Annals ofClinical Microbiology

Volume: 7 - Number: 65 - July 15, 2007

Outstanding

Evidence for a cytochrome bcc–aa3 interaction in the respiratory chain of Mycobacterium smegmatis

Phosphoethanolamine substitution in the lipid A of Escherichia coli O157 : H7 and its association with PmrC

Antibiotic-producing ability by representatives of a newly discovered lineage of actinomycetes

Genetic and phenotypic characterization of Listeria monocytogenes lineage III

Biochemistry and molecular biology

RNA 3\'-tail synthesis in Streptomyces: in vitro and in vivo activities of RNase PH, the SCO3896 gene product and polynucleotide phosphorylase

The TraA relaxase autoregulates the putative type IV secretion-like system encoded by the broad-host-range Streptococcus agalactiae plasmid pIP502

A putative sensor kinase, Hik31, is involved in the response of Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 to the presence of glucose

Phosphoethanolamine substitution in the lipid A of Escherichia coli O157 : H7 and its association with PmrC

Biodiversity and evolution

In vivo characterization of the dTDP-D-desosamine pathway of the megalomicin gene cluster from Micromonospora megalomicea

Antibiotic-producing ability by representatives of a newly discovered lineage of actinomycetes

Cell and developmental microbiology

Genetic and phenotypic characterization of Listeria monocytogenes lineage III

Environmental microbiology

The Rho3 and Rho4 small GTPases interact functionally with Wsc1p, a cell surface sensor of the protein kinase C cell-integrity pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Hg(II) sequestration and protection by the MerR metal-binding domain (MBD)

AggA is required for aggregation and increased biofilm formation of a hyper-aggregating mutant of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1.

Genes and genomes

Enzymic systems proposed to be involved in the dissimilatory reduction of selenite in the purple non-sulfur bacteria Rhodospirillum rubrum and Rhodobacter capsulatus

Pathogens and pathogenicity

A SitABCD homologue from an avian pathogenic Escherichia coli strain mediates transport of iron and manganese and resistance to hydrogen peroxide

Expression of botulinum neurotoxins A and E, and associated non-toxin genes, during the transition phase and stability at high temperature: analysis by quantitative reverse transcription-PCR

Genetic diversity of the C protein -antigen gene and its upstream regions within clonally related groups of type Ia and Ib group B streptococci

The encapsulation of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli colonization factor CS3 in biodegradable microspheres enhances the murine antibody response following intranasal administration

Identification of Fur-regulated genes in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

Porphyromonas gingivalis enhances FasL expression via up-regulation of NFB-mediated gene transcription and induces apoptotic cell death in human gingival epithelial cells

Enterococcus faecalis strains show culture heterogeneity in cell surface charge

Plasmid-mediated genomic recombination at the pilin gene locus enhances the N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-specific haemagglutination activity and the growth rate of Eikenella corrodens

Physiology

Evidence for a cytochrome bcc–aa3 interaction in the respiratory chain of Mycobacterium smegmatis