MICROBIOLOGY COMMENTS:

T. F. Cooper, H. J. E. Beaumont, and P. B. Rainey

Biofilm diversity as a test of the insurance hypothesis
Microbiology 2005 151: 2815-2816. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Blaise R. Boles, Matthew Thoendel, and Pradeep K. Singh

Genetic variation in biofilms and the insurance effects of diversity
Microbiology 2005 151: 2816-2818. [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. W. J. van Passel, A. Bart, and A. van der Ende

Default taxonomy and the genomics era
Microbiology 2005 151: 2818-2820. [Full Text] [PDF]  

LECTURE:

Richard W. Titball

Gas gangrene: an open and closed case
Microbiology 2005 151: 2821-2828. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:

Andrew J. Spiers and Paul B. Rainey

The Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 wrinkly spreader biofilm requires attachment factor, cellulose fibre and LPS interactions to maintain strength and integrity
Microbiology 2005 151: 2829-2839. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yolanda Arco, Inmaculada Llamas, Fernando Martínez-Checa, Montserrat Argandoña, Emilia Quesada, and Ana del Moral

epsABCJ genes are involved in the biosynthesis of the exopolysaccharide mauran produced by Halomonas maura
Microbiology 2005 151: 2841-2851. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Serena Sarli, Mauro Nicoletti, Serena Schippa, Federica Del Chierico, Daniela Santapaola, Piera Valenti, and Francesca Berlutti

Ala160 and His116 residues are involved in activity and specificity of apyrase, an ATP-hydrolysing enzyme produced by enteroinvasive Escherichia coli
Microbiology 2005 151: 2853-2860. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katrin Pollmann, Johannes Raff, Michaela Schnorpfeil, Galina Radeva, and Sonja Selenska-Pobell

Novel surface layer protein genes in Bacillus sphaericus associated with unusual insertion elements
Microbiology 2005 151: 2961-2973. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Bin Hong, Lifei Wang, Elke Lammertyn, Nick Geukens, Lieve Van Mellaert, Yuan Li, and Jozef Anné

Inactivation of the 20S proteasome in Streptomyces lividans and its influence on the production of heterologous proteins
Microbiology 2005 151: 3137-3145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY:

Henrik Hasman

The tcrB gene is part of the tcrYAZB operon conferring copper resistance in Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis
Microbiology 2005 151: 3019-3025. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Méabh Cullinane, Christine Baysse, John P. Morrissey, and Fergal O'Gara

Identification of two lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase genes with overlapping function in Pseudomonas fluorescens
Microbiology 2005 151: 3071-3080. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GENES AND GENOMES:

Marco Ventura, John G. Kenny, Ziding Zhang, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, and Douwe van Sinderen

The clpB gene of Bifidobacterium breve UCC 2003: transcriptional analysis and first insights into stress induction
Microbiology 2005 151: 2861-2872. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard A. Stabler, Gemma L. Marsden, Adam A. Witney, Yanwen Li, Stephen D. Bentley, Christoph M. Tang, and Jason Hinds

Identification of pathogen-specific genes through microarray analysis of pathogenic and commensal Neisseria species
Microbiology 2005 151: 2907-2922. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Jean-Pierre Gratia

Noncomplementing diploidy resulting from spontaneous zygogenesis in Escherichia coli
Microbiology 2005 151: 2947-2959. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. Marla Tuffin, Peter de Groot, Shelly M. Deane, and Douglas E. Rawlings

An unusual Tn21-like transposon containing an ars operon is present in highly arsenic-resistant strains of the biomining bacterium Acidithiobacillus caldus
Microbiology 2005 151: 3027-3039. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mariko Saitoh, Kiyoshi Tanaka, Kei Nishimori, Sou-ichi Makino, Toru Kanno, Ryoko Ishihara, Shinichi Hatama, Rie Kitano, Masato Kishima, Toshiya Sameshima, Masato Akiba, Muneo Nakazawa, Yuichi Yokomizo, and Ikuo Uchida

The artAB genes encode a putative ADP-ribosyltransferase toxin homologue associated with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium DT104
Microbiology 2005 151: 3089-3096. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark van der Giezen, Gloria León-Avila, and Jorge Tovar

Characterization of chaperonin 10 (Cpn10) from the intestinal human pathogen Entamoeba histolytica
Microbiology 2005 151: 3107-3115. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY:

Hassan Badrane, Shaoji Cheng, M. Hong Nguyen, Hong Yan Jia, Zongde Zhang, Nghe Weisner, and Cornelius J. Clancy

Candida albicans IRS4 contributes to hyphal formation and virulence after the initial stages of disseminated candidiasis
Microbiology 2005 151: 2923-2931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isabel Rodríguez-Escudero, Philip R. Hardwidge, César Nombela, Víctor J. Cid, B. Brett Finlay, and María Molina

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli type III effectors alter cytoskeletal function and signalling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Microbiology 2005 151: 2933-2945. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bisweswar Nandi, Ranjan K. Nandy, Amit Sarkar, and Asoke C. Ghose

Structural features, properties and regulation of the outer-membrane protein W (OmpW) of Vibrio cholerae
Microbiology 2005 151: 2975-2986. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gerald Kayingo and Brian Wong

The MAP kinase Hog1p differentially regulates stress-induced production and accumulation of glycerol and D-arabitol in Candida albicans
Microbiology 2005 151: 2987-2999. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sathish Prasad, Peter C. Morris, Rasmus Hansen, Philip G. Meaden, and Brian Austin

A novel bacteriocin-like substance (BLIS) from a pathogenic strain of Vibrio harveyi
Microbiology 2005 151: 3051-3058. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

Rajan P. Adhikari and Richard P. Novick

Subinhibitory cerulenin inhibits staphylococcal exoprotein production by blocking transcription rather than by blocking secretion
Microbiology 2005 151: 3059-3069. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Petra L. Kohler, Karen A. Cloud, Kathleen T. Hackett, Eric T. Beck, and Joseph P. Dillard

Characterization of the role of LtgB, a putative lytic transglycosylase in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Microbiology 2005 151: 3081-3088. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lan Hu, Richard B. Raybourne, and Dennis J. Kopecko

Ca²⁺ release from host intracellular stores and related signal transduction during Campylobacter jejuni 81-176 internalization into human intestinal cells
Microbiology 2005 151: 3097-3105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine Demanche, Fanélie Wanert, Mathieu Barthélemy, Jérôme Mathieu, Isabelle Durand-Joly, Eduardo Dei-Cas, René Chermette, and Jacques Guillot

Molecular and serological evidence of Pneumocystis circulation in a social organization of healthy macaques (Macaca fascicularis)
Microbiology 2005 151: 3117-3125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth M. Crump, Ján Burian, Philippe D. Allen, and William W. Kay

Identification and expression of a host-recognized antigen, FspA, from Flavobacterium psychrophilum
Microbiology 2005 151: 3127-3135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHYSIOLOGY:

M. A. Patrauchan, S. Sarkisova, K. Sauer, and M. J. Franklin

Calcium influences cellular and extracellular product formation during biofilm-associated growth of a marine Pseudoalteromonas sp.
Microbiology 2005 151: 2885-2897. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

Kazuki Yamanaka, Hiroaki Oikawa, Hiro-omi Ogawa, Kuniaki Hosono, Fumie Shinmachi, Hideaki Takano, Shohei Sakuda, Teruhiko Beppu, and Kenji Ueda

Desferrioxamine E produced by Streptomyces griseus stimulates growth and development of Streptomyces tanashiensis
Microbiology 2005 151: 2899-2905. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. Rochat, A. Miyoshi, J. J. Gratadoux, P. Duwat, S. Sourice, V. Azevedo, and P. Langella

High-level resistance to oxidative stress in Lactococcus lactis conferred by Bacillus subtilis catalase KatE
Microbiology 2005 151: 3011-3018. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kathrin Minnig, Vladimir Lazarevic, Blazenka Soldo, and Catherine Mauël

Analysis of teichoic acid biosynthesis regulation reveals that the extracytoplasmic function sigma factor ^M is induced by phosphate depletion in Bacillus subtilis W23
Microbiology 2005 151: 3041-3049. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS:

Naoyuki Tamura, Yukio Murata, and Takafumi Mukaihara

Isolation of Ralstonia solanacearum hrpB constitutive mutants and secretion analysis of hrpB-regulated gene products that share homology with known type III effectors and enzymes
Microbiology 2005 151: 2873-2884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Virginia O. Stockwell and Joyce E. Loper

The sigma factor RpoS is required for stress tolerance and environmental fitness of Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5
Microbiology 2005 151: 3001-3009. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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