1. Phototrophic Biofilms on Ancient Mayan Buildings in Yucatan, Mexico

   • Otto Ortega-Morales
   • Jean Guezennec
   • Peter M. Gaylarde

   Pages: 81 - 85

2. Bacteria Associated with Butterfly Stain of Chilean Tepa

   • Jeff B. McLemore
   • Frank H. Tainter
   • Susan D. McElreath

   Pages: 86 - 90

3. Expression of Marker RNAs in Pseudomonas putida

   • Lisa M. D'Souza
   • Richard C. Willson
   • George E. Fox

   Pages: 91 - 95

4. Clarithromycin and Amoxicillin Susceptibility of Helicobacter pylori Strains Isolated from Adult Patients with Gastric or Duodenal Ulcer in Italy

   • Laura Franzin
   • Marco Pennazio
   • Paolo Gioannini

   Pages: 96 - 100

5. Double Cell Bulk Acoustic Wave Sensor for Ion Chromatographic Study of the Relation Between Magnesium and Growth of Organisms

   • You-tao Xie
   • Li-li Bao
   • Wan-zhi Wei

   Pages: 101 - 104

6. Production of 10-Ketostearic Acid and 10-Hydroxystearic Acid by Strains of Sphingobacterium thalpophilum Isolated from Composted Manure

   • Tsung Min Kuo
   • Alan C. Lanser
   • Ching T. Hou

   Pages: 105 - 109

7. Morphology and General Characteristics of Phages Specific for Astragalus cicer Rhizobia

   • Sylwia Wdowiak
   • Wanda Małek
   • Małgorzata Grzadka

   Pages: 110 - 113

8. Nucleotide Sequence of the Gene Encoding the BstLVI DNA Methyltransferase: Comparison with Other Amino-DNA Methyltransferases

   • Claudio C. Vásquez
   • Claudia P. Saavedra
   • Sergio E. Pichuantes

   Pages: 114 - 118

9. Overexpression of the cat-86 Gene Is Associated with Thermosensitivity in Bacillus subtilis

   • S. Marvin Friedman
   • Saikrishna Chatakondu
   • Rui Lopes

   Pages: 119 - 122

10. A Replication Origin of Bacillus thuringiensis

    • Jianxiu Yu
    • Yingjie Zhang
    • Minqing Xu

    Pages: 123 - 127

11. Spherical Parasporal Inclusions of the Lepidoptera-Specific and Coleoptera-Specific Bacillus thuringiensis Strains: A Comparative Electron Microscopic Study

    • Naoya Wasano
    • Chisa Yasunaga-Aoki
    • Hidenori Iwahana

    Pages: 128 - 131

12. Isolation of Intracytoplasmic Membrane from the Methanotrophic Bacterium Methylomicrobium album BG8

    • Christine A. Brantner
    • Lorie A. Buchholz
    • Mary Lynne Perille Collins

    Pages: 132 - 134

13. News & Notes: Detection of Microorganisms with Overall Cellulolytic Activity

    • Michal Volokita
    • Aharon Abeliovich
    • M. Inês M. Soares

    Pages: 135 - 136

14. Genetic Characterization of a New Thermotolerant Bacillus licheniformis Strain

    • Sonia A.L.V. Mendo
    • Isabel S. Henriques
    • José M.C. Duarte

    Pages: 137 - 139

15. Organization and Sequence of Histidine Biosynthesis Genes hisH, -A, -F, and -IE in Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus

    • Milutin Erbeznik
    • Herbert J. Strobel
    • Karl A. Dawson

    Pages: 140 - 142