1. Molecular bases of epithelial cell invasion by Shigella flexneri

   • Philippe J. Sansonetti
   • Coumaran Egile

   OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 197

2. Quorum sensing and the cell-cell communication dependent regulation of gene expression in pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria

   • Andrea M. Hardman
   • Gordon S.A.B. Stewart
   • Paul Williams

   OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 210

3. Current topics in signal transduction in bacteria

   • Klaas J. Hellingwerf
   • Wim C. Crielaard
   • Claudio Avignone-Rossa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 227

4. Dipodascus capitatus, Dipodascus spicifer and Geotrichum clavatum: Genomic characterization

   • Maudy Th. Smith
   • G.A. Poot

   OriginalPaper Pages: 229 - 235

5. Candida arabinofermentans, a new L-arabinose fermenting yeast

   • C.P. Kurtzman
   • B.S. Dien

   OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 243

6. Coproporphyrin excretion by Azorhizobium caulinodans under micro-aerobic conditions

   • Annemieke F. Pronk
   • John Stigter
   • Fred C. Boogerd

   OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 251

7. Physiological characterisation of a pyruvate-carboxylase-negative Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant in batch and chemostat cultures

   • Patricia de Jong-Gubbels
   • Jürgen Bauer
   • Jack T. Pronk

   OriginalPaper Pages: 253 - 263

8. Validation of the basidiomycetous yeast, Sporidiobolus microsporus sp. nov., based on phenotypic and molecular analyses

   • J.W. Fell
   • G.M. Blatt
   • A. Statzell-Tallman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 265 - 270

9. Temperature and NaCl- tolerance of rock-inhabiting meristematic fungi

   • Katja Sterflinger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 281

10. Diversity and affinities among species and strains of Lipomyces

    • D.E. Gouliamova
    • G.L. Hennebert
    • J.P. van der Walt

    OriginalPaper Pages: 283 - 291

11. Volume contents

    OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 296

12. Authors index

    OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 297

13. Instructions for authors

    OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 301