1. Methods for prevention of mass development of the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa Kutz emend. Elenk. in aquatic systems

   • V. I. Kolmakov

   Review Paper Pages: 115 - 118

2. Investigation of the catabolism of acetate and peptides in the new anaerobic thermophilic bacterium Caldithrix abyssi

   • D. V. Fedosov
   • D. A. Podkopaeva
   • M. Yu. Grabovich

   Experimental Articles Pages: 119 - 124

3. The successive reduction of Cr(VI) and NO ₃ ⁻ or Mn(IV) ions present in the cultivation medium of denitrifying bacteria

   • G. N. Dmitrenko
   • V. V. Konovalova
   • T. V. Ereshko

   Experimental Articles Pages: 125 - 128

4. Some factors controlling the biosynthesis of chlorosome antenna bacteriochlorophylls in green filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria of the family Oscillochloridaceae

   • A. S. Taisova
   • O. I. Keppen
   • Z. G. Fetisova

   Experimental Articles Pages: 129 - 135

5. Growth conditions and production of the Bacillus intermedius subtilisin-like serine proteinase by the recombinant Bacillus subtilis strain

   • Yu. M. Kirillova
   • E. O. Mikhailova
   • M. R. Sharipova

   Experimental Articles Pages: 136 - 141

6. Biosynthesis of the Bacillus intermedius subtilisin-like serine proteinase by the recombinant Bacillus subtilis strain

   • Yu. M. Kirillova
   • E. O. Mikhailova
   • M. R. Sharipova

   Experimental Articles Pages: 142 - 147

7. Optimization of nutrient medium for submerged cultivation of Ganoderma lucidum (Curt.: Fr.) P. Karst

   • A. V. Avtonomova
   • L. M. Krasnopol’skaya
   • V. N. Maksimov

   Experimental Articles Pages: 148 - 153

8. The viability assessment of ethanol-producing yeast by computer-aided fluorescence microscopy

   • E. O. Puchkov

   Experimental Articles Pages: 154 - 160

9. The new facultatively chemolithoautotrophic, moderately halophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovermiculus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an oil field

   • E. V. Belyakova
   • E. P. Rozanova
   • T. V. Kolganova

   Experimental Articles Pages: 161 - 171

10. Two new species of microaerophilic sulfur spirilla, Spirillum winogradskii sp. nov. and Spirillum kriegii sp. nov.

    • D. A. Podkopaeva
    • M. Yu. Grabovich
    • T. V. Kolganova

    Experimental Articles Pages: 172 - 179

11. Isolation and characterization of a unicellular manganese-oxidizing bacterium from a freshwater lake in northwestern Russia

    • A. A. Falamin
    • A. V. Pinevich

    Experimental Articles Pages: 180 - 185

12. Comparative morphological, ecological, and molecular studies of Aspergillus versicolor (Vuill.) tiraboschi strains isolated from different ecotopes

    • G. M. Fomicheva
    • O. V. Vasilenko
    • O. E. Marfenina

    Experimental Articles Pages: 186 - 191

13. Phylogeny of anoxygenic filamentous phototrophic bacteria of the family Oscillochloridaceae as inferred from comparative analyses of the rrs, cbbL, and nifH genes

    • T. P. Tourova
    • E. M. Spiridonova
    • R. N. Ivanovsky

    Experimental Articles Pages: 192 - 200

14. A genetically isolated population of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Malaysia

    • G. I. Naumov
    • E. V. Serpova
    • E. S. Naumova

    Experimental Articles Pages: 201 - 205

15. Microbiological studies in the deepwater area of the Southern Caspian Sea

    • M. A. Salmanov

    Experimental Articles Pages: 206 - 212

16. Microbial destruction of organic matter in the bottom sediments of Lithuanian lakes

    • A. Krevs
    • A. Kucinskiene
    • R. Paskauskas

    Experimental Articles Pages: 213 - 218

17. Morphometric analysis of bacteria associated with soil millipedes

    • V. S. Guzev
    • B. A. Byzov

    Experimental Articles Pages: 219 - 225

18. Colonization of plant rhizosphere by actinomycetes of different genera

    • O. V. Merzaeva
    • I. G. Shirokikh

    Experimental Articles Pages: 226 - 230

19. Effect of substrate-dependent microbial ethylene production on plant growth

    • A. Khalid
    • M. J. Akhtar
    • M. Arshad

    Experimental Articles Pages: 231 - 236

20. Organotrophic activity in Kamchatka hot springs with low pH

    • M. I. Prokofeva
    • I. I. Rusanov
    • E. A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya

    Short Communications Pages: 237 - 239

21. Proteolytic activity of luminous bacteria

    • G. A. Vydryakova
    • T. V. Kirpichenko

    Short Communications Pages: 240 - 241

22. Symbiosis between the root-nodule bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti and alfalfa (Medicago sativa) under salinization conditions

    • M. V. Ibraginova
    • M. L. Rumyantseva
    • B. V. Simarov

    Erratum Pages: 242 - 242