1. Fungal lycopene: The biotechnology of its production and prospects for its application in medicine

   • E. P. Feofilova
   • V. M. Tereshina
   • N. G. Goncharov

   Review Pages: 629 - 633

2. Alternative pathways of nitric oxide formation in Lactobacilli: Evidence for nitric oxide synthase activity by EPR

   • D. R. Yarullina
   • O. N. Il’inskaya
   • D. G. Zverev

   Experimental Articles Pages: 634 - 638

3. Comparative analysis of glycogen and trehalose accumulation in methylotrophic and nonmethylotrophic yeasts

   • S. Türkel

   Experimental Articles Pages: 639 - 643

4. The fungus Penicillium variabile Sopp 1912 isolated from permafrost deposits as a producer of rugulovasines

   • V. P. Zhelifonova
   • T. V. Antipova
   • A. G. Kozlovskii

   Experimental Articles Pages: 644 - 648

5. Extracellular proteinases of filamentous fungi as potential markers of phytopathogenesis

   • Ya. E. Dunaevskii
   • T. N. Gruban
   • M. A. Belozerskii

   Experimental Articles Pages: 649 - 652

6. Response of microbial communities of Lake Baikal to extreme temperatures

   • V. V. Maksimov
   • E. V. Shchetinina
   • E. A. Maksimova

   Experimental Articles Pages: 653 - 657

7. An efficient mutational method for photosynthetic bacteria

   • J. Q. Lin
   • M. Xiao
   • J. Du

   Experimental Articles Pages: 658 - 663

8. The first protein map of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942

   • O. A. Koksharova
   • Johan Klint
   • Ulla Rasmussen

   Experimental Articles Pages: 664 - 672

9. Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus gen. nov. sp. nov., the first alkaliphilic representative of the family Geobacteraceae, isolated from a soda lake

   • D. G. Zavarzina
   • T. V. Kolganova
   • G. A. Zavarzin

   Experimental Articles Pages: 673 - 682

10. Effect of hydrogen concentration on the community structure of hydrogenotrophic methanogens studied by T-RELP analysis of 16S rRNA gene amplicons

    • A. I. Leybo
    • A. I. Netrusov
    • R. Conrad

    Experimental Articles Pages: 683 - 688

11. Emended description of Methylomonas rubra sp. nov.

    • V. A. Romanovskaya
    • P. V. Rokitko
    • Yu. R. Malashenko

    Experimental Articles Pages: 689 - 693

12. Phylogenetic characterization of endosymbionts of the hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus by analysis of the 16S rRNA, cbbL, and pmoA genes

    • E. M. Spiridonova
    • B. B. Kuznetsov
    • T. P. Tourova

    Experimental Articles Pages: 694 - 701

13. The ratio of fungi and bacteria in the biomass of different types of soil determined by selective inhibition

    • N. D. Ananyeva
    • E. A. Susyan
    • O. L. Makarova

    Experimental Articles Pages: 702 - 707

14. Interrelationships between yeast fungi and collembolans in soil

    • E. V. Men’ko
    • I. Yu. Chernov
    • B. A. Byzov

    Experimental Articles Pages: 708 - 715

15. High abundance of planctomycetes in anoxic layers of a Sphagnum peat bog

    • A. O. Ivanova
    • S. N. Dedysh

    Experimental Articles Pages: 716 - 719

16. Sulfate reduction and methanogenesis in the Shira and Shunet meromictic lakes (Khakasia, Russia)

    • A. Yu. Kallistova
    • M. V. Kevbrina
    • A. N. Nozhevnikova

    Experimental Articles Pages: 720 - 726

17. Distribution and activity of microorganisms in the deep repository for liquid radioactive waste at the Siberian Chemical Combine

    • T. N. Nazina
    • E. A. Luk’yanova
    • A. A. Zubkov

    Experimental Articles Pages: 727 - 738

18. Characterization of extremely halophilic Archaea isolated from saline environment in different parts of Turkey

    • B. Ozcan
    • C. Cokmus
    • M. Caliskan

    Experimental Articles Pages: 739 - 746

19. Spectral properties of viable ancient green algae from Arctic permafrost

    • L. G. Erokhina
    • E. V. Spirina
    • D. A. Gilichinskii

    Short Communications Pages: 747 - 750

20. Computer system for image analysis of fluorescently stained bacteria

    • V. N. Drozdov
    • V. N. Sergeeva
    • T. I. Zemskaya

    Short Communications Pages: 751 - 753