1. Bacterial Cold Shock Response at the Level of DNA Transcription, Translation, and Chromosome Dynamics

   • E. L. Golovlev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 7

2. Bacterial Degradation of EDTA

   • A. D. Satroutdinov
   • E. G. Dedyukhina
   • T. Egli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 8 - 11

3. Characterization of Lipopolysaccharides from Ralstonia solanacearum

   • L. D. Varbanets
   • V. N. Vasil'ev
   • O. S. Brovarskaya

   OriginalPaper Pages: 12 - 17

4. Enhanced Synthesis of the Exopolysaccharide Ethapolan by Acinetobacter sp. 12S Grown on a Mixture of Substrates

   • T. P. Pirog
   • M. A. Kovalenko
   • T. P. Krishtab

   OriginalPaper Pages: 18 - 23

5. The 1(2)-Dehydrogenation of Steroid Substrates by Nocardioides simplex VKM Ac-2033D

   • V. V. Fokina
   • G. V. Sukhodol'skaya
   • M. V. Donova

   OriginalPaper Pages: 24 - 29

6. The Effect of the Plant Growth Stimulant Bactozole on Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae 250a and Its Nitrogen-Tolerant Mutant M-71 under Different Nitrogen Supply Conditions

   • L. V. Kosenko
   • N. M. Mandrovskaya
   • L. D. Varbanets

   OriginalPaper Pages: 30 - 36

7. Root Exudates of Tomato Plants and Their Effect on the Growth and Antifungal Activity of Pseudomonas Strains

   • L. V. Kravchenko
   • T. S. Azarova
   • I. A. Tikhonovich

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 41

8. Characterization of Staphylococcus species by SDS–PAGE of Whole-Cell and Extracellular Proteins

   • I. Berber
   • C. Cokmus
   • E. Atalan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 42 - 47

9. Atypical R–S Dissociation in Azospirillum brasilense

   • L. Yu. Matora
   • O. B. Serebrennikova
   • S. Yu. Shchegolev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 48 - 51

10. The Insertional Inactivation of Genes Encoding Eukaryotic-Type Serine/Threonine Protein Kinases in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

    • A. N. Galkin
    • L. E. Mikheeva
    • S. V. Shestakov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 52 - 57

11. The Structure of the Transposable Genetic Element ISBsu2 from the Cryptic Plasmid p1516 of a Soil Bacillus subtilis Strain and the Presence of Homologues of This Element in the Chromosomes of Various Bacillus subtilis Strains

    • S. Holsappel
    • E. Yu. Gagarina
    • S. Bron

    OriginalPaper Pages: 58 - 63

12. Formation of Nonculturable Cells of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Their Resuscitation

    • M. O. Shleeva
    • G. V. Mukamolova
    • A. S. Kaprel'yants

    OriginalPaper Pages: 64 - 70

13. Microcoleus Mats from Alkaliphilic and Halophilic Communities

    • L. M. Gerasimenko
    • L. L. Mityushina
    • B. B. Namsaraev

    OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 79

14. Laboratory Simulations of Cyanobacterial Mats of the Alkaline Geochemical Barrier

    • G. A. Zavarzin
    • V. K. Orleanskii
    • G. T. Ushatinskaya

    OriginalPaper Pages: 80 - 85

15. Localization of Associative Cyanobacteria on the Roots of Epiphytic Orchids

    • E. A. Tsavkelova
    • E. S. Lobakova
    • A. I. Netrusov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 86 - 91

16. Associative Cyanobacteria Isolated from the Roots of Epiphytic Orchids

    • E. A. Tsavkelova
    • E. S. Lobakova
    • A. I. Netrusov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 92 - 97

17. Nitrogen-Fixing Activity in Peat Soils from a Raised Bog

    • I. K. Kravchenko
    • E. V. Doroshenko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 98 - 102

18. Biological Activity in Modern and Buried Soils of the Historical Center of St. Petersburg

    • A. V. Rusakov
    • V. V. Novikov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 109

19. Some Approaches to the Selective Isolation of Actinomycetes of the Genus Actinomadura from Soil

    • O. S. Zakharova
    • G. M. Zenova
    • D. G. Zvyagintsev

    OriginalPaper Pages: 110 - 113

20. The Application of Succession Analysis in Combination with EHF Irradiation to the Selective Isolation of Actinomycetes from Soil

    • Yu. V. Li
    • L. P. Terekhova
    • M. G. Gapochka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 114 - 117

21. The Structure of Peptidoglycan from Lysobacter sp., a Producer of Extracellular Bacteriolytic Enzymes

    • B. V. Sitkin
    • V. Ya. Lysanskaya
    • I. S. Kulaev

    OriginalPaper Pages: 118 - 119