Editorial Board [Masthead] 22 May 2013 | 06:28 pm

The Microbiology of Malting and Brewing [Reviews] 22 May 2013 | 06:28 pm

SUMMARY Brewing beer involves microbial activity at every stage, from raw material production and malting to stability in the package. Most of these activities are desirable, as beer is the result of...

Role of Pore-Forming Toxins in Bacterial Infectious Diseases [Reviews] 22 May 2013 | 06:28 pm

SUMMARY Pore-forming toxins (PFTs) are the most common bacterial cytotoxic proteins and are required for virulence in a large number of important pathogens, including Streptococcus pneumoniae, group ...

Toxin Plasmids of Clostridium perfringens [Reviews] 22 May 2013 | 06:28 pm

SUMMARY In both humans and animals, Clostridium perfringens is an important cause of histotoxic infections and diseases originating in the intestines, such as enteritis and enterotoxemia. The virulen...

Role of Factor H Binding Protein in Neisseria meningitidis Virulence and Its Potential as a Vaccine Candidate To Broadly Protect against Meningococcal... 22 May 2013 | 06:28 pm

SUMMARY Neisseria meningitidis is a Gram-negative microorganism that exists exclusively in humans and can cause devastating invasive disease. Although capsular polysaccharide-based vaccines against s...

The Unexpected Roles of Eukaryotic Translation Elongation Factors in RNA Virus Replication and Pathogenesis [Reviews] 22 May 2013 | 06:28 pm

SUMMARY The prokaryotic translation elongation factors were identified as essential cofactors for RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity of the bacteriophage Qβ more than 40 years ago. A growing body ...

Pyrophosphate-Fueled Na+ and H+ Transport in Prokaryotes [Reviews] 22 May 2013 | 06:28 pm

SUMMARY In its early history, life appeared to depend on pyrophosphate rather than ATP as the source of energy. Ancient membrane pyrophosphatases that couple pyrophosphate hydrolysis to active H+ tra...

Acyltransferases in Bacteria [Reviews] 22 May 2013 | 06:28 pm

SUMMARY Long-chain-length hydrophobic acyl residues play a vital role in a multitude of essential biological structures and processes. They build the inner hydrophobic layers of biological membranes,...