1. Inhibition and dispersal of Agrobacterium tumefaciens biofilms by a small diffusible Pseudomonas aeruginosa exoproduct(s)

   • Michael E. Hibbing
   • Clay Fuqua

   Original Paper 22 November 2011 Pages: 391 - 403

   

2. Deletion of glucose-inhibited division (gidA) gene alters the morphological and replication characteristics of Salmonella enterica Serovar typhimurium

   • Daniel C. Shippy
   • Joseph A. Heintz
   • Amin A. Fadl

   Original Paper 23 November 2011 Pages: 405 - 412

   

3. Erratum to: Deletion of glucose-inhibited division (gidA) gene alters the morphological and replication characteristics of Salmonella enterica Serovar typhimurium

   • Daniel C. Shippy
   • Joseph A. Heintz
   • Amin A. Fadl

   Erratum 11 January 2012 Pages: 413 - 413

4. The biosynthesis of the polyether antibiotic nanchangmycin is controlled by two pathway-specific transcriptional activators

   • Qing Yu
   • Aiqin Du
   • Xinyi He

   Original Paper 23 November 2011 Pages: 415 - 426

   

5. The anisin1 gene encodes a defensin-like protein and supports the fitness of Aspergillus nidulans

   • Andrea Eigentler
   • István Pócsi
   • Florentine Marx

   Original Paper Open access 24 November 2011 Pages: 427 - 437

   

6. Characterization of a new quorum sensing regulator luxT and its roles in the extracellular protease production, motility, and virulence in fish pathogen Vibrio alginolyticus

   • Huan Liu
   • Dan Gu
   • Yuanxing Zhang

   Original Paper 01 December 2011 Pages: 439 - 452

   

7. Characterization of the BaeSR two-component system from Salmonella Typhimurium and its role in ciprofloxacin-induced mdtA expression

   • P. Guerrero
   • B. Collao
   • F. Gil

   Original Paper 16 December 2011 Pages: 453 - 460

   

8. Electron transport and oxidative stress in Zymomonas mobilis respiratory mutants

   • Inese Strazdina
   • Zane Kravale
   • Uldis Kalnenieks

   Original Paper 07 January 2012 Pages: 461 - 471

   

9. Transcriptome analysis of pellicle formation of Shewanella oneidensis

   • Yili Liang
   • Haichun Gao
   • Xueduan Liu

   Original Paper 07 January 2012 Pages: 473 - 482

   

10. Effect of salinity on nitrogenase activity and composition of the active diazotrophic community in intertidal microbial mats

    • Ina Severin
    • Veronique Confurius-Guns
    • Lucas J. Stal

    Original Paper Open access 08 January 2012 Pages: 483 - 491

    

11. Characterization of Edwardsiella tarda rpoN: roles in σ⁷⁰ family regulation, growth, stress adaption and virulence toward fish

    • Keping Wang
    • Enfu Liu
    • Huizhan Zhang

    Original Paper 10 January 2012 Pages: 493 - 504

    

12. Biochemical characterisation of the chlamydial MurF ligase, and possible sequence of the chlamydial peptidoglycan pentapeptide stem

    • Delphine Patin
    • Julieanne Bostock
    • Didier Blanot

    Original Paper 10 January 2012 Pages: 505 - 512

    

13. Microbial biodiversity in a Malaysian oil field and a systematic comparison with oil reservoirs worldwide

    • Dongmei Li
    • David J. Midgley
    • Philip Hendry

    Original Paper 13 January 2012 Pages: 513 - 523

    

14. Analysis of the cell surface layer ultrastructure of the oral pathogen Tannerella forsythia

    • Gerhard Sekot
    • Gerald Posch
    • Christina Schäffer

    Original Paper Open access 25 January 2012 Pages: 525 - 539

    

15. Role of anionic charges of osmoregulated periplasmic glucans of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium SL1344 in mice virulence

    • Arvind A. Bhagwat
    • Porteen Kannan
    • Allen Smith

    Original Paper 26 January 2012 Pages: 541 - 548

    

16. Comparative analysis of a cryptic thienamycin-like gene cluster identified in Streptomyces flavogriseus by genome mining

    • Gloria Blanco

    Short Communication 27 December 2011 Pages: 549 - 555

    

17. 4-Hydroxyphenylglycine biosynthesis in Herpetosiphon aurantiacus: a case of gene duplication and catalytic divergence

    • Stephan Kastner
    • Sebastian Müller
    • Markus Nett

    Short Communication 04 February 2012 Pages: 557 - 566