1. Sulfonate-sulfur metabolism and its regulation in Escherichia coli

   • Jan R. van der Ploeg
   • Eric Eichhorn
   • Thomas Leisinger

   Mini-Review Pages: 1 - 8

2. Pattern of cyanophycin accumulation in nitrogen-fixing and non-nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria

   • Hong Li
   • Debra M. Sherman
   • Louis A. Sherman

   Original Paper Pages: 9 - 18

3. A novel system for heterologous expression of flavocytochrome c in phototrophic bacteria using the Allochromatium vinosum rbcA promoter

   • Lina De Smet
   • Vesna Kostanjevecki
   • Jozef Van Beeumen

   Original Paper Pages: 19 - 28

4. Elucidation of the pathways of catabolic glutamate conversion in three thermophilic anaerobic bacteria

   • Caroline M. Plugge
   • Johanna M. van Leeuwen
   • Alfons J. Stams

   Original Paper Pages: 29 - 36

5. Structures of coenzyme F₄₂₀ in Mycobacterium species

   • Thomas B. Bair
   • Dale W. Isabelle
   • Lacy Daniels

   Original Paper Pages: 37 - 43

6. ROSE elements occur in disparate rhizobia and are functionally interchangeable between species

   • Andreas Nocker
   • Nila-Pia Krstulovic
   • Franz Narberhaus

   Original Paper Pages: 44 - 51

7. Characterization of a spontaneous adhesion-defective mutant of Ruminococcus albus strain 20

   • Pascale Mosoni
   • Brigitte Gaillard-Martinie

   Original Paper Pages: 52 - 61

8. Characterisation of the mob locus of Rhodobacter sphaeroides WS8: mobA is the only gene required for molybdopterin guanine dinucleotide synthesis

   • Grant Buchanan
   • Jochen Kuper
   • Tracy Palmer

   Original Paper Pages: 62 - 68

9. The role of amino acids in the regulation of hydrogen sulfide production during ultradian respiratory oscillation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

   • Ho-Yong Sohn
   • Hiroshi Kuriyama

   Original Paper Pages: 69 - 78

10. Superoxide dismutase plays an important role in the survival of Lactobacillus sake upon exposure to elevated oxygen

    • Athina Amanatidou
    • Marjon H. Bennik
    • Eddy J. Smid

    Original Paper Pages: 79 - 88

11. Ethanedisulfonate is degraded via sulfoacetaldehyde in Ralstonia sp. strain EDS1

    • Karin Denger
    • Alasdair M. Cook

    Original Paper Pages: 89 - 95

12. Regulation of maltose transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    • Harma T. Brondijk
    • Wil N. Konings
    • Bert Poolman

    Original Paper Pages: 96 - 105

13. Development of a homologous transformation system for the opportunistic human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus based on the sC gene encoding ATP sulfurylase

    • Ramón J. De Lucas
    • Ana I. Domínguez
    • Fernando Laborda

    Original Paper Pages: 106 - 113

14. Induction of butane consumption in Pseudomonas butanovora

    • Luis A. Sayavedra-Soto
    • Chelsea M. Byrd
    • Daniel J. Arp

    Original Paper Pages: 114 - 120

15. Characterization of stress-responsive genes, hrcA-grpE-dnaK-dnaJ, from phytopathogenic Xanthomonas campestris

    • Shu-Fen Weng
    • Pan-Ming Tai
    • Yi-Hsiung Tseng

    Original Paper Pages: 121 - 128

16. (S)-1-Phenylethanol dehydrogenase of Azoarcus sp. strain EbN1, an enzyme of anaerobic ethylbenzene catabolism

    • Olaf Kniemeyer
    • Johann Heider

    Original Paper Pages: 129 - 135

17. The nir, nor, and nos denitrification genes are dispersed over the Bradyrhizobium japonicum chromosome

    • Socorro Mesa
    • Michael Göttfert
    • Eulogio J. Bedmar

    Original Paper Pages: 136 - 142

18. 2-Oxoglutarate transport system in Staphylococcus aureus

    • Zofia Tynecka
    • Izabela Korona-Głowniak
    • Renata Łoś

    Original Paper Pages: 143 - 150

19. The methionine biosynthetic pathway from homoserine in Pseudomonas putida involves the metW, metX, metZ, metH and metE gene products

    • Miguel Alaminos
    • Juan L. Ramos

    Short Communication Pages: 151 - 154

20. The role of the natural polyamine putrescine in defense against oxidative stress in Escherichia coli

    • Alexander Tkachenko
    • Larisa Nesterova
    • Michael Pshenichnov

    Short Communication Pages: 155 - 157