1. Analysis of Soil Bacterial Diversity: Methods, Potentiality, and Prospects

   • T. G. Dobrovol'skaya
   • L. V. Lysak
   • D. G. Zvyagintsev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 132

2. Role of Putrescine in the Regulation of the Expression of the Oxidative Stress Defense Genes of Escherichia coli

   • A. G. Tkachenko
   • L. Yu. Nesterova
   • M. P. Pshenichnov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 137

3. Saturated C21–C33Hydrocarbons Are Involved in the Self-Regulation of Pseudomonas fluorescensAdhesion to a Glass Surface

   • Yu. A. Nikolaev
   • N. S. Panikov
   • G. A. Osipov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 138 - 144

4. Lithoautotrophic Growth of the Freshwater Colorless Sulfur Bacterium Beggiatoa “leptomitiformis”D-402

   • V. Yu. Patritskaya
   • M. Yu. Grabovich
   • G. A. Dubinina

   OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 150

5. Metabolic Characteristics of the Mutant Yarrowia lipolytica Strain 1 Producing α-Ketoglutaric and Citric Acids from Ethanol and the Effect of [NH+4] and [O2] on Yeast Respiration and Acidogenesis

   • A. P. Il'chenko
   • O. G. Chernyavskaya
   • T. V. Finogenova

   OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 157

6. Effect of Vitamin E and Its Analogues Having Various Molecular Structures on the Growth and Lipid Composition of Pythium debaryanum

   • Ya. E. Sergeeva
   • L. A. Galanina
   • R. P. Evstigneeva

   OriginalPaper Pages: 158 - 164

7. Spatial Peculiarities in the Colonization of the Plant Rhizoplane by Microscopic Fungi

   • A. V. Kurakov
   • N. V. Kostina

   OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 174

8. Biogeochemical Processes of Methane Cycle in the Soils, Bogs, and Lakes of Western Siberia

   • V. F. Gal'chenko
   • L. E. Dulov
   • S. V. Barysheva

   OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 185

9. Phenotypic Characteristics of Thiobacillus ferrooxidansStrains

   • S. N. Ageeva
   • T. F. Kondrat'eva
   • G. I. Karavaiko

   OriginalPaper Pages: 186 - 194

10. The Effect of Ecological Factors on Spore Germination and the Viability of the Mycelial Fragments of Microscopic Fungi

    • A. E. Ivanova
    • O. E. Marfenina

    OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 199

11. Molecular Genetic Analysis of the Yeast Komagataea (Williopsis) pratensisStrains Isolated from the Caucasian and Tien Shan Soils

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

    OriginalPaper Pages: 200 - 205

12. Effect of Mechanical Vibrations on the lonMutant of Escherichia coliK-12

    • S. N. Ayrapetyan
    • R. S. Stepanyan
    • L. S. Markosyan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 206 - 210

13. Coexistence of Genetically Engineered Escherichia coliStrains and Natural Microorganisms in Experimental Aquatic Microcosms

    • T. V. Kargatova
    • E. E. Maksimova
    • L. Yu. Popova

    OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 216

14. Proteolytic Activity of Lectins from the Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Bacillus polymyxa

    • U. Yu. Mel'nikova
    • L. V. Karpunina
    • V. V. Ignatov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 220

15. The Ways of Plant Colonization by MethylobacteriumStrains and Properties of These Bacteria

    • V. A. Romanovskaya
    • S. M. Stolyar
    • T. N. Dodatko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 227

16. Role of the Surface and Extracellular Substances of the Phytopathogenic Bacterium Xanthomonas campestris in Its Interactions with Cabbage Plants

    • G. I. Stadnik
    • E. E. Kalashnikova
    • V. V. Ignatov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 228 - 231

17. Investigation of the Cell Surface Structures of Agrobacteria Involved in Bacterial and Plant Interactions

    • M. I. Chumakov
    • L. A. Dykman
    • I. V. Kurbanova

    OriginalPaper Pages: 232 - 238

18. Tolerance of Marine Proteobacteria of the Genera Pseudoalteromonasand Alteromonasto Heavy Metals

    • E. P. Ivanova
    • N. M. Gorshkova
    • V. V. Kurilenko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 241

19. International Symposium on Present-Day Problems in the Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Microorganisms

    • T.V. Kulakovskaya

    OriginalPaper Pages: 242 - 243

20. Mariya Nikolaevna Bekhtereva (1908–2000)

    OriginalPaper Pages: 244 - 244