1. Abiostress resistance and cellulose degradation abilities of haloalkaliphilic fungi: applications for saline–alkaline remediation

   • Yi Wei
   • Shi-Hong Zhang

   Review 30 December 2017 Pages: 155 - 164

   

2. Corrosive extracellular polysaccharides of the rock-inhabiting model fungus Knufia petricola

   • Romy Breitenbach
   • Dorothee Silbernagl
   • Anna A. Gorbushina

   Original Paper Open access 23 December 2017 Pages: 165 - 175

   

3. Comparison of the DING protein from the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus with human phosphate-binding protein and Pseudomonas fluorescence DING counterparts

   • Elena Porzio
   • Anna De Maio
   • Maria Rosaria Faraone-Mennella

   Original Paper 11 January 2018 Pages: 177 - 188

   

4. Optimization of the production of an extracellular and thermostable amylolytic enzyme by Thermus thermophilus HB8 and basic characterization

   • Mounia Akassou
   • Denis Groleau

   Original Paper 19 December 2017 Pages: 189 - 202

   

5. Description of a cryptic thermophilic (pro)phage, CBP1 from Caldibacillus debilis strain GB1

   • Scott Wushke
   • Zimo Jin
   • Richard Sparling

   Original Paper 30 January 2018 Pages: 203 - 209

   

6. Benthic phototrophic community from Kiran soda lake, south-eastern Siberia

   • Ekaterina I. Burganskaya
   • Irina A. Bryantseva
   • Boris B. Kuznetsov

   Original Paper 21 December 2017 Pages: 211 - 220

   

7. Genome sequencing and heterologous expression of antiporters reveal alkaline response mechanisms of Halomonas alkalicola

   • Lei Zhai
   • Jiuyan Xie
   • Su Yao

   Original Paper 21 December 2017 Pages: 221 - 231

   

8. Changes in bacterial and archaeal communities during the concentration of brine at the graduation towers in Ciechocinek spa (Poland)

   • Agnieszka Kalwasińska
   • Edyta Deja-Sikora
   • Maciej Walczak

   Original Paper Open access 19 December 2017 Pages: 233 - 246

   

9. Enhancement of gene expression in Escherichia coli and characterization of highly stable ATP-dependent glucokinase from Pyrobaculum calidifontis

   • Tahira Bibi
   • Musadiq Ali
   • Muhammad Akhtar

   Original Paper 23 December 2017 Pages: 247 - 257

   

10. Isolation and characterization from solar salterns of North Algeria of a haloarchaeon producing a new halocin

    • Souhila Mazguene
    • Mosè Rossi
    • Said Benallaoua

    Original Paper 29 December 2017 Pages: 259 - 270

    

11. Cloning, expression and characterization of the esterase estUT1 from Ureibacillus thermosphaericus which belongs to a new lipase family XVIII

    • Yuliya V. Samoylova
    • Ksenia N. Sorokina
    • Valentin N. Parmon

    Original Paper 12 January 2018 Pages: 271 - 285

    

12. Purification and characterization of a novel organic solvent-tolerant and cold-adapted lipase from Psychrobacter sp. ZY124

    • Yue Zhang
    • Fangling Ji
    • Yongming Bao

    Original Paper 13 January 2018 Pages: 287 - 300

    

13. Phytoene production utilizing the isoprenoid biosynthesis capacity of Thermococcus kodakarensis

    • Tsubasa Fuke
    • Takaaki Sato
    • Haruyuki Atomi

    Original Paper 16 January 2018 Pages: 301 - 313

    

14. A cold-adapted endoglucanase from camel rumen with high catalytic activity at moderate and low temperatures: an anomaly of truly cold-adapted evolution in a mesophilic environment

    • Kamran Khalili Ghadikolaei
    • Javad Gharechahi
    • Hossein Shahbani Zahiri

    Original Paper 12 January 2018 Pages: 315 - 326

    

15. Growth of Leptospirillum ferriphilum in sulfur medium in co-culture with Acidithiobacillus caldus

    • Sarah L. Smith
    • D. Barrie Johnson

    Original Paper Open access 12 January 2018 Pages: 327 - 333