Bird feathers as potential sources of pathogenic microorganisms: a new look at old diseases Andrzej MiskiewiczPaweł KowalczykAnna Misiewicz Review Paper Open access 19 February 2018 Pages: 1493 - 1507
Testing culture purity in prokaryotes: criteria and challenges Alexander V. PinevichEugeny E. AndronovHelena Y. Dmitrieva Review Paper 27 February 2018 Pages: 1509 - 1521
Amycolatopsis vastitatis sp. nov., an isolate from a high altitude subsurface soil on Cerro Chajnantor, northern Chile Hamidah IdrisImen NouiouiMichael Goodfellow Original Paper 10 February 2018 Pages: 1523 - 1533
Paracoccus pueri sp. nov., isolated from Pu’er tea Yu-Shuai WangZheng-Fei YanTae-Hoo Yi Original Paper 26 February 2018 Pages: 1535 - 1542
Phylogeny and bioactivity of epiphytic Gram-positive bacteria isolated from three co-occurring antarctic macroalgae Pamela AlvaradoYing HuangSergio Leiva Original Paper 19 February 2018 Pages: 1543 - 1555
Negative pressure wound therapy reduces the motility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and enhances wound healing in a rabbit ear biofilm infection model Wang GuoqiLi ZhiruiTang Peifu Original Paper Open access 21 February 2018 Pages: 1557 - 1570
Streptomyces tunisialbus sp. nov., a novel Streptomyces species with antimicrobial activity Ameni AyedNedra SlamaFerid Limam Original Paper 20 February 2018 Pages: 1571 - 1581
Phylogenetic framework for the phylum Tenericutes based on genome sequence data: proposal for the creation of a new order Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., containing two new families Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov. and Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov. harbouring Eperythrozoon, Ureaplasma and five novel genera Radhey S. GuptaSahil SawnaniAharon Oren Original Paper 20 March 2018 Pages: 1583 - 1630
Biofilm formation and antimicrobial sensitivity of lactobacilli contaminants from sugarcane-based fuel ethanol fermentation Marina de Toledo Ferraz DelliasClóvis Daniel BorgesSiu Mui Tsai Original Paper 24 February 2018 Pages: 1631 - 1644
Indole acetic acid overproduction transformants of the rhizobacterium Pseudomonas sp. UW4 Daiana R. DucaDavid R. RoseBernard R. Glick Original Paper 28 February 2018 Pages: 1645 - 1660
Interaction of Saccharomyces cerevisiae–Lactobacillus fermentum–Dekkera bruxellensis and feedstock on fuel ethanol fermentation Ana Paula Guarnieri BassiLeticia MeneguelloSandra Regina Ceccato-Antonini Original Paper 27 February 2018 Pages: 1661 - 1672
Differences in gut microbiota composition in finishing Landrace pigs with low and high feed conversion ratios Zhen TanYuan WangChuduan Wang Original Paper Open access 01 March 2018 Pages: 1673 - 1685
Ascidiaceibacter salegens gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an ascidian Lei ChenShi-Cheng WangGuang-Yu Wang Original Paper 03 March 2018 Pages: 1687 - 1695
Aureobasidium mangrovei sp. nov., an ascomycetous species recovered from Hara protected forests in the Persian Gulf, Iran Shaghayegh NasrMona MohammadimehrSeyed Abolhassan Shahzadeh Fazeli Original Paper 06 March 2018 Pages: 1697 - 1705
Assessing bat droppings and predatory bird pellets for vector-borne bacteria: molecular evidence of bat-associated Neorickettsia sp. in Europe Sándor HornokKrisztina SzőkeRegina Hofmann-Lehmann Short Communication 28 February 2018 Pages: 1707 - 1717
Use of antibiotic disks to evolve drug-resistant bacteria J. Nicole FlanaganTodd R. Steck Short Communication 01 March 2018 Pages: 1719 - 1722