Ishmael, Nadeeza, Hotopp, Julie C. Dunning, Ioannidis, Panagiotis, Biber, Sarah, Sakamoto, Joyce, Siozios, Stefanos, Nene, Vishvanath, Werren, John et al.

p. 2211 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.027581-0

Fratricide in Streptococcus pneumoniae: contributions and role of the cell wall hydrolases CbpD, LytA and LytC

Eldholm, Vegard, Johnsborg, Ola, Haugen, Kristine, Ohnstad, Hilde Solheim, Havarstein, Leiv Sigve

p. 2223 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.026328-0

Role of Vfr in regulating exotoxin A production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Davinic, Marko, Carty, Nancy L., Colmer-Hamood, Jane A., San Francisco, Michael, Hamood, Abdul N.

p. 2265 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.028373-0

Inactivation of the Lactococcus lactis high-affinity phosphate transporter confers oxygen and thiol resistance and alters metal homeostasis

Bénédicte Cesselin, Djae Ali, Jean-Jacques Gratadoux, Philippe Gaudu, Patrick Duwat, Alexandra Gruss, Meriem El Karoui

p. 2274 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.027797-0

SwrAA activates poly-γ-glutamate synthesis in addition to swarming in Bacillus subtilis

Cecilia Osera, Giuseppe Amati, Cinzia Calvio, Alessandro Galizzi

p. 2282 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.026435-0

The extracellular metalloprotease of Vibrio tubiashii directly inhibits its extracellular haemolysin

Hasegawa, Hiroaki, Hase, Claudia C.

p. 2296 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.028605-0

Detection of 140 clinically relevant antibiotic-resistance genes in the plasmid metagenome of wastewater treatment plant bacteria showing reduced susceptibility to selected antibiotics

Rafael Szczepanowski, Burkhard Linke, Irene Krahn, Karl-Heinz Gartemann, Tim Gützkow, Wolfgang Eichler, Alfred Pühler, Andreas Schlüter

p. 2306–2319 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.028233-0

GENES AND GENOMES

Contribution of RecFOR machinery of homologous recombination to cell survival after loss of a restriction–modification gene complex

Naofumi Handa, Asao Ichige, Ichizo Kobayashi

p. 2320–2332 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.026401-0

Validation of partial rpoB gene sequence analysis for the identification of clinically important and emerging Acinetobacter species

Gundi, Vijay A. K. B., Dijkshoorn, Lenie, Burignat, Sophie, Raoult, Didier, La Scola, Bernard

p. 2333 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.026054-0

Expression of the sarA family of genes in different strains of Staphylococcus aureus

Ballal, Anand, Manna, Adhar C.

p. 2342 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.027417-0

Characterization of a novel protective monoclonal antibody that recognizes an epitope common to Vibrio cholerae Ogawa and Inaba serotypes

Dharmasena, Madushini N., Krebs, Shelly J., Taylor, Ronald K.

p. 2353 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.025726-0

Evaluation of signal peptide prediction algorithms for identification of mycobacterial signal peptides using sequence data from proteomic methods

Leversen, Nils Anders, de Souza, Gustavo A., Malen, Hiwa, Prasad, Swati, Jonassen, Inge, Wiker, Harald G.

p. 2375 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.025270-0

Intracellular 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate is the signal for carbon catabolite repression of phenylacetic acid metabolism in Pseudomonas putida KT2440

Kim, Juhyun, Yeom, Jinki, Jeon, Che Ok, Park, Woojun

p. 2420 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.027060-0

Microbiology — Volume 155, Issue 7

Actinomyces naeslundii in initial dental biofilm formation

The DNA static curvature has a role in the regulation of the ompS1 porin gene in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi

The MrpA, MrpB and MrpD subunits of the Mrp antiporter complex in Bacillus subtilis contain membrane-embedded and essential acidic residues

Pseudomonas aeruginosa extracellular products inhibit staphylococcal growth, and disrupt established biofilms produced by Staphylococcus epidermidis

Comparative proteomic analysis of an Aspergillus fumigatus mutant deficient in glucosidase I (AfCwh41)

An iron-regulated LysR-type element mediates antimicrobial peptide resistance and virulence in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Extensive genomic diversity of closely related Wolbachia strains