1. Thermotolerance in Fungi: The Role of Heat Shock Proteins and Trehalose

   • V. M. Tereshina

   Review Pages: 247 - 257

2. Carbon Metabolism of Filamentous Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria of the Family Oscillochloridaceae

   • I. A. Berg
   • O. I. Keppen
   • R. N. Ivanovsky

   Experimental Articles Pages: 258 - 264

3. A Study of the Mechanism of Acetate Assimilation in Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria Lacking the Glyoxylate Shunt: Acetate Assimilation in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

   • L. V. Filatova
   • I. A. Berg
   • R.N. Ivanobsky

   Experimental Articles Pages: 265 - 269

4. A Study of the Mechanism of Acetate Assimilation in Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria Lacking the Glyoxylate Shunt: Enzymes of the Citramalate Cycle in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

   • L. V. Filatova
   • I. A. Berg
   • R. N. Ivanovsky

   Experimental Articles Pages: 270 - 278

5. Adaptation of Flammulina velutipes to Hypothermia in Natural Environments: The Role of Lipids and Carbohydrates

   • V. M. Tereshina
   • A. S. Memorskaya

   Experimental Articles Pages: 279 - 283

6. Isoprenoid Pigments in Representatives of the Family Microbacteriaceae

   • S. M. Trutko
   • L. V. Dorofeeva
   • V. K. Akimenko

   Experimental Articles Pages: 284 - 289

7. The P-7 Incompatibility Group Plasmids Responsible for Biodegradation of Naphthalene and Salicylate in Fluorescent Pseudomonads

   • T. Yu. Izmalkova
   • O. I. Sazonova
   • A. M. Boronin

   Experimental Articles Pages: 290 - 295

8. The Influence of Salt Concentration on the Copy Number of Plasmid pSH1 Replicating in Micrococcus sp. 9

   • T. I. Lobova
   • S. N. Zagrebel’nyi
   • L. Yu. Popova

   Experimental Articles Pages: 296 - 302

9. The Microbial Transformation of Phenanthrene and Anthracene

   • M. A. Baboshin
   • B. P. Baskunov
   • L. A. Golovleva

   Experimental Articles Pages: 303 - 309

10. Nuclease Biosynthesis and Growth of Serratia marcescens in the Presence of 2-(p-Aminobenzenesulfonamide)-thiazole

    • N. V. Starshinova
    • M. N. Filimonova

    Experimental Articles Pages: 310 - 313

11. The First Results of an Investigation into the Phylogenetic Diversity of Microorganisms in Southern Baikal Sediments in the Region of Subsurface Discharge of Methane Hydrates

    • O. V. Shubenkova
    • T. I. Zemskaya
    • T. I. Triboi

    Experimental Articles Pages: 314 - 320

12. Phylogeny of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase Genes in Haloalkaliphilic Obligately Autotrophic Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria of the Genus Thioalkalivibrio

    • T. P. Tourova
    • E. M. Spiridonova
    • D. Yu. Sorokin

    Experimental Articles Pages: 321 - 328

13. Molecular Markers for Differentiation between the Closely Related Dairy Yeast Kluyveromyces lactis var. lactis and Wild Kluyveromyces lactis Strains from the European “Krassilnikovii” Population

    • E. S. Naumova
    • N. N. Sukhotina
    • G. I. Naumov

    Experimental Articles Pages: 329 - 335

14. The Antibiotic-Aided Distinguishing of Fungal and Bacterial Substrate-Induced Respiration in Various Soil Ecosystems

    • E.A. Susyan
    • N. D. Ananyeva
    • E. V. Blagodatskaya

    Experimental Articles Pages: 336 - 342

15. The Phylogenetic Diversity of Aerobic Organotrophic Bacteria from the Dagang High-Temperature Oil Field

    • T. N. Nazina
    • D. Sh. Sokolova
    • S. S. Belyaev

    Experimental Articles Pages: 343 - 351

16. The Phototrophic Community Found in Lake Khilganta (an Alkaline Saline Lake Located in the Southeastern Transbaikal Region)

    • E. I. Kompantseva
    • D. Yu. Sorokin
    • B. B. Namsaraev

    Experimental Articles Pages: 352 - 361

17. Anaerobic Methane Oxidation and Sulfate Reduction in Bacterial Mats on Coral-Like Carbonate Structures in the Black Sea

    • N. V. Pimenov
    • A. E. Ivanova

    Experimental Articles Pages: 362 - 370

18. Immobilization of Oligotrophic Bacteria by Absorption on Porous Carriers

    • O. I. Slabova
    • D. I. Nikitin

    Short Communications Pages: 371 - 373