BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:

Michelle L. Zaharik, Sherry S. Lamb, Kristian E. Baker, Nevan J. Krogan, Jan Neuhard, and Rod A. Kelln

Mutations in yhiT enable utilization of exogenous pyrimidine intermediates in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
Microbiology 2007 153: 2472-2482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masayuki Inui, Masako Suda, Shohei Okino, Hiroshi Nonaka, László G. Puskás, Alain A. Vertès, and Hideaki Yukawa

Transcriptional profiling of Corynebacterium glutamicum metabolism during organic acid production under oxygen deprivation conditions
Microbiology 2007 153: 2491-2504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Olga A. Koksharova, Johan Klint, and Ulla Rasmussen

Comparative proteomics of cell division mutants and wild-type of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942
Microbiology 2007 153: 2505-2517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura D. Tatar, Cristina L. Marolda, Andrew N. Polischuk, Deborah van Leeuwen, and Miguel A. Valvano

An Escherichia coli undecaprenyl-pyrophosphate phosphatase implicated in undecaprenyl phosphate recycling
Microbiology 2007 153: 2518-2529. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sina Jordan, Eva Rietkötter, Mark A. Strauch, Falk Kalamorz, Bronwyn G. Butcher, John D. Helmann, and Thorsten Mascher

LiaRS-dependent gene expression is embedded in transition state regulation in Bacillus subtilis
Microbiology 2007 153: 2530-2540. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Markus Obrist, Sonja Milek, Eberhard Klauck, Regine Hengge, and Franz Narberhaus

Region 2.1 of the Escherichia coli heat-shock sigma factor RpoH (³²) is necessary but not sufficient for degradation by the FtsH protease
Microbiology 2007 153: 2560-2571. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chao-Jen Shih and Mei-Chin Lai

Analysis of the AAA+ chaperone clpB gene and stress-response expression in the halophilic methanogenic archaeon Methanohalophilus portucalensis
Microbiology 2007 153: 2572-2583. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figure]  

Atef K. Sayed, Carl Odom, and John W. Foster

The Escherichia coli AraC-family regulators GadX and GadW activate gadE, the central activator of glutamate-dependent acid resistance
Microbiology 2007 153: 2584-2592. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takashi Yamada, Takeru Kawasaki, Shoko Nagata, Akiko Fujiwara, Shoji Usami, and Makoto Fujie

New bacteriophages that infect the phytopathogen Ralstonia solanacearum
Microbiology 2007 153: 2630-2639. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

Justin Merritt, Lanyan Zheng, Wenyuan Shi, and Fengxia Qi

Genetic characterization of the hdrRM operon: a novel high-cell-density-responsive regulator in Streptococcus mutans
Microbiology 2007 153: 2765-2773. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomoya Yoshinari, Tetsuo Akiyama, Keita Nakamura, Tatsuhiko Kondo, Yoshikazu Takahashi, Yasuhiko Muraoka, Yoshiaki Nonomura, Hiromichi Nagasawa, and Shohei Sakuda

Dioctatin A is a strong inhibitor of aflatoxin production by Aspergillus parasiticus
Microbiology 2007 153: 2774-2780. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hui-Qin Chen, Miin-Huey Lee, and Kuang-Ren Chung

Functional characterization of three genes encoding putative oxidoreductases required for cercosporin toxin biosynthesis in the fungus Cercospora nicotianae
Microbiology 2007 153: 2781-2790. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oliver Rui and Matthias Hahn

The Botrytis cinerea hexokinase, Hxk1, but not the glucokinase, Glk1, is required for normal growth and sugar metabolism, and for pathogenicity on fruits
Microbiology 2007 153: 2791-2802. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION:

Erika Harth, Jaime Romero, Rafael Torres, and Romilio T. Espejo

Intragenomic heterogeneity and intergenomic recombination among Vibrio parahaemolyticus 16S rRNA genes
Microbiology 2007 153: 2640-2647. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emma Griffiths and Radhey S. Gupta

Phylogeny and shared conserved inserts in proteins provide evidence that Verrucomicrobia are the closest known free-living relatives of chlamydiae
Microbiology 2007 153: 2648-2654. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Hui Cai, Beatriz T. Rodríguez, Wei Zhang, Jeff R. Broadbent, and James L. Steele

Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of Lactobacillus casei strains isolated from different ecological niches suggests frequent recombination and niche specificity
Microbiology 2007 153: 2655-2665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. H. Orsi, D. R. Ripoll, M. Yeung, K. K. Nightingale, and M. Wiedmann

Recombination and positive selection contribute to evolution of Listeria monocytogenes inlA
Microbiology 2007 153: 2666-2678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]  

Nathan Jeffery, Robin B. Gasser, Penelope A. Steer, and Amir H. Noormohammadi

Classification of Mycoplasma synoviae strains using single-strand conformation polymorphism and high-resolution melting-curve analysis of the vlhA gene single-copy region
Microbiology 2007 153: 2679-2688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY:

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY:

Denise Guerra-Lopez, Lacy Daniels, and Mamta Rawat

Mycobacterium smegmatis mc² 155 fbiC and MSMEG_2392 are involved in triphenylmethane dye decolorization and coenzyme F₄₂₀ biosynthesis
Microbiology 2007 153: 2724-2732. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GENES AND GENOMES:

Katarzyna Brzostek, Marta Brzóstkowska, Iwona Bukowska, Ewa Karwicka, and Adrianna Raczkowska

OmpR negatively regulates expression of invasin in Yersinia enterocolitica
Microbiology 2007 153: 2416-2425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kiwamu Takahashi, Yasuhiko Sekine, Taku Chibazakura, and Hirofumi Yoshikawa

Development of an intermolecular transposition assay system in Bacillus subtilis 168 using IS4Bsu1 from Bacillus subtilis (natto)
Microbiology 2007 153: 2553-2559. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Lluch-Senar, Miquel Vallmitjana, Enrique Querol, and Jaume Piñol

A new promoterless reporter vector reveals antisense transcription in Mycoplasma genitalium
Microbiology 2007 153: 2743-2752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

PATHOGENS AND PATHOGENICITY:

Kathleen M. Yeater, Jyotsna Chandra, Georgina Cheng, Pranab K. Mukherjee, Xiaomin Zhao, Sandra L. Rodriguez-Zas, Kurt E. Kwast, Mahmoud A. Ghannoum, and Lois L. Hoyer

Temporal analysis of Candida albicans gene expression during biofilm development
Microbiology 2007 153: 2373-2385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary tables]  

Hye-Kyoung Jun, Hae-Ri Lee, Sung-Hoon Lee, and Bong-Kyu Choi

Mapping of the proinflammatory domains of MspTL of Treponema lecithinolyticum
Microbiology 2007 153: 2386-2392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Silvia Vilches, Rocío Canals, Markus Wilhelms, Maria Teresa Saló, Yuriy A. Knirel, Evgeny Vinogradov, Susana Merino, and Juan M. Tomás

Mesophilic Aeromonas UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (GalU) mutants show two types of lipopolysaccharide structures and reduced virulence
Microbiology 2007 153: 2393-2404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

Sebastian F. Zenk, David Stabat, Julie L. Hodgkinson, Andreas K. J. Veenendaal, Steven Johnson, and Ariel J. Blocker

Identification of minor inner-membrane components of the Shigella type III secretion system ‘needle complex’
Microbiology 2007 153: 2405-2415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Flavie Pouillot, Corinne Fayolle, and Elisabeth Carniel

A putative DNA adenine methyltransferase is involved in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis pathogenicity
Microbiology 2007 153: 2426-2434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Rebecca M. Corrigan, David Rigby, Pauline Handley, and Timothy J. Foster

The role of Staphylococcus aureus surface protein SasG in adherence and biofilm formation
Microbiology 2007 153: 2435-2446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gaoyan Tang, Teresa Ruiz, Ramiro Barrantes-Reynolds, and Keith P. Mintz

Molecular heterogeneity of EmaA, an oligomeric autotransporter adhesin of Aggregatibacter (Actinobacillus) actinomycetemcomitans
Microbiology 2007 153: 2447-2457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lucy J. Hathaway, Patrick Bättig, and Kathrin Mühlemann

In vitro expression of the first capsule gene of Streptococcus pneumoniae, cpsA, is associated with serotype-specific colonization prevalence and invasiveness
Microbiology 2007 153: 2465-2471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gil Shalom, Jonathan G. Shaw, and Mark S. Thomas

In vivo expression technology identifies a type VI secretion system locus in Burkholderia pseudomallei that is induced upon invasion of macrophages
Microbiology 2007 153: 2689-2699. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

Patricia J. Tam and Clifford A. Lingwood

Membrane–cytosolic translocation of verotoxin A₁ subunit in target cells
Microbiology 2007 153: 2700-2710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Beata Zalewska, Janusz Stangret, Katarzyna Bury, Marek Wojciechowski, Józef Kur, and Rafal Piatek

DAF- and collagen-binding properties of chimeric Dr fimbriae
Microbiology 2007 153: 2733-2742. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHYSIOLOGY:

Sara Salvetti, Emilia Ghelardi, Francesco Celandroni, Mara Ceragioli, Francesco Giannessi, and Sonia Senesi

FlhF, a signal recognition particle-like GTPase, is involved in the regulation of flagellar arrangement, motility behaviour and protein secretion in Bacillus cereus
Microbiology 2007 153: 2541-2552. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amy V. Jennison and Naresh K. Verma

The acid-resistance pathways of Shigella flexneri 2457T
Microbiology 2007 153: 2593-2602. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olga Kinclova-Zimmermannova and Hana Sychrová

Plasma-membrane Cnh1 Na⁺/H⁺ antiporter regulates potassium homeostasis in Candida albicans
Microbiology 2007 153: 2603-2612. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS:

Gary A. Strobel, Katreena Kluck, Wilford M. Hess, Joe Sears, David Ezra, and Percy N. Vargas

Muscodor albus E-6, an endophyte of Guazuma ulmifolia making volatile antibiotics: isolation, characterization and experimental establishment in the host plant
Microbiology 2007 153: 2613-2620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

THEORETICAL MICROBIOLOGY:

Stephen M. Krone, Ruinan Lu, Randal Fox, Haruo Suzuki, and Eva M. Top

Modelling the spatial dynamics of plasmid transfer and persistence
Microbiology 2007 153: 2803-2816. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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