Annals ofClinical Microbiology

Volume: 6 - Number: 58 - December 15, 2006

Outstanding

Subinhibitory cerulenin inhibits staphylococcal exoprotein production by blocking transcription rather than by blocking secretion

Characterization of the role of LtgB, a putative lytic transglycosylase in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Characterization of chaperonin 10 (Cpn10) from the intestinal human pathogen Entamoeba histolytica

The sigma factor RpoS is required for stress tolerance and environmental fitness of Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5

GENES AND GENOMES

Noncomplementing diploidy resulting from spontaneous zygogenesis in Escherichia coli

An unusual Tn21-like transposon containing an ars operon is present in highly arsenic-resistant strains of the biomining bacterium Acidithiobacillus caldus

The artAB genes encode a putative ADP-ribosyltransferase toxin homologue associated with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium DT104

Characterization of chaperonin 10 (Cpn10) from the intestinal human pathogen Entamoeba histolytica

Pathogens and pathogenicity

A novel bacteriocin-like substance (BLIS) from a pathogenic strain of Vibrio harveyi

Subinhibitory cerulenin inhibits staphylococcal exoprotein production by blocking transcription rather than by blocking secretion

Characterization of the role of LtgB, a putative lytic transglycosylase in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Ca2+ release from host intracellular stores and related signal transduction during Campylobacter jejuni 81-176 internalization into human intestinal cells

Molecular and serological evidence of Pneumocystis circulation in a social organization of healthy macaques (Macaca fascicularis)

Identification and expression of a host-recognized antigen, FspA, from Flavobacterium psychrophilum

Physiology

Desferrioxamine E produced by Streptomyces griseus stimulates growth and development of Streptomyces tanashiensis

High-level resistance to oxidative stress in Lactococcus lactis conferred by Bacillus subtilis catalase KatE

Analysis of teichoic acid biosynthesis regulation reveals that the extracytoplasmic function sigma factor M is induced by phosphate depletion in Bacillus subtilis W23

Plant-microbe interactions

Isolation of Ralstonia solanacearum hrpB constitutive mutants and secretion analysis of hrpB-regulated gene products that share homology with known type III effectors and enzymes

The sigma factor RpoS is required for stress tolerance and environmental fitness of Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5