1. Preface

   Guest Editorial 20 October 2013 Pages: 1015 - 1015

2. Use of formic acid to control vibriosis in shrimp aquaculture

   • Derek Adams
   • Raj Boopathy

   Section Cellular and Molecular Biology 20 October 2013 Pages: 1017 - 1021

3. Identification and characterization of a highly alkaline and thermotolerant novel xylanase from Streptomyces sp.

   • Leya Thomas
   • Raveendran Sindhu
   • Ashok Pandey

   Section Cellular and Molecular Biology 20 October 2013 Pages: 1022 - 1027

4. Molecular and biochemical characterization of a new endoinulinase producing bacterial strain of Bacillus safensis AS-08

   • Ram S. Singh
   • Rupinder P. Singh
   • Mukesh Yadav

   Section Cellular and Molecular Biology 20 October 2013 Pages: 1028 - 1033

5. Purification and characterization of a thermostable mycelial lectin from basidiomycete Lentinus squarrosulus

   • Ram S. Singh
   • Hemant P. Kaur
   • Harpreet Kaur

   Section Cellular and Molecular Biology 20 October 2013 Pages: 1034 - 1040

6. Exposition of antitumour activity of a chemically characterized exopolysaccharide from a probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum MTCC 9510

   • Bindhumol Ismail
   • Kesavan Madhavan Nampoothiri

   Section Cellular and Moelcular Biology 20 October 2013 Pages: 1041 - 1047

7. Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles by natural precursor from clove and their antimicrobial activity

   • Harpreet Kaur
   • Simerjit Kaur
   • Minni Singh

   Section Cellular and Molecular Biology 20 October 2013 Pages: 1048 - 1053

8. Computational and functional analysis of β-lactam resistance in Zymomonas mobilis

   • Sheik Asraf Sheik Abdul Kader
   • Mahalakshmi Ayyasamy
   • Gunasekaran Paramasamy

   Section Cellular and Molecular Biology 20 October 2013 Pages: 1054 - 1067

9. Molecular docking studies of bacoside from Bacopa monnieri with LRRK2 receptor

   • Chakresh Kumar Jain
   • Aman Gupta
   • Sanjeev Kumar Sharma

   Short Communication 20 October 2013 Pages: 1068 - 1071

10. Therapeutic potential of Lactobacillus ingluviei ADK10, a newly established probiotic organism against acetaminophen induced uremic rats

    • Arpita Mandal
    • Tanmay Paul
    • Dilip Kumar Nandi

    Section Cellular and Molecular Biology 20 October 2013 Pages: 1072 - 1078

11. Bioprospecting microbial metagenome for natural products

    • Jana Nováková
    • Marián Farkašovský

    Review 20 October 2013 Pages: 1079 - 1086

12. Addressing key challenges to interdisciplinary research on water-related issues: Biologists’ engagement and funding structure

    • Philippe C. Baveye

    Guest Editorial 20 October 2013 Pages: 1087 - 1088

13. Ongoing succession of biological soil crusts increases water repellency — a case study on Arenosols in Sekule, Slovakia

    • Sylvie L. Drahorad
    • Daniel Steckenmesser
    • Marek Rodný

    Section Botany 20 October 2013 Pages: 1089 - 1093

14. Transport of iodide in structured soil under spring barley during irrigation experiment analyzed using dual-continuum model

    • Jaromír Dušek
    • Ľubomír Lichner
    • Vlasta Štekauerová

    Section Botany 20 October 2013 Pages: 1094 - 1098

15. Influence of tillage on soil macropore size, shape of top layer and crop development in a sub-humid environment

    • Ramon Josa
    • Gil Gorchs
    • Albert Solé-Benet

    Section Botany 20 October 2013 Pages: 1099 - 1103

16. Pines influence hydrophysical parameters and water flow in a sandy soil

    • Ľubomír Lichner
    • Jozef Capuliak
    • Jozef Kollár

    Section Botany 20 October 2013 Pages: 1104 - 1108

17. Soil moisture variability on a steep slope near a ridge in a forested mountain range, Shikoku, Japan: a model study

    • Makito Mori
    • Hirotaka Nagai
    • Masaharu Kitano

    Section Botany 20 October 2013 Pages: 1109 - 1112

18. Transpiration integrated model for root ion absorption under salinized condition

    • Ryosuke Nomiyama
    • Daisuke Yasutake
    • Masaharu Kitano

    Section Botany 20 October 2013 Pages: 1113 - 1117

19. Differences in transpiration of Norway spruce drought stressed trees and trees well supplied with water

    • Katarína Střelcová
    • Daniel Kurjak
    • Yousif Abdel-Rahman Ahmed

    Section Botany 20 October 2013 Pages: 1118 - 1122

20. Root and leaf traits, water use and drought tolerance of maize genotypes

    • Krisztina R. Végh

    Section Botany 20 October 2013 Pages: 1123 - 1127

21. Consistent plant residue removal causes decrease in minimum soil water content in a Mediterranean environment

    • Philip R. Ward
    • Margaret M. Roper
    • Maria M. Alonso Fernandez

    Section Botany 20 October 2013 Pages: 1128 - 1131

22. Biohydrologic effects of eastern redcedar encroachment into grassland, Oklahoma, USA

    • Michael L. Wine
    • Jan M. H. Hendrickx

    Section Botany 20 October 2013 Pages: 1132 - 1135

23. Ecology of Pectinatella magnifica and associated algae and cyanobacteria

    • Irena Šetlíková
    • Olga Skácelová
    • Zuzana Balounová

    Section Zoology 20 October 2013 Pages: 1136 - 1141

24. Study of the genus Plectus Bastian, 1865 (Nematoda: Plectidae) from Iran

    • Ebrahim Shokoohi
    • Abdolrahman Mehrabi-Nasab
    • Oleksandr Holovachov

    Section Zoology 20 October 2013 Pages: 1142 - 1154

25. Helminth communities in the burrowing toad, Rhinella fernandezae, from Northeastern Argentina

    • Monika Inés Hamann
    • Arturo Ignacio Kehr
    • Cynthya Elizabeth González

    Section Zoology 20 October 2013 Pages: 1155 - 1162

26. The diversity and longitudinal changes of zooplankton in the lower course of a large, regulated European river (the lower Vistula River, Poland)

    • Paweł Napiórkowski
    • Teresa Napiórkowska

    Section Zoology 20 October 2013 Pages: 1163 - 1171

27. New species of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of the genera Belbodamaeus (Damaeidae), Malaconothrus (Malaconothridae) and Nothrus (Nothridae) from India

    • Sergey G. Ermilov
    • Stanislav Kalúz
    • Donghui Wu

    Section Zoology 20 October 2013 Pages: 1172 - 1181

28. Eukoenenia florenciae (Arachnida: Palpigradi): Lessons from a newcomer to Central Europe and the island of Tenerife

    • Erhard Christian
    • Jana Christophoryová

    Section Zoology 20 October 2013 Pages: 1182 - 1188

29. Cerapachys browni and Cerapachys costatus, two new rare ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India

    • Himender Bharti
    • Aijaz A. Wachkoo

    Section Zoology 20 October 2013 Pages: 1189 - 1192

30. Respiration of wood ant nest material affected by material and forest stand characteristics

    • Veronika Jilkova
    • Timo Domisch
    • Jan Frouz

    Section Zoology 20 October 2013 Pages: 1193 - 1197

31. Vegetation state and extreme drought as factors determining differentiation and succession of Carabidae communities in forests damaged by a windstorm in the High Tatra Mts

    • Zbyšek Šustek
    • Jaroslav Vido

    Section Zoology 20 October 2013 Pages: 1198 - 1210

32. Identification and validation of reference genes for real time PCR expression studies in heads of nurse honeybees

    • Lenka Kohútová
    • Jaroslav Klaudiny
    • Juraj Majtán

    Section Zoology 20 October 2013 Pages: 1211 - 1220

33. Constructing a genetic linkage map and mapping quantitative trait loci for skeletal traits in Japanese flounder

    • Yi Liu
    • Yongxin Liu
    • Haijin Liu

    Section Zoology 20 October 2013 Pages: 1221 - 1228

34. Genetic diversity and phylogenetic origin of brown trout Salmo trutta populations in eastern Balkans

    • Jan Kohout
    • Alena Šedivá
    • Vlastimil Šlechta

    Section Zoology 20 October 2013 Pages: 1229 - 1237

35. Cholinesterase activity in quail primary lymphoid organs

    • František Dorko
    • Jaroslav Horáček
    • Michal Miko

    Section Zoology 20 October 2013 Pages: 1238 - 1242