MICROBIOLOGY COMMENTS:

David J. Hampson, Tom La, Ben Adler, and Darren J. Trott

Proposed revisions to the nomenclature for Brachyspira membrane proteins and lipoproteins
Microbiology 2006 152: 1-2. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:

Bláithín Maunsell, Claire Adams, and Fergal O'Gara

Complex regulation of AprA metalloprotease in Pseudomonas fluorescens M114: evidence for the involvement of iron, the ECF sigma factor, PbrA and pseudobactin M114 siderophore
Microbiology 2006 152: 29-42. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geneviève Girard, E. Tjeerd van Rij, Ben J. J. Lugtenberg, and Guido V. Bloemberg

Regulatory roles of psrA and rpoS in phenazine-1-carboxamide synthesis by Pseudomonas chlororaphis PCL1391
Microbiology 2006 152: 43-58. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

María J. Yebra, Vicente Monedero, Manuel Zúñiga, Josef Deutscher, and Gaspar Pérez-Martínez

Molecular analysis of the glucose-specific phosphoenolpyruvate : sugar phosphotransferase system from Lactobacillus casei and its links with the control of sugar metabolism
Microbiology 2006 152: 95-104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Muhammad N. Cahyanto, Hiroko Kawasaki, Mariko Nagashio, Kazuhito Fujiyama, and Tatsuji Seki

Regulation of aspartokinase, aspartate semialdehyde dehydrogenase, dihydrodipicolinate synthase and dihydrodipicolinate reductase in Lactobacillus plantarum
Microbiology 2006 152: 105-112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peixuan Zhu, Robert A. Boykins, and Chao-Ming Tsai

Genetic and functional analyses of the lgtH gene, a member of the -1,4-galactosyltransferase gene family in the genus Neisseria
Microbiology 2006 152: 123-134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Marco J. van Belkum and Michael E. Stiles

Characterization of the theta-type plasmid pCD3.4 from Carnobacterium divergens, and modulation of its host range by RepA mutation
Microbiology 2006 152: 171-178. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cédric Charrier, Gary J. Duncan, Martin D. Reid, Garry J. Rucklidge, Donna Henderson, Pauline Young, Valerie J. Russell, Rustam I. Aminov, Harry J. Flint, and Petra Louis

A novel class of CoA-transferase involved in short-chain fatty acid metabolism in butyrate-producing human colonic bacteria
Microbiology 2006 152: 179-185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gavin H. Thomas, Thomas Southworth, Maria Rocio León-Kempis, Andrew Leech, and David J. Kelly

Novel ligands for the extracellular solute receptors of two bacterial TRAP transporters
Microbiology 2006 152: 187-198. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jude Beaudoin, Julie Laliberté, and Simon Labbé

Functional dissection of Ctr4 and Ctr5 amino-terminal regions reveals motifs with redundant roles in copper transport
Microbiology 2006 152: 209-222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION:

Ludovic Le Chat, Michel Fons, and Francois Taddei

Escherichia coli mutators: selection criteria and migration effect
Microbiology 2006 152: 67-73. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Volodymyr Dvornyk

Subfamilies of cpmA, a gene involved in circadian output, have different evolutionary histories in cyanobacteria
Microbiology 2006 152: 75-84. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Corrigendum]  

Blanca de las Rivas, Ángela Marcobal, and Rosario Muñoz

Development of a multilocus sequence typing method for analysis of Lactobacillus plantarum strains
Microbiology 2006 152: 85-93. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

William G. Miller, Mark D. Englen, Sophia Kathariou, Irene V. Wesley, Guilin Wang, Lauren Pittenger-Alley, Robin M. Siletz, Wayne Muraoka, Paula J. Fedorka-Cray, and Robert E. Mandrell

Identification of host-associated alleles by multilocus sequence typing of Campylobacter coli strains from food animals
Microbiology 2006 152: 245-255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY:

Francisco Remonsellez, Alvaro Orell, and Carlos A. Jerez

Copper tolerance of the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus metallicus: possible role of polyphosphate metabolism
Microbiology 2006 152: 59-66. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GENES AND GENOMES:

João C. Setubal, Marcelo Reis, James Matsunaga, and David A. Haake

Lipoprotein computational prediction in spirochaetal genomes
Microbiology 2006 152: 113-121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figures and tables]  

Chao-Zong Lee, Guey-Yuh Liou, and Gwo-Fang Yuan

Comparison of the aflR gene sequences of strains in Aspergillus section Flavi
Microbiology 2006 152: 161-170. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mariët J. van der Werf, Bart Pieterse, Nicole van Luijk, Frank Schuren, Bianca van der Werff-van der Vat, Karin Overkamp, and Renger H. Jellema

Multivariate analysis of microarray data by principal component discriminant analysis: prioritizing relevant transcripts linked to the degradation of different carbohydrates in Pseudomonas putida S12
Microbiology 2006 152: 257-272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Jos Boekhorst, Quinta Helmer, Michiel Kleerebezem, and Roland J. Siezen

Comparative analysis of proteins with a mucus-binding domain found exclusively in lactic acid bacteria
Microbiology 2006 152: 273-280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary tables and figures]  

MINI-REVIEWS:

A. Guerrero, N. Jain, D. L. Goldman, and B. C. Fries

Phenotypic switching in Cryptococcus neoformans
Microbiology 2006 152: 3-9. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY:

Ghyslaine Vanier, Anna Szczotka, Peter Friedl, Sonia Lacouture, Mario Jacques, and Marcelo Gottschalk

Haemophilus parasuis invades porcine brain microvascular endothelial cells
Microbiology 2006 152: 135-142. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ciara M. Shaver and Alan R. Hauser

Interactions between effector proteins of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III secretion system do not significantly affect several measures of disease severity in mammals
Microbiology 2006 152: 143-152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric L. Buckles, Xiaolin Wang, C. Virginia Lockatell, David E. Johnson, and Michael S. Donnenberg

PhoU enhances the ability of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli strain CFT073 to colonize the murine urinary tract
Microbiology 2006 152: 153-160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lisa R. Scully and Michael J. Bidochka

A cysteine/methionine auxotroph of the opportunistic fungus Aspergillus flavus is associated with host-range restriction: a model for emerging diseases
Microbiology 2006 152: 223-232. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julie N. Stewart, Hilda N. Rivera, Russell Karls, Frederick D. Quinn, Jesse Roman, and Carlos A. Rivera-Marrero

Increased pathology in lungs of mice after infection with an -crystallin mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: changes in cathepsin proteases and certain cytokines
Microbiology 2006 152: 233-244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHYSIOLOGY:

Mónica Barriuso-Iglesias, Carlos Barreiro, Fabio Flechoso, and Juan F. Martín

Transcriptional analysis of the F₀F₁ ATPase operon of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032 reveals strong induction by alkaline pH
Microbiology 2006 152: 11-21. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figure]  

Victoria L. Gray, Michael O'Reilly, Carsten T. Müller, Ian D. Watkins, and David Lloyd

Low tyrosine content of growth media yields aflagellate Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
Microbiology 2006 152: 23-28. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS:

María J. Delgado, Alvaro Tresierra-Ayala, Chouhra Talbi, and Eulogio J. Bedmar

Functional characterization of the Bradyrhizobium japonicum modA and modB genes involved in molybdenum transport
Microbiology 2006 152: 199-207. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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