1. Uptake of aflatoxin B₁ and T-2 toxin by two mycotoxin bioassay microorganisms: Kluyveromyces marxianus and Bacillus megaterium

   • Kathryn H. Engler
   • Raymond D. Coker
   • Ivor H. Evans

   Original Paper Pages: 381 - 385

2. The use of morphomutants to investigate septum formation and cell separation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

   • Matthias Sipiczki
   • Aniko Bozsik

   Original Paper Pages: 386 - 392

3. Characterisation of coupling products formed by biotransformation of biphenyl and diphenyl ether by the white rot fungus Pycnoporus cinnabarinus

   • Ulrike Jonas
   • Elke Hammer
   • Frieder Schauer

   Original Paper Pages: 393 - 398

4. The Myxococcus xanthus wbgB gene encodes a glycosyltransferase homologue required for lipopolysaccharide O-antigen biosynthesis

   • Zhaomin Yang
   • Dongchuan Guo
   • Wenyuan Shi

   Original Paper Pages: 399 - 405

5. A stable archaeal pyruvate carboxylase from the hyperthermophile Methanococcus jannaschii

   • Biswarup Mukhopadhyay
   • Vipool J. Patel
   • Ralph S. Wolfe

   Original Paper Pages: 406 - 414

6. Hydrogen production by methanogens under low-hydrogen conditions

   • David L. Valentine
   • Douglas C. Blanton
   • William S. Reeburgh

   Original Paper Pages: 415 - 421

7. Isolation of human intestinal bacteria metabolizing the natural isoflavone glycosides daidzin and genistin

   • Hor-Gil Hur
   • Jackson O. Lay Jr.
   • Fatemeh Rafii

   Original Paper Pages: 422 - 428

8. Simulation of the conformation of the murein fabric: the oligoglycan, penta-muropeptide, and cross-linked nona-muropeptide

   • Arthur L. Koch

   Original Paper Pages: 429 - 439

9. Acetobacterium tundrae sp. nov., a new psychrophilic acetogenic bacterium from tundra soil

   • Maria V. Simankova
   • Oleg R. Kotsyurbenko
   • Alla N. Nozhevnikova

   Original Paper Pages: 440 - 447

10. Stable sulfur isotope fractionation during the reduction of thiosulfate by Dethiosulfovibrio russensis

    • Alexander V. Surkov
    • Michael E. Böttcher
    • Jan Kuever

    Short Communication Pages: 448 - 451

11. Inducible expression and cellular location of AgrB, a protein involved in the maturation of the staphylococcal quorum-sensing pheromone

    • Henri L. Saenz
    • Vera Augsburger
    • Michael Otto

    Short Communication Pages: 452 - 455

12. Physiological roles of trehalose in bacteria and yeasts: a comparative analysis

    • C. J. Argüelles

    Erratum Pages: 456 - 456