Biochemistry and molecular biology
Metal-responsive elements in Pleurotus ostreatus laccase gene promoters
Carbon-source-dependent nitrogen regulation in Escherichia coli is mediated through glutamine-dependent GlnB signalling
Overexpression of the polynucleotide phosphorylase gene (pnp) of Streptomyces antibioticus affects mRNA stability and poly(A) tail length but not ppGpp levels
CloN2, a novel acyltransferase involved in the attachment of the pyrrole-2-carboxyl moiety to the deoxysugar of clorobiocin
Optimization of signal peptide SP310 for heterologous protein production in Lactococcus lactis
Role of GlnB and GlnK in ammonium control of both nitrogenase systems in the phototrophic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus
A specific role of the Saccharopolyspora erythraea thioesterase II gene in the function of modular polyketide synthases
Cloning and functional expression of dipeptidyl peptidase IV from the ruminal bacterium Prevotella albensis M384T
Dynamic FtsZ polymerization is sensitive to the GTP to GDP ratio and can be maintained at steady state using a GTP-regeneration system
fur-independent regulation of the Pasteurella multocida hbpA gene encoding a haemin-binding protein
Biodiversity and evolution
Comparative gene genealogical analyses of strains of serotype AD identify recombination in populations of serotypes A and D in the human pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans
Cell and developmental biology
Control of growth, secondary metabolism and sporulation in Streptomyces venezuelae ISP5230 by jadW1, a member of the afsA family of -butyrolactone regulatory genes
DNA ligase IV from a basidiomycete, Coprinus cinereus, and its expression during meiosis
Environmental microbiology
pGIL01, a linear tectiviral plasmid prophage originating from Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis
Genes and genomes
Identification and functional expression of ctaA, a P-type ATPase gene involved in copper trafficking in Trametes versicolor
Identification and study of a Candida albicans protein homologous to Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ssr1p, an internal cell-wall protein
Two different thymidylate kinase gene homologues, including one that has catalytic activity, are encoded in the onion yellows phytoplasma genome
Nitrogen fixation genetics and regulation in a Pseudomonas stutzeri strain associated with rice
Microbiology comments
Constraints on detection of autoinducer-2 (AI-2) signalling molecules using Vibrio harveyi as a reporter
Pathogens and pathogenicity
Cord factor trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate (TDM) mediates trafficking events during mycobacterial infection of murine macrophages
The Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis 35 kDa protein plays a role in invasion of bovine epithelial cells
Yeast two-hybrid system survey of interactions between LEE-encoded proteins of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
An extracellular zinc metalloprotease gene of Burkholderia cepacia
Alteration of DNA adenine methylase (Dam) activity in Pasteurella multocida causes increased spontaneous mutation frequency and attenuation in mice
Mutation of lasA and lasB reduces Pseudomonas aeruginosa invasion of epithelial cells
Physiology
rhlA is required for the production of a novel biosurfactant promoting swarming motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: 3-(3-hydroxyalkanoyloxy)alkanoic acids (HAAs), the precursors of rhamnolipids
Effect of EDTA on Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium involves a component not assignable to lipopolysaccharide release
L-Serine, D- and L-proline and alanine as respiratory substrates of Helicobacter pylori: correlation between in vitro and in vivo amino acid levels
Review
Growth in sulfidic mineral environments: metal resistance mechanisms in acidophilic micro-organisms
