Annals ofClinical Microbiology

Volume: 6 - Number: 49 - March 15, 2006

Outstanding

Changes of the phagosomal elemental concentrations by Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mramp

Aminopeptidases and dipeptidyl-peptidases secreted by the dermatophyte Trichophyton rubrum

Analysis of Pseudomonas fluorescens F113 genes implicated in flagellar filament synthesis and their role in competitive root colonization

Mutational analysis of the cytoplasmic domain of the Wsc1 cell wall stress sensor

Biochemistry and molecular biology

Crotonyl-coenzyme A reductase provides methylmalonyl-CoA precursors for monensin biosynthesis by Streptomyces cinnamonensis in an oil-based extended fermentation

Regulation of exopolysaccharide synthesis in Rhizobium sp. strain TAL1145 involves an alternative sigma factor gene, rpoH2

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial community structure in a thermophilic anaerobic hybrid reactor degrading terephthalate

Fungal cell wall

Mutational analysis of the cytoplasmic domain of the Wsc1 cell wall stress sensor

GENES AND GENOMES

Aminopeptidases and dipeptidyl-peptidases secreted by the dermatophyte Trichophyton rubrum

Comparative genomics using Candida albicans DNA microarrays reveals absence and divergence of virulence-associated genes in Candida dubliniensis

Urease activity of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli depends on a specific one-base substitution in ureD

Nucleotide sequences and comparison of two large conjugative plasmids from different Campylobacter species

Pathogens and pathogenicity

Changes of the phagosomal elemental concentrations by Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mramp

Mycoplasmas associated with canine infectious respiratory disease

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv1099c gene encodes a GlpX-like class II fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase

Characterization of the fibrinogen-binding surface protein Fbl of Staphylococcus lugdunensis

B-dependent gene induction and expression in Listeria monocytogenes during osmotic and acid stress conditions simulating the intestinal environment

Physiology

The effect of specific growth rate on protein synthesis and secretion in the filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei

Identification and analysis of a siderophore biosynthetic gene cluster from Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58

Role of Cal, the colicin A lysis protein, in two steps of colicin A release and in the interaction with colicin A–porin complexes

2-Methylcitrate-dependent activation of the propionate catabolic operon (prpBCDE) of Salmonella enterica by the PrpR protein

PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Type III secretion chaperones ShcS1 and ShcO1 from Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 bind more than one effector

Analysis of Pseudomonas fluorescens F113 genes implicated in flagellar filament synthesis and their role in competitive root colonization