Index 1994

Research in Microbiology Index 1994 V o l u m e 145

J a n u a r y 1 - D e c e m b e r 31

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Ed i t ions Sc ien t i f iq tms E l sev ie r

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ABRAMOWICZ, D.A. - - Aerobic PCB b i o d e g r a d a t i o n and a n a e r o b i c PCB dech lo r ina t ion in the env i - ronment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

AGRON, P.G., MONSON, E.K., DrrrA, G.S. and HEL~SrO, D.R. - - Oxygen regulation o f expression o f nitrogen fLxation genes in Rhizobium meliloti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

ALTENDORF, K., VOELKNER, P. and PUPPE, W . - - T h e sensor k inase KdpD and the response regulator KdpE con t ro l express ion , o f the k d p F A B C operon in Escher ich ia coli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

ANTHONISSEN, F.M., De KESEL, M . , Ho~r, P.P. and BmAmNON, G.H. - - E v i d e n c e fo r the i n v o l v e m e n t o f different genospecies o f Borrelia in the c l i n i c a l o u t c o m e o f L y m e disease in Belgium . . . . . . . 327

APRAm, D. -- See CATALAN, V. ARVIEUX, C . - See SIRE, J.M. AS~LD, L. - - See Lt~,~Es, C. AVRIL, JJ~. - - See SIRE, J.M. BAER, ILH. ~ See LASZLO, A. BAEYENS, W. - - See van der LELIE, D. BALLY, R. ~ See HAURAT, J. BARBERIO, C., FANI, R., RASO, A. ,

CARLI, A. and POLSINELm, M. D N A fingerprinting of yeast strains by restriction enzyme analysis 659

BARON1, A. ~ See TtwANo, M.A. BARROW, W.W. - - See RAS'IOGI, N. BEGAUD, E. ~ See G E ~ A ~ , Y. BELISLE, J .T. and BRENNAN, P.J .

Molecular basis o f colony morpho- logy in Mycobacterium avium 237

BFZ~SON, A.IC, Wu, J. and NEWTON, A. The role o f FIbD in regulation

o f f l age l la r gene t ranscr ipt ion in Caulobacter crescentus . . . . 420

BERMUDEZ, L . E . M . - - S e e Y o u N G ,

L.S. BEENAnE, A. ~ See SAL~AS, J. BERTRAND, J.-C., BONIN, P., GouTx,

M., GAUTHIER, M. and MILLE, G. - - T h e p o t e n t i a l a p p l i c a t i o n o f

b i o s u r f a c t a n t s in c o m b a t t i n g hydrocarbon po l lu t ion in mar ine environments . . . . . . . . . . . 53

BIG~aONON, G.H. ~ See A~rmomss~, F.M.

BINGEN, E. ~ See CAve, H. BIGI, F. - - See CATALDI, A. BIGNON, J. - - See KUNST, F. BOCKEMUHL, J. - - See PoPoFF, M.Y. BosuN, P. - - See BEm'RAm~, J.-C. BOUVET, O .M.M. , LENORMAND, P.,

eARLIER, J.P. and GmMoh-r, P.A.D. Phenotypic diversity o f anaero-

bic glycerol dissimilation shown by seven enterobacterial species 129

BRr~qAN, PJ . ~ See B e a s t ~ J.T. BR1Gmi, P. - - See DE Ross,, E . BRODY, S. - - Circadian rhythms in

microorgani.~ms . . . . . . . . . . 499 BUm~IA, A.J. - - See SAHNAS, J. CARLI, A. - - See BAra3~o, C. CAm.mR, J.P. ~ See Bouvmr, O.M.M. CARPENTER, P .B. , HANLON, D . W . ,

Kn~cs, M.L. and OROAL, G.W. - - Novel aspects o f chemotactic sensory transduction in Bacillus subtilis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

CARVALHO, M.A.R . - - See FARMS, L.M.

CATALAN, V., MORENO, C., DASl, M.A., Mt~oz C. and APRA~ D. -- Nested polymerase chain reaction for detection of Legionella pneumophila in water ......... 603

CATALDI, A., ROMANO, M.I. and BIGX, F. -- A Western blot characterization of Mycobacterium boris antigens recoL'niTed by cattle sera 689

CAVe, H., BINGEN, E., ELION, J. and DENAMUR, E. - - Differentiation of Escherichia coli strains using ran- d o m l y a m p l i f i e d p o l y m o r p h i c D N A analysis . . . . . . . . . . . 141

CHANG, C. and MEYEROWnT., E.M. Eukaryotes have "two-component" signal transducers . . . . . . . . 481

CHANG C.-H. - - See WmANs, S.C. C ~ u , S. - - See LEVe-E, S. CHr~ C.-Y. ~ See WmANs, S.C. CHORD], ~ - - See F ~ g m m z - L ~ o o , L. CISALPINO, E.O. - - See F^mgs, L.M. CLARK, M.A., JEPSON, M A., SLMMONS,

N.L. and HJRST, B.EL - - Preferen- tial interaction of Sabnone//a t yph i murium with mouse Peyer 's patch M cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

COELHO, A., MOMEN+ H., VmEwrE, A . C . P . and SALLES, C.A. - - All analysis of the V1 and V2 re~ions o f Vibr io c h o l e r a e and Vibr io m/m/cus !6S rRNA . . . . . . . 151

COLWea., R.R. ~ Scientific founda- t i on o f b io remedia t ion and gaps remaining to be filled . . . . . 40

COrn-E, M_P., LONC~ C., PL, m O ~ G., POLIDORO, M. , VALENTI, P. and SEGANTI, L . - Listeria monocym- genes infection of Caco-2 cells: o f growth ~ . . . . . 6 8 3

COOPER, S. ~ See Hu~ , T.R. CoPPo~, S. ~ See S ~ , G. CoRmsIm~, P. ~ See van der l~-a~: D. C o ~ NL ~ See ~ C. CRAWFORD, J.T. - - Deve lopment o f

rapid techniques for identification o f M. avium infeciions . . . . 177

Cu~Lo , F. ~ See S~aZN~, J. Ctn, X. - - See Trmo~mv~.., F. DAm~, J.L. - - See KAm¢~, R J . DAMASCENO, C.A.V. - - See FA~tAS,

L.IVL DAm~J~-M,CuAtrD, A~ ~ See J~a.-

t.AT, C. DASl, M.A. -- See CATALAN, V. DAtrvze~ZO, B. - - Clinical trials in

Mycobacterium a ~ u m therapy: les- sons to take home . . . . . . . . 197

De CARVALUO, A.F., GAUTIER, M. and GRIMONT, F. -- Identification of dairy. Propionibacterium species by rRNA gcnc restriction patterns 667

De KESEL, M. ~ See AWmOmSSEN, F . M .

De RossI, E., BRIGIDI, P., WELKER~ N.E., RICCARDI, G. and M~.TmUZZl, D. - - New shuttle vector for cloning in Bacillus stearothermophi- lus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

D ~ t m , E. - - SEE CAVe, H. DENIS, M. - - I m m u n o m o d u l a t o r y

even t s in Mycobac te r ium a v i u m infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

D.~AI, M. -- SEE HURTADO, A. DESPeRPJeR, J a M . - See GeaMA~ Y.

718 R E S E A P . C H I N M I C R O B I O L O G Y

D ~ s . L. - - See van der L ~ L D. L~rr~, G.S. - - See AGR(X'q, P.G. D e ~ P. ~ See K ~ , P. EK~NAI.~, D., HA~r~, J., Roc~_aXNm, M.,

P~zz~ , F. and W ~ R ^ ~ C ~ , Y. T w o - c o m p o n e n t r e g u l a t o r s and g e n e t i c c o m p e t e n c e in Bac i l l u s subfflix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

D ~ LF. - - See M ~ , C. E c s ~ B. ~ See G~ss~'r, G. E t _ ~ J. ~ See CAV~ H.

J J . - - See SHW, A'rSUC~, H. F ~ C ~ M , J.O., III ~ Epidemiology

o f Mycobac~r i~n avi~m infections in the imp- and post-HIV era 169

F~,a, R. - - See B~nsEmo, C. FAR|AS, L . M . , TOTOLA, A - H . .

MmA~DA, C . M . S . , CARVALHO, M . A . R . , DAMASCENO, C . A . V . , TAVAm~S, C.A.P. , C~SAL~NO, E.O. and Vms~ E.C. ~ Eamaetion, par- t ial purif icat ion and character ize - t ion o f a bac te r ioc in ( f rag i l i c in ) produced by a strain of Bacteroides f r a g i l i s i so la ted f r o m Cal l i t h r i x penicillata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

FAtn~, D. ~ See HAURAT, ,]. F ~ - L A o o , L , C_r6M~ M., Vrz-

~ h . ~ 1 ~ A. ~ Analy- sis o f the immune response to Yer- s i n i a e n t e r o c o l i t i c a s e r o t y p e - 0 : 9 - ~ v a s e d protons by immtmo- blct and F.I.ISA . . . . . . . . . . 553

FORST, S .A. and ROR~nTs, D.L. - - S igna l transduction by the EnvZ- O m p R phosphotransfer system in baeW.da . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

GAILU~ V., RAMSPERGER, U., JOHNER, C_, K n A M ~ H. and RAscu~, I. ~ t h e role o f the adsorption complex in the terminat ion o f f i lamentous

assembly . . . . . . . . . . 699 G ~ T ~ N. and GouY, M. - - M¢,le- cular phylogeny o f Eubacter ia : a new multiple tree analysis method appl i ed to 15 sequence data sets questions the monophyly of Gram- positive bacteria . . . . . . . . . 531

GANGADHARAM, P.R.J . and REDDY, M.V. - - Contr ibut ions o f animal and m a c r o p h a g e m o d e l s to the understanding of host parasite inter- ac t ion o f M ycobac t e r ium av ium complex (MAC) disease . . . . 214

GA~Ct~ V~-~av~, E., SONC~, F.C. and GRots~o~, E.A. - - The role o f the PhoP/PhoQ regulon in Salmonella virulence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

GASSET, G. , TIXADOR, R., ECHE, B., ~ L., MoATn, N., TOOROP, P. and WOLDRINGH, C. - - Growth and d iv i s ion o f Escher ich ia ce l l under microgravity con&lions 111

G^m'nmR, M. ~ See B ~ D , J.-C. G A u ~ . , M. ~ See de C~v~a~o , ~ F .

GERMANI, Y., BERGAUD, E. and DES- PIERRIER, J.M. - - Easy-to-perform modified Elek test to identify Shiga- like toxin-producing diatThoeegenic .,~cherichia coli . . . . . . . . . . 333

C ~ t n ~ B. ~ See L ~ v ~ , G. Gt~z~m, P. - - See LEv~., G. GO~Ez, M. ~ See F m N g ~ z - L A c o , L Go~m, M.B. ~ See ~ . o , A. GOSSBUN, P. - - See MENARD, C. Gotrrx, M. ~ See B~T~V~O, J.-C. Govv, M. ~ See G A L ~ , N. GRAs-Rotrz~, S. ~ See SIRE, J.M. GRATIA~ J.=P. - - Ufr /s var ia t ion in

Escherichia coli kl 2: a reversible double-mutation or alternate chromosome expression in non-complementing diploids ? . . . . . . . . . 309

GREEN, M.H. and V ~ ' ~ , C . W . - Fever and the control o f Gram-negative bacteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

GRI~Cr, F. - - See de C~VALHO, A.F. C~UMONT, F. - - See LL~ES, C. GRIMONT, P . A . D . - - See BOUVET,

OaM~M. GROtSM~, E.A. - - See GARC[A VflS-

CONI, E. GUNSALUS, R.P. and PARK, S.-J. - -

Aerobic-anaerobic gene regulation in F.~cherichia coil: control by the ArcAB and F m regulons . . . . 437

GurNU_~¢, D. ~ Microbiological treat- m e n t o f c o n t a m i n a t e d s to rage containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Gtrm~cK, D.L. ~ Scientific and technological issues leatting to the practical appficatinn o f bioremediation and environmental biotechnology. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

H_~sm ~ , F. - - Structural instability o f recombinant piasmids in myco- bacteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683

HAHN, J. - - ~ DUBNAU, D. D.C. ~ See W~NANS, S.C.

~ V. - - See LASZLO, A. HAmaN, D.W. ~ See CARPENTER, P.B. HAURAT, J., FAD'RE, D., BALLY, R. and

Noa~vv~v, P. - - Molecular relationship o f an a typ ica l Azosp ir i l lum strain 4T to other AzospiriUum species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633

HEIFEr, L.B. - - Quantitative cultures and drug susceptibi l i ty testing o f Mycobacterium avium clinical isolates before and during the antimi- crobial therapy . . . . . . . . . . . 188

HmL~, W. - - See Hu~cx, C.J. H ~ S K t , D.R. - - See AORON, P.G. Hmsr, B.H. - - See CLARK, B.H. HO~T, P.P. - - See AmHO~OSSEN, F.M. HUECK, C.J., HILLEN, W. and SAIER,

M.H. , Jr . ~ A n a l y s i s o f a cis- active sequence mediating catabo- l i te r ep res s ion in Gram-pos i t i ve bacteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

HupP, T.R., KEASLING, J.D., COOPER, S. and KACUNI, J.M. - - Synthesis o f DnaK protein during the division cycle o f Escherichia coli . . . 99

HURTAVO, A., OWEN, R.J. and DESA,, M. m Flagell in gene prof i l ing o f H e l i c o b a c t e r p y l o r i i n f e c t i n g s y m p t o m a t i c and a s y m p t o m a t i c individuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

INAMI~, J.M. ~ See SUZUKI, A.E. INDERLIED, C.B. ~ See YOUNG, L.S. ISLAND, M.D. ~ See KADNER, R.J. JACK, T.R. , FRANCIS, M . M c D . and

STEHMEIER, L.G. ~ D i s p o s a l o f slop oil and sludges by biodegradation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

JALLAT, C., DARFEUILLE-MIcHAUD, A., RICH, C. and JOLY, B. - - Survey of cl inical isolates o f diarrhoeogenic Escherichia coli : dif fuse ly adhe- r ing E. coil strains wi th mul t ip le adhesive factors . . . . . . . . . . 621

JEPSON, M.A. - - See CLARK, M.A. JENEK, J. - - See SINE, J.M. JOHNr~, C. ~ See G~LUS, V. JOHNSON, J . L . - See SHn~Tsucm, H. JOLY, B. - - See JALLAT, C. K A D ~ , RJ . , ISLAND, M.D., DAHL, J.L.

and Wv~e.~, C ~ . . - - A transmembrane signalling complex controls transcription of the Uhp sugar phos- phate transport system . . . . . . 381

KAotn~, J.M. ~ See HuPP, T.R. Kr~susG, J.D. - - See Ht~p, T.R. IORSCH, M.L. - - See C~PENrER, P.B. K~MER, H. - - See GAILUS, V. KUAN, G. and SAIF~,, M.H., Jr - - Phy-

logenetlc relationghips among bacteriorhodopsins . . . . . . . . . . 273

KUKOR, J.J. - - See OLSLN, R.H. KUNST, F., MSADEK, T., BIGNON, J. and

RAPO~aRT, G. - - The D e g S / D c g U and C o m P / C o m A two-component s y s t e m s are par t o f a n e t w o r k c o n t r o l l i n g d e g r a d a t i v e e n z y m e synthesis and competence in Bacil- lus subtilis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

LAPCHINE, L. - - See GASSY, G. LASZLO, A., BAER, H.H., GOVmN, M.B.,

~ z ~ , V. and Pl~,~ F. ~ Scree- ning o f synthetic trehalose 6,6'-dies- tcrs and trchalosc 6-monoesters as potential immunoreaetants for the serodiagnosis of tuberculosis 563

LENORMAND, P. - - S e e BOUVET, O.M.M.

LERET, V. ~ See MICHOTEY, V. L~V~-E, G., GLAZlOU, P., GICQUEL, B.

and CHAN'r~u, S. ~ Follow-up of tuberculos is pat ients undergo ing standard anti- tuberculosis chemo- t h e r a p y by u s i n g a p o l y m e r a s e chain reaction . . . . . . . . . . . 5

LmUORI, G. ~ See TtrFANO, M.A. LwscHrrz, L.S. - - See PAO, G.M.

I N D E X O F A U T H O R S 719

LLANES, C., COUTURIER, M., ASFELD, L., GRIMONT, F. and MICHEL- BRIAND, Y. ~ Repl icon typing of 71 multiresistant Serratia marcescens strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7

LONGHi, C. - - See CoN=rE., M . P .

MAHADEVAN, A. - - See ]7~iNi P~ANi, D.B.

MANOURA, B.T. and REICHMAN, L.B. P r e v e n t i o n and t r e a t m e n t o f

Mycobacter ium avium c o m p l e x infection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8 1

MAN'm, N.J. - - See WINANS, S . C . MAmNELLh A. m See TUFANO, M.A. MARINELtJ, P. - - See TUFANO, M . A . MARa~, M.O. ~ Synthesis of commer-

cially valuable bacterial polymers: impact o f molecular genetics 93

McWHORTER-MURLIN, A . - - S e e PoPoFF, M . Y .

MATrEtrZ~, D. - - See de R o s s l , E . MAURIELLO, G. ~ See SALZANO, G. I~[ENARD, C., GOSSEL_rN, P., DUHAIME,

J.F. and MomoN, C. ~ Polymerase chain react ion using arbitrary pri- mer for the design and construction o f a D N A probe specific for Por- phyromonas gingivalis . . . . 595

MEROEAY, M. ~ See van der Lm.m, D.

MESNARD, R. - - See SIRF~ J.M. MeYEROWrrz, E.M. - - See CHANO, C. l~ctmL-BmAt~, Y. - - See LLANO, C. M~CXOTEY, V., LER~r, Y. and BLANCO,

C. - - S e c r e t i o n o f a t e m p o r a l l y controlled cell-associated protein in Arthrobacter aureus : production o f the_ prnto_in ~rut inaetivatinn o f it~ structural gene . . . . . . . . . . . 287

MII~ELL, M.D. ~ See OLSEN, R.H. M n a ~ G. - - See BERTRAND, J.-C. MIRANDA, C . M . S . - - S e e FARIAS,

L.M. MOATrl, N. ~ See GASSEr, G. MoMmq, H . ~ See C o . t o o , A . MONSON, E . K . - - See AORON, P . G . MORENO, C. - - See CATALAN, V. MosctmTr~ G. ~ See SAt.z~o, G. MOUTON, C. - - See MENARD, C. MSADEK, T. ~ See KL~ST, F. Mtmoz C. - - See CATALAN, V. NEWTON, A. - - See B~SON, A.K. NORNAND, P. - - See HAURAT, J. OLSEN, R .H. , IV~IKF~ELL, M.D. and

KOKOR, J.J . - - E n u m e r a t i o n and charac ter iza t ion o f BTEX-deg ra - cling bacter ia f rom hypoxic envi - ronment s func t iona l wi th m i x e d electron acceptors . . . . . . . . 47

Om3AL, G.W. ~ See CARrmer~ P.B. Owm, R J . - - See HURTADO, A. PAO, G.M., TAM, R., LlrscHrrz, L.S.

and SAmR, M.H. Jr. Response regulators: structure, function and evolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

PAPA, F. - - See L^szLo, A. PARK, S.-J. - - See GUNSALUS, R.P. PEPE, O. - - See SALZANO, G. P~'YRONE, G. - - See CowrE, M.P. PLAZA, F. - - See DUB~,AU, D. POLiDORO, M. ~ See Coh-r-~., M.P. POLSi~rELLi, M. - - See BARBERiO, C. POPOFF, M.Y. , BOCKEMUHL, J. and

McWHORTER-MURLIN, A. - - Sup- plement 1993 (n ° 37) to the Kauff- mann-White scheme . . . . . . 711

POtmDRAS, P. - - See SIRE, J.M. PUPPE, W. - - See ALTENDORF, K. RAreSt RAm, D.B. and MAHADEVAN, A.

- - Cloning and express ion o f the mercury resistance genes o f marine Pseudomonas sp. strain M R I plasmid pMRI in EschericMa coli 121

RAMSPERGER, U. - - See GAILUS, V. RAPOPORT, G. ~ See KUNST, F. RASCHED, I. - - See GAILUS, V. RASO, A. ~ See BARBERIO, C. RASTOGI, N. and BARROW, W.W.

Laboratory and clinical aspects o f the Mycobacterium avium epidemic: contributing factors associated with variability o f drug susceptib'dity and i m m u n e re spons iveness , and the multifaeeted nature o f pathogenicity. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

RASTOGI, N. and BARROW, W.W. - - Cell envelope constituents and the multifaceted nature o f Mycobacte- r/urn av/um pathogenicity and drug resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

REDDY, M.V. - - See GANOADHARAM, P .RJ .

_RFJOLM____AN, LB_ - - ~ MANGUR~ B.T. REturn, J. ~ See Trmoa~nm, F. PdCCARDI, G. ~ See ,~ RoSSl, E. RICH, C. - - See JALLAT, C. ROBERTS, D.L. ~ See FOP.ST, S . A . RODOLAKm, A. ~ See SAUNAS, J. ROGGmNI, M. - - See DUBNAU, D. ROMEO, M.L ~ See CATArrh, A. ROSSANO, M.I. - - See TUFANO, M.A. SAIER, M.H. , Jr ~ Bacter ia l sensor

kinase/response regulator systems: an introduction . . . . . . . . . . 349

SAmR, M.H., Jr. - - Bacterial protein kinases that recognize tertiary rather than primary structure? . . . . . 647

SAmR, M.H., Jr. - - See HUECg, C J . SAmR, M.H., Jr. - - See KUAN, G. SAmR, M.H., Jr. - - See PAO, G.M. SAmR, M.H., Jr. - - See T r m ~ v ~ , F. SALLES, C.A. ~ See C o ~ o , A. SALINAS, J. , SANCHEZ, J . , BUENDIA,

A.J. , RODOLAKIS, A., BERNABE, A. and CUELLO, F. ~ The LPS localization might exp la in the lack o f protection o f LPS-specif ic antibodies in abortion-causing Chlamydia psittaci infections . . . . . . . . 611

SALZANO, G., MOSOETn, G., VnJ~a~,

F., PEPE, O., MAURmLLO, G., and COPPOLA, S. - - G e n o t y p i n g o f Streptococcus thermophilus evidenced by restriction analysis o f ribo- somal D N A . . . . . . . . . . . . 651

S ~ c ' ~ , L - - See S,U~AS, J. SA~C~, F. and DoN~h r in vitro

identif ication o f a protein o f Sac- charomyces cerevisiae that interacts spec i f ica l ly wi th the G-r ich D N A strand of the teiomere 5 i 9

S ~ r n , L. ~ See C . o s ~ M~P. SHI, W. and ZUSM~, D . R . w Sen-

sor l response in Myxococcas xanthus to attractants and repel lents requires the f rz siLmal transduction system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

SHmATSUCm, H., JOHNSON, J.L. and ELLNER, ] . J . ~ Mycobac ter ium a v i u m : p a t h o g e n i c i t y in H I V I infection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

StLVL~ S. - - Exploiting heavy metal resis tance systems in bioremediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

S M ~ o m , N . L - - See ~ M.A. SIRE, J .M., GRAs-RouZLer, S., POU[-

eRAS, P., MZSNAm3, IL, A R v n ~ C., JENEK, J., FHOMAS, R. and AVmL, J.L. - - Biotyping, r ibotyping and esterase electrophoresis as epide- miological tools for Acinetobacter baumann// . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Sol~lm, F.C. - - See G ~ V ~ x w l , E. S~mMeae~ L.G. ~ See JACK, T.R. STEWART, V. - - Dual interaOing two-

c o m p o n e n t r e g u l a t o r y s y s t e m s mediate nitrate- and nitrite=regulated gene expression in Escher/ch/a coli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450

STOUT, V. ~ Regulat ion o f capsule synthesis includes i n t e m a k m of the RcsC/ResB regn!atory pair . . 389

S u z u g h A.E. and INAMmE, J.IVL - - Genet ic nspec~s o f drug resistance in Mycobacterium avbnn . . . 210

TAM, R. ~ See PAO, G.ML TAVARES, C.A.P. ~ See FARMS, L-M. THOEN, C . O . - Mycobac ter ium

awium infections in animals 173 THOMAS, R . - - See SINE, J J ~ TITGEMEYER, F. . WALKENHORST. J. ,

Cm, X., REmSR, j . and SAnto, M.I-L, Jr - - Proteins of the phosphoenoi- pymvate : sugar phosphotransferase sys tem in Streptorayces: possible i n v o l v e m e n t in the regula t ion o f antibiotic production . . . . . . 89

TtXADOR, R. - - See GASSEr, G. TOOROP, P. - - See GASSY, G . Toro t .~ A.IL - - See FARt,~ L.M. Tt~ANO, M.A-, RossANO, F., C~T~d.A-

NO3~I, P., LIGUORI, G., ~ , A . , B A R O m , A . and MARmELtJ, P.

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fimcxions of phagocytes, nitric oxide production and selec- tive cytr~r~ release ...... 297

V ~ P. ~ See Co~Iv., M.P. ",'an de r L ~ e , D. , CoRmsme, P.,

B.~-v~s, W., Wu~rrz, S., D r d ~ L. ~'gl Mr~c,r~v, M. ~ The use o f t~3senso~ for enviromnental moni- ~.~,ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

VERMSUL~, C .W. ~ See Gt~m~N. M.H.

V , . ~ A.C.P. ~ See COm.HO, A. Vmn~, E.C. ~ See FAmms, L.M. Vna.A~ F . ~ S ~ SALZ.e~ G. VIZCAINO, N . - - See FERNANDEZ-

LaGX V c ~ P. - - See ALT~ne~ , K. W~i¢~tmRsr, J. - - See T n ~ F. W ~ a ~ , C~_ - - See ~ R.L Wmmt~,uc~, Y. ~ See Dmm~u, D. W ~ N.F_.. ~ See de R r~s:~ E. W m ~ S.C., MAmlS, NJ . , (3m~ C.-

Y., C s ~ C.-H. and t L ~ D.C. ~ H o s t r e c o g n i t i o n by the V i r A . Vi rG two-component regula tory

of ~ r o b a ~ , ~ m tun~-fa- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Wu, J. ~ See Bs~soN, A.K. Wu~arz, S. ~ See van def i m ~ . D. Y o u ~ , , L.S. , B ~ m J w z , L.E.M. and

C.B. ~ Practical issues in the antibiot ic and immqnothe- rapy o f Mycobacterium avium d i s e a s e in i m m u n o c o m p r o m i s e d patients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Z u s ~ D R . ~ See Slit, W.

INDEX OF KEY-WORDS

Acinetobacter baumannii, Biotype, Ribotype, Zymotype ; Epidemio- logy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Adhesin, Diarrhoea, Escherichta coil; Diffuse adhesion, Adhesive factors, Probes, DAEC strains, Pathogeni- city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621

Adbesinn, Gut, Sa/monel/a, Invasion, M cell, Follicle-associated epithe- !ium. Peyer ' s patch, Salmonella typhimurium ; Ulex europaeus 1, Membrane ruffles, Actin, Mouse, Oral vaccination . . . . . . . . . 543

Anaembiosis, Bacteriocin, Fragicilin, Protein, Bacteroides fragilis ; Cha- racterization, Ecosystems, Antago- nisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

An a e ~ , Glycerol, Enterobacte- riaceae; Dihydroxyacetone, 1,3- Prupanediol. Metabolism, Glycerol

fermentation, dha regulon, Taxo- nomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Antibiotic, Streptomyces, PTS; Pro- teins, Production, Enzymes, HPr, Regulation, Biotechnology; Times and Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Arthrobacter aureus, Protein, Pro- tease; Secretion, Cel l-associated protein, Structural gene, Bacterial growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Azosp/rll/um, rDNA, Magnetospiril- lure, Rhodospirillum; Taxonomy, Molecular genetics, 16S rDNA 633

Bacillus, Gram-posi t ive bacterium, Cis-acting e l emen t , Carbon ; Repression, Cat~bofism, Sequence analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Bacillus stearotbermophilus, cloning, Plasmid; Shuttle vector, pRP9 plasmid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

Bacterial growth, Tempexatum, Vim- k n ~ L/ster/a monocytogenes, Intex- nalin, IAsteriolysin, Food; Caco-2 cells, T lgnnox~l l~ t lon . . . . . 677

Bacterial ~ l i . g m ; Protein kinase, Phosphotylation; Regulation, Cata- bolite ~ r e s s i o n . . . . . . . . . . 647

Bactedodn, Fra~cilin, Protein, Bacte- to/des frag///s, Anaerobiosis; Cha- racterization, Ecosystems, Antago- ni~rn¢ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Bacteriophage, Polyphage; Coat pro- reins, Absorption complex, Phage assembly, Ultrastructure, Filamen- tons phages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699

Bacteriorhodopsin, Halorhodopsin, Sensor3" rhodopsin, Phylogenetic tree; Intmgenic duplication, Residue conservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Bacteroides fragil/s, Bacteriocin, Fm- gicflin, Protein, Anacmbiosis: Cha- racteri~,Jtion, Ecosystems, Antago- nisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Biodegradatlon, Bioremedia~ion, Bio- sensor; Heavy metals, PCB, Xeno- biotics; Forum . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Bioremediation, Biodegradation, Bio- sensor; Heavy metals, PCB, Xeno- biotics; Forum . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Biosensor, Bioremediation, Biodegra- dation; Heavy metals, PCB, Xeno- biotics; Forum . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Biosynthesis, Exopolysaccharicle, Xan- thomonus campestr/s ; Biopolymers, Model system, Commercial applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Biotype, Acinetobacter baumannii, Ribotype, Zymotype ; Epidemio- logy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Borrelia afzelii, Borrel iosis , Lyme cfisease, Borrelia burgdotfer~ Borrelia garinii; Aeliologicai agents, Belgium, Clinical outcome . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Borrelia burgdo~eri, Boneliosis, Lyme disease, Borrelia garinii, Borrelia

afzelii; Aetiological agents, Belgium, Clinical outcome . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Borrelia 8arinii, Borreliosis, Lyme ¢K~ease~ Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia ~fzelii; Aetiologieal agents, Belgium, Clinical outcome . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Borreliosis, Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorfer/. Borrel/a &ar/n//, Borre//a afzelii; Aetiological agents, Belgium. Clinical outcome . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Bovine tuberculosis, Mycobacterium boris, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Bacterial antigens, Secreted pro- reins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689

Carbon, Bacillus, Gram-positive bacterium, C/s-acting element; Repres- sion, Catabolism, Sequence analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Carboxylesterase type B 2, Escheri- chia coli, RAPD, Ribotype : RFLP, Molecular epidemiology . . . . 141

Caulobacter crescentus, Escherichia coil, Cell division cycle, DnaK protein; Synthesis . . . . . . . . . . 99

Cell division, Escberichia coli, MAcro- gravity, Cell growth; Space shuttle, Exponential growth rate . . . . 111

Cell division cycle, Escherichia coli, Caulobacter crescentus, DnaK pro- rein; Synthesis . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Cell growth, Escherichia coli, Micro. gravity, Cell division; Space shuttle, Exponential growth rate . . . . 111

Cell wall, Escherichia coli, Phage U3, Phenotype Gene fhuA, Rec,:ptor, Mutations, Illegitimate mating. Non- complementing diploids . . . . 309

Chemotherapy, Tuberculosis, Sputum, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, PCR; Follow-up, Comparison . . . . 5

Chlamydia psittaci, LPS, Virulence; Epitopes, Iramunoelectron raicro- scopy, mAb, Enzootic abortion, Pro- tection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611

Circadian rhythm, Synechocc ccus, Neurospora, Gonyaulax, frq Gene, Clock gene, Note . . . . . . . . . 499

Cis-acting element, Bacillus, Gram- p o s i t i v e bac t e r ium, Ca rbon ; Repression, Catabolism, Sequence analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Clock gene, Circadian rhythm~ Syne- chococcus, Neurospora, Gonyau- lax, frq Gene; Note . . . . . . . 499

Cloning, P!asmid, Bacillus stearo- thermophilus; Shuttle vector, pRP9 plasmid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

Complement, Fever, LPS, Infection; Bacteria, Temperature. Iron, Ente- robacteria, Gram-negative; Times and Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Deletion, Plasmid, Recombinet ion, Mycobacterium; CSP, M. smegma- tis, M. boy/s, BCG; Brief note 683

Diarrhoea, Escherichia coli, Adhesin;

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Diffuse adhesion, Adhesive factors, Probes, DAEC strains, Pathogeni- city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621

Diarrhoea, EscheJichia coil, Toxigene- sis; Elek test. Identification, Shiga- like toxin I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

DNA, Flagellin, fiaA gene, Heiicobac- ter pyroli; Polymorphism, Profiting, Symptomatology, Urease gene, Cytotoxin and motifity phenotypes, Ulcerogenicity . . . . . . . . . . . 585

DNA, Telomere, Telomeric protein, Protrusion; Single-stranded DNA- binding proteins, Saccharomyces cerev/siae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

DNA fingerprinting, Yeast, Restric- tion enzyme ana!ysis; Diagnosis, Taxonomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659

DNA probe, PCR, Periodontitis, Por- phyromonas gingivalis ; Markers, Arbitrary primers . . . . . . . . 595

DnaK protein, Escherichia cell, Cell division cycle, Caulobacter crescen- ms; Synthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Drug susceptibility, Mycobacterium avium, Immune response, Pathoge- nicity; Epidemiology; Forum 167

Enterobacteriaceae, Anaerobiosis, Glycerol; Dihydroxyacetone, 1,3- Propanediol, Metabolism, Glycerol fermentation, dha regulon, Taxo- nomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Escherichia coll, Cell division cycle, Caulobacter crescentus, DnaK protein; Synthesis . . . . . . . . . . 99

Escherichia cell, Diarrhoea, Adhesin; Diffuse adhesion, Adhesive factors, Probes, DAEC strains, Pathogeni- city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621

Escherichia coil, Diarrhoea, Toxigene- sis; Elek test, Identification, Shiga- like toxin I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Escherichia coli, Microgravity. Cell division, Cell growth; Space shuttle, Exponential growth rate . . . . 111

Escherichia coli, Phage U3, Pheno- type, GenefhuA, Cell wall, Recep- tor ; Mutations, Il legitimate mating, Non-complementing diploids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Escherichia coil, RAPD, Ribotype, Carboxylesterase type B2; RFLP, Molecular epidemiology . . . 141

Eubacteria, Phylogeny, Monophyly, Gram-positive bacterium; Multiple tree analysis, Concatenation, Taxo- nomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

Exopolysaccharide, Xanthomonas campestris, Biosynthesis; Biopoly- mers, Model system, Commercial applications . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Fever, LPS, Complement, Infection; Bacteria, Temperature, Iron, Ente- robacteria, Gram-negative; Times and Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

flaA Gene, Fiagellin, Helicobacter pylori, DNA; Polymorphism, Pro- filing, Symptomatology, Urease gene, Cytotoxin and motility phe,- notypes, Ulcerogenicity . . . . 585

Flagellia, flaA Gene, Helicobacter pylori. DNA; Polymorphism, Pro- filing, Symptomatology, Urease gene, Cytotoxin and motility phenotypes. Ulcerogenicity . . . . 585

Follicle-association epithelium, Gut, Salmonella, Adhesion, Invasion, M cell. Peyer's patch, Salmonella typhimurium; Ulex europaeus 1, Membrane ruffles, Actin, Mouse, Oral vaccination . . . . . . . . . 543

Food, RibotIping, Streptococcus thermophilus; rDNA, rRNA, ARDRA-PCR, Diagnosis, Taxo- nomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651

Food, Temperature, Bacterial growth, Virulence, L/steria monocytogenes, Internalin, Listcriolysin; Caco-2 cells, Thennoregulafion . . . . 677

Fragicilin, Bacteriocin, Protein, Bac- teroides fragilis, Anaerobiosis ; Characterization, Ecosystems, Antagonisms . . . . . . . . . . . 9

frq Gene, Circadian rhythm; Synecho- coccus, Neurospora, Gonyaulax, Clock gene; Note . . . . . . . . 499

Gene fhuA, Escherichia coli, Phage U3, Phenotype, Cell wall, Receptor, Mutations, Illegitimate mating. Non-complementing diploids 309

Glycerol, Anaerobiosis, Enterobacte- riaceae; Dihydroxyacetone, i,3- Propanediol, Metabolism, Glycerol fermentation, dha regulon, Taxo- nomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Glycolipid, Tuberculosis, Mycobacte- r/um tuberodosis, Trel~os~; Dies~ and monoesters, Serodiagnosis, ELISA, Pseudo cord factor .. 563

Gonyaulax. Circa~an rhythm, Syne- chococcus, Neurospora, frq Gene, Clock gene; No.:e . . . . . . . . 499

Gram-positive bacterium, Phylogeny, Monophyly, Eubacteria; Multiple tree analysis, Concatenation, Taxo- nomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

Gram-positive bacterium, Bacillus. C/s-acting element, Carbon, Repres- sion, Catabolism, Sequence analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Gut, Salmonella, Adhesion, Invasion, M cell, Follicle-associated epithelium, Peyer's patch, Salmonella typhimurium; Ulex europaeus 1, Membranes ruffles, Actin, Mouse, Oral vaccination . . . . . . . . . 543

Halorhodopsin, Bacteriorhodopsin, Sensory rhodopsin, Phylogenetic tree; Intragenic duplication, Resi- due conservation . . . . . . . . . 273

Helicobacter priori, Flagellm, flaA Gene. DNA; Polymo~m, Profi- ling, Symptomatology, Urease gene, Cytotoxin and motility phenotypes, t n c e r o g e n i ~ . . . . 595

Immunomodulation, Porin, Viru- lence, Yersinia enterocolitica, Monocyte, Phagocytosis, Phago- somc-Iysosome fusion; Granulo- cyte, Chemotaxis, Nylon wool adherence, Chemiluminescence, NO, TNFct, ILia, IL6, ILS, IFN¥, GM-CSF, IL3, H.A . . . . . . . 297

Immune response, Mycobacterium av/am, Drug susceptibility, Pathoge- nicity; ~ ; Forum I67

Incompatibility, Serrat/a marcescens, Plasmid, Replicon ; Inc and r©p groups, rep Probe, Typing; Mulfiro- sistant strains . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Infection, Fever, LPS, Complement; Bactez~ Temperatme. Iron, ~ bacter/~ Ca-am-negative; T m ~ and Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Internalin, Temperature, Bacterial growth, V'mdea~,/.is:er/a monocytogenes, IAsteriolysin, Food; Cao~2 cens, ~ . . . . 677

Invasion, Gut, $almone~Ja, A¢~sion, M cell, Follicle-associated epithelium, Peyer's patch, Salmonella typhimurium ; Ulex europaeu$1, Membrane ruffles, Acdn, Mouse, Oral vaccination .......... 543

Legionella pneumophila, Water. PCR; Comparative study, Nested

L/ster/a m e - - g e n e s , Temperatme, Bacterial growth, Virulence, Inter- nalin, Lisatefiolysin, Food; Caco-2 cells, Tbecmore~d~fion . . . . 677

Listeriolysin. Temperature, Bacterial growth, Virulence, L/steria mono- O, toge/w~ " ~ n l i n : Food; Caco-2 cells, Tbennorcgulafion . . . . 677

LPS, Fever, Complement. Infection; Bacteria, T e ~ , Iron, Ente- robacteria, Gram-negative; Tunes and Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

LPS, Virulence, Chlamydia psittaci ; Epitopes, lmmunoelectron microscopy, mAb, Enzootic abortion, Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6i 1

Lyme disease, Borreliosis, Borrelia burgdorferi. Borrelia garing Borre- lia afzelii; Aetiological agents. Bet- ghlm, Clinical outcome . . . . 327

Magnetospirillum. rDNA, Azospiril- lung Magnetospirillu~ Rhodospiril- lure; Taxonomy, Molecular genetics, 16S rDNA . . . . . . . . . . 633

M cell Gut, Salmonella, Adhesion, invasion, Follicle-associated epi- tbelium~ Peycr's patch, 5a/mone//a typhimurium; Uiex europaeus 1,

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Membrane ruffles, Actin, Mouse Oral vaccination . . . . . . . . . 5aJ

Mercury, Pse,,domonas sp., M ' , I su'ain, Pla_~_m_id ; Resistance, Clo- ning, Hybridiza~-ion, Esche" 4chia

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Mlcrogravity. £sci~ richm. , oli. Cell

oivis~o~ c_~ gt~,~: s p ~ shuttle, ~ growth rate . . . . 111

Moaocyte, Pofin, Virulence, gers/n/a e n t e ~ ~ Phagocytosis, Pha- gesm~lysosm~ fusion, l,m-uno- modulation; Granulocyte, Chemo- tax i s , Nylon wool adherence, Chemiluminescence, NO, TNFIx, ILIoL, IL6, IL8. IFNy, GM-CSF, D.3, HA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Monophyly, Phylogeny, Grant-positive bacterium. Eubacteria; Mulo tiple uee m~lysis, Concatenation, Taxonomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

MRI strain, ~ sp., Mer- cut~. Plasmud; Resistance, Clo- ning, Hybridization, Escherichia co// . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Jif3~ba~eriu ~ Plagmid~ Deletion, Recmnhlnmion; CSP, M. smegnm- z/& M. b o ~ IK3G; B6ef note 683

~ m ~ Dmg susceptibility, l r a m ~ ~ Pathogo- nicity; ~ ; Fonnn 167

Myt'obacter/mn boy/s, Bovine tuber- Mycobacterimn tuberculo-

sis; Bacterial antigens, Secreted pmteim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689

~ t e r / m - n labercu/osis, Bovine tubenmlo~ M3~&trter/um boy/s: Bacterial antigens, Secreted proteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689

Mycobaccedum mbercMos/.v, Tuber- culosis, Glycolipid, Trehalose; Dies~and ~ ~ sis, ELISA Pseudo enrd faet~ 563

M y c o b a c t e m tabercu/os~ Tubenm- lests, Sputum. PCR, Chemotherapy; Follow-up, Companscn . . . . 5

Neurospora, Circadian rhythm, Syne- chococcus, Gonyaulax, frq Gene, Clock gene: Note . . . . . . . . 499

Pathogc~city, M)~obacterium avium, Drug susceptibility, Immune response; Epidemiology; Forum 167

I~R, DNA probe, Periodontitis, Por- phyromonas gingivalis ; Markers, Arbitrary primers . . . . . . . . 595

PCR, Tuberculosis, Sputum, Myco- bacterium tuberculosis, Chemothe- rap,y; Follow-up, Comparison 5

PCR, Water. Legionella pneu- moph//a ; Comparative study, Nes- ted PCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603

Periodontitis, PCR, DNA probe, Por- phyromonas gingivalis, Markers, Arbitrary primers . . . . . . . . 595

Peyer ' s patch. Gut, Salmonella,

Adhesion. Invasion. M cell. Fol- ficle-associated epithelium. Salmo- nella typhimurium ; Ulex europaeus 1, Membrane ruffles, Actin, Mouse, Oral vaccination . . . . . . . . . 643

Phage U3, Escherichia coli, Phenc~ type, Genefluc4, Cell wall, Recep- tor; Mutations, Illegitimate mating, Non-complementing diploids 309

Phagoc~osis, Porin, Virulence, Yersi- nia enterocolitica, Monocyte, Pha- gosome-lysosome fusion, lmmuno- modulation; Granulocyte, Chemo- taxis, Nylon wool adherence, Che- miluminescence, NO, TNFct, ILIO~ IL6, ILS, IFNT, GM-CSF, IL3, HA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Phagosome-lysosome fusion, Porin, Virulence, Yersinia, enterocolitica, Monocyte, Phagocytosis , Immunomodulation; Granulecyte, Chemotaxis, Nylon wool adherence, Chemiluminescence, NO, TNFa, ILlu, IL6, IL8, IFNy, GM- CSF, IL3, KA . . . . . . . . . . 297

Phenotype, Escherichia coli, Phage U3, GenejhuA, Cell wall, Receptor; Mutations, Illegitimate mating, Non- complementmg diploids . . . . 3O9

~ ] a t i O n , ~ Icina~, Bactz- metabolL~n; Regulation, Catabo-

llte repression . . . . . . . . . . . . 647 Phosphorylafion, Sensor kinase, Res-

ponse regulator, Transcription ; Fonnn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Phylogenetic tree., Bacteriorhodopsin, Halorhodo~in, Sensory. rhodopsin; Intragenic duplication, Residue conservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Phylogeny, Monophyly, Gram-positive bacterium, Eubacteria; Mul- tiple tree analysis, Concatenation, Taxonomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

Plasmid, Cloning, Bacillus stearo- thermophilus; Shuttle vector, pRP9 plasmid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

Plasmid, Deletion, Recombination, Mycobacterium; CSP, M. smegma- t/s, M. boy/s, BCG; Brief note 683

Plasmid, Incompatibility, Serratia marcescens, Replicon; lnc and rep groups, rep Probe. Typing, Multirc- sistant strains . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Plasmid, Pseudomonas sp., MR1 strain, Mercury; Resistance, Clo- ning, Hybridization, Escherichia coli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Polyphage, Bacteriophage; Coat proteins, Absorption complex, Phage assembly, Ulstrastructum, F'flamen- tous phages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699

Porin, Virulence, Yersinia enterocolitica, Monocyte, Phagacytosis, Phagosome- lysosome fusion, Immunomodulation; Granulocyte,

Chemotaxis. Nylon wool adherence. Chemiluminescence. NO. TNF~ I L I ~ IL6, ILS, IFNy, GM- CSF, IL3, HA . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Porphyromonas gingivalis, PCR, DNA probe, Periodontitis; Mar- kerr, Arbitrary primers . . . . 595

Propionibacterium, Ribotyping, Taxonomy; Identification, Subspe- cies, Lactic acid bacteria . . . 667

Protease, Protein, Arthrobacter aureus; Secretion, Cell-associated protein, Structural gone, Bacterial growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Protein, Bacteriocin, Fmgicilin. Bac- teroides fragilis. Anaerobiosis ; Characterization. Ecosystems. Antagonisms . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Protein. Protease. Arthrobacter aureus; Secretion. Cell-associated protein. Structural gene. Bacterial growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Protein kinase. Phosphorylation. Bac- terial metabolism ; Regulation. Catabofite repression . . . . . . 647

Protrusion, Telomere, DNA, Telome- ric protein; Single-stranded DNA- binding proteins. Saccharomyces cerevisiae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

Pseudomonas sp., MRI strain. Mercury, Plasmid; Resistance, Cloning, Hybfi- diT~on, Eacherichia coli . . . . 121

PTS, Antibiotic, Streptomyces ; Pro- teins. Production, Enzymes, HPr, Regulation, Biotechnology; Times and Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

RAP]:)_ E~ch~richia cnli_ l~ihntuno_ • - - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . J x " ~ y

Carboxylesterase type B 2; RFLP, Molecular epidemiology . . . 141

rDNA, Azospirillwn, Magnetospirillum, Rhodospirillum; Taxonomy, Molecu- lar genetics, !68 gE,NA . . . . . 633

Receptor, Escherichia coli, Phage U3, Phenotype Gene fhuA, Cell wal l ; Mutations, I l legi t imate mating, Non-complement ing diploids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Recombination, Plasmid, Deletion, Mycobacterium ; CSP, M. smegma- t/s, M. bov/s, BCG; Brief note 683

Replicon, Incompatibility, Serratia marcescens, Plasmid; Inc and rep groups, rep Probe, Typing, Multire- sistant strains . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Response regulator, Sensor kinase, Phosphorylation, Transcription ; Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Restriction enzyme analysis, Yeast, DNA fingerprinting; Diagnosis, Taxonomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659

Rhodospirillum, rDNA, Azospiril- lure, Magnetospirillum ; Taxo- nomy, Molecular genetics, 16S rDNA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633

Ribotype, Acinetobacter baumannii,

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Biotyp¢, Z y m o t y p e ; Ep~demio- logy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Ribotype, Escherichia coil, RAPD, Carboxylesterase type B 2, RFLP, Molecular epidemiology . . . 141

R i b o t y p i n g , Propionibacterium, Taxonomy; Identification, Subspe- cies, Lactie acid bacteria . . . 667

Ribotyp[ng, Streptococcus thermophilus, F o o d ; rDNA, rRNA, ARDRA-PCR, Diagnosis, Taxo- nomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651

rRNA, Vibrio, V I variable region; Phylogeny, 16S rRNA, Helix 6 151

Salmonella; Serovars , Taxonomy, Kauf fmann-Whi te scheme 711

Salmonella, Gut, Adhesion, Invasion, M cell, Follicle-associated epithelium, Peye r ' s patch, Salmonella typhimurium ; Ulex europaeus 1, Membrane ruffles, Act[n, Mouse, Oral vaccination . . . . . . . . . 543

Salmonella typhimurium, Gut, Salmo- nella, Adhesion, Invasion, M cell, F o l l i c l e - a s s o c i a t e d ep i the l ium. Peyer 's patch; Ulex europaeus 1, Membrane ruffles, Actin, Mouse, Oral vaccination . . . . . . . . . 543

Sensor kinase, Response regulator, Phosphoryla t ion , Transcr ip t ion ; Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Sensory rhodopsin, Bacteriorhodop- sin, Halorhodopsin, Phylogonetic tree; Intragenic duplication, Resi- due conservation . . . . . . . . . 273

Serratia marcescens, Incompatibility, P!asmid, R,,,,li,-n,,- l . . . . a r~n groups, r ~ Probe, Typing, Multire- sistant strains . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Sputum, Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, PCR, Chemotherapy; Follow-up, Comparison . . . . 5

Streptococcus thermophilus, Riboty- ping, Food; rDNA, rRNA, ARDRA- PCR, Diagnosis, Taxonomy 651

Streptomyces, Antibiotics, PTS; Pro- teins, Production, Enzymes, I-IPr, Regulation, Biotechnology; Times and Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Synechococcus, Circadian rhythm, Neurospora, Gonyanlax, frq Gone, Clock gene; Note . . . . . . . . 499

Taxonomy, Propionibacterium, Ribo- typing; identification, Subspecies, Lactic acid bacteria . . . . . . . 667

Telomere, DNA, Telomerie protein, Protrusion; S[ngle-stranded DNA- binding proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

Telomerie protein, Telomere, DNA, Protrusion; Single-stranded DNA- binding proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

Temperature, Bacterial growth, Viru- lence, L/ster/a monocytogenes, Inter-

nalin, Listeriolysm, Food; Caco-2 cells, Thermoregulation . . . . . 677

Toxigenesis, Diarrhoea, Escherichia col i ; Elek test , I d e n t i f i c a t i o n , Shiga-like toxin I . . . . . . . . 333

Transcription, Sensor kinase, Res- ponse regulator, Phosphorylation; Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Trehalose, Tuberculosis, Mycobacte- rium tuberculosis, Glycolipid; Diester and monoesters , Serodiagnosis , El JSA, Pseudo cord factor . . . 563

Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Glycolipid, trehalose; Diester and monesters , Serodiagnosis , ELISA, Pseudo cord factor . . . 563

Tuberculosis, Sputum, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, PCR, Chemotherapy; Follow-up, Comparison . . . . 5

V 1 variable region, rRNA, V/br/o; Phy- logeny, 16S rRNA, Hel ix 6 151

Vibrio, rRNA, V1 variable region; Phylogeny, 16S rRNA, Helix 6 151

Viru lence , LPS, Chlamydia psittaci; Epitopes. Inununoelec t ron microscopy, mAb, Enzootic abortion, Protection . . . . . . . . . . 611

Virulence, Porin, Yersinia enterocoli- t/ca, Monocyte, Phagoeytosis, Phago- some-lysosome fusion, lmmunomo- dulation; G m d o e y t e , ~_~'~__~i% Nylon wool adherence, Chemilumi- nescence, NO, TNFct, ILIcz, IL6. K.8, IFN T, GM-CSF, IL3, H A . 297

Virulence, Temperature , Bacter ia l growth, Listeria monocytogenes, lntoJ'rmlin I J~erlnlv_qin_ Ft'Kld'_ 2 cells, Thennoreg|,latlon . . . 677

Virulence, Yersinia enterocolitica; Diagnosis, Yop, Rp, EIJSA, lmmu- noblot, Strain 0:9, Rabbit . . . 553

Wate r , Legionella pneumophila, PCR; Comparative study, Nested PCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603

Xanthomonas campestris, Exopoly- saccharide, Biosynthesis; Biopoly- mers, Model system, Commercial applications . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Yeast, DNA fingerprinting, Restric- tion enzyme analysis; Diagnosis, Taxonomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659

Yersinia enterocolitica, Porin, Viru- lence, Monocyte , Phagocytos is , P h a g o s o m e - l y s o s o m e fus ion , Immunomodulation; Granulocyte, Chemotax is , Nylon wool adherence, Chemiluminescence, NO, TNF0t, IL 1 ft., R.6, ILS, IFN T, GM- CSF, IL3, ILA . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Yersinia enterocolitica, Virulence ; Diagnosis, Yop, Rp, ELISA, lmmu- noblot, Strain 0:9, Rabbit . . 553

Zymotype, Acinetobacter baumannii, Biotype, Ribotype; Epidemio- logy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

INDEX OF ARTICLES PUBLISHED

Fol low-up of t ,berculosis patients undergoing standard anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy by using a polymer'ase chain reaction. G. I~vE~., P. GL:_Z'c'.'. B. G,,',~JEL and S. C~L~_,~- ~.AU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Extraction, partial purification and character izat ion of a bacter iocin (fragilicin) produced by a strain of Bacteroides fragilis isolated from Callithrix penic'dla~ L_M. F ~ . s , A.H. TOTOLA, C.M.S. MIRANDA, M.A.R. CARVALHO, C.A.V. DAUAS- C~O, C.A.P. TAWY, r.S, E.O.C.~S~d.- PmO and E.C. VIEW.A . . . . . . 9

Repfienn typing of 71 muifi,-esis[atg Ser- rat/a marcesce~ sa-ain, C. ~ M. ~ L A~. _ n, F. C~oNr and Y. M ~ o n a . - B ~ . . . . . . . . . . 17

Biotyping. r ~ o t ~ g and estame ¢kc- trophore~is as epideaniologieal tools for Acinetobacter baamannii, JJCL SINE, S. G g ~ - R ~ , P. P o t ~ a t ~ , R. M w s ~ , C. A~v~rx, J. Jn~Er~ IL THOMAS and L L Avan. . . . . . 27

10th Forum in Mierobiolegy: "Scientific and technological issues

leading to the practical appiication of bioremediation and environmental b io technology ' . Introduction, D . L Gtn~CK . . . . . . . . . . . 39

SclenP_ffic foundation of biorcmedia- t ion and gaps remain ing to be -~¢d, R.R. COLW~.L . . . . . . 40

A e rob i c PCB b iodegrada t ion and anaerobic PCB dochlodnafion in the environment , D.A. ASR~OaO- .wlcz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Enumeration and characterization of BTEX-deg rad ing bac te r i a f rom hypoxic environments functional wi th mixed e lec t ron accep to r s , R.H. OLS~N, M.D. MIKESELL arid j.J. KUKOR ............. 47

Disposal of slop oil and sludges by biodcgradafion, T.IL JACK, M. McD. FRANCIS and L.G. S T ~ E m R 49

The potential application of biosur- factants in combatting hydrocarbon p-Uution in marine environments, J.-C. BERTRAND, P. Bo~aN, M. Gotrrx, M. GAUTHIER and G. MILL~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Microbiological treatment of conta- m ina t e d s to rage con ta ine r s , D. Gtrrtacg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Explo i t ing heavy metal res is tance systems in bioremediation, S. SIL- VER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

724 RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

The ttse of ~ for envLronmen- tal monitoring, D. van der L~x~, P. C o ~ a ~ , W. B . ~ S. W u ~ z , L Dens and M. M ~ Y . . 67

T~zes mad Tremls: Proteins of the phosphoc~pymvate:

sugar lShmphce'ans~mse system in Slreptomyce$: possible involvement in the regulation of antibiotic production, F. ~ , J. WM.- X~HORSr, X. Cm, J. l ~ z ~ and MJ-I. SAn~ Jr . . . . . . . . . . 89

S y n ~ of commelr.ially valuable bacterial polymer: impect of molecular genedc~ M.O. MA~r~ 93

s , ~ e ~ Of ~ a < gotein debug tbe division cycle of Escher/ch/a co//. T.R. Hupp, J.D. KEASLING, S. Cocm~ and J.M. I ~ . . . 99

Growth and division of Escher/ch/a col/eerier micmgmvity conditions, G. C~as~, R. T n t ~ x ~ B. Eole, L L A ~ N. MoATrl, P. TooRoP and C W o t m m ~ . . . . . . . 111

czoaing and ~ oftbe m e r ~ zesistance geaes of mm-ine Pseudo- monas sp. strain M R I plasmid pMRI m ~ coa, D.B. R~a- m a RAm and A. M ~ t ~ ' v ~ 121

diversity of anaerobic giy- ceml di.~-imltmlon shown by soven enterobacterial species. O.M.M. B o u r n , P. L~CmMA~D, J.P. CAR- L ~ and P~,~D. GmMOST... 129

Differentiation of Escherichia coli using random~ polymoq~

DNA mmlysing, EL CAv~ P. Buv~m, J. Fa.t~ rand E. ~ . . . . 141

An analysis of the VI and V2 regmns of I rzb~ cho/erae and Vibr/o mim/- cus 16S rRNA, A. CO~LUO, H. MOM~N, A.C.P. VZCF~rE and C.A. S ~ H ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

l l t h Forum in Microbiology: "Laboratory and clinical aspects of

the Mycobacterium avium epidemic: contributing factors associated with variability of drag suscep- t ib i l i ty and immune respon- s iveness , and the mul t i face ted nature of pathogealcity". In~oduc- tion, N. RASTOG! and W.W. BAR- ROW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Epidemiology of Mycobacterium av/mn infections in the pre- and post- HIV e ~ J.O. FAt.V, m t ~ , HI 169

Mycobacterium avium infections in animals, C.O. T t m ~ . . . . . . 173

Development of rapid techniques for identification of M. avium infec- riots, J.T. CRAWFOP~ . . . . . . 177

Prevention and treatment of Myca- bacterium avium complex infec- t ion, B.T. MANOURA and L.B. RetCHM~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Quantitative cultures and drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacte- r/urn av/um clinical isolates before and during the ~ntimicrobial therapy, L.B. ~ . . . . . . . . 188

Clinie~-I trials in Mycobacterium avium therapy : le.~sons to take home, B. DAU'rZ~Ner~O . . . . 197

Practical issues in the antibiotic and immunotherar.v of Mycobacterium avium disease i~ immtmocompro- raised patients, t,.S. YOUNG, L.E.M. Bea~nJ~z and C.B. lmr~t.m) 206

Genetic aspects of drug resistance in Mycobacterium awium. A.E. Strzt~, and J.M. I N ~ . . . . . . . . 210

Contributions of animal and macro- phage models to the understanding of host paras i te in te rac t ion of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) disease, P.RJ. G~o~ao~-

and M.V. RexmY . . . . . 214 lmmtmomodulatory events in Myco-

bacterium avium infections, M. DEms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Mycobacter/um av/um: pathogenicity in HIVI infection, H. SamATsucm, J.L. JOHNSON and JJ . i~JJNER 230

Molecular basis of colony morpho- logy in Mycobacterium avium, J.T. B ~ s t £ and PJ. B p . E z ~ . . 237

Cell envelope constituents and the multifaceted nature of Mycobacte- r/urn av/um pathogenicity and drug resistance, N. RAS~Ol and W.W. BARROW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Tunes and Trends : Fever and the control of Gram-nega-

tive bacteria, M.H. GREEN and C.W. VERMEt~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Original articles: Phylogenetic relationships among

bacteriorhodopsins, G. KUAN and M.H. Sew.R, Jr . . . . . . . . . . 273

Secretic, n of a temporally controlled cell-associated protein in Arthro- bacter aureus: production of the protein and inactivation of its structural gene, V. MICHOTEY, V. LEREr and C. Bt~qco . . . . . . . . . . 287

Properties of Yersinia enterocolitica porins: interference with biological funct ions of phagocytes , ni tr ic oxide product ion and select ive cytokine release, M.A. TUFANO, F. ROSSANO, P. CATALANOTTI. G. LIGUORI, A. ~LARINELLI, A. BARONi and P. ~ H . . . . . . . . 297

Ufr/s variation in Escherichia coli

KI2: a reversible double-mutation or alternate chromosome expres- s ion in n o n - c o m p l e m e n t i n g diploids?, J.-P. GRA~ . . . . 309

Evidence for the involvement of different genospecies of Borrelia in the c l in ica l outcome of Lyme disease in Belgium, F.M. Awmo- mssr~, M. De I~s r~ P.P. Ho~r and G.H. BIG~aGNON . . . . . . . . . 327

Easy-to-perform modified Elek test to identify Shiga-like toxin-producing diarrhoeogenic Escherichia col~, Y. Gr~oa, n, E. BEOAUD and J.M. D ~- ~nRmR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

12th Forum in Microbiology: "Bacterial sensor kinase/response

regulator systems: an introduction", lvI.H. S ~ , Jr . . . . . . 349

Response regulators: structure, function and evolution, G.M. PAO, R. TAM, L.S. LwscHrrz and M.H. SAI~ Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

Signal transduction by the EnvZ- OmpR phosphotransfer system in bacter ia , S.A. FORST and D.L. ROBr~TS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

The sensor kinase KdpD and the response regulator KdpE control expression of the kdpFABC operon in Escherichia coli, K. ALTENDORF, P. VOELKNER and W. PUPPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

A transmembrane signalling complex controls transcription of the Uhp ~n~m- nh~nhate tr~n~nnrt ~v~toJ~ - - - ~ - - x - - - - - - r r . . . . J . . . . •

R.J.KADNER, M.D. ISLAND• ] .L. DAm. and C.A. WEeeER . . . 381

Regu la t ion of capsule synthes is inc ludes in te rac t ions of the RcsC/RcsB regulatory pair, V. STotrr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

The DegS/DegU and ComP/ComA ~.vG-componeut systems are part of a network controlfing degradative enzyme synthesis and competence in Bacillus subtilis, F KUNST, T. MSADEK, J. BIGNON and G. RArO- PORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

Two-component regulators and genetic competence in Bacillus subtilis, D. DUBNAU, J. HAHN, M. ROGOIANI, F. P~zzA and Y. WEU~AUCH 403

Novel aspects of chemotacti,: sensory tmnsducfion in Bacillus subtilis, P.B. CARPENTIER, D.W. HANLON, M.L. IORSCH and G.W. ORDAL . . . . 413

The role of FlbD in regulation of fla- gellar gene transcription in Caulo- bacter crescentus, A.K. BENSON, J. Wu and A. NEWTON . . . . . . . 420

S e nso r / r e sponse in Myxococcus xanthus to attractants and repel- lents requires the frz signal trans-

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duction system, W. Sm and D.R. ZUSMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

Aerobic-anaerobic gene regulation in Escherichia coil: control by the A r c A B and Fnr r egu lons , R.P. GUNSALUS a n d S.-J . PARK . . . 437

Dual i n t e r a c t i n g t w o - c o m p o n e n t regulatory systems mediate nitrate- and nitrite-regulated gene expression in Escherichia coil, V. ST=-- WART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 0

Oxygen regulation of expression o f nitrogen fixation genes in Rhizo- bium meliloti, P.G. AGRON, E.K. MONSON, G.S. DITTA and D.R. H~SKX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

Host recognition by the VirA, VirG two-componen~ regulatory proteins of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, S.C. WINANS, N.J. MANTIS, C.-Y. CtlEN, C.-H. Ct~'qo and D.C. HAS . . 461

The role of the PhoP/PhoQ regulon in Salmonella virulence, E. GARCIA Vescovt , F .C. Soucmi and E.A. G R o t s ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Eukaryotes have " two-component" signal transducers, C. CHANO and E.M. MM~Rowrrz . . . . . . . . 481

Times and Trends: Circad ian rhy thms in mic roo rga -

nisms, S. BRonY . . . . . . . . . 499

Original ar t ic les : Ana lys i s o f a cis-active sequence

mediating catabollte repression in Cwam-positlve h ~ _ ~ a , CJ . H L ~ , W. HILLeN and M.H. SAnto, Jr 503

In vitro identification of a protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that interacts specif ical ly with the G- rich DNA strand of the telomere, P. SAN'tOm and P. DoNna . . . . . 519

Molecular phylogeny of Eubacteria: a new multiple tree analysis method appl ied to 15 sequence data sets questions the monophyly of Gram- posit ive bacteria, N. GALTIER and M. GouY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

Preferential interaction of Salmonella ~ph~murium with mouse Peyer ' s patch M cells, M.A. CLARK, M.A. JEPSON, N.L. SIMMONS and B.H. Hlp.gr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

Analysis of the immune response to Yer~inia enterocolitica serotype-

O:9-released proteins by immuno- blot and ELISA, L. FERNANDEZ- LAGO, M. G6MEZ, N. VIZCAINO and A. CHORDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

S c r e e n i n g o f syn the t i c t r eha lose 6 , 6 " - d i e s t e r s and t r e h a l o s e 6- monoesters as potential immune- reactants for the serodiagnosis of t u b e r c u l o s i s , A. LASZLO, H.H. BAER, M.B. GOREN, V. HANDZEL and F. PAPA . . . . . . . . . . . . 563

New shu t t l e v e c t o r fo r c l o n i n g in Bacillus stearathermophilus, E. DE Kossl, P. Bmotm, N.E. WEL- KER, G . RICCARDI and D. M A T - TEUZZ, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

Flagel l in gene profi l ing of Helico- baler pylori infecting symptoma- tic and asymptomatic individuals, A. HURTADO, R.J. OWEN and M. DESAI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

P o l y m e r a s e cha in r eac t i on using a rb i t r a ry p r imer for the des ign a n d c o n s t r u c t i o n o f a D N A probe specif ic for Porphyromo- nas gingivalis, C. MPNARD, P. GOSSFLIN, J .-F. DUttAIME and C. MOUTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

Nested polymerase chain reaction for detect ion of Legionella pneumophila in water , V. CATALAN, C- MOV~2~O, M.A. DASl, C M~OZ and D. APRAm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603

The LPS localization might explain the lack of protection of LPS-specific antibodies in abortion-causing Chlamydia psittaci infections, J. SAUNAS, J. SANCHEZ, A J . B U ~ I A , A. SOURIAU, A RODOLArdS, A. BER- NAB~ and F. ~ . . . . . . . 611

Survey o f cl inical isolates o f diarrhoeogenic Escherichia coil: diffu- sely adhering E. coli strains with multiple adhesive factors, C. JAL- LAT, A DARFEUILLE-MICHAUD, C . RiCH and B. JOLV . . . . . . . . 621

Molecular relationship of an atypical Azospirillum s t ra in 4T to o ther Azospirillum species, J. HAURAT, D. FAURE, R. BALL'/ and P. Non- MAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633

Times and Trends : Bacterial protein kinases that reco-

gnize tertiary rather than primary structure? M.H. SAIER, Jr . . . 647

Original articles: Genotyping of Streptococcus i;,e,-

mophdus evidenced by restri~.tion ana lys i s o f r ibosoma. DNA, G. SALZANO, G. MOSCHE'rrl, F . VIL- LAIn, O. PEPE, G. MAUamLLO and S. COt~OLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651

DNA fingerprinting of yeast strains by restriction enzyme analysis, C. BARBERIO, R. FANI, A. RASO. A. CAmJ and M. P o L s e ~ u . . . 659

Identification of dairy Propionibac- terium species by rRNA gene res- t r i c t i o n pa t te rns , A .F . de CAR- VALtlO, M . GAUTIER and F. GmMowr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667

Listeria monocytogenes infection o f Caco-2 cells: role of growth temperature, M.P. CotcrE, C. Lomml, G. PIn,ONE, M. Poutaono, P. VAtaOcn and L. SE~AN~ . . . . . . . . . . 677

Stmctnral instability of recombinant plasmids in m y c o b ~ r i a , F. H ~ - SFJ ~ '~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683

A W e s t e r n b lo t c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n o f Mycobaeter ium boris an t i - gens recogn ized by cat t le sera, A. CATALD,, M.I. ROMANO and F. Bml . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689

The role of the adsoq~tion complex in the t e rmina t i on o f f i l amen tous p h a g e a s sembly , V. GAILUS, U. RAMSPERGER, C . J ~ I'L KRAMER and L RAscm~ . . . . . . . . . . 699

S u p p l e m e n t 1993 (n ° 37) to the Kanffmann-White scheme, M.Y. P o ~ v v , J. BOCKEMUHL and A. McWhot~nm-Mum~ . . . . . . 711

BOOKS RECEIVED

S m . m ~ H.G. - - Genera/m/crab/e- legy (Edition 7) . . . . . . . . . 157

JOSET, F. & GESmN-MmtteL, ] . - - Prokaryot ic genetics. Genome organization, transfer and plasti- c/ty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

ODOM, J.M. & SINGLETON, R.. Jr. The sulfate-reducing bacteria: contemporary perpeaives . . . 157

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