1. Ribosomally synthesized antimicrobial peptides: their function, structure, biogenesis, and mechanism of action

   • J. Nissen-Meyer
   • Ingolf F. Nes

   Mini-review Pages: 67 - 77

2. Anaerobic citrate metabolism and its regulation in enterobacteria

   • M. Bott

   Mini-review Pages: 78 - 88

3. Composition of the carbohydrate granules of the cyanobacterium, Cyanothece sp. strain ATCC 51142

   • M. A. Schneegurt
   • Debra M. Sherman
   • L. A. Sherman

   Original paper Pages: 89 - 98

4. The effect of respiration on the phototactic behavior of the purple nonsulfur bacterium Rhodospirillum centenum

   • Simona Romagnoli
   • Alejandro Hochkoeppler
   • D. Zannoni

   Original paper Pages: 99 - 105

5. Anaerobic ammonia oxidation with nitrogen dioxide by Nitrosomonas eutropha

   • Ingo Schmidt
   • E. Bock

   Original paper Pages: 106 - 111

6. Uptake and use of the osmoprotective compounds trehalose, glucosylglycerol, and sucrose by the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803

   • S. Mikkat
   • U. Effmert
   • Martin Hagemann

   Original paper Pages: 112 - 118

7. Pyranose 2-dehydrogenase, a novel sugar oxidoreductase from the basidiomycete fungus Agaricus bisporus

   • Jindřich Volc
   • Elena Kubátová
   • Geoffrey Daniel

   Original paper Pages: 119 - 125

8. Requirement of a large K+-uptake capacity and of extracytoplasmic protease activity for protamine resistance of Escherichia coli

   • Stefan Stumpe
   • E. P. Bakker

   Original paper Pages: 126 - 136

9. The role of the cellulolytic high molecular mass (HMM) complex of the anaerobic fungus Piromyces sp. strain E2 in the hydrolysis of microcrystalline cellulose

   • R. Dijkerman
   • Huub J. M. Op den Camp
   • Godfried D. Vogels

   Original paper Pages: 137 - 142

10. The kil gene of the ColE1 plasmid of Escherichia coli controlled by a growth-phase-dependent promoter mediates the secretion of a heterologous periplasmic protein during the stationary phase

    • G. Miksch
    • E. Fiedler
    • K. Friehs

    Original paper Pages: 143 - 150

11. The alternative sigma factor σB in Staphylococcus aureus: regulation of the sigB operon in response to growth phase and heat shock

    • I. Kullik
    • P. Giachino

    Original paper Pages: 151 - 159

12. Molecular cloning and analysis of the genes encoding the 4-hydroxyphenylacetate hydroxylase from Klebsiella pneumoniae

    • A. Gibello
    • Mónica Suárez
    • Margarita Martín

    Original paper Pages: 160 - 166

13. An elevation of the molar growth yield of Zymomonas mobilis during aerobic exponential growth

    • Pe¯teris Zikmanis
    • Ramona Krúče
    • Lilija Auzin¸a

    Original paper Pages: 167 - 171

14. Location, catalytic activity, and subunit composition of NAD-reducing hydrogenases of some Alcaligenes strains and Rhodococcus opacus MR22

    • C. Grzeszik
    • K. Roß
    • H. G. Schlegel

    Short communication Pages: 172 - 176

15. Assimilation of sulfur from alkyl- and arylsulfonates by Clostridium spp.

    • Karin Denger
    • A. M. Cook

    Short communication Pages: 177 - 181

16. The requirement for exopolysaccharide precedes the requirement for flavolan-binding polysaccharide in nodulation of Leucaena leucocephala by Rhizobium loti

    • G. S. Hotter
    • D. Barry Scott

    Short communication Pages: 182 - 186