Erhard Bremer

TL;DR: The data suggest that K+ uptake via KtrAB and KtrCD is an important facet in the cellular defense of B. subtilis against both suddenly imposed and prolonged osmotic stress.

TL;DR: This study uncovered a well-coordinated induction of gene expression subsequent to an osmotic upshift that involves large parts of the SigB, SigW, SigM, and SigX regulons and a large number of genes that do not belong to these regulons was observed.

TL;DR: The regulation of hns expression is found that hns transcription is subjected to stationary phase induction and negative autoregulation, and an efficient overproduction procedure and a simple purification scheme for H‐NS is developed.

TL;DR: Cloned by functional complementation the genes that are required for the synthesis of the osmoprotectant glycine betaine in B. subtilis showed strong sequence identity with members of a superfamily of specialized and nonspecialized aldehyde dehydrogenases from bacteria and plants with known involvement in the cellular adaptation to high-osmolarity stress and drought.

TL;DR: The analysis of the first complete genome sequences of two important B. megaterium strains, the plasmidless strain DSM319 and QM B1551, which harbors seven indigenous plasmids, and documented extensive gene transfer between theplasmids and the chromosome.