1. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures for the order Neisseriales: proposal for division of the order Neisseriales into the emended family Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae fam. nov.

   • Mobolaji Adeolu
   • Radhey S. Gupta

   Original Paper 11 April 2013 Pages: 1 - 24

   

2. A biochemical correlate of dimorphism in a zygomycete Benjaminiella poitrasii: characterization of purified NAD-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase, a target for antifungal agents

   • C. V. Joshi
   • E. K. Pathan
   • M. V. Deshpande

   Original Paper 16 April 2013 Pages: 25 - 36

   

3. Mucilaginibacter calamicampi sp. nov., a member of the family Sphingobacteriaceae isolated from soil at a field of reeds

   • Jung-Hoon Yoon
   • Sooyeon Park
   • Yong-Taek Jung

   Original Paper 13 April 2013 Pages: 37 - 45

   

4. Marinobacter persicus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from a saline lake in Iran

   • Maryam Bagheri
   • Mohammad Ali Amoozegar
   • Antonio Ventosa

   Original Paper 17 April 2013 Pages: 47 - 54

   

5. Salinicola peritrichatus sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment

   • Ying-Yi Huo
   • Fan-Xu Meng
   • Xue-Wei Xu

   Original Paper 23 April 2013 Pages: 55 - 62

   

6. Characterisation of the first actinobacterial group isolated from a Mexican extremophile environment

   • Erika T. Quintana
   • Ricardo Flores Badillo
   • Luis A. Maldonado

   Original Paper 03 May 2013 Pages: 63 - 70

   

7. An integrated study reveals diverse methanogens, Thaumarchaeota, and yet-uncultivated archaeal lineages in Armenian hot springs

   • Brian P. Hedlund
   • Jeremy A. Dodsworth
   • Hovik H. Panosyan

   Original Paper 30 April 2013 Pages: 71 - 82

   

8. Cryptococcus lacticolor sp. nov. and Rhodotorula oligophaga sp. nov., novel yeasts isolated from the nasal smear microbiota of Queensland koalas kept in Japanese zoological parks

   • Kazuo Satoh
   • Mari Maeda
   • Koichi Makimura

   Original Paper 08 May 2013 Pages: 83 - 93

   

9. Microlunatus cavernae sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from Alu ancient cave, Yunnan, south-west China

   • Juan Cheng
   • Wei Chen
   • Wen-Jun Li

   Original Paper 08 May 2013 Pages: 95 - 101

   

10. Pelagicola litorisediminis sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium isolated from tidal flat sediment

    • Sooyeon Park
    • Yong-Taek Jung
    • Jung-Hoon Yoon

    Original Paper 09 May 2013 Pages: 103 - 110

    

11. Small chromosomes among Danish Candida glabrata isolates originated through different mechanisms

    • Khadija Mohamed Ahmad
    • Olena P. Ishchuk
    • Jure Piškur

    Original Paper Open access 14 May 2013 Pages: 111 - 122

    

12. Paracoccus zhejiangensis sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge in wastewater-treatment system

    • Zhi-Guo Wu
    • Dao-Feng Zhang
    • Wen-Jun Li

    Original Paper 08 May 2013 Pages: 123 - 128

    

13. Isolation and characterization of novel ginsenoside-hydrolyzing glycosidase from Microbacterium esteraromaticum that transforms ginsenoside Rb2 to rare ginsenoside 20(S)-Rg3

    • Lin-Hu Quan
    • Chao Wang
    • Deok Chun Yang

    Original Paper 14 May 2013 Pages: 129 - 137

    

14. Jejudonia soesokkakensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from the junction between the ocean and a freshwater spring, and emended description of the genus Aureitalea Park et al. 2012

    • Sooyeon Park
    • Jung-Sook Lee
    • Jung-Hoon Yoon

    Original Paper 14 May 2013 Pages: 139 - 147

    

15. Influence of pH and temperature on the expression of sboA and ituD genes in Bacillus sp. P11

    • Fernanda Leal Leães
    • Renata Voltolini Velho
    • Adriano Brandelli

    Short Communication 16 May 2013 Pages: 149 - 154