1. Type IV pili-related natural transformation systems: DNA transport in mesophilic and thermophilic bacteria

   • Beate Averhoff
   • Alexandra Friedrich

   Mini-Review 31 October 2003 Pages: 385 - 393

   

2. Purification and properties of the formate dehydrogenase and characterization of the fdhA gene of Sulfurospirillum multivorans

   • Roland P. H. Schmitz
   • Gabriele Diekert

   Original Paper 11 November 2003 Pages: 394 - 401

   

3. PCR-based identification of microcystin-producing genotypes of different cyanobacterial genera

   • Michael Hisbergues
   • Guntram Christiansen
   • Thomas Börner

   Original Paper 10 October 2003 Pages: 402 - 410

   

4. Dehalorespiration with hexachlorobenzene and pentachlorobenzene by Dehalococcoides sp. strain CBDB1

   • Gopalakrishnan Jayachandran
   • Helmut Görisch
   • Lorenz Adrian

   Original Paper 16 October 2003 Pages: 411 - 416

   

5. Characterization of the chlorosome antenna of the filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium Chloronema sp. strain UdG9001

   • Frederic Gich
   • Ruth L. Airs
   • Carles M. Borrego

   Original Paper 11 November 2003 Pages: 417 - 426

   

6. Analysis of phenomena involved in the apical growth of Phycomyces blakesleeanus

   • José Ruiz-Herrera
   • Guadalupe Martínez-Cadena
   • Rubén Salcedo-Hernández

   Original Paper 11 November 2003 Pages: 427 - 433

   

7. Biochemical and genetic characterization of ChiA, the major enzyme component for the solubilization of chitin by Cellulomonas uda

   • Gemma Reguera
   • Susan B. Leschine

   Original Paper 28 October 2003 Pages: 434 - 443

   

8. Diverse Mesorhizobium plurifarium populations native to Mexican soils

   • En Tao Wang
   • Feng Ling Kan
   • Esperanza Martínez-Romero

   Original Paper 24 October 2003 Pages: 444 - 454

   

9. Identification of the 7,8-didemethyl-8-hydroxy-5-deazariboflavin synthase required for coenzyme F₄₂₀ biosynthesis

   • David E. Graham
   • Huimin Xu
   • Robert H. White

   Original Paper 31 October 2003 Pages: 455 - 464

   

10. Significance of phosphoglucose isomerase for the shift between heterolactic and mannitol fermentation of fructose by Oenococcus oeni

    • Hanno Richter
    • Albert A. De Graaf
    • Gottfried Unden

    Original Paper 08 November 2003 Pages: 465 - 470

    

11. Comparative analysis of idiA and isiA transcription under iron starvation and oxidative stress in Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 wild-type and selected mutants

    • Naeima Yousef
    • Elfriede K. Pistorius
    • Klaus-Peter Michel

    Original Paper 07 November 2003 Pages: 471 - 483

    

12. Expression of the trxA gene for thioredoxin 1 in Rhodobacter sphaeroides during oxidative stress

    • Kuanyu Li
    • Cécile Pasternak
    • Gabriele Klug

    Original Paper 07 November 2003 Pages: 484 - 489

    

13. Purification and characterization of a lactonase from Erwinia cypripedii 314B that hydrolyzes (S)-5-oxo-2-tetrahydrofurancarboxylic acid

    • Kazuya Mochizuki

    Short Communication 24 October 2003 Pages: 490 - 493

    

14. Chemical identification of N-acyl homoserine lactone quorum-sensing signals produced by Sinorhizobium meliloti strains in defined medium

    • Max Teplitski
    • Anatol Eberhard
    • Wolfgang D. Bauer

    Short Communication 31 October 2003 Pages: 494 - 497

    

15. Compensatory increase in ahpC gene expression and its role in protecting Burkholderia pseudomallei against reactive nitrogen intermediates

    • Suvit Loprasert
    • Ratiboot Sallabhan
    • Skorn Mongkolsuk

    Original Paper 12 November 2003 Pages: 498 - 502

    

16. Different glycolytic pathways for glucose and fructose in the halophilic archaeon Halococcus saccharolyticus

    • Ulrike Johnsen
    • Martina Selig
    • Peter Schönheit

    Erratum 17 October 2003 Pages: 503 - 503

17. Mechanisms of acetate formation and acetate activation in halophilic archaea

    • Christopher Bräsen
    • Peter Schönheit

    Erratum 17 October 2003 Pages: 504 - 504