1. International Conference on Extremophiles 2016

   • Garabed Antranikian

   Special Feature: Foreword 24 December 2016 Pages: 1 - 2

2. Nonconventional cation-coupled flagellar motors derived from the alkaliphilic Bacillus and Paenibacillus species

   • Masahiro Ito
   • Yuka Takahashi

   Special Feature: Review 22 October 2016 Pages: 3 - 14

   

3. “Hot” acetogenesis

   • Mirko Basen
   • Volker Müller

   Special Feature: Review 13 September 2016 Pages: 15 - 26

   

4. Genetic analyses of the functions of [NiFe]-hydrogenase maturation endopeptidases in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakarensis

   • Tamotsu Kanai
   • Ayako Yasukochi
   • Haruyuki Atomi

   Special Feature: Original Paper 13 October 2016 Pages: 27 - 39

   

5. Sequential formation of two branched intermediates during protein splicing of class three inteins

   • Kazuo Tori
   • Francine Perler

   Special Feature: Original Paper Open access 04 October 2016 Pages: 41 - 49

   

6. Differences in the phenotypic effects of mutations in homologous MrpA and MrpD subunits of the multi-subunit Mrp-type Na⁺/H⁺ antiporter

   • Masato Morino
   • Shinichiro Ogoda
   • Masahiro Ito

   Special Feature: Original Paper 05 October 2016 Pages: 51 - 64

   

7. Establishment of gene transfer and gene silencing methods in a desiccation-tolerant cell line, Pv11

   • Yoichiro Sogame
   • Jun Okada
   • Takahiro Kikawada

   Special Feature: Original Paper 18 October 2016 Pages: 65 - 72

   

8. Novel stand-alone RAM domain protein-mediated catalytic control of anthranilate phosphoribosyltransferase in tryptophan biosynthesis in Thermus thermophilus

   • Tetsuo Kubota
   • Hajime Matsushita
   • Makoto Nishiyama

   Special Feature: Original Paper 19 October 2016 Pages: 73 - 83

   

9. Characterization of two novel heat-active α-galactosidases from thermophilic bacteria

   • Carola Schröder
   • Viktoria-Astrid Janzer
   • Garabed Antranikian

   Special Feature: Original Paper 09 November 2016 Pages: 85 - 94

   

10. Target DNA recognition and cleavage by a reconstituted Type I-G CRISPR-Cas immune effector complex

    • Sonali Majumdar
    • Marianne Ligon
    • Michael P. Terns

    Special Feature: Original Paper 31 August 2016 Pages: 95 - 107

    

11. Genetic background of enhanced radioresistance in an anhydrobiotic insect: transcriptional response to ionizing radiations and desiccation

    • Alina Ryabova
    • Kyosuke Mukae
    • Oleg Gusev

    Special Feature: Original Paper 02 November 2016 Pages: 109 - 120

    

12. AglH, a thermophilic UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate:dolichyl phosphate GlcNAc-1-phosphotransferase initiating protein N-glycosylation pathway in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, is capable of complementing the eukaryal Alg7

    • Benjamin H. Meyer
    • Hosam Shams-Eldin
    • Sonja-Verena Albers

    Special Feature: Original Paper Open access 07 November 2016 Pages: 121 - 134

    

13. Microbial community analysis of pH 4 thermal springs in Yellowstone National Park

    • Xiaoben Jiang
    • Cristina D. Takacs-Vesbach

    Original Paper 02 November 2016 Pages: 135 - 152

    

14. Identification of a VapBC toxin–antitoxin system in a thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus HB27

    • Yuqi Fan
    • Takayuki Hoshino
    • Akira Nakamura

    Original Paper 16 November 2016 Pages: 153 - 161

    

15. Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by an acidophilic Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain AJH1 isolated from a mineral mining site in Saudi Arabia

    • P. Arulazhagan
    • K. Al-Shekri
    • D. Jeyakumar

    Original Paper 16 November 2016 Pages: 163 - 174

    

16. The thermophilic biomass-degrading fungus Thielavia terrestris Co3Bag1 produces a hyperthermophilic and thermostable β-1,4-xylanase with exo- and endo-activity

    • Yolanda García-Huante
    • Maribel Cayetano-Cruz
    • María Eugenia Hidalgo-Lara

    Original Paper 29 November 2016 Pages: 175 - 186

    

17. Identity, ecology and ecophysiology of planktic green algae dominating in ice-covered lakes on James Ross Island (northeastern Antarctic Peninsula)

    • Linda Nedbalová
    • Martin Mihál
    • Josef Elster

    Original Paper 25 November 2016 Pages: 187 - 200

    

18. A manganese catalase from Thermomicrobium roseum with peroxidase and catecholase activity

    • Robin Baginski
    • Monika Sommerhalter

    Original Paper 29 November 2016 Pages: 201 - 210

    

19. Microbial diversity in degraded and non-degraded petroleum samples and comparison across oil reservoirs at local and global scales

    • Isabel Natalia Sierra-Garcia
    • Bruna M. Dellagnezze
    • Valeria M. Oliveira

    Original Paper 03 December 2016 Pages: 211 - 229

    

20. Acknowledgment to reviewers 2016

    Acknowledgments 09 November 2016 Pages: 231 - 233