JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY Volume 145 Contents for January 1981 Numberl Morphology and Ultrastructure Structure of the Heptose Region of Lipopolysaccharides from Rho- dospirillum tenue. JOANNA RADZIEJEWSKA-LEBRECHT, U. FEIGE, H. MAYER,* AND J. WECKESSER ...... .............. 138-144 Regulation ofPolarMorphogenesis in Caulobactercrescentus. AKIo FUKUDA,* MAKOTO ASADA, SHIGEO KOYASU, HIDEYA YOSHIDA, KATSUYUKI YAGINUMA, AND YOSHI OKADA ..... ............ 559-572 Isolation and Electron Microscopic Observations of Intracyto- plasmic Inclusions Containing Chlamydia psittaci. AKIRA MATSUMOTO ............................................. 605-612 Isolation and Properties ofPiil from Spores ofBacillus cereus. JOHN P. DEsROSIER AND J. CANO LARA* ....... .................. 613-619 General Microbiology Lectin, a Possible Basis for Symbiosis Between Bacteria and Sponges. WERNER E. G. MULLER,* RUDOLF K. ZAHN, BRANDO KURELEC, CEDOMIL Lucu, ISABEL MULLER, AND GERD UHLENBRUCK ............................................ 548-558 Quantitation of Bacillus subtilis L-Form Growth Parameters in Batch Culture. RICHARD W. GILPIN,* SUZANNE K. PATTER- SON, AND RALPH A. KNIGHT ............................... 651-653 Plant Microbiology Elaboration of Cellulose Fibrils by Agrobacterium tumefaciens Dur- ing Attachment to Carrot Cells. ANN G. MATTHYSSE,* KATH- RYN V. HOLMES, AND ROBIN H. G. GURLITZ ..... ............ 583-595 Genetics and Molecular Biology Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Protein III and Transducer Gene trg. GERALD L. HAZELBAUER,* PETER ENGSTROM, AND SHI- GEAKI HARAYAMA .................. ... ... 43-49 Stringent Response of Bacillus stearothermophilus: Evidence for the Existence of Two Distinct Guanosine 3',5'-Polyphosphate Synthetases. SUSANNE FEHR AND DIETMAR RICHTER* ...... 68-73 Plasmid Transfer and Genetic Recombination by Protoplast Fusion in Staphylococci. F. GOTz, S. AHRNE, AND M. LINDBERG* ... 74-81 Naturally Occurring Macrolide-Lincosamide-Streptogramin B Re- sistance in Bacillus licheniformis. A. DOCHERTY, G. GRANDI, R. GRANDI, T. J. GRYCZAN, A. G. SHIVAKUMAR, AND D. DUBNAU* ...................... ... .... ............... 129-137 Genetic Circularity of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO Chromo- some. P. L. ROYLE, H. MATSUMOTO, AND B. W. HOLLOWAY* 145-155 Molecular Cloning of Escherichia coli K-12 Hexuronate System Genes: exu Region. PAUL RITZENTHALER,* MIREILLE MATA- GILSINGER, AND FRANSOIS STOEBER ....................... 181-190 Three Genes Coding for Subunits of the Membrane Sector (Fo) of the Escherichia coli Adenosine Triphosphatase Complex. J. ALLAN DOWNIE,* GRAEME B. Cox, LYNDALL LANGMAN, GREG ASH, MICHAEL BECKER, AND FRANK GIBSON ..... ........... 200-210 Continued on followingpage Continued fromprecedingpage Regulation of Hexuronate System Genes in Escherichia coli K-12: Multiple Regulation of the uxu Operon by exuR and uxuR Gene Products. JANINE ROBERT-BAUDOUY,* RAYMOND PORTALIER, AND FRAN,OIS STOEBER .................................. 211-220 Deletion Map of the Escherichia coli Structural Gene for Alkaline Phosphatase, phoA. APARNA SARTHY, SUSAN MICHAELIS, AND JON BECKWITH* ..................................... 288-292 Use of Gene Fusions to Determine the Orientation of Gene phoA on the Escherichia coli Chromosome. APARNA SARTHY, SUSAN MICHAELIS, AND JON BECKWITH ..... ..................... 293-298 Infection of Salmonella typhimurium with Coliphage Mu dl (Apr lac): Construction of pyr::lac Gene Fusions. LAszL6 N. CSONKA, MARTHA M. HOWE, JOHN L. INGRAHAM, LELAND S. PIERSON III, AND CHARLES L. TURNBOUGH, JR.* .... ........ 299-305 Recombination ofUracil-ContainingLambdaBacteriophages. JOHN B. HAYS,* BRUCE K. DUNCAN, AND SIEGHILD BOEHMER ..... 306-320 Menaquinone Biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis: Isolation of men Mutants and Evidence for Clustering of men Genes. HARRY W. TABER,* ELIZABETH A. DELLERS, AND LINDA RIVoIRE LOMBARDO ............................................... 321-327 Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation in Klebsiella pneumoniae: Isolation and Characterization of Strains with nif-lac Fusions. DOUGLAS MACNEIL, JIABI ZHU, AND WINSTON J. BRILL* .... .......... 348-357 Genetic Variability in Halobacterium halobium. F. PFEIFER,* G. WEIDINGER, AND W. GOEBEL ........ ...................... 375-381 In Vivo Role of the relA4+ Gene in Regulation of the lac Operon. PAUL PRIMAKOFF ............................... 410416 Role of Peptide Chain Elongation Factor G in Guanosine 5'-Diphos- phate 3'-Diphosphate Synthesis. CHIA C. PAO,* JIM FLECK- ENSTEIN, AND BARBARA T. DYESS ..... .................... 429-433 Postreplication Repair of Ultraviolet-Irradiated Transforming De- oxyribonucleic Acid in Bacillus subtilis. CHARLES T. HADDEN ................................................. 434-441 High-Efficiency, Temperature-Sensitive Suppression of Amber Mu- tations in Escherichia coli. JANICE M. ZENGEL* AND LASSE LINDAHL ................................................ 459-465 Identity of the B56.5 Protein, the A-Protein, and the groE Gene Product ofEscherichia coli. FREDERICK C. NEIDHARDT,* TER- ESA A. PHILLIPS, RUTH A. VANBOGELEN, MARTIN W. SMITH, YANNIS GEORGALIS, AND ALAP R. SUBRAMANIAN .... ........ 513-520 Genetic Analysis of the RecE Pathway of Genetic Recombination in Escherichia coli K-12. JANE R. GILLEN, DAVID K. WILLIS, AND ALVIN J. CLARK* ..................................... 521-532 Biological Consequences of Infection of Escherichia coli B by Al- kylated T7 Bacteriophage. BARBARA KARSKA-WYSOCKI* AND MARGARET D. MAMET-BRATLEY ....... .................... 573-582 Entry of Double-Stranded Deoxyribonucleic Acid During Transfor- mation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. GOUR D. BISWAS* AND P. FREDERICK SPARLING ..................................... 638-640 Mechanism of the rel Defect in ,8-Galactosidase Synthesis. DIANE FOLEY, PATRICK DENNIS, AND JONATHAN GALLANT* .... ..... 641-643 Escherichia coli K-12 Clones That Overproduce dam Methylase Are Hypermutable. GAIL E. HERMAN AND PAUL M9DRICH* ..... 644-646 Continued on followingpage Continued fromprecedingpage Use of cir-lac Operon Fusions to Study Transcriptional Regulation of the Colicin Ia Receptor in Escherichia coli K-12. PATRICIA L. WORSHAM AND JORDAN KONISKY* ...... ................. 647-650 Physical Maps ofKlebsiella aerogenes and Salmonella typhimurium hut genes. MIROSLAv BLUMENBERG AND BORIS MAGASANIK* 664-667 Plasmids and T-ransposons Structure of a Naturally Occurring Plasmid with Genes for Entero- toxin Production and Drug Resistance. ANTHONY J. MAZAITIS, RENATA MAAS, AND WERNER K. MAAS* .................... 97-105 Determination of the Functions of Hemolytic Plasmid pHly152 of Escherichia coli. ANGELiKA NOEGEL, URSULA RDEST, AND WERNER GOEBEL* ....................................... 233-247 Introduction of Bacteriophage Mu into Bacteria of Various Genera and Intergeneric Gene Transfer by RP4::Mu. YOSHIKATSU MU- ROOKA,* NOBORU TAKIZAWA, AND TOKUYA HARADA .... ..... 358-368 Characterization ofPlasmids in Halobacteria. F. PFEIFER,* G. WEI DINGER, AND W. GOEBEL ....... ........................... 369-374 Molecular Cloning and Expression of Bacillus licheniformis fl-Lac- tamase Gene in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis. OANH GRAY AND SHING CHANG ....... ......................... 422-428 Distribution of Tn551 Insertion Sites Responsible for Auxotrophy on the Staphylococcus aureus Chromosome. PETER A. PATTEE 479-488 Evidence for a Chromosome-Bome Resistance Transposon (Tn916) in Streptococcus faecalis That Is Capable of "Conjugal" Trans- fer in the Absence of a Conjugative Plasmid. ARTHUR E. FRANKE AND DON B. CLEWELL* ........ ................... 494-502 Eucaryotic Cells Regulation of Polyamine Synthesis in Relation to Putrescine and Spermidine Pools in Neurospora crassa. THOMAS J. PAULUS AND ROWLAND H. DAVIS* ......... ........................ 14-20 Genetics of Ribosomal Components in Podospora spp. as Revealed by Interspecific Hybridizatin. MICHEL PERROT* AND JOEL BEGUERET ............................................... 82-87 Inhibition of Sterol Transmethylation by S-Adenosylhomocysteine Analogs. MARK T. MCCAMMON AND L. W. PARKS* .... ..... 106-112 Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of D-Arabinose Dehydro- genase from Neurospora crassa. ALICIA CARRAsco,* GUIDO PINCHEIRA, AND TITO URETA .................... ...... 164-170 Effect of Glucose on a-Glucan Degradation in Polyporus circina- tus. MARIA B. M. OLIVEIRA AND GLACI T. ZANCAN* ........ 171-174 Structure and Function of the PH082-pho4 Locus Controlling the Synthesis of Repressible Acid Phosphatase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. AxIO TOH-E,* S. INOUYE, AND Y. OSHMA ....... 221-232 Role of Membranes of Mycelial Mucor rouxii in Synthesis and Secretion of Cell Wall Matrix Polymers. J. MAXWELL Dow, ROBERTO R. CARREON, AND VICENTE D. VILLA* ............. 272-279 Isolation and Characterization ofLinear Deoxyribonucleic Acid Plas- mids from Kluyveromyces lactis and the Plasmid-Associated Killer Character. NORIo GUNGE,* ATSUKO TAMARU, FUMIKO OZAWA, AND KENJI SAKAGUCHI ....... ..................... 382-390 Structural Gene for the Alkaline Extracellular Protease of Sacchar- omycopsis lipolytica. PAULA C. SIMMS AND DIVID M. OGRYDZIAK*............................................. 404-409 Continued on followingpage Continued fromprecedingpage Membranes Multiple Forms of Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Proteins Distin- guished by a Factor in Addition to Multiple Methylation. GERALD L. HAZELBAUER* AND PETER ENGSTROM .... ....... 35-42 Electrophoretic Analysis of the Arrangement of Spiralin and Other Major Proteins in Isolated Spiroplasma citri