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Contents: June 2009, Volume 77, Issue 6

       Spotlight

       Minireviews

       Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions

       Molecular Pathogenesis

       Bacterial Infections

       Host Response and Inflammation

       Fungal and Parasitic Infections

       Microbial Immunity and Vaccines

       Molecular Genomics

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Molecular Darwinian Evolution of Virulence in Yersinia pestis
Dongsheng Zhou and Ruifu Yang
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2242-2250; published ahead of print March 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01477-08
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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

Yersinia pestis Can Reside in Autophagosomes and Avoid Xenophagy in Murine Macrophages by Preventing Vacuole Acidification
Céline Pujol, Kathryn A. Klein, Galina A. Romanov, Lance E. Palmer, Carol Cirota, Zijiang Zhao, and James B. Bliska
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2251-2261; published ahead of print March 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00068-09
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Antibody-Enhanced, Fc Gamma Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis of Clostridium difficile Toxin A
Xiangyun He, Xingmin Sun, Jufang Wang, Xiaoning Wang, Quanshun Zhang, Saul Tzipori, and Hanping Feng
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2294-2303; published ahead of print March 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01577-08
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Silencing of Host Cell CYBB Gene Expression by the Nuclear Effector AnkA of the Intracellular Pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Jose C. Garcia-Garcia, Kristen E. Rennoll-Bankert, Shaaretha Pelly, Aaron M. Milstone, and J. Stephen Dumler
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2385-2391; published ahead of print March 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00023-09
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Bacillus anthracis Edema Toxin Impairs Neutrophil Actin-Based Motility
Sarah E. Szarowicz, Russell L. During, Wei Li, Conrad P. Quinn, Wei-Jen Tang, and Frederick S. Southwick
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2455-2464; published ahead of print April 6, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00839-08
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Molecular Pathogenesis:

Resistance of Capnocytophaga canimorsus to Killing by Human Complement and Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes
Hwain Shin, Manuela Mally, Salome Meyer, Chantal Fiechter, Cécile Paroz, Ulrich Zaehringer, and Guy R. Cornelis
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2262-2271; published ahead of print March 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01324-08
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The Plasmid of Escherichia coli Strain S88 (O45:K1:H7) That Causes Neonatal Meningitis Is Closely Related to Avian Pathogenic E. coli Plasmids and Is Associated with High-Level Bacteremia in a Neonatal Rat Meningitis Model
Chantal Peigne, Philippe Bidet, Farah Mahjoub-Messai, Céline Plainvert, Valérie Barbe, Claudine Médigue, Eric Frapy, Xavier Nassif, Erick Denamur, Edouard Bingen, and Stéphane Bonacorsi
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2272-2284; published ahead of print March 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01333-08
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Role of HrpA in Biofilm Formation of Neisseria meningitidis and Regulation of the hrpBAS Transcripts
R. Brock Neil and Michael A. Apicella
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2285-2293; published ahead of print March 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01502-08
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Lex2B, a Phase-Variable Glycosyltransferase, Adds either a Glucose or a Galactose to Haemophilus influenzae Lipopolysaccharide
M. E. Deadman, P. Hermant, M. Engskog, K. Makepeace, E. R. Moxon, E. K. H. Schweda, and D. W. Hood
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2376-2384; published ahead of print March 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01446-08
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Cytolethal Distending Toxin Promotes Helicobacter cinaedi-Associated Typhlocolitis in Interleukin-10-Deficient Mice
Z. Shen, Y. Feng, A. B. Rogers, B. Rickman, M. T. Whary, S. Xu, K. M. Clapp, S. R. Boutin, and J. G. Fox
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2508-2516; published ahead of print March 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00166-09
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Identification of migR, a Regulatory Element of the Francisella tularensis Live Vaccine Strain iglABCD Virulence Operon Required for Normal Replication and Trafficking in Macrophages
Blake W. Buchan, Ramona L. McCaffrey, Stephen R. Lindemann, Lee-Ann H. Allen, and Bradley D. Jones
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2517-2529; published ahead of print April 6, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00229-09
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Bacillus anthracis Edema Toxin Suppresses Human Macrophage Phagocytosis and Cytoskeletal Remodeling via the Protein Kinase A and Exchange Protein Activated by Cyclic AMP Pathways
Linsey A. Yeager, Ashok K. Chopra, and Johnny W. Peterson
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2530-2543; published ahead of print March 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00905-08
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Campylobacter jejuni Glycosylation Island Important in Cell Charge, Legionaminic Acid Biosynthesis, and Colonization of Chickens
Sarah L. Howard, Aparna Jagannathan, Evelyn C. Soo, Joseph P. M. Hui, Annie J. Aubry, Imran Ahmed, Andrey Karlyshev, John F. Kelly, Michael A. Jones, Mark P. Stevens, Susan M. Logan, and Brendan W. Wren
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2544-2556; published ahead of print March 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01425-08
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Bacterial Infections:

Diversity of Ehrlichia ruminantium Major Antigenic Protein 1-2 in Field Isolates and Infected Sheep
Anthony F. Barbet, Barbara Byrom, and Suman M. Mahan
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2304-2310; published ahead of print March 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01409-08
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Clearance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from a Healthy Ocular Surface Involves Surfactant Protein D and Is Compromised by Bacterial Elastase in a Murine Null-Infection Model
James J. Mun, Connie Tam, David Kowbel, Samuel Hawgood, Mitchell J. Barnett, David J. Evans, and Suzanne M. J. Fleiszig
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2392-2398; published ahead of print April 6, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00173-09
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Examination of Campylobacter jejuni Putative Adhesins Leads to the Identification of a New Protein, Designated FlpA, Required for Chicken Colonization
Rebecca C. Flanagan, Jason M. Neal-McKinney, A. Singh Dhillon, William G. Miller, and Michael E. Konkel
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2399-2407; published ahead of print April 6, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01266-08
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Iron-Regulated Surface Determinant Protein A Mediates Adhesion of Staphylococcus aureus to Human Corneocyte Envelope Proteins
Simon R. Clarke, Guillaume Andre, Evelyn J. Walsh, Yves F. Dufrêne, Timothy J. Foster, and Simon J. Foster
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2408-2416; published ahead of print March 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01304-08
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The Pic Protease of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Promotes Intestinal Colonization and Growth in the Presence of Mucin
Susan M. Harrington, Jalaluddin Sheikh, Ian R. Henderson, Fernando Ruiz-Perez, Paul S. Cohen, and James P. Nataro
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2465-2473; published ahead of print April 6, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01494-08
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Protection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Reactive Oxygen Species Conferred by the mel2 Locus Impacts Persistence and Dissemination
Suat L. G. Cirillo, Selvakumar Subbian, Bing Chen, Torin R. Weisbrod, William R. Jacobs, Jr., and Jeffrey D. Cirillo
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2557-2567; published ahead of print April 6, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01481-08
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Host Response and Inflammation:

Identification of Cross-Reactive Epitopes on the Conserved 47-Kilodalton Antigen of Orientia tsutsugamushi and Human Serine Protease
Hua-Wei Chen, Zhiwen Zhang, Erin Huber, Chien-Chung Chao, Hui Wang, Gregory A. Dasch, and Wei-Mei Ching
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2311-2319; published ahead of print March 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01298-08
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Inhibition of Neutrophil Function by Two Tick Salivary Proteins
Xiuyang Guo, Carmen J. Booth, Michael A. Paley, Xiaomei Wang, Kathleen DePonte, Erol Fikrig, Sukanya Narasimhan, and Ruth R. Montgomery
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2320-2329; published ahead of print March 30, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01507-08
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Mechanisms of the Hepatic Acute-Phase Response during Bacterial Pneumonia
Lee J. Quinton, Matthew R. Jones, Bryanne E. Robson, and Joseph P. Mizgerd
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2417-2426; published ahead of print March 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01300-08
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Role of p38 and Early Growth Response Factor 1 in the Macrophage Response to Group B Streptococcus
Sybille Kenzel, Sandra Santos-Sierra, Sachin D. Deshmukh, Inga Moeller, Bilge Ergin, Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Egil Lien, Shizuo Akira, Douglas T. Golenbock, and Philipp Henneke
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2474-2481; published ahead of print March 30, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01343-08
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Campylobacter jejuni-Induced Activation of Dendritic Cells Involves Cooperative Signaling through Toll-Like Receptor 4 (TLR4)-MyD88 and TLR4-TRIF Axes
Vijay A. K. Rathinam, Daniel M. Appledorn, Kathleen A. Hoag, Andrea Amalfitano, and Linda S. Mansfield
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2499-2507; published ahead of print March 30, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01562-08
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O-Antigen-Negative Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Is Attenuated in Intestinal Colonization but Elicits Colitis in Streptomycin-Treated Mice
Karin Ilg, Kathrin Endt, Benjamin Misselwitz, Bärbel Stecher, Markus Aebi, and Wolf-Dietrich Hardt
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2568-2575; published ahead of print April 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01537-08
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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

Designing Therapies against Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis by Modulating the Membrane Fluidity of Antigen-Presenting Cells
Subha Banerjee, June Ghosh, Subha Sen, Rajan Guha, Ranjan Dhar, Moumita Ghosh, Sanchita Datta, Bikramjit Raychaudhury, Kshudiram Naskar, Arun Kumar Haldar, C. S. Lal, K. Pandey, V. N. R. Das, Pradeep Das, and Syamal Roy
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2330-2342; published ahead of print March 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00057-09
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Role for Endosomal and Vacuolar GTPases in Candida albicans Pathogenesis
Douglas A. Johnston, Karen E. Eberle, Joy E. Sturtevant, and Glen E. Palmer
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2343-2355; published ahead of print April 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01458-08
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Antibodies to Reticulocyte Binding Protein-Like Homologue 4 Inhibit Invasion of Plasmodium falciparum into Human Erythrocytes
Wai-Hong Tham, Danny W. Wilson, Linda Reiling, Lin Chen, James G. Beeson, and Alan F. Cowman
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2427-2435; published ahead of print March 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00048-09
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Cryptococcus neoformans Directly Stimulates Perforin Production and Rearms NK Cells for Enhanced Anticryptococcal Microbicidal Activity
Kaleb J. Marr, Gareth J. Jones, Chunfu Zheng, Shaunna M. Huston, Martina Timm-McCann, Anowara Islam, Byron M. Berenger, Ling Ling Ma, Jeremy C. D. Wiseman, and Christopher H. Mody
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2436-2446; published ahead of print March 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01232-08
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Secreted Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV Activity in the Dimorphic Fungal Pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum
Kendal G. Cooper and Jon P. Woods
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2447-2454; published ahead of print April 6, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01345-08
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Induction of Adhesion-Inhibitory Antibodies against Placental Plasmodium falciparum Parasites by Using Single Domains of VAR2CSA
Morten A. Nielsen, Vera V. Pinto, Mafalda Resende, Madeleine Dahlbäck, Sisse B. Ditlev, Thor G. Theander, and Ali Salanti
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2482-2487; published ahead of print March 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00159-09
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The Fasciola hepatica Tegumental Antigen Suppresses Dendritic Cell Maturation and Function
Clare M. Hamilton, David J. Dowling, Christine E. Loscher, Russell M. Morphew, Peter M. Brophy, and Sandra M. O'Neill
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2488-2498; published ahead of print March 30, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00919-08
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Localized Th1-, Th2-, T Regulatory Cell-, and Inflammation-Associated Hepatic and Pulmonary Immune Responses in Ascaris suum-Infected Swine Are Increased by Retinoic Acid
Harry Dawson, Gloria Solano-Aguilar, Madeline Beal, Ethiopia Beshah, Vandana Vangimalla, Eudora Jones, Sebastian Botero, and Joseph F. Urban, Jr.
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2576-2587; published ahead of print March 30, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00827-07
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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

A Fusion Protein Vaccine Containing OprF Epitope 8, OprI, and Type A and B Flagellins Promotes Enhanced Clearance of Nonmucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Eric T. Weimer, Haiping Lu, Nancy D. Kock, Daniel J. Wozniak, and Steven B. Mizel
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2356-2366; published ahead of print April 6, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00054-09
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Molecular Genomics:

Reproducible Community Dynamics of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota following Antibiotic Perturbation
Dionysios A. Antonopoulos, Susan M. Huse, Hilary G. Morrison, Thomas M. Schmidt, Mitchell L. Sogin, and Vincent B. Young
Infect. Immun. June 2009 77: 2367-2375; published ahead of print March 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01520-08
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