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    FEMS Microbiology Letters: Volume 253, Issue 2

    163-342
    December 2005
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From bioremediation to biowarfare: On the impact and mechanism of type IV secretion systems

Christian Baron, 
  • Pages: 163-170
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

Antimalarial drug synergism and antagonism: Mechanistic and clinical significance

Angus Bell, 
  • Pages: 171-184
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

Molecular genetics of Erwinia amylovora involved in the development of fire blight

Chang-Sik Oh,  Steven V. Beer, 
  • Pages: 185-192
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

The heme-binding lipoprotein (HbpA) of Haemophilus influenzae: Role in heme utilization

Daniel J. Morton,  Larissa L. Madore,  Ann Smith,  Timothy M. VanWagoner,  Thomas W. Seale,  Paul W. Whitby,  Terrence L. Stull, 
  • Pages: 193-199
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

Construction of an extended range whole-cell tetracycline biosensor by use of the tet(M) resistance gene

Martin Iain Bahl,  Lars Hestbjerg Hansen,  Søren J. Sørensen, 
  • Pages: 201-205
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

Mitochondrial dysfunction enhances Gal4-dependent transcription

Branka Jeličić,  Ana Traven,  Vedrana Filić,  Mary Sopta, 
  • Pages: 207-213
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

Molecular epidemiological characteristics of virulence factors on enteroaggregative E. coli⋆

Ji Young Moon,  Jae Hong Park,  Yung Bu Kim, 
  • Pages: 215-220
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

Identification of σV-dependent genes of Bacillus subtilis

Stephan Zellmeier,  Claudia Hofmann,  Sylvia Thomas,  Thomas Wiegert,  Wolfgang Schumann, 
  • Pages: 221-229
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

The Clostridium botulinum GerAB germination protein is located in the inner membrane of spores

François Alberto,  Lucien Botella,  Fréderic Carlin,  Christophe Nguyen-the,  Véronique Broussolle, 
  • Pages: 231-235
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

Functional coupling between vanillate-O-demethylase and formaldehyde detoxification pathway

Makoto Hibi,  Tomonori Sonoki,  Hideo Mori, 
  • Pages: 237-242
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

Role of in vivo passage on the environmental adaptation of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7: Cross-induction of the viable but nonculturable state by osmotic and oxidative stresses

Hiroshi Asakura,  Shizunobu Igimi,  Keiko Kawamoto,  Shigeki Yamamoto,  Sou-ichi Makino, 
  • Pages: 243-249
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

Characteristics of Streptococcus mutans strains lacking the MazEF and RelBE toxin–antitoxin modules

José A.C. Lemos,  Thomas A. Brown Jr.,  Jacqueline Abranches,  Robert A. Burne, 
  • Pages: 251-257
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

Isolation of a triazophos-degrading strain Klebsiella sp. E6 effectively utilizing triazophos as sole nitrogen source

Lihong Wang,  Lin Zhang,  Huanlin Chen,  Qingguo Tian,  Guonian Zhu, 
  • Pages: 259-265
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

Purification and properties of a xylanase from Ceriporiopsis subvermispora cultivated on Pinus taeda

A.M.F. Milagres,  P.O. Magalhães,  A. Ferraz, 
  • Pages: 267-272
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

Reversible membrane association of dinitrogenase reductase activating glycohydrolase in the regulation of nitrogenase activity in Rhodospirillum rubrum; dependence on GlnJ and AmtB1

He Wang,  Claudia C. Franke,  Stefan Nordlund,  Agneta Norén, 
  • Pages: 273-279
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

The Trichoderma reesei hydrophobin genes hfb1 and hfb2 have diverse functions in fungal development

Sanna Askolin,  Merja Penttilä,  Han A.B. Wösten,  Tiina Nakari-Setälä, 
  • Pages: 281-288
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

Evaluation of phenolics and sugars as inducers of quercetinase activity in Penicillium olsonii

Sylvain Tranchimand,  Thierry Tron,  Christian Gaudin,  Gilles Iacazio, 
  • Pages: 289-294
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

Osmotic shock: A mechanosensitive channel blocker can prevent release of cytoplasmic but not periplasmic proteins

Hosam E. Ewis,  Chung-Dar Lu, 
  • Pages: 295-301
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis gel expansion (DGGEGE) – An attempt to resolve the limitations of co-migration in the DGGE of complex polymicrobial communities

Gavin P. Gafan,  David A. Spratt, 
  • Pages: 303-307
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

Participation of the recA determinant in the transposition of class II transposon mini-TnMERI1

Kazuaki Matsui,  Masaru Narita,  Hidenori Ishii,  Ginro Endo, 
  • Pages: 309-314
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

Synthesis of a small, cysteine-rich, 29 amino acids long peptide in Mycoplasma pneumoniae

C.-U. Zimmerman,  R. Herrmann, 
  • Pages: 315-321
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

Coaggregation ability of Weissella cibaria isolates with Fusobacterium nucleatum and their adhesiveness to epithelial cells

Mi-Sun Kang,  Hee-Sam Na,  Jong-Suk Oh, 
  • Pages: 323-329
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

Tuber borchii mycelial protoplasts isolation, characterization and functional delivery of liposome content, a new step towards truffles biotechnology

Anna Poma,  Sabrina Colafarina,  Tania Limongi,  Giovanni Pacioni, 
  • Pages: 331-337
  • First Published: 09 January 2006

Corrigendum

Free Access

Corrigendum to: “Differences in biochemical properties of the Plasmodial falcipain-2 and berghepain-2 orthologues: Implications for in vivo screens of inhibitors” [FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 249 (2005) 315–321]

Cheryl Chan,  Liuh Ling Goh,  Tiow-Suan Sim, 
  • Pages: 339-340
  • First Published: 09 January 2006
Free Access

Corrigendum to: “Listeria monocytogenes ferritin protects against multiple stresses and is required for virulence” [FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 250 (2005) 253–261]

Olivier Dussurget,  Emilie Dumas,  Cristel Archambaud,  Ingrid Chafsey,  Christophe Chambon,  Michel Hébraud,  Pascale Cossart, 
  • Pages: 341-342
  • First Published: 09 January 2006