael W., Joseph, Sabrina S., Plano, Gregory V.

p. 593 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/013045-0

Characterization of the Escherichia coli K-12 ydhYVWXUT operon: regulation by FNR, NarL and NarP

Partridge, Jonathan D., Browning, Douglas F., Xu, Meng, Newnham, Louise J., Scott, Colin, Roberts, Ruth E., Poole, Robert K., Green, Jeffrey

p. 608 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/012146-0

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY

Analysis of a novel spore antigen in Bacillus anthracis that contributes to spore opsonization

C. K. Cote, J. Bozue, K. L. Moody, T. L. DiMezzo, C. E. Chapman, S. L. Welkos

p. 619–632 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/008292-0

The formation and structure of Escherichia coli K-12 haemolysin E pores

Hunt, Stuart, Moir, Arthur J. G., Tzokov, Svetomir, Bullough, Per A., Artymiuk, Peter J., Green, Jeffrey

p. 633 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011700-0

Burkholderia cenocepacia requires RpoE for growth under stress conditions and delay of phagolysosomal fusion in macrophages

Flannagan, Ronald S., Valvano, Miguel A.

p. 643 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/013714-0

A novel oxidized low-density lipoprotein-binding protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Rao, Jayasimha, DiGiandomenico, Antonio, Unger, Jason, Bao, Yongde, Polanowska-Grabowska, Renata K., Goldberg, Joanna B.

p. 654 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011429-0

The yejABEF operon of Salmonella confers resistance to antimicrobial peptides and contributes to its virulence

Eswarappa, Sandeepa M., Panguluri, Kiran Kumar, Hensel, Michael, Chakravortty, Dipshikha

p. 666 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011114-0