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Table of Contents

Fiction, Fact, and Reality p.206
Bernard Dixon
Authors of microbiology textbooks could learn from novelists, harnessing not just our intellect but, where appropriate, our imagination too, without sacrificing scientific precision or credibility

Antibiotic Resistance Policy Debate Ready to Reheat p.208

Experimental Vaccine Protects against Staph p.209

Histone Changes May Govern Certain DNA Rearrangements in Ciliates p.210

IOM Report Attempts to Assuage Childhood Vaccine Worries p.211

Children, Share Your Data, or Else p.213

NAS Panel Calls Anthrax Vaccine Safe, Useful, Replaceable p.213

Understanding Metallo ß-Lactamases p.217 [PDF]
Michael I. Page
A major role of zinc in these enzymes is to act as a Lewis acid rather than providing a nucleophile when hydrolyzing ß-lactam antibiotics

Lighting the Way: Genome-Wide, Bioluminescent Gene Expression Analysis p.222 [PDF]
Tina K. Van Dyk
Alternative approach for genome-wide transcriptional analysis is proving informative, relatively inexpensive, and fast

Dissimilatory Metal Reduction: from Early Life to Bioremediation p.231 [PDF]
Derek R. Lovley
Diverse bacteria and archaea use a novel form of respiration-oxidizing hydrogen or organic compounds with the reduction of metals

The Effects of Probiotics p.205

Getting Back to Basics p.205