1. Steroidobacter flavus sp. nov., a microcystin-degrading Gammaproteobacterium isolated from soil

   • Zhi-Lian Gong
   • Chang-Feng Zhang
   • Yu-Qin Zhang

   Original Paper 05 May 2016 Pages: 1073 - 1079

   

2. Effects of CTR4 deletion on virulence and stress response in Cryptococcus neoformans

   • Ping Zhang
   • Defa Zhang
   • Xudong Zhu

   Original Paper 18 June 2016 Pages: 1081 - 1090

   

3. Thalassospira australica sp. nov. isolated from sea water

   • Elena P. Ivanova
   • Mario López-Pérez
   • Francisco Rodriguez-Valera

   Original Paper 14 May 2016 Pages: 1091 - 1100

   

4. Nocardioides pakistanensis sp. nov., isolated from a hot water spring of Tatta Pani in Pakistan

   • Arshia Amin
   • Iftikhar Ahmed
   • Wen-Jun Li

   Original Paper 11 May 2016 Pages: 1101 - 1109

   

5. Hyphomonas pacifica sp. nov., isolated from deep sea of the Pacific Ocean

   • Xi Li
   • Chongping Li
   • Zongze Shao

   Original Article 02 June 2016 Pages: 1111 - 1119

   

6. Halomarina salina sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern

   • Wen-Mei Xu
   • Jia-Qi Xu
   • Heng-Lin Cui

   Original Paper 19 May 2016 Pages: 1121 - 1126

   

7. Rare or rarely detected? Ceraceosorus guamensis sp. nov.: a second described species of Ceraceosorales and the potential for underdetection of rare lineages with common sampling techniques

   • Teeratas Kijpornyongpan
   • M. Catherine Aime

   Original Paper 28 May 2016 Pages: 1127 - 1139

   

8. Unveiling the pan-genome of the SXT/R391 family of ICEs: molecular characterisation of new variable regions of SXT/R391-like ICEs detected in Pseudoalteromonas sp. and Vibrio scophthalmi

   • Arturo Rodríguez-Blanco
   • Manuel L. Lemos
   • Carlos R. Osorio

   Original Paper 26 May 2016 Pages: 1141 - 1152

   

9. Abyssicoccus albus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Staphylococcaceae isolated from marine sediment of the Indian Ocean

   • Zhao Jiang
   • Chang-Guo Yuan
   • Wen-Jun Li

   Original Paper 07 June 2016 Pages: 1153 - 1160

   

10. Examining changes in bacterial abundance in complex communities using next-generation sequencing is enhanced with quantitative PCR

    • Joshua R. Stokell
    • Timothy J. Hamp
    • Todd R. Steck

    Short Communication 09 May 2016 Pages: 1161 - 1166

    

11. Isolation of culturable aerobic bacteria and evidence of Kerstersia gyiorum from the blowhole of captive Yangtze finless porpoises

    • Xiaoling Wan
    • Richard William McLaughlin
    • Ding Wang

    Short Communication 01 June 2016 Pages: 1167 - 1175