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Introduction and Classification

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The Bacterial World Gets Smaller
Siv G. E. Andersson, et al. (2006) Science vol. 314 pp 259

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The 160-Kilobase Genome of the Bacterial Endosymbiont Carsonella
Atsushi Nakabachi, et al. (2006) Science vol. 314 pp. 267

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Big Bacteria
Schulz & Jorgensen (2001) Annual Reviews Microbiology vol 55 pp 105-37

 

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Uprooting the Tree of LIfe (Feb. 2000) Scientific American pp 90-95

 

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Microhypothesis: From pre-cells to Eukarya - a tale of two lipids
(2003) Molecular Microbiology vol. 47, pp 13-22

 
Cell Structure and Function
bulletBacterial Shape (2003) Molecular Microbiology Vol. 49 pp 571-580 
bulletMinimal cell genome
(Sep 1996) Proc of the National Academy of Science vol 93 pp 10004-10006		 
bulletCarbohydrate transporters of the bacterial phosphoenolpyruvate: sugar phosphotransferase systems (PTS) (2001) FEBS Letters vol 504 pp 104-111 
bulletHelicobacter pylori Virulence and Genetic Geography
(21 May 1999) Science vol 284 p.1328		 
bulletType III Secretion Machines: Bacterial Devices for Protein Delivery into Host Cells (21 May 1999) Science vol 284 pp 1322 
bulletBacterial Biofilms: A Common Cause of Persistent Infections
(21 May 1999) Science vol 284 pp 1318		 
bulletBacterial Cell Wall Synthesis - MMBR 2005
bulletE. Coli MurG: A Paradigm for a Superfamily of Glycosyltransferases
DNA Replication
bulletDNA replication and recombination Alberts B (2003) Nature vol 421 pp 431-435 
bulletChromosomal replicases as asymmetric dimers: studies of subunit arrangement and functional consequences - McHenry, CS
(2003) Molecular Microbiology vol 49(5) pp 1157-1165		 
bulletDNA Replication: Bringing the Mountain to Mohammed
(20 Nov 1998) Science vol 282 pp 1430		 
bulletLocalization of Bacterial DNA Polymerase: Evidence for a Factory Model of Replication (20 Nov 1998) Science vol 282 pp 1516 
bulletDNA replication and recombination Alberts B (2003) Nature vol 421 pp 431-435 
bulletBacterial chromosome segregation - Lewis, PJ
(2001) Microbiology vol 147 pp 519-526		 
Transcription
bulletThe Ribosome is a Ribozyme (11 Aug 2000) Science
vol 289 pp 878		 
bulletSigma Factors and Promoter Recognition in Bacteria 
Gene Regulation
bulletBacterial chromosome segregation - Lewis, PJ
(2001) Microbiology vol 147 pp 519-526		 
bulletSigma Factors and Promoter Recognition in Bacteria 
DNA Repair
bulletThe Expanding Polymerase Universe (Nov 2000) Nature Reviews vol 1 pp 101 
Gene Transfer
bulletGastrogenomics - Eisen, J. A. (25 Jan 2001) Nature
vol 409 pp 463		 
bulletGenome sequence of enterohaemorrhagic
Escherichia coli (25 Jan 2001) Letters to Nature
vol 409 pp 529     (Sequence  Comparison Chart)		 
bulletEngineering Escherichia coli to see light,
(Nature | Vol. 438 | 24 Nov. 2005)		 
 

 

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