REVIEW:

MINI-REVIEW:

CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MICROBES:

Marco Candela, Elena Biagi, Manuela Centanni, Silvia Turroni, Manuela Vici, Francesco Musiani, Beatrice Vitali, Simone Bergmann, Sven Hammerschmidt, and Patrizia Brigidi

Bifidobacterial enolase, a cell surface receptor for human plasminogen involved in the interaction with the host
Microbiology 2009 155: 3294-3303. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mehdi Mollapour, Andrew Shepherd, and Peter W. Piper

Presence of the Fps1p aquaglyceroporin channel is essential for Hog1p activation, but suppresses Slt2(Mpk1)p activation, with acetic acid stress of yeast
Microbiology 2009 155: 3304-3311. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masaki Yamamoto, Atsuhisa Ueda, Makoto Kudo, Yasuhiro Matsuo, Jun Fukushima, Taiji Nakae, Takeshi Kaneko, and Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo

Role of MexZ and PA5471 in transcriptional regulation of mexXY in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Microbiology 2009 155: 3312-3321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yongxing Gong, Xiao-Lin Tian, Tara Sutherland, Gary Sisson, Junni Mai, Junqi Ling, and Yung-Hua Li

Global transcriptional analysis of acid-inducible genes in Streptococcus mutans: multiple two-component systems involved in acid adaptation
Microbiology 2009 155: 3322-3332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Yoshiaki Hasegawa, Jun Iwami, Keiko Sato, Yoonsuk Park, Kiyoshi Nishikawa, Tatsuo Atsumi, Keiichi Moriguchi, Yukitaka Murakami, Richard J. Lamont, Hiroshi Nakamura, Norikazu Ohno, and Fuminobu Yoshimura

Anchoring and length regulation of Porphyromonas gingivalis Mfa1 fimbriae by the downstream gene product Mfa2
Microbiology 2009 155: 3333-3347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENVIRONMENTAL AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY:

Marianna Naum, Eric W. Brown, and Roberta J. Mason-Gamer

Phylogenetic evidence for extensive horizontal gene transfer of type III secretion system genes among enterobacterial plant pathogens
Microbiology 2009 155: 3187-3199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic, Michelle Flanagan, Aisling R. Hume, Gerard Cagney, and Kevin E. O'Connor

Analysis of the Pseudomonas putida CA-3 proteome during growth on styrene under nitrogen-limiting and non-limiting conditions
Microbiology 2009 155: 3348-3361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Maki Teramoto, Masahito Suzuki, Fumiyoshi Okazaki, Ariani Hatmanti, and Shigeaki Harayama

Oceanobacter-related bacteria are important for the degradation of petroleum aliphatic hydrocarbons in the tropical marine environment
Microbiology 2009 155: 3362-3370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lucia Maddau, Annalisa Cabras, Antonio Franceschini, Benedetto T. Linaldeddu, Salvatore Crobu, Tonina Roggio, and Daniela Pagnozzi

Occurrence and characterization of peptaibols from Trichoderma citrinoviride, an endophytic fungus of cork oak, using electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry
Microbiology 2009 155: 3371-3381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GENES AND GENOMES:

Zhensheng Pan, Ben Carter, Javier Núñez-García, Manal AbuOun, María Fookes, Al Ivens, Martin J. Woodward, and Muna F. Anjum

Identification of genetic and phenotypic differences associated with prevalent and non-prevalent Salmonella Enteritidis phage types: analysis of variation in amino acid transport
Microbiology 2009 155: 3200-3213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Pan-Pan Li, Ya-Jun Liu, and Shuang-Jiang Liu

Genetic and biochemical identification of the chorismate mutase from Corynebacterium glutamicum
Microbiology 2009 155: 3382-3391. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MICROBIAL PATHOGENICITY:

Rika Nobe, Jean-Philippe Nougayrède, Frédéric Taieb, Marjorie Bardiau, Dominique Cassart, Fernando Navarro-Garcia, Jacques Mainil, Tetsuya Hayashi, and Eric Oswald

Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli serogroup O111 inhibits NF-B-dependent innate responses in a manner independent of a type III secreted OspG orthologue
Microbiology 2009 155: 3214-3225. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xue Yan, Chen Zhao, Aurélie Budin-Verneuil, Axel Hartke, Alain Rincé, Michael S. Gilmore, Yanick Auffray, and Vianney Pichereau

The (p)ppGpp synthetase RelA contributes to stress adaptation and virulence in Enterococcus faecalis V583
Microbiology 2009 155: 3226-3237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rodrigo A. Giacaman, Anil C. Asrani, Karen F. Ross, and Mark C. Herzberg

Cleavage of protease-activated receptors on an immortalized oral epithelial cell line by Porphyromonas gingivalis gingipains
Microbiology 2009 155: 3238-3246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stacy L. Agar, Jian Sha, Wallace B. Baze, Tatiana E. Erova, Sheri M. Foltz, Giovanni Suarez, Shaofei Wang, and Ashok K. Chopra

Deletion of Braun lipoprotein gene (lpp) and curing of plasmid pPCP1 dramatically alter the virulence of Yersinia pestis CO92 in a mouse model of pneumonic plague
Microbiology 2009 155: 3247-3259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Javier A. Carter, Juan C. Jiménez, Mercedes Zaldívar, Sergio A. Álvarez, Cristina L. Marolda, Miguel A. Valvano, and Inés Contreras

The cellular level of O-antigen polymerase Wzy determines chain length regulation by WzzB and Wzz_pHS-2 in Shigella flexneri 2a
Microbiology 2009 155: 3260-3269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhijun Zhong, Yufei Wang, Feng Qiao, Zhoujia Wang, Xinying Du, Jie Xu, Jin Zhao, Qing Qu, Shicun Dong, Yansong Sun, Liuyu Huang, Kehe Huang, and Zeliang Chen

Cytotoxicity of Brucella smooth strains for macrophages is mediated by increased secretion of the type IV secretion system
Microbiology 2009 155: 3392-3402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. K. Paterson, D. B. Cone, S. E. Peters, and D. J. Maskell

The enzyme phosphoglucomutase (Pgm) is required by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium for O-antigen production, resistance to antimicrobial peptides and in vivo fitness
Microbiology 2009 155: 3403-3410. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cláudio X. Machado, Paulo M. Pinto, Arnaldo Zaha, and Henrique B. Ferreira

A peroxiredoxin from Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae with a possible role in H₂O₂ detoxification
Microbiology 2009 155: 3411-3419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Nobuyuki Shibata, Tomomi Saitoh, Yukari Tadokoro, and Yoshio Okawa

The cell wall galactomannan antigen from Malassezia furfur and Malassezia pachydermatis contains β-1,6-linked linear galactofuranosyl residues and its detection has diagnostic potential
Microbiology 2009 155: 3420-3429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY:

Wenxia Fang, Xiaoying Yu, Bin Wang, Hui Zhou, Haomiao Ouyang, Jia Ming, and Cheng Jin

Characterization of the Aspergillus fumigatus phosphomannose isomerase Pmi1 and its impact on cell wall synthesis and morphogenesis
Microbiology 2009 155: 3281-3293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Machtelt Braaksma, Age K. Smilde, Mariët J. van der Werf, and Peter J. Punt

The effect of environmental conditions on extracellular protease activity in controlled fermentations of Aspergillus niger
Microbiology 2009 155: 3430-3439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Weifa Zheng, Kangjie Miao, Yanxia Zhang, Shenyuan Pan, Meimei Zhang, and Hong Jiang

Nitric oxide mediates the fungal-elicitor-enhanced biosynthesis of antioxidant polyphenols in submerged cultures of Inonotus obliquus
Microbiology 2009 155: 3440-3448. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Theresa Lindhout, Peter C. Y. Lau, Dyanne Brewer, and Joseph S. Lam

Truncation in the core oligosaccharide of lipopolysaccharide affects flagella-mediated motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 via modulation of cell surface attachment
Microbiology 2009 155: 3449-3460. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Tina Ivancic, Masa Vodovnik, Romana Marinsek-Logar, and David Stopar

Conditioning of the membrane fatty acid profile of Escherichia coli during periodic temperature cycling
Microbiology 2009 155: 3461-3463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel Paredes-Sabja, Peter Setlow, and Mahfuzur R. Sarker

The protease CspB is essential for initiation of cortex hydrolysis and dipicolinic acid (DPA) release during germination of spores of Clostridium perfringens type A food poisoning isolates
Microbiology 2009 155: 3464-3472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

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