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ASM News April 1998
| Microbiology and Molecular Biology: 60 Years
of Convergence Samuel Kaplan |
p.186 |
Microbiology provided the means by which the first fundamental questions of molecular biology could be addressed, but this has not diminished the phenomenal progress that has occurred since then
CURRENT TOPICS
| Hong Kong Outbreak: One Flu Over the Chicken Coop | p.188 |
| SmithKline Beecham Aims at Ending Filiarsis | p.188 |
| Brief, Less-costly AZT Regime Effective for Pregnant Women | p.189 |
| Contemplating the Ever-Greater Complexities of Biology | p.190 |
| Pig Retroviruses Lead FDA to Delay Xenotransplant Trials | p.192 |
| AIDS Experts Testing More-Aggressive Antiviral Trials | p.193 |
| Microbial Ecosystems in the Earth’s
Subsurface Lee R. Krumholz |
p.197 |
A diverse array of microorganisms with unusual properties
populates this nether world
| Buchnera aphidicola: the Endosymbiont of
Aphids Paul Baumann, Linda Baumann, Marta A. Clark, and MyLo Ly Thao |
p.203 |
This symbiosis, which seems to have been a one-time occurrence,
provides a source of essential amino acids for the host
| Dramatic New View of Bacterial Chromosome
Segregation Jeff Errington |
p.210 |
Breaking conventional views, B. subtilis studies suggest
that the dynamics of bacterial chromosomes resemble those of mitosis
ASM NEWS
| Membership Services Web Site Enhanced | p.220 |
In addition to evolving Division and Branch home page projects, the
site
has added online Archives resource and an international section
| 1998 General Meeting Awardees | p.221 |
The 1998 awards for the Eli Lilly and Company Research Award, Procter and Gamble Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, the bioMerieux Sonnenwirth Award, the Abbot-ASM Lifetime Achievement Award, the Abbott Laboratories Award in Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology, and the Chiron Corporation Biotechnology Research Award are announced
| Education and Training | p.228 |
| Membership | p.228 |
| Branches | p.229 |
| Divisions | p.230 |
| Letters | p.185 |
| Public Affairs Report | p.195 |
| Journal Highlights | p.218 |
| Reviews and Resources | p.230 |
| Application Deadlines | p.235 |
| Calendar | p.238 |
| Employment | p.243 |
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