1. The nucleotide sequence of the lipo-penicillinase gene of alkalophilic Bacillus sp. strain 170

   • Chiako Kato
   • Yoshio Nakano
   • Koki Horikoshi

   Original Papers Pages: 91 - 94

2. Oxygen activation and defence against oxygen toxicity in a psychrophilic bacteroidaceae

   • Greta Bentzen
   • Helge Larsen

   Original Papers Pages: 95 - 100

3. Light-induced accumulation of lactate and succinate in Anabaena cylindrica

   • Masayuki Ohmori
   • Yasohachi Satoh
   • Katsuro Urata

   Original Papers Pages: 101 - 104

4. Evidence for functional heterogeneity among microbodies in yeasts

   • Marten Veenhuis
   • Grietje Sulter
   • Wim Harder

   Original Papers Pages: 105 - 110

5. Lipid A with 2,3-diamino-2,3-dideoxy-glucose in lipopolysaccharides from slow-growing members of Rhizobiaceae and from “Pseudomonas carboxydovorans”

   • H. Mayer
   • J. H. Krauss
   • G. Auling

   Original Papers Pages: 111 - 116

6. Thermoanaerobium lactoethylicum spec. nov. a new anaerobic bacterium from a hot spring of Kamchatka

   • E. N. Kondratieva
   • E. V. Zacharova
   • V. V. Krivenko

   Original Papers Pages: 117 - 122

7. Altered control of chorismate mutase leads to tryptophan auxotrophy of Pichia guilliermondii

   • Rüdiger Bode
   • Pia Koll
   • Dieter Birnbaum

   Original Papers Pages: 123 - 125

8. Anaerobic degradation of isobutyrate by methanogenic enrichment cultures and by a Desulfococcus multivorans strain

   • Marion Stieb
   • Bernhard Schink

   Original Papers Pages: 126 - 132

9. Selected low-cohesion variants of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Haemophilus aphrophilus lack distinct antigens recognized by human antibodies

   • C. Wyss

   Original Papers Pages: 133 - 136

10. Carbonic anhydrase activity in acetate grown Methanosarcina barkeri

    • Marion Karrasch
    • Michael Bott
    • Rudolf K. Thauer

    Original Papers Pages: 137 - 142

11. Transport and catabolism of proline betaine in salt-stressed Rhizobium meliloti

    • Karine Gloux
    • Daniel Le Rudulier

    Original Papers Pages: 143 - 148

12. Changes in internal and external pH accompanying growth of Candida albicans: studies of non-dimorphic variants

    • Elaine Stewart
    • Stephen Hawser
    • Neil A. R. Gow

    Original Papers Pages: 149 - 153

13. Effects of nucleotides and divalent cations on phospholipase activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    • Wolfgang Witt
    • Peter Hampel
    • Angelika Mertsching

    Original Papers Pages: 154 - 158

14. A new bacteriocinogenic activity: Megacin BII encoded by plasmid pSE 203 in strains of Bacillus megaterium

    • Sten Ståhl

    Original Papers Pages: 159 - 165

15. Nitrate reductase activity of free-living and symbiotic uptake hydrogenase-positive and uptake hydrogenase-negative strains of Bradyrhizobium japonicum

    • María J. Delgado
    • José Olivares
    • Eulogio J. Bedmar

    Original Papers Pages: 166 - 170

16. Activation of aromatic acids and aerobic 2-aminobenzoate metabolism in a denitrifying Pseudomonas strain

    • Klaus Ziegler
    • Reiner Buder
    • Georg Fuchs

    Original Papers Pages: 171 - 176

17. Circadian control of heat tolerance in stationary phase cultures of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    • Fred Kippert

    Original Papers Pages: 177 - 179

18. Deletion analysis of the nitrogen fixation regulatory gene, nifL of Klebsiella pneumoniae

    • M. Arnott
    • C. Sidoti
    • M. Merrick

    Short Communications Pages: 180 - 182

19. Photokilling of bacteria by the natural dye curcumin

    • Thomas A. Dahl
    • William M. McGowan
    • Vakula S. Srinivasan

    Short Communications Pages: 183 - 185

20. Acknowledgement to referees

    Acknowledgments Pages: 186 - 186