1. Microbial taxonomy in the post-genomic era: Rebuilding from scratch?

   • Cristiane C. Thompson
   • Gilda R. Amaral
   • Fabiano L. Thompson

   Opinion Paper 23 December 2014 Pages: 359 - 370

   

2. Purification and biochemical characterisation of GlmU from Yersinia pestis

   • Delphine Patin
   • Marc Bayliss
   • Didier Blanot

   Original Paper 23 November 2014 Pages: 371 - 378

   

3. Role of a putative tungsten-dependent formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase in Methanosarcina acetivorans

   • Nicole Matschiavelli
   • Michael Rother

   Original Paper 11 December 2014 Pages: 379 - 388

   

4. Paenibacillus ginsengiterrae sp. nov., a ginsenoside-hydrolyzing bacteria isolated from soil of ginseng field

   • Md. Amdadul Huq
   • Yeon-Ju Kim
   • Deok-Chun Yang

   Original Paper 17 December 2014 Pages: 389 - 396

   

5. Role of VcrD1 protein in expression and secretion of flagellar components in Vibrio parahaemolyticus

   • Hyeon Jin Noh
   • Sara Nagami
   • Soon-Jung Park

   Original Paper 17 December 2014 Pages: 397 - 410

   

6. Endophytes in the plant Huperzia serrata: fungal diversity and discovery of a new pentapeptide

   • Zhi-Qiang Xiong
   • Ying-Ying Yang
   • Yong Wang

   Original Paper 20 December 2014 Pages: 411 - 418

   

7. Genetic diversity of Rhizobium from nodulating beans grown in a variety of Mediterranean climate soils of Chile

   • Cecilia Baginsky
   • Belén Brito
   • Warren E. Johnson

   Original Paper 23 December 2014 Pages: 419 - 429

   

8. Effect of starvation on survival and virulence expression of Aeromonas hydrophila from different sources

   • Anna Casabianca
   • Chiara Orlandi
   • Barbara Citterio

   Original Paper 23 December 2014 Pages: 431 - 438

   

9. Burkholderia ginsengiterrae sp. nov. and Burkholderia panaciterrae sp. nov., antagonistic bacteria against root rot pathogen Cylindrocarpon destructans, isolated from ginseng soil

   • Mohamed El-Agamy Farh
   • Yeon-Ju Kim
   • Deok-Chun Yang

   Original Paper 24 December 2014 Pages: 439 - 447

   

10. Potential aquaculture probiont Lactococcus lactis TW34 produces nisin Z and inhibits the fish pathogen Lactococcus garvieae

    • Cynthia Sequeiros
    • Marisa E. Garcés
    • Nelda L. Olivera

    Original Paper 31 December 2014 Pages: 449 - 458

    

11. Mimosa caesalpiniifolia rhizobial isolates from different origins of the Brazilian Northeast

    • Paulo Geovani Silva Martins
    • Mario Andrade Lira Junior
    • Maria do Carmo Catanho Pereira de Lyra

    Original Paper 07 January 2015 Pages: 459 - 469

    

12. Sucrose metabolism in halotolerant methanotroph Methylomicrobium alcaliphilum 20Z

    • Sergey Y. But
    • Valentina N. Khmelenina
    • Yuri A. Trotsenko

    Original Paper 11 January 2015 Pages: 471 - 480

    

13. Virulence factors contributing to invasive activities of Serratia grimesii and Serratia proteamaculans

    • Olga Tsaplina
    • Ekaterina Bozhokina
    • Sofia Khaitlina

    Original Paper 11 January 2015 Pages: 481 - 488

    

14. Paenibacillus wulumuqiensis sp. nov. and Paenibacillus dauci sp. nov., two novel species of the genus Paenibacillus

    • Jing Zhu
    • Wei Wang
    • Wen-Jun Li

    Original Paper 18 January 2015 Pages: 489 - 495

    

15. Cyclic AMP receptor protein (CRP) regulates the expression of cspA, cspB, cspG and cspI, members of cspA family, in Escherichia coli

    • Sheetal Uppal
    • Narendra Jawali

    Short Communication 31 January 2015 Pages: 497 - 501