Rubidimonas crustatorum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Saprospiraceae isolated from a marine crustacean Jaewoo YoonAtsuko KatsutaHiroaki Kasai Original Paper 13 October 2011 Pages: 461 - 467
Kocuria sediminis sp. nov., isolated from a marine sediment sample Monu BalaChandandeep KaurShanmugam Mayilraj Original Paper 20 October 2011 Pages: 469 - 478
A novel function of Streptomyces integration host factor (sIHF) in the control of antibiotic production and sporulation in Streptomyces coelicolor Yung-Hun YangEunjung SongByung-Gee Kim Original Paper 29 October 2011 Pages: 479 - 492
Compositions of microbial communities associated with oil and water in a mesothermic oil field Yuriy KryachkoXiaoli DongGerrit Voordouw Original Paper 29 October 2011 Pages: 493 - 506
Verminephrobacter aporrectodeae sp. nov. subsp. tuberculatae and subsp. caliginosae, the specific nephridial symbionts of the earthworms Aporrectodea tuberculata and A. caliginosa Marie B. LundSarah SchätzleKasper U. Kjeldsen Original Paper 22 October 2011 Pages: 507 - 514
Isolation and characterization of culturable endophytic actinobacteria associated with Artemisia annua L. Jie LiGuo-Zhen ZhaoGary Strobel Original Paper 29 October 2011 Pages: 515 - 527
The physiological characteristics of the yeast Dekkera bruxellensis in fully fermentative conditions with cell recycling and in mixed cultures with Saccharomyces cerevisiae Luciana Filgueira PereiraAna Paula Guarnieri BassiMarcos Antonio de Morais Jr. Original Paper 22 October 2011 Pages: 529 - 539
The high fermentative metabolism of Kluyveromyces marxianus UFV-3 relies on the increased expression of key lactose metabolic enzymes Raphael H. S. DinizWendel B. SilveiraFlávia M. L. Passos Original Paper 09 November 2011 Pages: 541 - 550
Phyllosphere bacterial communities of trichome-bearing and trichomeless Arabidopsis thaliana leaves Eva E. ReisbergUlrich HildebrandtUte Hentschel Original Paper 13 November 2011 Pages: 551 - 560
Kinetics of anaerobic elemental sulfur oxidation by ferric iron in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and protein identification by comparative 2-DE-MS/MS Jiri KuceraPavel BouchalMartin Mandl Original Paper 05 November 2011 Pages: 561 - 573
Streptomyces deserti sp. nov., isolated from hyper-arid Atacama Desert soil Rakesh SanthanamChinyere K. OkoroMichael Goodfellow Original Paper 12 November 2011 Pages: 575 - 581
Gene expression modulation by heat stress in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans LR Daniela A. RibeiroLúcio F. C. FerrazLaura M. M. Ottoboni Original Paper 16 November 2011 Pages: 583 - 593
Desulfosoma profundi sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a deep terrestrial geothermal spring in France Patrick GrégoireMarie-Laure FardeauBernard Ollivier Original Paper 26 November 2011 Pages: 595 - 602
Diversity and distribution of the bioactive actinobacterial genus Salinispora from sponges along the Great Barrier Reef M. E. VidgenJ. N. A. HooperJ. A. Fuerst Original Paper 18 November 2011 Pages: 603 - 618
Constitutive expression of ftsZ overrides the whi developmental genes to initiate sporulation of Streptomyces coelicolor Joost WillemseA. Mieke MommaasGilles P. van Wezel Original Paper Open access 24 November 2011 Pages: 619 - 632
Two new species of the genus Candida in the Zygoascus clade, Candida lundiana sp. nov. and Candida suthepensis sp. nov., isolated from raw honey in Thailand Sujinan SaksinchaiMotofumi SuzukiPanuwan Chantawannakul Original Paper 22 November 2011 Pages: 633 - 640
Echinicola shivajiensis sp. nov., a novel bacterium of the family “Cyclobacteriaceae” isolated from brackish water pond T. N. R. SrinivasB. Kailash TryambakP. Anil Kumar Original Paper 22 November 2011 Pages: 641 - 647
Micromonospora haikouensis sp. nov., isolated from mangrove soil Qing-yi XieZhi QuKui Hong Original Paper 13 January 2012 Pages: 649 - 655
Capsicum annuum L. trypsin inhibitor as a template scaffold for new drug development against pathogenic yeast Suzanna F. F. RibeiroMarciele S. SilvaValdirene M. Gomes Original Paper 08 December 2011 Pages: 657 - 670
Efficiency of the Cepheid Xpert vanA/vanB assay for screening of colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci during hospital outbreak Dorota ZabickaJanusz StrzeleckiWaleria Hryniewicz Short Communication 29 November 2011 Pages: 671 - 675
Survival and biofilm formation by Group B streptococci in simulated vaginal fluid at different pHs Sandra BorgesJoana SilvaPaula Teixeira Short Communication 29 October 2011 Pages: 677 - 682
Editors’ Note: Physiological diversity within the Kluyveromyces marxianus species Saul Nitsche RochaJosé Abrahão-NetoAndreas Karoly Gombert Editors' Note 03 November 2011 Pages: 683 - 683