1. Crateriforma spongiae sp. nov., isolated from a marine sponge and emended description of the genus “Crateriforma”

   • Gaurav Kumar
   • Dhanesh Kumar
   • Ch. V. Ramana

   Original Paper 13 February 2021 Pages: 341 - 353

   

2. Siccirubricoccus phaeus sp. nov., isolated from oil reservoir water and emended description of the genus Siccirubricoccus

   • Fang-Ling Li
   • Ya-Xi Zhang
   • Lei Wang

   Original Paper 06 February 2021 Pages: 355 - 364

   

3. Amycolatopsis pittospori sp. nov., an endophytic actinobacterium isolated from native apricot tree and genome mining revealed the biosynthesis potential as antibiotic producer and plant growth promoter

   • Onuma Kaewkla
   • Christopher Milton Mathew Franco

   Original Paper 17 February 2021 Pages: 365 - 377

   

4. Streptomyces sp. M54: an actinobacteria associated with a neotropical social wasp with high potential for antibiotic production

   • Bernal Matarrita-Carranza
   • Catalina Murillo-Cruz
   • Adrián A. Pinto-Tomás

   Original Paper 15 February 2021 Pages: 379 - 398

   

5. Pseudomonas lopnurensis sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from Populus euphratica at the ancient Ugan river

   • Tursunay Mamtimin
   • Nusratgul Anwar
   • Min Wu

   Original Paper 15 February 2021 Pages: 399 - 410

   

6. Characterisation of hydrocarbon degradation, biosurfactant production, and biofilm formation in Serratia sp. Tan611: a new strain isolated from industrially contaminated environment in Algeria

   • Annela Semai
   • Frédéric Plewniak
   • Philippe N. Bertin

   Original Paper 15 February 2021 Pages: 411 - 424

   

7. Streptomyces bathyalis sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from the sponge in a deep sea

   • Chandra Risdian
   • Wiebke Landwehr
   • Joachim Wink

   Original Paper Open access 17 February 2021 Pages: 425 - 435

   

8. Biotransformation of ginsenoside Rc to Rd by endophytic bacterium Bacillus sp. G9y isolated from Panax quinquefolius

   • Chen Zhang
   • Yanyan Xu
   • Daheng Zhu

   Original Paper 23 February 2021 Pages: 437 - 444

   

9. Thermaurantiacus tibetensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from hot spring microbial mat in Tibet

   • Yu-Zhen Ming
   • Lan Liu
   • Wen-Jun Li

   Original Paper 23 February 2021 Pages: 445 - 455

   

10. Diversity of protease-producing bacteria in the soils of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

    • Jianmin Liu
    • Wenjie Liu
    • Mingyang Zhou

    Original Paper 17 February 2021 Pages: 457 - 464

    

11. Complex microbial communities inhabiting natural Cordyceps militaris and the habitat soil and their predicted functions

    • Xiao-Mei Zhang
    • De-Xiang Tang
    • Hong Yu

    Original Paper 27 February 2021 Pages: 465 - 477

    

12. Nocardioides acrostichi sp. nov., a novel endophytic actinobacterium isolated from leaf of Acrostichum aureum

    • Xiao-Hui Chen
    • Fei Li
    • Li Tuo

    Original Paper 01 March 2021 Pages: 479 - 486