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September, 2001

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Progeny of the Phage School p.432
Bernard Dixon
Frederick Twort, the eccentric polymath who discovered bacterial viruses, would have robustly welcomed the applications of bacteriophages now emerging, from therapeutics to environmental protection

High-Tech Biosensor Speeds Bacteria Detection p.434

New Naming System for S. pneumoniae Will Help Dispel Strain Confusion p.435

Perverse Progress: Poliovirus as Potential Therapeutic Vehicle p.436

Mouse Viral Studies Provide CNS Disease Insights p.437

PDF Inhibitor: Rare Success with Rational Drug Design p.438

Structural Genomics: a Slice of the Proteomics Pie p.441 [PDF]
Alisa Zapp Machalek
An ambitious effort to speed protein analysis and to discern structural principles focuses, in part, on microbial proteins

Tractable S. cerevisiae Is Model System for Studying Pathogenic Bacterial Proteins p.448 [PDF]
Cammie F. Lesser and Samuel I. Miller
Introducing bacterial virulence proteins into yeast provides valuable insights about their interactions with host components

Extraordinary Anaerobic Ammonium-Oxidizing Bacteria p.456 [PDF]
J. G. Kuenen and M. S. M. Jetten
Unusual microbial metabolic process, although slow, can remove ammonium from wastewater in a single, oxygen-limited step

Announcing the Division of Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology p.431

Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance p.431