1. How hyperthermophiles adapt to change their lives: DNA exchange in extreme conditions

   • Marleen van Wolferen
   • Małgorzata Ajon
   • Sonja-Verena Albers

   Review 28 May 2013 Pages: 545 - 563

   

2. Characterization of culturable Paenibacillus spp. from the snow surface on the high Antarctic Plateau (DOME C) and their dissemination in the Concordia research station

   • Rob Van Houdt
   • Marie Deghorain
   • Luigi Michaud

   Original Paper 16 April 2013 Pages: 565 - 573

   

3. Planktonic bacterial community composition of an extremely shallow soda pond during a phytoplankton bloom revealed by cultivation and molecular cloning

   • Andrea K. Borsodi
   • Mónika Knáb
   • Boglárka Somogyi

   Original Paper 23 April 2013 Pages: 575 - 584

   

4. Increase of salt dependence of halophilic nucleoside diphosphate kinase caused by a single amino acid substitution

   • Matsujiro Ishibashi
   • Tomoe Hayashi
   • Masao Tokunaga

   Original Paper 23 April 2013 Pages: 585 - 591

   

5. The role of disulfide bond in hyperthermophilic endocellulase

   • Han-Woo Kim
   • Kazuhiko Ishikawa

   Original Paper Open access 27 April 2013 Pages: 593 - 599

   

6. An inter-order horizontal gene transfer event enables the catabolism of compatible solutes by Colwellia psychrerythraea 34H

   • R. Eric Collins
   • Jody W. Deming

   Original Paper Open access 15 May 2013 Pages: 601 - 610

   

7. Characterization and preliminary mutation analysis of a thermostable alanine racemase from Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis MB4

   • Zhangwei Xue
   • Yi Hu
   • Baohua Zhao

   Original Paper 24 May 2013 Pages: 611 - 621

   

8. The HOG signal transduction pathway in the halophilic fungus Wallemia ichthyophaga: identification and characterisation of MAP kinases WiHog1A and WiHog1B

   • Tilen Konte
   • Ana Plemenitas

   Original Paper 28 May 2013 Pages: 623 - 636

   

9. Purification and characterization of a novel thermo-active amidase from Geobacillus subterraneus RL-2a

   • Praveen Kumar Mehta
   • Shashi Kant Bhatia
   • Tek Chand Bhalla

   Original Paper 26 May 2013 Pages: 637 - 648

   

10. High abundance of heterotrophic prokaryotes in hydrothermal springs of the Azores as revealed by a network of 16S rRNA gene-based methods

    • Kerstin Sahm
    • Patrick John
    • Garabed Antranikian

    Original Paper 26 May 2013 Pages: 649 - 662

    

11. Halomonas socia sp. nov., isolated from high salt culture of Dunaliella salina

    • Jiao Cao
    • Huai-Yuan Ma
    • Lin-Han Bai

    Original Paper 31 May 2013 Pages: 663 - 668

    

12. Evidence for surfactant production by the haloarchaeon Haloferax sp. MSNC14 in hydrocarbon-containing media

    • Ikram Djeridi
    • Cécile Militon
    • Philippe Cuny

    Original Paper 09 June 2013 Pages: 669 - 675

    

13. Biochemical characterization of an extracellular polyextremophilic α-amylase from the halophilic archaeon Halorubrum xinjiangense

    • Mahsa Moshfegh
    • Ahmad Reza Shahverdi
    • Mohammad Ali Faramarzi

    Original Paper 22 May 2013 Pages: 677 - 687

    

14. Response of Acidithiobacillus caldus toward suboptimal pH conditions

    • Stefanie Mangold
    • Venkateswara rao Jonna
    • Mark Dopson

    Original Paper 28 May 2013 Pages: 689 - 696

    

15. The DNA uptake ATPase PilF of Thermus thermophilus: a reexamination of the zinc content

    • Ralf Salzer
    • Martin Herzberg
    • Beate Averhoff

    TECHNICAL COMMENT 28 May 2013 Pages: 697 - 698