1. Alkaline cellulases from alkaliphilic Bacillus: Enzymatic properties, genetics, and application to detergents

   • Susumu Ito

   REVIEW Pages: 61 - 66

2. Stetteria hydrogenophila, gen. nov. and sp. nov., a novel mixotrophic sulfur-dependent crenarchaeote isolated from Milos, Greece

   • Beate Jochimsen
   • Susanne Peinemann-Simon
   • Michael Thomm

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 67 - 73

3. Purification and properties of mangano-superoxide dismutase from a strain of alkaliphilic Bacillus

   • Yoshihiro Hakamada
   • Kenzo Koike
   • Susumu Ito

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 74 - 78

4. DNA binding and nuclease protection by the HMf histones from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Methanothermus fervidus

   • Rowan A. Grayling
   • Kathryn A. Bailey
   • John N. Reeve

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 79 - 88

5. Vacuolar acidification in Saccharomyces cerevisiae induced by elevated hydrostatic pressure is transient and is mediated by vacuolar H+-ATPase

   • Fumiyoshi Abe
   • Koki Horikoshi

   Pages: 89 - 93

6. Silicibacter lacuscaerulensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic moderately halophilic bacterium characteristic of the Blue Lagoon geothermal lake in Iceland

   • Solveig K. Petursdottir
   • Jakob K. Kristjansson

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 94 - 99

7. Biodegradation of indole at high concentration by persolvent fermentation with Pseudomonas sp. ST-200

   • Noriyuki Doukyu
   • Rikizo Aono

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 100 - 105

8. Fe(III) as an electron acceptor for H₂ oxidation in thermophilic anaerobic enrichment cultures from geothermal areas

   • Alexander I. Slobodkin
   • Juergen Wiegel

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 106 - 109