MICROBIOLOGY COMMENTS:

REVIEW:

CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MICROBES:

Gaylen A. Uhlich

KatP contributes to OxyR-regulated hydrogen peroxide resistance in Escherichia coli serotype O157 : H7
Microbiology 2009 155: 3589-3598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wesley P. Black, Qian Xu, Christena Linn Cadieux, Sang-Jin Suh, Wenyuan Shi, and Zhaomin Yang

Isolation and characterization of a suppressor mutation that restores Myxococcus xanthus exopolysaccharide production
Microbiology 2009 155: 3599-3610. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Kathrin Schirner and Jeff Errington

Influence of heterologous MreB proteins on cell morphology of Bacillus subtilis
Microbiology 2009 155: 3611-3621. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yangbo Hu, Yao Wang, Lisha Ding, Pei Lu, Steve Atkinson, and Shiyun Chen

Positive regulation of flhDC expression by OmpR in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
Microbiology 2009 155: 3622-3631. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Devanand Kumar, Neha Minocha, Kalpana Rajanala, and Swati Saha

The distribution pattern of proliferating cell nuclear antigen in the nuclei of Leishmania donovani
Microbiology 2009 155: 3748-3757. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]  

ENVIRONMENTAL AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY:

Song F. Lee, Yi-Jing Li, and Scott A. Halperin

Overcoming codon-usage bias in heterologous protein expression in Streptococcus gordonii
Microbiology 2009 155: 3581-3588. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeri D. Barak, Lisa Gorski, Anita S. Liang, and Koh-Eun Narm

Previously uncharacterized Salmonella enterica genes required for swarming play a role in seedling colonization
Microbiology 2009 155: 3701-3709. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Florence Tardy, Laure Maigre, François Poumarat, and Christine Citti

Identification and distribution of genetic markers in three closely related taxa of the Mycoplasma mycoides cluster: refining the relative position and boundaries of the Mycoplasma sp. bovine group 7 taxon (Mycoplasma leachii)
Microbiology 2009 155: 3775-3787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary tables]  

Yaligara Veeranagouda, Eun Jin Lim, Dong Wan Kim, Jin-Kyoo Kim, Kyungyun Cho, Hermann J. Heipieper, and Kyoung Lee

Formation of specialized aerial architectures by Rhodococcus during utilization of vaporized p-cresol
Microbiology 2009 155: 3788-3796. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

GENES AND GENOMES:

Lionel Ferrières, Aoife Thompson, and David J. Clarke

Elevated levels of ^S inhibit biofilm formation in Escherichia coli: a role for the Rcs phosphorelay
Microbiology 2009 155: 3544-3553. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Janina P. Lewis, Divya Iyer, and Cecilia Anaya-Bergman

Adaptation of Porphyromonas gingivalis to microaerophilic conditions involves increased consumption of formate and reduced utilization of lactate
Microbiology 2009 155: 3758-3774. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

MICROBIAL PATHOGENICITY:

Christiane Wirtz, Wolfgang Witte, Christiane Wolz, and Christiane Goerke

Transcription of the phage-encoded Panton–Valentine leukocidin of Staphylococcus aureus is dependent on the phage life-cycle and on the host background
Microbiology 2009 155: 3491-3499. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Morten Alhede, Thomas Bjarnsholt, Peter Ø. Jensen, Richard Kerry Phipps, Claus Moser, Lars Christophersen, Louise Dahl Christensen, Maria van Gennip, Matt Parsek, Niels Høiby, Thomas Bovbjerg Rasmussen, and Michael Givskov

Pseudomonas aeruginosa recognizes and responds aggressively to the presence of polymorphonuclear leukocytes
Microbiology 2009 155: 3500-3508. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Suppplementary tables]  

Takehiko Mima, Naoki Kohira, Yang Li, Hiroshi Sekiya, Wakano Ogawa, Teruo Kuroda, and Tomofusa Tsuchiya

Gene cloning and characteristics of the RND-type multidrug efflux pump MuxABC-OpmB possessing two RND components in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Microbiology 2009 155: 3509-3517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bijay K. Khajanchi, Jian Sha, Elena V. Kozlova, Tatiana E. Erova, Giovanni Suarez, Johanna C. Sierra, Vsevolod L. Popov, Amy J. Horneman, and Ashok K. Chopra

N-Acylhomoserine lactones involved in quorum sensing control the type VI secretion system, biofilm formation, protease production, and in vivo virulence in a clinical isolate of Aeromonas hydrophila
Microbiology 2009 155: 3518-3531. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Pilar Domenech and Michael B. Reed

Rapid and spontaneous loss of phthiocerol dimycocerosate (PDIM) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis grown in vitro: implications for virulence studies
Microbiology 2009 155: 3532-3543. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sylvia Herold, James C. Paton, Potjanee Srimanote, and Adrienne W. Paton

Differential effects of short-chain fatty acids and iron on expression of iha in Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli
Microbiology 2009 155: 3554-3563. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frédéric Gaspar, Neuza Teixeira, Lionel Rigottier-Gois, Paulo Marujo, Christina Nielsen-LeRoux, Maria Teresa Barreto Crespo, Maria de Fátima Silva Lopes, and Pascale Serror

Virulence of Enterococcus faecalis dairy strains in an insect model: the role of fsrB and gelE
Microbiology 2009 155: 3564-3571. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Harish K. Janagama, T. M. A. Senthilkumar, John P. Bannantine, G. Marcela Rodriguez, Issar Smith, Michael L. Paustian, Jeffery A. McGarvey, and Srinand Sreevatsan

Identification and functional characterization of the iron-dependent regulator (IdeR) of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
Microbiology 2009 155: 3683-3690. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Michael T. Ashby, Jens Kreth, Muthu Soundarajan, and Laure Sita Sivuilu

Influence of a model human defensive peroxidase system on oral streptococcal antagonism
Microbiology 2009 155: 3691-3700. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ikuo Uchida, Ryoko Ishihara, Kiyoshi Tanaka, Eiji Hata, Sou-ichi Makino, Toru Kanno, Shinichi Hatama, Masato Kishima, Masato Akiba, Atsushi Watanabe, and Takayuki Kubota

Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium DT104 ArtA-dependent modification of pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins in the presence of [³²P]NAD
Microbiology 2009 155: 3710-3718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

Pedro Antônio Castelo Teixeira, Rafaela Alves de Castro, Rosana Cícera Nascimento, Guy Tronchin, Armando Pérez Torres, Márcia Lazéra, Sandro Rogério de Almeida, Jean-Philippe Bouchara, Carla Veronica Loureiro y Penha, and Leila M. Lopes-Bezerra

Cell surface expression of adhesins for fibronectin correlates with virulence in Sporothrix schenckii
Microbiology 2009 155: 3730-3738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isaac Cervantes-Sandoval, José de Jesús Serrano-Luna, Patricia Meza-Cervantez, Rossana Arroyo, Víctor Tsutsumi, and Mineko Shibayama

Naegleria fowleri induces MUC5AC and pro-inflammatory cytokines in human epithelial cells via ROS production and EGFR activation
Microbiology 2009 155: 3739-3747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY:

Ok Bin Kim, Julia Reimann, Hanna Lukas, Uwe Schumacher, Jan Grimpo, Pia Dünnwald, and Gottfried Unden

Regulation of tartrate metabolism by TtdR and relation to the DcuS–DcuR-regulated C₄-dicarboxylate metabolism of Escherichia coli
Microbiology 2009 155: 3632-3640. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Danilo Pérez-Pantoja, Raúl A. Donoso, Miguel A. Sánchez, and Bernardo González

Genuine genetic redundancy in maleylacetate-reductase-encoding genes involved in degradation of haloaromatic compounds by Cupriavidus necator JMP134
Microbiology 2009 155: 3641-3651. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuya Tanaka, Haruhiko Teramoto, Masayuki Inui, and Hideaki Yukawa

Identification of a second β-glucoside phosphoenolpyruvate : carbohydrate phosphotransferase system in Corynebacterium glutamicum R
Microbiology 2009 155: 3652-3660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary table]  

Guyue Cheng, Peiwei Zhao, Xiao-Feng Tang, and Bing Tang

Identification and characterization of a novel spore-associated subtilase from Thermoactinomyces sp. CDF
Microbiology 2009 155: 3661-3672. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Cathal S. Mahon, Anthony J. O'Donoghue, David H. Goetz, Patrick G. Murray, Charles S. Craik, and Maria G. Tuohy

Characterization of a multimeric, eukaryotic prolyl aminopeptidase: an inducible and highly specific intracellular peptidase from the non-pathogenic fungus Talaromyces emersonii
Microbiology 2009 155: 3673-3682. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

Katrijn Bockstael, Nick Geukens, Lieve Van Mellaert, Piet Herdewijn, Jozef Anné, and Arthur Van Aerschot

Evaluation of the type I signal peptidase as antibacterial target for biofilm-associated infections of Staphylococcus epidermidis
Microbiology 2009 155: 3719-3729. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

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