1. Plasmid pP62BP1 isolated from an Arctic Psychrobacter sp. strain carries two highly homologous type II restriction-modification systems and a putative organic sulfate metabolism operon

   • Robert Lasek
   • Lukasz Dziewit
   • Dariusz Bartosik

   Original Paper Open access 04 March 2012 Pages: 363 - 376

   

2. Effects of the N-terminal and C-terminal domains of Meiothermus ruber CBS-01 trehalose synthase on thermostability and activity

   • Yufan Wang
   • Jun Zhang
   • Mingchun Li

   Original Paper 09 March 2012 Pages: 377 - 385

   

3. Mesotoga prima gen. nov., sp. nov., the first described mesophilic species of the Thermotogales

   • Camilla L. Nesbø
   • Danielle M. Bradnan
   • Kenneth M. Noll

   Original Paper 13 March 2012 Pages: 387 - 393

   

4. Effect of C-terminal truncation on enzyme properties of recombinant amylopullulanase from Thermoanaerobacter pseudoethanolicus

   • Fu-Pang Lin
   • Yi-Hsuan Ho
   • Hui-Ju Lin

   Original Paper 06 March 2012 Pages: 395 - 403

   

5. Differential expression of particulate methane monooxygenase genes in the verrucomicrobial methanotroph ‘Methylacidiphilum kamchatkense’ Kam1

   • Helge-André Erikstad
   • Sigmund Jensen
   • Nils-Kåre Birkeland

   Original Paper 10 April 2012 Pages: 405 - 409

   

6. Desulfonatronovibrio halophilus sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from hypersaline chloride–sulfate lakes in Central Asia

   • D. Y. Sorokin
   • T. P. Tourova
   • G. Muyzer

   Original Paper Open access 10 April 2012 Pages: 411 - 417

   

7. Validation of housekeeping genes for gene expression studies in an ice alga Chlamydomonas during freezing acclimation

   • Chenlin Liu
   • Guangting Wu
   • Bailin Cong

   Original Paper 19 April 2012 Pages: 419 - 425

   

8. Cloning, expression and characterization of a halotolerant esterase from a marine bacterium Pelagibacterium halotolerans B2^T

   • Xiawei Jiang
   • Yingyi Huo
   • Min Wu

   Original Paper 06 April 2012 Pages: 427 - 435

   

9. Nmag_2608, an extracellular ubiquitin-like domain-containing protein from the haloalkaliphilic archaeon Natrialba magadii

   • María Victoria Ordóñez
   • Débora Nercessian
   • Rubén Danilo Conde

   Original Paper 10 April 2012 Pages: 437 - 446

   

10. Characterization of NADP⁺-specific l-rhamnose dehydrogenase from the thermoacidophilic Archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum

    • Suk Min Kim
    • Kwang Hyun Paek
    • Sun Bok Lee

    Original Paper 06 April 2012 Pages: 447 - 454

    

11. Hydroxybutyrate prevents protein aggregation in the halotolerant bacterium Pseudomonas sp. CT13 under abiotic stress

    • Gabriela Soto
    • Lorena Setten
    • Nicolás Daniel Ayub

    Original Paper 13 April 2012 Pages: 455 - 462

    

12. Overexpression in a non-native halophilic host and biotechnological potential of NAD⁺-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase from Halobacterium salinarum strain NRC-36014

    • Nayla Munawar
    • Paul C. Engel

    Original Paper 19 April 2012 Pages: 463 - 476

    

13. Three nth homologs are all required for efficient repair of spontaneous DNA damage in Deinococcus radiodurans

    • Xiaoting Hua
    • Xin Xu
    • Yuejin Hua

    Original Paper 21 April 2012 Pages: 477 - 484

    

14. Homogeneous incorporation of secondary cell wall polysaccharides to the cell wall of Thermus thermophilus HB27

    • Federico Acosta
    • Miguel A. de Pedro
    • José Berenguer

    Original Paper 19 April 2012 Pages: 485 - 495

    

15. Sequence fingerprints of enzyme specificities from the glycoside hydrolase family GH57

    • Karol Blesák
    • Štefan Janeček

    Original Paper 22 April 2012 Pages: 497 - 506

    

16. Use of Raman spectroscopy for identification of compatible solutes in halophilic bacteria

    • Jan Jehlička
    • Aharon Oren
    • Petr Vítek

    Original Paper 20 April 2012 Pages: 507 - 514

    

17. Cloning and expression of acidstable, high maltose-forming, Ca²⁺-independent α-amylase from an acidophile Bacillus acidicola and its applicability in starch hydrolysis

    • Archana Sharma
    • T. Satyanarayana

    Original Paper 18 April 2012 Pages: 515 - 522

    

18. Enrichment of arsenic transforming and resistant heterotrophic bacteria from sediments of two salt lakes in Northern Chile

    • José Lara
    • Lorena Escudero González
    • Cecilia Demergasso

    Original Paper 04 May 2012 Pages: 523 - 538

    

19. Properties of the endogenous components of the thioredoxin system in the psychrophilic eubacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC 125

    • Patrizia Falasca
    • Giovanna Evangelista
    • Gennaro Raimo

    Original Paper 22 April 2012 Pages: 539 - 552

    

20. Life at the hyperarid margin: novel bacterial diversity in arid soils of the Atacama Desert, Chile

    • Julia W. Neilson
    • Jay Quade
    • Raina M. Maier

    Original Paper 18 April 2012 Pages: 553 - 566

    

21. The amino acid composition of proteins from anaerobic halophilic bacteria of the order Halanaerobiales

    • Rahel Elevi Bardavid
    • Aharon Oren

    Original Paper 19 April 2012 Pages: 567 - 572