1. The gene transfer agent of Rhodobacter capsulatus and "constitutive transduction" in prokaryotes

   • Andrew S. Lang
   • J. Thomas Beatty

   Mini-Review Pages: 241 - 249

2. Microbial biosynthesis of halometabolites

   • Karl-Heinz van Pée

   Mini-Review Pages: 250 - 258

3. Isolation and characterization of a Chryseobacterium strain from the gut of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana

   • J. E. Dugas
   • L. Zurek
   • E. R. Leadbetter

   Original Paper Pages: 259 - 262

4. Identification of amino acids in the leader peptide of Methanococcus voltae preflagellin that are important in posttranslational processing

   • Nikhil A. Thomas
   • Edward D. Chao
   • Ken F. Jarrell

   Original Paper Pages: 263 - 269

5. Use of isotopic and molecular techniques to link toluene degradation in denitrifying aquifer microcosms to specific microbial populations

   • Oliver Pelz
   • Antonis Chatzinotas
   • Josef Zeyer

   Original Paper Pages: 270 - 281

6. Molecular analysis of the cytochrome bc₁-aa₃ branch of the Corynebacterium glutamicum respiratory chain containing an unusual diheme cytochrome c₁

   • Axel Niebisch
   • Michael Bott

   Original Paper Pages: 282 - 294

7. Secretion of human growth hormone by the food-grade bacterium Staphylococcus carnosus requires a propeptide irrespective of the signal peptide used

   • Antje Sturmfels
   • Friedrich Götz
   • Andreas Peschel

   Original Paper Pages: 295 - 300

8. Mechanisms underlying the acquisition of resistance to octanoic-acid-induced-death following exposure of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to mild stress imposed by octanoic acid or ethanol

   • M. Guadalupe Cabral
   • Cristina A. Viegas
   • Isabel Sá-Correia

   Original Paper Pages: 301 - 307

9. Sequencing, high-level expression and phylogeny of the pyrophosphate-dependent phosphofructokinase from the thermophilic spirochete Spirochaeta thermophila

   • Ron Ronimus
   • Edwin de Heus
   • Hugh Morgan

   Short communication Pages: 308 - 312