1. In memoriam: Koki Horikoshi (1932–2016)

   • Toshiaki Kudo

   In Memoriam 11 June 2016 Pages: 383 - 384

   

2. Structural and functional characterization of aspartate racemase from the acidothermophilic archaeon Picrophilus torridus

   • Takayuki Aihara
   • Toshiya Ito
   • Masafumi Yohda

   Original Paper 19 April 2016 Pages: 385 - 393

   

3. Molecular characterization and growth optimization of halo-tolerant protease producing Bacillus Subtilis Strain BLK-1.5 isolated from salt mines of Karak, Pakistan

   • Nawab Ali
   • Nimat Ullah
   • Muhammad Adnan

   Original Paper 25 April 2016 Pages: 395 - 402

   

4. Evidence of adaptation, niche separation and microevolution within the genus Polaromonas on Arctic and Antarctic glacial surfaces

   • Jan Gawor
   • Jakub Grzesiak
   • Marek K. Zdanowski

   Original Paper Open access 20 April 2016 Pages: 403 - 413

   

5. Properties of an ionic liquid-tolerant Bacillus amyloliquefaciens CMW1 and its extracellular protease

   • Atsushi Kurata
   • Humiya Senoo
   • Noriaki Kishimoto

   Original Paper 03 May 2016 Pages: 415 - 424

   

6. Richness and bioactivity of culturable soil fungi from the Fildes Peninsula, Antarctica

   • Zhuang Ding
   • Liyuan Li
   • Tianjiao Zhu

   Original Paper 03 May 2016 Pages: 425 - 435

   

7. Acclimation of Antarctic Chlamydomonas to the sea-ice environment: a transcriptomic analysis

   • Chenlin Liu
   • Xiuliang Wang
   • Chengjun Sun

   Original Paper 09 May 2016 Pages: 437 - 450

   

8. Cloning, expression and characterization of a novel cold-active and organic solvent-tolerant esterase from Monascus ruber M7

   • Hailun Guo
   • Yan Zhang
   • Mu Li

   Original Paper 21 May 2016 Pages: 451 - 459

   

9. Diversity and distribution of cultured endolichenic fungi in the Ny-Ålesund Region, Svalbard (High Arctic)

   • Tao Zhang
   • Xin-Li Wei
   • Li-Yan Yu

   Original Paper 30 May 2016 Pages: 461 - 470

   

10. A high-molecular-weight, alkaline, and thermostable β-1,4-xylanase of a subseafloor Microcella alkaliphila

    • Koki Kuramochi
    • Kohsuke Uchimura
    • Koki Horikoshi

    Original Paper 30 May 2016 Pages: 471 - 478

    

11. Identification and characterization of yeasts isolated from sedimentary rocks of Union Glacier at the Antarctica

    • Salvador Barahona
    • Yassef Yuivar
    • Marcelo Baeza

    Original Paper 23 May 2016 Pages: 479 - 491

    

12. Purification and characterization of thermostable serine proteases encoded by the genes ttha0099 and ttha01320 from Thermus thermophilus HB8

    • Hui Li
    • Yajie Sun
    • Hu Zhu

    Original Paper 23 May 2016 Pages: 493 - 502

    

13. Characterization of two key enzymes for aromatic amino acid biosynthesis in symbiotic archaea

    • Irina Shlaifer
    • Joanne L. Turnbull

    Original Paper 11 June 2016 Pages: 503 - 514

    

14. Hyperthermostable Thermotoga maritima xylanase XYN10B shows high activity at high temperatures in the presence of biomass-dissolving hydrophilic ionic liquids

    • Tianyi Yu
    • Sasikala Anbarasan
    • Hairong Xiong

    Original Paper Open access 30 May 2016 Pages: 515 - 524

    

15. Analysis of the metatranscriptome of microbial communities of an alkaline hot sulfur spring revealed different gene encoding pathway enzymes associated with energy metabolism

    • Swetaleena Tripathy
    • Soumesh Kumar Padhi
    • Nikhil Kumar Maiti

    Original Paper 11 June 2016 Pages: 525 - 536

    

16. Knockout and functional analysis of two DExD/H-box family helicase genes in Sulfolobus islandicus REY15A

    • Xueguo Song
    • Qihong Huang
    • Yulong Shen

    Original Paper 11 June 2016 Pages: 537 - 546

    

17. Characterization of a NaCl-tolerant β-N-acetylglucosaminidase from Sphingobacterium sp. HWLB1

    • Junpei Zhou
    • Zhifeng Song
    • Zunxi Huang

    Original Paper 13 June 2016 Pages: 547 - 557

    

18. Pcal_0768, a hyperactive 4-α-glucanotransferase from Pyrobacculum calidifontis

    • Sumaira Mehboob
    • Nasir Ahmad
    • Muhammad Akhtar

    Original Paper 13 June 2016 Pages: 559 - 566

    

19. Melanin production by a yeast strain XJ5-1 of Aureobasidium melanogenum isolated from the Taklimakan desert and its role in the yeast survival in stress environments

    • Hong Jiang
    • Nan-Nan Liu
    • Zhen-Ming Chi

    Original Paper 11 June 2016 Pages: 567 - 577