1. The role of sterols in morphogenetic processes and dimorphism in fungi

   • I. S. Mysyakina
   • N. S. Funtikova

   Review Papers Pages: 1 - 13

2. Dependence of the intracellular concentrations of univalent ions and hydrogenase activity on the salt composition and pH of the medium in the haloalkaliphilic sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfonatronum thiodismutans

   • G. S. Soboleva
   • L. E. Dulov
   • M. A. Pusheva

   Experimental Articles Pages: 14 - 19

3. Characteristics of the growth on rapeseed oil and synthesis of citric and isocitric acids by Yarrowia lipolytica yeasts

   • S. V. Kamzolova
   • T. V. Finogenova
   • I. G. Morgunov

   Experimental Articles Pages: 20 - 24

4. Specific features of the synthesis of the exopolysaccharide ethapolan on a mixture of energy-deficient growth substrates

   • T. P. Pirog
   • N. V. Vysyatetskaya
   • Yu. V. Korzh

   Experimental Articles Pages: 25 - 30

5. Halo-and psychrotolerant Geomyces fungi from arctic cryopegs and marine deposits

   • G. A. Kochkina
   • N. E. Ivanushkina
   • S. M. Ozerskaya

   Experimental Articles Pages: 31 - 38

6. Anionic carbohydrate-containing cell wall polymers of Streptomyces melanosporofaciens and related species

   • E. M. Tulskaya
   • A. S. Shashkov
   • L. I. Evtushenko

   Experimental Articles Pages: 39 - 44

7. Reaction of microorganisms to the digestive fluid of earthworms

   • N. V. Khomyakov
   • S. A. Kharin
   • D. G. Zvyagintsev

   Experimental Articles Pages: 45 - 54

8. The pleiotropic nature of rib80, hit1, and red6 mutations affecting riboflavin biosynthesis in the yeast Pichia guilliermondii

   • L. R. Fayura
   • D. V. Fedorovych
   • A. A. Sibirny

   Experimental Articles Pages: 55 - 59

9. Obtaining and characterization of DNA-containing micromummies of yeasts and gram-positive bacteria with enhanced cell wall permeability: Application in PCR

   • V. N. Danilevich
   • V. I. Duda
   • E. V. Grishin

   Experimental Articles Pages: 60 - 69

10. Peculiarities of hybrid formation and copulation activity in the yeast Pachysolen tannophilus

    • O. I. Bolotnikova
    • E. N. Bodunova
    • N. P. Nikhailova

    Experimental Articles Pages: 70 - 74

11. Vitamin B₁₂-independent strains of Methylophaga marina isolated from Red Sea algae

    • Ts. D. Li
    • N. V. Doronina
    • Yu. A. Trotsenko

    Experimental Articles Pages: 75 - 81

12. The new alkaliphilic bacteriochlorophyll a-containing bacterium Roseinatronobacter monicus sp. nov. from the hypersaline Soda Mono Lake (California, United States)

    • E. N. Boldareva
    • I. A. Bryantseva
    • V. M. Gorlenko

    Experimental Articles Pages: 82 - 92

13. Isolation and characterization of nitrogen-fixing bacteria of the genus Azospirillum from the soil of a Sphagnum peat bog

    • E. V. Doroshenko
    • E. S. Boulygina
    • I. K. Kravchenko

    Experimental Articles Pages: 93 - 101

14. Comparative molecular biological analysis of the microbial community of the Holocene and Pleistocene deposits of Posol’skaya Shoal, Lake Baikal

    • S. M. Chernitsina
    • T. I. Zemskaya
    • T. Ya. Kostornova

    Experimental Articles Pages: 102 - 111

15. Cell hydrophobicity as a criterion of selection of bacterial producers of biosurfactants

    • N. N. Volchenko
    • S. G. Karasev
    • E. V. Karaseva

    Short Communications Pages: 112 - 114

16. Phylogeny and genetic diversity of the Astragalus cicer root nodule bacterial symbionts

    • Al. Kh. Baimiev
    • An. Kh. Baimiev
    • A. V. Chemeris

    Short Communications Pages: 115 - 117

17. A new thermotolerant aerobic methanotroph from a thermal spring in buryatia

    • I. S. Tsyrenzhapova
    • B. Ts. Eshinimaev
    • Yu. A. Trotsenko

    Short Communications Pages: 118 - 121

18. In memory of a friend

    • G. A. Zavarzin

    Chronicle Pages: 122 - 123

19. The first protein map of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942

    • O. A. Koksharova
    • Johan Klint
    • Ulla Rasmussen

    Erratum Pages: 124 - 124