1. News from the antituberculosis front at two recent European meetings

   • Susanne Gola
   • Riccardo Manganelli
   • Miguel Vicente

   Meeting Report 18 May 2009 Pages: 1129 - 1143

2. Amoxicillin and specific bacteriophage can be used together for eradication of biofilm of Klebsiella pneumoniae B5055

   • Manmeet Sakshi Bedi
   • Vivek Verma
   • Sanjay Chhibber

   Original Paper 21 February 2009 Pages: 1145 - 1151

   

3. Decolorization of textile reactive dyes by the crude laccase produced from solid-state fermentation of agro-byproducts

   • Q. Y. Sun
   • Y. Z. Hong
   • J. Fang

   Original Paper 22 February 2009 Pages: 1153 - 1160

   

4. Survival and adhesion ability of Shigella spp. strains after their incubation in seawater microcosms

   • Ali Ellafi
   • Ikbel Denden
   • Amina Bakhrouf

   Original Paper 27 February 2009 Pages: 1161 - 1168

   

5. Cometabolic degradation of mono-chloro benzoic acids by Rhodococcus sp. R04 grown on organic carbon sources

   • Guoqing Zhang
   • Xiuqing Yang
   • Shijun Qian

   Original Paper 22 February 2009 Pages: 1169 - 1174

   

6. Functional diversity of the microbial community in the rhizosphere of chickpea grown in diesel fuel-spiked soil amended with Trichoderma ressei using sole-carbon-source utilization profiles

   • Aradhana Mishra
   • Chandra Shekhar Nautiyal

   Original Paper 21 February 2009 Pages: 1175 - 1180

   

7. Identification of protoplast fusion strain Fhhh by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA

   • Dayong Zhao
   • Bing Wu
   • Shupei Cheng

   Original Paper 24 February 2009 Pages: 1181 - 1188

   

8. Purification and characterization of an endoglucanase from Aspergillus terreus highly active against barley β-glucan and xyloglucan

   • Asiya Nazir
   • Rohit Soni
   • B. S. Chadha

   Original Paper 04 March 2009 Pages: 1189 - 1197

   

9. Isolation of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) producer from Malaysian environment using γ-butyrolactone as carbon source

   • A. A. Amirul
   • Ahmad R. M. Yahya
   • M. I. A. Majid

   Original Paper 04 March 2009 Pages: 1199 - 1206

   

10. Tryptophan dimer produced by water-stressed bahia grass is an attractant for Gigaspora margarita and Glomus caledonium

    • Sachie Horii
    • Atsushi Matsumura
    • Takaaki Ishii

    Original Paper 05 March 2009 Pages: 1207 - 1215

    

11. Enhanced 1,3-propanediol production in recombinant Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying the gene yqhD encoding 1,3-propanediol oxidoreductase isoenzyme

    • Jian-Guo Zhu
    • Shuang Li
    • Nan Hu

    Original Paper 12 March 2009 Pages: 1217 - 1223

    

12. Bacterial reduction of hexavalent molybdenum to molybdenum blue

    • M. Y. Shukor
    • M. F. Rahman
    • M. A. Syed

    Original Paper 12 March 2009 Pages: 1225 - 1234

    

13. Effects of divalent metal cations on lovastatin biosynthesis from Aspergillus terreus in chemically defined medium

    • Zhihua Jia
    • Xiaoli Zhang
    • Xuejun Cao

    Original Paper 20 March 2009 Pages: 1235 - 1241

    

14. In vitro and in vivo evaluation of the prebiotic activity of water-soluble blueberry extracts

    • Abdul Lateef Molan
    • Mary Ann Lila
    • Shampa De

    Original Paper 12 March 2009 Pages: 1243 - 1249

    

15. High expression and rapid purification of recombinant scorpion anti-insect neurotoxin AaIT

    • Hongbo Li
    • Yuxian Xia

    Original Paper 19 March 2009 Pages: 1251 - 1257

    

16. Biosorption of reactive and basic dyes using fermentation waste Corynebacterium glutamicum: the effects of pH and salt concentration and characterization of the binding sites

    • Juan Mao
    • Sung Wook Won
    • Yeoung-Sang Yun

    Original Paper 17 March 2009 Pages: 1259 - 1266

    

17. Gene analysis, optimized production and property of marine lipase from Bacillus pumilus B106 associated with South China Sea sponge Halichondria rugosa

    • Hongzhen Zhang
    • Fengli Zhang
    • Zhiyong Li

    Original Paper 12 March 2009 Pages: 1267 - 1274

    

18. Priming, signaling, and protein production associated with induced resistance by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens KPS46

    • Natthiya Buensanteai
    • Gary Y. Yuen
    • Sutruedee Prathuangwong

    Original Paper 25 April 2009 Pages: 1275 - 1286

    

19. Protein profile determination of Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii isolated from skin and cerebrospinal fluid

    • Urška Glinšek
    • Tina Udovič
    • Eva Ružić-Sabljić

    Original Paper 21 March 2009 Pages: 1287 - 1296

    

20. Antibacterial activity of the leaf essential oil of Blumea mollis (D. Don) Merr.

    • Annadurai Senthilkumar
    • Krishnan Kannathasan
    • Venugopalan Venkatesalu

    Short Communication 21 February 2009 Pages: 1297 - 1300

21. Biotransformation of monoterpenes by Oocystis pusilla

    • Younes Ghasemi
    • Abdolali Mohagheghzadeh
    • Seyed Bagher Mosavi-Azam

    Short Communication 14 March 2009 Pages: 1301 - 1304

    

22. Diversity and biotechnological potential of culturable bacteria from Brazilian mangrove sediment

    • Armando C. F. Dias
    • Fernando Dini Andreote
    • Welington L. Araújo

    Short Communication 14 March 2009 Pages: 1305 - 1311