1. A Desulfitobacterium strain isolated from human feces that does not dechlorinate chloroethenes or chlorophenols

   • Bram A. van de Pas
   • Hermie J. Harmsen
   • Alfons J. Stams

   Original Paper Pages: 389 - 394

2. Further studies on RpoS in enterobacteria: identification of rpoS in Enterobacter cloacae and Kluyvera cryocrescens

   • Esteban Martínez-García
   • Antonio Tormo
   • Juana Navarro-Llorens

   Original Paper Pages: 395 - 404

3. Isolation and characterization of a thermostable intracellular enzyme with peroxidase activity from Bacillus sphaericus

   • Anke Apitz
   • Karl-Heinz van Pée

   Original Paper Pages: 405 - 412

4. Cell compartmentalisation in planctomycetes: novel types of structural organisation for the bacterial cell

   • Margaret R. Lindsay
   • Richard I. Webb
   • John A. Fuerst

   Original Paper Pages: 413 - 429

5. Purification and characterization of a lactonase from Burkholderia sp. R-711, that hydrolyzes (R)-5-oxo-2-tetrahydrofurancarboxylic acid.

   • Kazuya Mochizuki

   Original Paper Pages: 430 - 434

6. Rhodococcus sp. RB1 grows in the presence of high nitrate and nitrite concentrations and assimilates nitrate in moderately saline environments

   • Rafael Blasco
   • Manuel Martínez-Luque
   • Conrado Moreno-Vivián

   Original Paper Pages: 435 - 440

7. Characterization of glucose-repression-resistant mutants of Bacillus subtilis: identification of the glcR gene

   • Jörg Stülke
   • I. Martin-Verstraete
   • G. Rapoport

   Original Paper Pages: 441 - 449

8. Analysis of the stress resistance of commercial wine yeast strains

   • Purificación Carrasco
   • Amparo Querol
   • Marcel·lí del Olmo

   Original Paper Pages: 450 - 457

9. Purification and characterization of a novel extracellular protease from Bacillus cereus KCTC 3674

   • Sam Kim
   • Young Kim
   • In-Koo Rhee

   Short Communication Pages: 458 - 461

10. Growth of the purple bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus on the aromatic compound hippurate

    • Michael T. Madigan
    • Deborah O. Jung
    • Sol M. Resnick

    Short Communication Pages: 462 - 465