1. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology: Serving the international microbiology community for 25 years

   • Colin Ratledge
   • Peter J. Large

   Editorial 16 October 2009 Pages: 1 - 3

   

2. Erratum to: World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology: Serving the international microbiology community for 25 years

   • Colin Ratledge

   Erratum 19 November 2009 Pages: 5 - 7

   

3. In vitro antimicrobial activity of the leaf essential oil of Spiraea alpina Pall.

   • Yun Teng
   • Qian Yang
   • Taiping Hou

   Original Paper 14 August 2009 Pages: 9 - 14

   

4. Solid-state fermentation of cornmeal with the ascomycete Morchella esculenta for degrading starch and upgrading nutritional value

   • Gui-Ping Zhang
   • Feng Zhang
   • Jian-Rong Han

   Original Paper 04 August 2009 Pages: 15 - 20

5. Evaluation of enrichments of sulfate reducing bacteria from pristine hydrothermal vents sediments as potential inoculum for reducing trichloroethylene

   • C. Guerrero-Barajas
   • E. I. García-Peña

   Original Paper 12 August 2009 Pages: 21 - 32

   

6. The evaluation of pre-grown mycelial pellets in decolorization of textile dyes during repeated batch process

   • Ozfer Yesilada
   • Seval Cing Yildirim
   • Filiz Kuru

   Original Paper 05 August 2009 Pages: 33 - 39

   

7. The morphological and physiological evolution of Aspergillus terreus mycelium in the submerged culture and its relation to the formation of secondary metabolites

   • M. Bizukojc
   • S. Ledakowicz

   Original Paper 09 August 2009 Pages: 41 - 54

   

8. A novel source of fibrinolytic activity: Bionectria sp., an unconventional enzyme-producing fungus isolated from Las Yungas rainforest (Tucumán, Argentina)

   • José I. Rovati
   • Osvaldo D. Delgado
   • Julia I. Fariña

   Original Paper 09 August 2009 Pages: 55 - 62

   

9. Laccase and polyphenol oxidase activities of marine cyanobacteria: a study with Poly R-478 decolourization

   • Swaminathan Palanisami
   • Sushanta Kumar Saha
   • Uma Lakshmanan

   Original Paper 12 August 2009 Pages: 63 - 69

   

10. Detection and quantification of fumonisins from Fusarium verticillioides in maize grown in southern India

    • S. Chandra Nayaka
    • A. C. Udaya Shankar
    • H. S. Prakash

    Original Paper 22 August 2009 Pages: 71 - 78

    

11. Cellulase production by free and immobilized Aspergillus terreus

    • Yeoh Seak Hui
    • A. A. Amirul
    • M. N. M. Azizan

    Original Paper 15 August 2009 Pages: 79 - 84

    

12. Phytochemical analysis of Andrographis paniculata extract and its antimicrobial activity

    • Soma Roy
    • Kiranmayee Rao
    • Lakshmi Narasu Mangamoori

    Original Paper 11 August 2009 Pages: 85 - 91

13. Antiviral activity of Cleome rosea extracts from field-grown plants and tissue culture-derived materials against acyclovir-resistant Herpes simplex viruses type 1 (ACVr-HSV-1) and type 2 (ACVr-HSV-2)

    • Claudia Simões
    • Tatiana Carvalho de Castro
    • Maria Teresa Villela Romanos

    Original Paper 15 August 2009 Pages: 93 - 99

    

14. Characterization of Ni-resistant bacteria in the rhizosphere of the hyperaccumulator Alyssum murale by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis

    • R. A. I. Abou-Shanab
    • P. van Berkum
    • H. Moawad

    Original Paper 15 August 2009 Pages: 101 - 108

    

15. Characterization of polyhydroxyalkanoate and the phaC gene of Paracoccus seriniphilus E71 strain isolated from a polluted marine microbial mat

    • Alejandro López-Cortés
    • Oliverio Rodríguez-Fernández
    • Carlos Lomelí-Ortega

    Original Paper 21 August 2009 Pages: 109 - 118

    

16. Bioconversion of codeine to semi-synthetic opiate derivatives by the cyanobacterium Nostoc muscorum

    • Somayeh Niknam
    • Mohammad Ali Faramarzi
    • Hossein Rastegar

    Original Paper 14 August 2009 Pages: 119 - 123

    

17. The influence of fermentation conditions and post-treatment methods on porosity of bacterial cellulose membrane

    • Weihua Tang
    • Shiru Jia
    • Hongjiang Yang

    Original Paper 20 August 2009 Pages: 125 - 131

    

18. Fungal remediation of Amarula distillery wastewater

    • P. J. Strong

    Original Paper 20 August 2009 Pages: 133 - 144

    

19. Single-pot conversion of cephalosporin C to 7-aminocephalosporanic acid in the absence of hydrogen peroxide

    • Qiang Tan
    • Yewang Zhang
    • Dongzhi Wei

    Original Paper 19 August 2009 Pages: 145 - 152

    

20. Production of mosquitocidal Bacillus sphaericus by solid state fermentation using agricultural wastes

    • Magda A. El-Bendary

    Original Paper 23 August 2009 Pages: 153 - 159

21. Application of thymol and iprodione to control garlic white rot (Sclerotium cepivorum) and its effect on soil microbial communities

    • Guadalupe G. Miñambres
    • Martha Y. Conles
    • Julio A. Zygadlo

    Original Paper 15 August 2009 Pages: 161 - 170

    

22. Prevalence of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in diabetics clinical samples

    • S. Raju
    • Ajay Kumar Oli
    • R. Kelmani Chandrakanth

    Original Paper 25 August 2009 Pages: 171 - 176

    

23. Heterologous expression of a hydrogenase gene in Enterobacter aerogenes to enhance hydrogen gas production

    • Jin-Fang Zhao
    • Wen-Lu Song
    • Chuan-Xi Zhang

    Short Communication 07 August 2009 Pages: 177 - 181

    

24. Cohabitation within mice of Salmonella typhimurium seqA mutant increases its virulence

    • Messaoudi Nadia
    • Chatti Abdelwaheb
    • Landoulsi Ahmed

    Short Communication 09 August 2009 Pages: 183 - 187

    

25. On hydrolysis of cellulose and nitrocellulose under sulfate-reducing conditions

    • O. E. Petrova
    • N. B. Tarasova
    • M. N. Davydova

    Short Communication 25 August 2009 Pages: 189 - 192