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Pantoea and the Locust p.314
Bernard Dixon
Bacteria may play a crucial role in the behavioral switch that turns sluggish, solitary locusts into vast, foraging hordes that can blacken the sky and decimate crops

APUA, Senate Bill Urge Restricted Use of Antibiotics in Agriculture p.316

Food Safety Progress Hailed while Concerns Remain p.317

Vitamin A's Impact on Children's Immune Responses Questioned p.318

Rocky Mountain Labs Plan BSL4 Lab p.319

Truth about Bioterrorism and Biowarfare Is Elusive p.320

Infections Emerge at the Animal-Human Interface p.321

Coordinating Cytokinesis and Nuclear Division in S. pombe p.325 [PDF]
Dannel McCollum
Cell cycle checkpoints maintain the chromosomal content of yeast cells and ensure that steps in the cell cycle occur in proper order

Phage Enzymes Digest Peptidoglycan To Deliver DNA p.330 [PDF]
Pia S. Rydman and Dennis H. Bamford
Bacterial viruses partly hydrolyze the peptidoglycan layer to introduce their genomes into host cells

Redesigning Cells for Production of Complex Organic Molecules p.336 [PDF]
Vincent J. J. Martin, Christina D. Smolke, and Jay D. Keasling
If metabolically engineered properly, cells replenish both enzymes and cofactors while producing complex, potentially useful organic molecules

ASM's Bioterrorism Website p.313

Thanks to ASM p.313

H. pylori: What's the Story? p.313