1. Zymobacter palmae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new ethanol-fermenting peritrichous bacterium isolated from palm sap

   • Tomoyuki Okamoto
   • Hiroshi Taguchi
   • Kazuhide Yamasato

   Original Papers Pages: 333 - 337

2. Pyrococcus abyssi sp. nov., a new hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent

   • Gaël Erauso
   • Anna-Louise Reysenbach
   • Daniel Prieur

   Original Papers Pages: 338 - 349

3. Biosynthesis and cytoplasmic accumulation of a chlorinated catechol pigment during 3-chlorobenzoate aerobic co-metabolism in Pseudomonas fluorescens

   • F. Fava
   • D. Di Gioia
   • D. Mares

   Original Papers Pages: 350 - 357

4. Is intracytoplasmic membrane structure a generic criterion? It does not coincide with phylogenetic interrelationships among phototrophic purple nonsulfur bacteria

   • Hiroko Kawasaki
   • Yasuo Hoshino
   • Kazuhide Yamasato

   Original Papers Pages: 358 - 362

5. Rhodospirillum sodomense, sp. nov., a Dead Sea rhodospirillum species

   • E. Erin Mack
   • Linda Mandelco
   • Michael T. Madigan

   Original Papers Pages: 363 - 371

6. The major part of polar carotenoids of the aerobic bacteria Roseococcus thiosulfatophilus RB3 and Erythromicrobium ramosum E5 is not bound to the bacteriochlorophyll a-complexes of the photosynthetic apparatus

   • Vladimir Yurkov
   • Nasser Gad'on
   • Gerhart Drews

   Original Papers Pages: 372 - 376

7. Polysulfide as a possible substrate for sulfur-reducing bacteria

   • Rolf Schauder
   • Eva Müller

   Original Papers Pages: 377 - 382

8. Methyl chloride metabolism of the strictly anaerobic, methyl chloride-utilizing homoacetogen strain MC

   • Michael Meßmer
   • Gert Wohlfarth
   • Gabriele Diekert

   Original Papers Pages: 383 - 387

9. Characterization of hydrogenosomes and their role in glucose metabolism of Neocallimastix sp. L2

   • Femke D. Marvin-Sikkema
   • Teresa M. Pedro Gomes
   • Rudolf A. Prins

   Original Papers Pages: 388 - 396

10. Characterization of acetyl-CoA: l-lysine N⁶-acetyltransferase, which catalyses the first step of carbon catabolism from lysine in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    • Rüdiger Bode
    • Anja-Maria Thurau
    • Heike Schmidt

    Original Papers Pages: 397 - 400

11. Linoleic acid — The nematicidal principle of several nematophagous fungi and its production in trap-forming submerged cultures

    • Marc Stadler
    • Heidrun Anke
    • Olov Sterner

    Original Papers Pages: 401 - 405

12. Adenine nucleotides, substrate utilization and dinitrogen fixation in Rhodobacter capsulatus

    • U. Plikat
    • M. Dörffler
    • J. Oelze

    Original Papers Pages: 406 - 410

13. Anaerobic degradation of dimethylsulfoniopropionate to 3-S-methylmercaptopropionate by a marine Desulfobacterium strain

    • Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel
    • Peter Quist
    • Theo A. Hansen

    Short Communication Pages: 411 - 412