1. Winogradsky and modern microbiology

   • G. A. Zavarzin

   Review Pages: 501 - 511

2. Lithotrophic microorganisms of the oxidative cycles of sulfur and iron

   • G. I. Karavaiko
   • G. A. Dubinina
   • T. F. Kondrat’eva

   Review Pages: 512 - 545

3. Laccase and tyrosinase activities in lichens

   • A. G. Zavarzina
   • A. A. Zavarzin

   Experimental Articles Pages: 546 - 556

4. Biosynthesis of the subtilisin-like serine proteinase of Bacillus intermedius under salt stress conditions

   • A. R. Kayumov
   • N. P. Balaban
   • M. R. Sharipova

   Experimental Articles Pages: 557 - 562

5. Interrelation between the composition of lipids and their peroxidation products and the secretion of ligninolytic enzymes during growth of Lentinus (Panus) tigrinus

   • D. A. Kadimaliev
   • O. S. Nadezhina
   • V. D. Samuilov

   Experimental Articles Pages: 563 - 567

6. Influence of chemical analogues of microbial autoregulators on the sensitivity of DNA to UV radiation

   • O. K. Davydova
   • D. G. Deryabin
   • G. I. El’-Registan

   Experimental Articles Pages: 568 - 574

7. Long-term preservation of DNA in aqueous solutions in the presence of the chemical analogues of microbial autoregulators

   • O. K. Davydova
   • D. G. Deryabin
   • G. I. El’-Registan

   Experimental Articles Pages: 575 - 581

8. Thiobacillus sajanensis sp. nov., a new obligately autotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from Khito-Gol hydrogen-sulfide springs, Buryatia

   • N. M. Dul’tseva
   • T. P. Tourova
   • V. M. Gorlenko

   Experimental Articles Pages: 582 - 592

9. Degradation of polyhydroxyalkanoates and the composition of microbial destructors under natural conditions

   • T. G. Volova
   • M. I. Gladyshev
   • N. O. Zhila

   Experimental Articles Pages: 593 - 598

10. Biological properties of the wild rhizosphere strain Pseudomonas fluorescens 2137 and its derivatives marked with the gusA gene

    • A. A. Vyazovaya
    • E. V. Limeshchenko
    • V. M. Buren’

    Experimental Articles Pages: 599 - 605

11. Experimental study of Microcystis-associated and free-living bacteria

    • L. L. Kapustina

    Experimental Articles Pages: 606 - 610

12. Biogeochemical processes in the algal-bacterial mats of the Urinskii alkaline hot spring

    • A. V. Bryanskaya
    • Z. B. Namsaraev
    • V. M. Gorlenko

    Experimental Articles Pages: 611 - 620

13. Investigation of microbial communities of Viluchinskaya hydrothermal system (Kamchatka) by methods of optical and electron microscopy

    • N. L. Bel’kova
    • V. M. Okrugin
    • K. Tadzaki

    Short Communications Pages: 621 - 624

14. A new phenotypic manifestation of deletion of the BGL2 gene encoding the cell-wall glucanotransferase Bgl2p in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    • T. S. Kalebina
    • T. A. Plotnikova
    • I. S. Kulaev

    Short Communications Pages: 625 - 626