1. Foreword; Sixth Symposium of Bacterial Genetics and Ecology (BAGECO-6) in Florence

   • John C. Fry

   Foreword Pages: 107 - 108

2. Potential application of catalase-peroxidase from Comamonas terrigena N3H in the biodegradation of phenolic compounds

   • M. Zámocký
   • J. Godočíková
   • B. Polek

   OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 117

3. Characterization of Rhizobium loti strains from the Salado River Basin

   • M.M. Fulchieri
   • M.J. Estrella
   • A.A. Iglesias

   OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 125

4. Phylogeny of Streptomyces species and evidence for horizontal transfer of entire and partial antibiotic gene clusters

   • S. Egan
   • P. Wiener
   • E.M.H. Wellington

   OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 133

5. Evolution of catabolic pathways and metabolic versatility in Pseudomonas stutzeri OX1

   • Paola Barbieri
   • Fabio L.G. Arenghi
   • Enrica Galli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 140

6. Environmental bacteriophage-host interactions: factors contribution to natural transduction

   • Robert V. Miller

   OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 147

7. Bacterial diversity in soil samples from two uranium waste piles as determined by rep-APD, RISA and 16S rDNA retrieval

   • Sonja Selenska-Pobell
   • Gudrun Kampf
   • Galina Satchanska

   OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 161

8. Sequence analysis and insertional inactivation of a gene encoding Moraxella sp. CK-1 cell wall hydrolase

   • Hyun-Min Kim
   • Tak-Bum Ohn
   • Yong-Keel Choi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 171

9. A relationship between RP4 plasmid acquisition and phenotypic changes in Pseudomonas fluorescens R2fN

   • Annabelle Zgoda
   • Patrice Chablain
   • Daniel Thomas

   OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 178

10. A comparison of ammonia-oxidiser populations in eutrophic and oligotrophic basins of a large freshwater lake

    • Corinne B. Whitby
    • Jon R. Saunders
    • Alan J. McCarthy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 188

11. Characterization of two novel Rhizobium leguminosarum bacteriophages from a field release site of genetically-modified rhizobia

    • Tom A. Mendum
    • Ian M. Clark
    • Penny R. Hirsch

    OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 197

12. Comparison of yoghurt, heat treated yoghurt, milk and lactose effects on plasmid dissemination in gnotobiotic mice

    • Sylvie Maisonneuve
    • Marie-France Ouriet
    • Yvonne Duval-Iflah

    OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 207

13. Methanotrophic diversity in an agricultural soil as evaluated by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis profiles of pmoA, mxaF and 16S rDNA sequences

    • Anne Fjellbirkeland
    • Vigdis Torsvik
    • Lise Øvreås

    OriginalPaper Pages: 209 - 217