Annals ofClinical Microbiology

Volume: 6 - Number: 47 - January 15, 2006

Outstanding

Genome Update: rRNAs in sequenced microbial genomes

Azotobacter vinelandii: a Pseudomonas in disguise?

Emergence of phenotypic variants upon mismatch repair disruption in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Amino sugar phosphate levels in Giardia change during cyst wall formation

Biochemistry and molecular biology

Unique organization and regulation of the mrx fimbrial operon in Xenorhabdus nematophila

The Fur-like protein Mur of Rhizobium leguminosarum is a Mn2+-responsive transcriptional regulator

Increased transcription rates correlate with increased reversion rates in leuB and argH Escherichia coli auxotrophs

Role of homoserine and threonine pathway intermediates as precursors for the biosynthesis of aminoethoxyvinylglycine in Streptomyces sp. NRRL 5331

Properties of haemolysin E (HlyE) from a pathogenic Escherichia coli avian isolate and studies of HlyE export

Biodiversity and evolution

Emergence of phenotypic variants upon mismatch repair disruption in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Enhanced motility of a Proteus mirabilis strain expressing hybrid FlaAB flagella

Microbiology comments

Genome Update: rRNAs in sequenced microbial genomes

Azotobacter vinelandii: a Pseudomonas in disguise?

A C-terminal deletion mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis FtsZ shows fast polymerization in vitro

Differential expression and interaction of transcription co-activator MBF1 with TATA-binding protein (TBP) in the apicomplexan Cryptosporidium parvum

Polyamine metabolism in a member of the phylum Microspora (Encephalitozoon cuniculi): effects of polyamine analogues

PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS IN AMITOCHONDRIATE PROTISTS OF CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE

Amino sugar phosphate levels in Giardia change during cyst wall formation

Menadione kills trophozoites and cysts of Giardia intestinalis

Cyst wall synthase: N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase activity is induced to form the novel N-acetylgalactosamine polysaccharide in the Giardia cyst wall

Mitosomes of Entamoeba histolytica are abundant mitochondrion-related remnant organelles that lack a detectable organellar genome

Expression in fibroblasts and in live animals of Entamoeba histolytica polypeptides EhCP112 and EhADH112

Spore morphotypes of Thelohania solenopsae (microsporidia) described microscopically and confirmed by PCR of individual spores microdissected from smears by position ablative laser microbeam microscopy