Issue table of contents

Microbiology — Volume 156, Issue 5

32 articles in this issue

MINI-REVIEW

Tuning the flagellar motor

Kai M. Thormann, Anja Paulick

p. 1275–1283 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.029595-0

CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MICROBES

Staurosporine-induced programmed cell death in Blastocystis occurs independently of caspases and cathepsins and is augmented by calpain inhibition

Jing Yin, Josephine Howe, Kevin S. W. Tan

p. 1284–1293 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.034025-0

CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MICROBES

Interaction of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) glycoprotein D with the host cell surface is sufficient to induce Chlamydia trachomatis persistence

J. Vanover, J. Kintner, J. Whittimore, R. V. Schoborg

p. 1294–1302 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.036566-0

CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MICROBES

Evaluation of the effects of sdiA, a luxR homologue, on adherence and motility of Escherichia coli O157 : H7

Vijay K. Sharma, Shawn M. D. Bearson, Bradley L. Bearson

p. 1303–1312 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.034330-0

CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MICROBES

The β-ketoadipate pathway of Acinetobacter baylyi undergoes carbon catabolite repression, cross-regulation and vertical regulation, and is affected by Crc

Fenja S. Bleichrodt, Rita Fischer, Ulrike C. Gerischer

p. 1313–1322 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.037424-0

CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MICROBES

A role for the Rcs phosphorelay in regulating expression of plant cell wall degrading enzymes in Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum

Liis Andresen, Erki Sala, Viia Kõiv, Andres Mäe

p. 1323–1334 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.033936-0

CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MICROBES

A novel redox-sensing transcriptional regulator CyeR controls expression of an Old Yellow Enzyme family protein in Corynebacterium glutamicum

Shigeki Ehira, Haruhiko Teramoto, Masayuki Inui, Hideaki Yukawa

p. 1335–1341 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.036913-0

CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MICROBES

The 4.5S RNA component of the signal recognition particle is required for group A Streptococcus virulence

Jeanette Treviño, Nataly Perez, Paul Sumby

p. 1342–1350 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.036558-0

CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MICROBES

Diversity of CRISPR loci in Escherichia coli

C. Díez-Villaseñor, C. Almendros, J. García-Martínez, F. J. M. Mojica

p. 1351–1361 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.036046-0

CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MICROBES

Cholesterol utilization in mycobacteria is controlled by two TetR-type transcriptional regulators: kstR and kstR2

Sharon L. Kendall, Philippa Burgess, Ricardo Balhana, Mike Withers, Annemieke ten Bokum, J. Shaun Lott, Chen Gao, Iria Uhia-Castro et al.

p. 1362–1371 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.034538-0

CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MICROBES

cwrA, a gene that specifically responds to cell wall damage in Staphylococcus aureus

Carl J. Balibar, Xiaoyu Shen, Dorothy McGuire, Donghui Yu, David McKenney, Jianshi Tao

p. 1372–1383 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.036129-0

ENVIRONMENTAL AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Variation and molecular evolution of HmbR, the Neisseria meningitidis haemoglobin receptor

Nicholas J. Evans, Odile B. Harrison, Kirsten Clow, Jeremy P. Derrick, Ian M. Feavers, Martin C. J. Maiden

p. 1384–1393 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.036475-0

GENES AND GENOMES

The Swedish new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis: genome sequence, morphology, cell tropism and phenotypic characterization

Magnus Unemo, Helena M. B. Seth-Smith, Lesley T. Cutcliffe, Rachel J. Skilton, David Barlow, David Goulding, Kenneth Persson, Simon R. Harris et al.

p. 1394–1404 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.036830-0

GENES AND GENOMES

An archaeal order with multiple minichromosome maintenance genes

Alison D. Walters, James P. J. Chong

p. 1405–1414 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.036707-0

MICROBIAL PATHOGENICITY

The outer membrane protein OprQ and adherence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to human fibronectin

Abraham Arhin, Cliff Boucher

p. 1415–1423 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.033472-0

MICROBIAL PATHOGENICITY

Analysis of HmsH and its role in plague biofilm formation

Arwa Abu Khweek, Jacqueline D. Fetherston, Robert D. Perry

p. 1424–1438 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.036640-0

MICROBIAL PATHOGENICITY

The pmk1-like mitogen-activated protein kinase from Lecanicillium (Verticillium) fungicola is not required for virulence on Agaricus bisporus

Patrick D. Collopy, Richard C. Amey, Martin J. Sergeant, Michael P. Challen, Peter R. Mills, Gary D. Foster, Andy M. Bailey

p. 1439–1447 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.034439-0

MICROBIAL PATHOGENICITY

Acquisition of multidrug resistance transposon Tn6061 and IS6100-mediated large chromosomal inversions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates

Sébastien Coyne, Patrice Courvalin, Marc Galimand

p. 1448–1458 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.033639-0

MICROBIAL PATHOGENICITY

Capsule depolymerase overexpression reduces Bacillus anthracis virulence

Angelo Scorpio, Donald J. Chabot, William A. Day, Timothy A. Hoover, Arthur M. Friedlander

p. 1459–1467 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.035857-0

MICROBIAL PATHOGENICITY

Paradoxical conservation of a set of three cellulose-targeting genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex organisms

Felix Mba Medie, Iskandar Ben Salah, Michel Drancourt, Bernard Henrissat

p. 1468–1475 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.037812-0

MICROBIAL PATHOGENICITY

Pseudomonas aeruginosa secreted factors impair biofilm development in Candida albicans

Lucy J. Holcombe, Gordon McAlester, Carol A. Munro, Brice Enjalbert, Alistair J. P. Brown, Neil A. R. Gow, Chen Ding, Geraldine Butler et al.

p. 1476–1486 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.037549-0

PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Molecular characterization of FinR, a novel redox-sensing transcriptional regulator in Pseudomonas putida KT2440

Sujin Yeom, Jinki Yeom, Woojun Park

p. 1487–1496 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.034181-0

PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Mycobacteriophage Ms6 LysB specifically targets the outer membrane of Mycobacterium smegmatis

Filipa Gil, Anna E. Grzegorzewicz, Maria João Catalão, João Vital, Michael R. McNeil, Madalena Pimentel

p. 1497–1504 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.032821-0

PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

A complex regulatory network controls aerobic ethanol oxidation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: indication of four levels of sensor kinases and response regulators

Demissew S. Mern, Seung-Wook Ha, Viola Khodaverdi, Nicole Gliese, Helmut Görisch

p. 1505–1516 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.032847-0

PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Effects of spontaneous mutations in PipX functions and regulatory complexes on the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus strain PCC 7942

Javier Espinosa, Miguel Angel Castells, Karim Boumediene Laichoubi, Karl Forchhammer, Asunción Contreras

p. 1517–1526 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.037309-0

PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

The enigmatic lack of glucose utilization in Streptomyces clavuligerus is due to inefficient expression of the glucose permease gene

Rosario Pérez-Redondo, Irene Santamarta, Roel Bovenberg, Juan F. Martín, Paloma Liras

p. 1527–1537 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.035840-0

PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Identification of two scyllo-inositol dehydrogenases in Bacillus subtilis

Tetsuro Morinaga, Hitoshi Ashida, Ken-ichi Yoshida

p. 1538–1546 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.037499-0

PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Isethionate formation from taurine in Chromohalobacter salexigens: purification of sulfoacetaldehyde reductase

Zdeněk Krejčík, Klaus Hollemeyer, Theo H. M. Smits, Alasdair M. Cook

p. 1547–1555 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.036699-0

Physiology And Biochemistry

2,3-Dihydroxypropane-1-sulfonate degraded by Cupriavidus pinatubonensis JMP134: purification of dihydroxypropanesulfonate 3-dehydrogenase

Jutta Mayer, Thomas Huhn, Michael Habeck, Karin Denger, Klaus Hollemeyer, Alasdair M. Cook

p. 1556–1564 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.037580-0

PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Novel insertion and deletion mutants of RpoB that render Mycobacterium smegmatis RNA polymerase resistant to rifampicin-mediated inhibition of transcription

Vidyasagar Malshetty, Krishna Kurthkoti, Arnab China, Bratati Mallick, Subburaj Yamunadevi, Pau Biak Sang, Narayanaswamy Srinivasan, Valakunja Nagaraja et al.

p. 1565–1573 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.036970-0

CORRIGENDUM

Phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase (PrsA) variants alter cellular pools of ribose 5-phosphate and influence thiamine synthesis in Salmonella enterica

Mark J. Koenigsknecht, Luke A. Fenlon, Diana M. Downs

p. 1574 https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.30650-0

Microbiology 156(5):2020

p. 2020