1. Mechanism and application of Sesbania root-nodulating bacteria: an alternative for chemical fertilizers and sustainable development

   • Kuldeep Singh
   • Rajesh Gera
   • Pankaj Bhatt

   Mini-Review 03 January 2021 Pages: 1259 - 1270

   

2. Phage therapy as strategy to face post-antibiotic era: a guide to beginners and experts

   • Sabrina Royer
   • Aléxia Pinheiro Morais
   • Deivid William da Fonseca Batistão

   Mini-Review 20 January 2021 Pages: 1271 - 1279

3. Biosynthesis and industrial applications of α-amylase: a review

   • Muhammad Adeel Farooq
   • Shaukat Ali
   • Shumaila Mumtaz

   Mini-Review 22 January 2021 Pages: 1281 - 1292

   

4. Pseudidiomarina piscicola sp. nov., isolated from cultured European seabass, Dicenthrarchus labrax

   • M. Carmen Macián
   • Teresa Lucena
   • María J. Pujalte

   Original Paper Open access 07 December 2020 Pages: 1293 - 1298

   

5. Questioning the radiation limits of life: Ignicoccus hospitalis between replication and VBNC

   • Dagmar Koschnitzki
   • Ralf Moeller
   • Petra Rettberg

   Original Paper Open access 15 December 2020 Pages: 1299 - 1308

   

6. Alkaline lipase production by novel meso-tolerant psychrophilic Exiguobacterium sp. strain (AMBL-20) isolated from glacier of northeastern Pakistan

   • Muhammad Talha Yasin
   • Yasir Ali
   • Syed Ali Imran Bokhari

   Original Paper 15 December 2020 Pages: 1309 - 1320

   

7. Detection and characterization of Enterobacteriaceae family members carried by commensal Rattus norvegicus from Tehran, Iran

   • Taher Azimi
   • Leila Azimi
   • Abbas Rahimi Foroushani

   Original Paper 01 January 2021 Pages: 1321 - 1334

   

8. Hongsoonwoonella zoysiae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Stappiaceae isolated from a tidal mudflat

   • Soon Dong Lee
   • Sung-Min Kim
   • In Seop Kim

   Original Paper 02 January 2021 Pages: 1335 - 1343

   

9. Genome analysis of Salmonella phage vB_SalM_8-19 (genus Rosemountvirus)

   • Cong Cong
   • Wei Bing Dong
   • Li Xiao Yu

   Original Paper 02 January 2021 Pages: 1345 - 1356

   

10. Coniochaeta fungus benefits from its intracellular bacteria to form biofilm and defend against other fungi

    • Samira Heydari
    • Farideh Siavoshi
    • Reza Malekzadeh

    Original Paper 02 January 2021 Pages: 1357 - 1366

    

11. Phytoactinopolyspora limicola sp. nov., an alkaliphilic actinomycete isolated from a soda alkali-saline soil

    • Wei Wei
    • Kaili Wang
    • Lin Zhu

    Original Paper 02 January 2021 Pages: 1367 - 1374

    

12. Paenibacillus puerhi sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Pu-erh tea plants (Camellia sinensis var. assamica)

    • Rui-Juan Yang
    • De Zhou
    • Jun Sheng

    Original Paper 02 January 2021 Pages: 1375 - 1382

    

13. Volatile organic compounds profile synthesized and released by endophytes of tomato (Solanum lycopersici L.) and their antagonistic role

    • Silvina M. Y. López
    • Graciela Noemi Pastorino
    • Pedro Alberto Balatti

    Original Paper 02 January 2021 Pages: 1383 - 1397

    

14. Evaluation of interaction among indigenous rhizobacteria and Vigna unguiculata on remediation of metal-containing abandoned magnesite mine tailing

    • Mathiyazhagan Narayanan
    • Muthusamy Ranganathan
    • Suresh Kumarasamy

    Original Paper 03 January 2021 Pages: 1399 - 1410

    

15. Investigation of the effects of various stress factors on biofilms and planktonic bacteria in cooling tower model system

    • Cansu Vatansever
    • Irfan Turetgen

    Original Paper 03 January 2021 Pages: 1411 - 1425

    

16. Assessment of the bioprotective potential of lactic acid bacteria against Listeria monocytogenes in ground beef

    • Johana S. Gomez
    • Romina B. Parada
    • Kátia G. de Carvalho

    Original Paper 02 January 2021 Pages: 1427 - 1437

    

17. Photoautotrophic cultivation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in open ponds of greenhouse

    • P. S. Chandrashekharaiah
    • Vishal Paul
    • Santanu Dasgupta

    Original Paper 03 January 2021 Pages: 1439 - 1450

    

18. Citral and its derivatives inhibit quorum sensing and biofilm formation in Chromobacterium violaceum

    • Nikayla Batohi
    • Shabir Ahmad Lone
    • Aijaz Ahmad

    Original Paper 03 January 2021 Pages: 1451 - 1459

    

19. In vitro evaluation of lysozyme activity and antimicrobial effect of extracts from four Tunisian lichens: Diploschistes ocellatus, Flavoparmelia caperata, Squamarina cartilaginea and Xanthoria parietina

    • M. Mendili
    • B. Essghaier
    • A. Khadhri

    Original Paper 02 January 2021 Pages: 1461 - 1469

    

20. Phenotypic and genotypic detection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in fresh fruit juices from a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro

    • Nathalia Diogo Trocado
    • Marcelo Soares de Moraes
    • Victor Augustus Marin

    Original Paper 04 January 2021 Pages: 1471 - 1475

    

21. Effect of Senecio scandens ethanol extract on gut microbiota composition in mice

    • Gang Yao
    • Hui Zhang
    • Shuguang Wu

    Original Paper 04 January 2021 Pages: 1477 - 1488

    

22. Effect of fermentation bed on bacterial growth in the fermentation mattress material and cecum of ducks

    • Jian- mei Wang
    • Xin- meng Gan
    • He-he Liu

    Original Paper 04 January 2021 Pages: 1489 - 1497

    

23. Mesobacillus aurantius sp. nov., isolated from an orange-colored pond near a solar saltern

    • Anusha Rai
    • N. Smita
    • Ch. V. Ramana

    Original Paper 04 January 2021 Pages: 1499 - 1507

    

24. Puerhibacterium puerhi gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Promicromonosporaceae, isolated from Pu-erh tea pile-fermentation

    • Rui-Juan Yang
    • De Zhou
    • Jun Sheng

    Original Paper 04 January 2021 Pages: 1509 - 1518

    

25. Quorum sensing systems, related virulence factors, and biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from fish

    • Belgin Sırıken
    • Veli Öz
    • İrfan Erol

    Original Paper 04 January 2021 Pages: 1519 - 1528

26. Antibacterial, anti-biofilm and anti-quorum sensing activities of Artemisia dracunculus essential oil (EO): a study against Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and Staphylococcus aureus

    • Shima Mohammadi Pelarti
    • Leila Karimi Zarehshuran
    • Maryam Ghane

    Original Paper 05 January 2021 Pages: 1529 - 1537

    

27. Investigation on mycelial growth requirements of Cantharellus cibarius under laboratory conditions

    • Shweta Deshaware
    • Sandesh J. Marathe
    • Salem Shamekh

    Original Paper 05 January 2021 Pages: 1539 - 1545

    

28. Biochemical changes in microalga Porphyridium cruentum associated with silver nanoparticles biosynthesis

    • Liliana Cepoi
    • Ludmila Rudi
    • Valeriu Rudic

    Original Paper 05 January 2021 Pages: 1547 - 1554

    

29. Assessment of the anti-pathogenic effects of condensed tannin extracts using scanning electron microscopy

    • Mohammed Munis Dakheel
    • Amanpreet Kaur
    • Caroline Rymer

    Original Paper 05 January 2021 Pages: 1555 - 1563

    

30. Genome sequencing and functional annotation of Bacillus sp. strain BS-Z15 isolated from cotton rhizosphere soil having antagonistic activity against Verticillium dahliae

    • Zhong-Yi Chen
    • Xieerwanimu Abuduaini
    • Hui-Xin Zhao

    Original Paper 05 January 2021 Pages: 1565 - 1575

    

31. Myceligenerans indicum sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from mangrove sediment of Sundarbans, India

    • Kannan Asha
    • Punyasloke Bhadury

    Original Paper 05 January 2021 Pages: 1577 - 1585

    

32. Growth kinetics of a Vero cells adapted Bangladeshi strain of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) virus in cell culture

    • Md. Saiful Islam Siddiqui
    • Md. Rafiqul Islam
    • Emdadul Haque Chowdhury

    Original Paper 05 January 2021 Pages: 1587 - 1593

    

33. Reclassification of Sphaerotilus natans subsp. sulfidivorans Gridneva et al. 2011 as Sphaerotilus sulfidivorans sp. nov. and comparative genome analysis of the genus Sphaerotilus

    • Margarita Y. Grabovich
    • Dmitry D. Smolyakov
    • Nikolai V. Ravin

    Original Paper 05 January 2021 Pages: 1595 - 1599

    

34. Streptomyces cupreus sp. nov., an antimicrobial producing actinobacterium isolated from Himalayan soil

    • Pulak Kumar Maiti
    • Sukhendu Mandal

    Original Paper 07 January 2021 Pages: 1601 - 1609

    

35. Comparative proteomic analysis of outer membrane vesicles from Brucella suis, Brucella ovis, Brucella canis and Brucella neotomae

    • María del Socorro Ruiz-Palma
    • Eric Daniel Avila-Calderón
    • Araceli Contreras-Rodríguez

    Original Paper 11 January 2021 Pages: 1611 - 1626

    

36. Distribution of sigma factors delineates segregation of virulent and avirulent Mycobacterium

    • Aayatti Mallick Gupta
    • Sukhendu Mandal

    Original Paper 11 January 2021 Pages: 1627 - 1640

    

37. Cabbage defense response provoked by Trichoderma Th-LAAO

    • Chia-Min Liu
    • Shu-Ying Liu
    • Kou-Cheng Peng

    Original Paper 11 January 2021 Pages: 1641 - 1647

    

38. Use of RNAi as a preliminary tool for screening putative receptors of nematicidal toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis

    • Mónica García-Montelongo
    • Sebastián E. González-Villarreal
    • Jorge E. Ibarra

    Original Paper 11 January 2021 Pages: 1649 - 1656

    

39. Response of intercropped barley and fenugreek to mono- and co-inoculation with Sinorhizobium meliloti F42 and Variovorax paradoxus F310 under contrasting agroclimatic regions

    • Wael Toukabri
    • Nouha Ferchichi
    • Darine Trabelsi

    Original Paper 12 January 2021 Pages: 1657 - 1670

    

40. Marine macroalga-associated heterotroph Bacillus velezensis as prospective therapeutic agent

    • Aneetta Francis
    • Kajal Chakraborty

    Original Paper 13 January 2021 Pages: 1671 - 1682

    

41. Clostridioides difficile laboratory diagnostic techniques: a comparative approach of rapid and molecular methods

    • Thais Simões Camargo
    • Moacyr Silva Junior
    • Marines Dalla Valle Martino

    Original Paper 18 January 2021 Pages: 1683 - 1690

    

42. Addressing the potential role of curcumin in the prevention of COVID-19 by targeting the Nsp9 replicase protein through molecular docking

    • Mohit Kumar
    • Kushneet Kaur Sodhi
    • Dileep Kumar Singh

    Original Paper 18 January 2021 Pages: 1691 - 1696

    

43. Effects of GSM 1800 band radiation on composition, structure and bioactivity of exopolysaccharides produced by yoghurt starter cultures

    • Seyda Merve Karatas
    • Lutfiye Ekici
    • Osman Sagdic

    Original Paper 18 January 2021 Pages: 1697 - 1706

    

44. Formulation development of cream with mupirocin and essential oils for eradication of biofilm mediated antimicrobial resistance

    • Mahalakshmi Sundaramoorthy
    • Arjunan Karuppaiah
    • Sankar Veintramuthu

    Original Paper 18 January 2021 Pages: 1707 - 1715

    

45. Zafaria cholistanensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a moderately thermotolerant and halotolerant actinobacterium isolated from Cholistan desert soil of Pakistan

    • Arshia Amin
    • Iftikhar Ahmed
    • Wen-Jun Li

    Original Paper 18 January 2021 Pages: 1717 - 1729

    

46. Complete genome sequencing and comparative CAZyme analysis of Rhodococcus sp. PAMC28705 and PAMC28707 provide insight into their biotechnological and phytopathogenic potential

    • Nisha Ghimire
    • So-Ra Han
    • Tae-Jin Oh

    Original Paper 18 January 2021 Pages: 1731 - 1742

    

47. Contribution of macrolactin in Bacillus velezensis CLA178 to the antagonistic activities against Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58

    • Lin Chen
    • Xinghong Wang
    • Yunpeng Liu

    Original Paper 20 January 2021 Pages: 1743 - 1752

    

48. Taxonomic and functional analyses reveal existence of virulence and antibiotic resistance genes in beach sand bacterial populations

    • Timothy Sibanda
    • Selvarajan Ramganesh

    Original Paper 20 January 2021 Pages: 1753 - 1766

    

49. Quorum sensing modulatory and biofilm inhibitory activity of Plectranthus barbatus essential oil: a novel intervention strategy

    • Boudhyayan Chatterjee
    • Ravishankar Rai Vittal

    Original Paper 20 January 2021 Pages: 1767 - 1778

    

50. Martelella alba sp. nov., isolated from mangrove rhizosphere soil within the Beibu Gulf

    • Mi Li
    • Chenghai Gao
    • Xiangxi Yi

    Original Paper Open access 20 January 2021 Pages: 1779 - 1786