1. Methylglyoxal production in bacteria: suicide or survival?

   • G. P. Ferguson
   • S. Tötemeyer
   • I. R. Booth

   Mini review Pages: 209 - 218

2. Tetramethylammonium:coenzyme M methyltransferase system from Methanococcoides sp.

   • S. Asakawa
   • Karin Sauer
   • R. K. Thauer

   Original paper Pages: 220 - 226

3. Nucleoids and coated vesicles of “Epulopiscium” spp.

   • C. Robinow
   • Esther R. Angert

   Original paper Pages: 227 - 235

4. The Serratia marcescens hemolysin is secreted but not activated by stable protoplast-type L-forms of Proteus mirabilis

   • Stefan Sieben
   • Ralf Hertle
   • V. Braun

   Original paper Pages: 236 - 242

5. High genetic and physiological diversity of sulfate-reducing bacteria isolated from an oligotrophic lake sediment

   • Henrik Sass
   • Elze Wieringa
   • J. Overmann

   Original paper Pages: 243 - 251

6. Environmental and physiological factors affecting the uptake of phosphate by Chlorobium limicola

   • L. Bañeras
   • L. J. Garcia-Gil

   Original Paper Pages: 252 - 258

7. Mutations in cell division proteins FtsZ and FtsA inhibit φX174 protein-E-mediated lysis of Escherichia coli

   • A. Witte
   • Edith Brand
   • Werner Lubitz

   Original paper Pages: 259 - 268

8. Identification of phototrophic sulfur bacteria through the analysis of lmwRNA band patterns

   • E. O. Casamayor
   • Juan I. Calderón-Paz
   • Carlos Pedrós-Alió

   Original paper Pages: 269 - 278

9. Metronidazole resistance and microaerophily in Campylobacter species

   • M. A. Smith
   • Margaret A. Jorgensen
   • Stuart L. Hazell

   Original Paper Pages: 279 - 284

10. Characterization of the group 1 and group 2 sigma factors of the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum and the green non-sulfur bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus

    • T. M. Gruber
    • D. A. Bryant

    Original paper Pages: 285 - 296

11. Membrane-associated redox activities in Thermotoga neapolitana

    • Sandra A. Käslin
    • Susan E. Childers
    • K. M. Noll

    Original Paper Pages: 297 - 303

12. Expression of the succinate dehydrogenase genes (sdhCAB) from the facultatively anaerobic Paenibacillus macerans during aerobic growth

    • J. Schirawski
    • Thomas Hankeln
    • G. Unden

    Short communication Pages: 304 - 308

13. Effects of pisatin on Dictyostelium discoideum: its relationship to inducible resistance to nystatin and extension to other isoflavonoid phytoalexins

    • T. Bhavani Prasanna
    • M. Vairamani
    • D. P. Kasbekar

    Short communication Pages: 309 - 312

14. Isolation and characterization of Desulfovibrio senezii sp. nov., a halotolerant sulfate reducer from a solar saltern and phylogenetic confirmation of Desulfovibrio fructosovorans as a new species

    • I.-Hsien Tsu
    • C.-Y. Huang
    • Robert A. Mah

    Short communication Pages: 313 - 317