Not quite dead enough: on bacterial life, culturability, senescence, and death Thomas Nyström Mini-Review Pages: 159 - 164
Two distinct enzyme systems are responsible for tetrachloroethene and chlorophenol reductive dehalogenation in Desulfitobacterium strain PCE1 Bram A. van de PasJan GerritseAlfons J. Stams Original Paper Pages: 165 - 169
Isolation and properties of obligately chemolithoautotrophic and extremely alkali-tolerant ammonia-oxidizing bacteria from Mongolian soda lakes Dimitry SorokinTat'jana TourovaMike Jetten Original Paper Pages: 170 - 177
Screening of basidiomycete fungi for the quinone-dependent sugar C-2/C-3 oxidoreductase, pyranose dehydrogenase, and properties of the enzyme from Macrolepiota rhacodes Jindřich VolcElena KubátováDietmar Haltrich Original Paper Pages: 178 - 186
Organization of genes responsible for the stereospecific conversion of hydantoins to α-amino acids in Arthrobacter aurescens DSM 3747 Anja WieseChristoph SyldatkJosef Altenbuchner Original Paper Pages: 187 - 196
The C-terminal part of the surface-associated protein MopE of the methanotroph Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) is secreted into the growth medium Anne FjellbirkelandPer G. KrugerHarald B. Jensen Original Paper Pages: 197 - 203
Characterization by genotypic methods of symbiotic Nostoc strains isolated from five species of Gunnera Ulla RasmussenMette M. Svenning Original Paper Pages: 204 - 210
Analysis of phenotypic diversity among host-independent mutants of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus 109J Gili BarelEdouard Jurkevitch Original Paper Pages: 211 - 216
Detailed biosynthetic pathway to decaprenoxanthin diglucoside in Corynebacterium glutamicum and identification of novel intermediates Philipp KrubasikShinichi TakaichiGerhard Sandmann Original Paper Pages: 217 - 223
DctA- and Dcu-independent transport of succinate in Escherichia coli: contribution of diffusion and of alternative carriers Ingo JanauschOk KimGottfried Unden Original Paper Pages: 224 - 230
Molecular characterization and heterologous expression of hypCD, the first two [NiFe] hydrogenase accessory genes of Thermococcus litoralis Mária TakácsGábor RákhelyKornél L. Kovács Short Communication Pages: 231 - 235