Annals ofClinical Microbiology

Volume: 6 - Number: 51 - May 15, 2006

Outstanding

Metabolic flux analysis of Escherichia coli in glucose-limited continuous culture. I. Growth-rate-dependent metabolic efficiency at steady state

The plasmids of Chlamydia trachomatis and Chlamydophila pneumoniae (N16): accurate determination of copy number and the paradoxical effect of plasmid-curing agents

Diverse roles for HspR in Campylobacter jejuni revealed by the proteome, transcriptome and phenotypic characterization of an hspR mutant

Phase variation mediated niche adaptation during prolonged experimental murine infection with Helicobacter pylori

Genes and genomes

Construction of a combined physical and genetic map of the chromosome of Lactobacillus acidophilus ATCC 4356 and characterization of the rRNA operons

The plasmids of Chlamydia trachomatis and Chlamydophila pneumoniae (N16): accurate determination of copy number and the paradoxical effect of plasmid-curing agents

Genetic structure and chromosomal integration site of the cryptic prophage CP-1639 encoding Shiga toxin 1

The pel genes of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAK strain are involved at early and late stages of biofilm formation

Pathogens and pathogenicity

Identification of the outer-membrane protein PagC required for the serum resistance phenotype in Salmonella enterica serovar Choleraesuis

Diverse roles for HspR in Campylobacter jejuni revealed by the proteome, transcriptome and phenotypic characterization of an hspR mutant

Phase variation mediated niche adaptation during prolonged experimental murine infection with Helicobacter pylori

The Dps-like protein Fri of Listeria monocytogenes promotes stress tolerance and intracellular multiplication in macrophage-like cells

The vlhA loci of Mycoplasma synoviae are confined to a restricted region of the genome

Analysis of virulence plasmid gene expression defines three classes of effectors in the type III secretion system of Shigella flexneri

Physiology

Metabolic flux analysis of Escherichia coli in glucose-limited continuous culture. I. Growth-rate-dependent metabolic efficiency at steady state

Metabolic flux analysis of Escherichia coli in glucose-limited continuous culture. II. Dynamic response to famine and feast, activation of the methylglyoxal pathway and oscillatory behaviour

Influence of flavomycin on ruminal fermentation and microbial populations in sheep

The pimFABCDE operon from Rhodopseudomonas palustris mediates dicarboxylic acid degradation and participates in anaerobic benzoate degradation

PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Two site-specific recombinases are implicated in phenotypic variation and competitive rhizosphere colonization in Pseudomonas fluorescens