Annals ofClinical Microbiology

Volume: 7 - Number: 64 - June 15, 2007

Outstanding

Homocysteine accumulation causes a defect in purine biosynthesis: further characterization of Schizosaccharomyces pombe methionine auxotrophs

From genomes to function: haloarchaea as model organisms

Role of anionic phospholipids in the adaptation of Bacillus subtilis to high salinity

Transcriptional and translational expression patterns associated with immobilized growth of Campylobacter jejuni

Biochemistry and molecular biology

Role of anionic phospholipids in the adaptation of Bacillus subtilis to high salinity

Pectate lyase C from Bacillus subtilis: a novel endo-cleaving enzyme with activity on highly methylated pectin

Genes and genomes

Influence of the regulatory protein RsmA on cellular functions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1, as revealed by transcriptome analysis

Comparative analysis of antibiotic resistance gene markers in Mycoplasma genitalium: application to studies of the minimal gene complement

The structural proteome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophage KMV

Minireviews

From genomes to function: haloarchaea as model organisms

Pathogens and pathogenicity

Phenol/water extract of Treponema socranskii subsp. socranskii as an antagonist of Toll-like receptor 4 signalling

MfLIP1, a gene encoding an extracellular lipase of the lipid-dependent fungus Malassezia furfur

The uptake of a Klebsiella pneumoniae capsule polysaccharide mutant triggers an inflammatory response by human airway epithelial cells

Transcriptional and translational expression patterns associated with immobilized growth of Campylobacter jejuni

Physiology

Homocysteine accumulation causes a defect in purine biosynthesis: further characterization of Schizosaccharomyces pombe methionine auxotrophs

Reviews

Clinical and Laboratory Features of the Nocardia spp. Based on Current Molecular Taxonomy

Pathogenic Potential of Novel Chlamydiae and Diagnostic Approaches to Infections Due to These Obligate Intracellular Bacteria

Laboratory Diagnostics of Botulism

The Front Line of Enteric Host Defense against Unwelcome Intrusion of Harmful Microorganisms: Mucins, Antimicrobial Peptides, and Microbiota

The Continuing Challenges of Leprosy

Clinically Relevant Chromosomally Encoded Multidrug Resistance Efflux Pumps in Bacteria

Burn Wound Infections

Interpretive Breakpoints for Fluconazole and Candida Revisited: a Blueprint for the Future of Antifungal Susceptibility Testing

Up to Date

Genome update: purine strand bias in 280 bacterial genomes