1. N-acyl homoserine lactone molecules assisted quorum sensing: effects consequences and monitoring of bacteria talking in real life

   • Ömür Acet
   • Demet Erdönmez
   • Mehmet Odabaşı

   Mini-Review 18 May 2021 Pages: 3739 - 3749

   

2. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic diversity in hydrothermal continental systems

   • Bruna Silva
   • Catarina Antunes
   • Ana T. Luís

   Mini-Review 18 June 2021 Pages: 3751 - 3766

   

3. Recent advances in gold nanoparticle-based lateral flow immunoassay for the detection of bacterial infection

   • Yachana Gupta
   • Aditya Sharma Ghrera

   Mini-Review 04 June 2021 Pages: 3767 - 3784

   

4. Pet-turtles: a potential source of human pathogenic bacteria

   • Sabrina Hossain
   • Gang-Joon Heo

   Mini-Review 19 June 2021 Pages: 3785 - 3792

   

5. Vaginal microbiome: normalcy vs dysbiosis

   • Viqar Sayeed Saraf
   • Sohail Aslam Sheikh
   • Sundus Javed

   Mini-Review 13 June 2021 Pages: 3793 - 3802

   

6. Parasphingorhabdus halotolerans sp. nov. isolated from marine sediment in Jeju Island

   • So-Jeong Kim
   • Minji Kim
   • Soo-Je Park

   Original Paper 16 May 2021 Pages: 3803 - 3809

   

7. Biosorption of organic dye Acridine orange from aqueous solution using dry biomass of Bacillus cereus M¹₁₆

   • Surajit Bag
   • Md. Imran Hasan
   • Alok Ghosh

   Original Paper 17 May 2021 Pages: 3811 - 3823

   

8. Ability to produce indole acetic acid is associated with improved phosphate solubilising activity of rhizobacteria

   • Anteneh Argaw Alemneh
   • Gregory R. Cawthray
   • Matthew D. Denton

   Original Paper 17 May 2021 Pages: 3825 - 3837

   

9. Diversity of rhizobia and non-rhizobia endophytes isolated from root nodules of Trifolium sp. growing in lead and zinc mine site Guelma, Algeria

   • Sarah Rahal
   • Djamel Chekireb

   Original Paper 18 May 2021 Pages: 3839 - 3849

   

10. Targeted 16S rRNA gene and ITS2 amplicon sequencing of leaf and spike tissues of Piper longum identifies new candidates for bioprospecting of bioactive compounds

    • Sushma Mishra
    • Deepika Goyal
    • Laccy Phurailatpam

    Original Paper 19 May 2021 Pages: 3851 - 3867

    

11. The auxin-producing Bacillus thuringiensis RZ2MS9 promotes the growth and modifies the root architecture of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum cv. Micro-Tom)

    • Bruna Durante Batista
    • Manuella Nóbrega Dourado
    • Maria Carolina Quecine

    Original Paper 19 May 2021 Pages: 3869 - 3882

    

12. Differential exopolysaccharide production and composition by Herbaspirillum strains from diverse ecological environments

    • Valquíria D. C. Antunes
    • Daniela Freitag
    • Rodrigo V. Serrato

    Original Paper 19 May 2021 Pages: 3883 - 3892

    

13. Isolation and characterization of halophilic bacteria with the ability of heavy metal bioremediation and nanoparticle synthesis from Khara salt lake in Iran

    • Hasan Diba
    • Reza Ahangari Cohan
    • Farnaz Khodabakhsh

    Original Paper 19 May 2021 Pages: 3893 - 3903

    

14. Enhancement of laccase production by Cerrena unicolor through fungal interspecies interaction and optimum conditions determination

    • Eva Kachlishvili
    • Tina Jokharidze
    • Vladimir Elisashvili

    Original Paper 20 May 2021 Pages: 3905 - 3917

    

15. Diversity of soil nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the rhizosphere and non-rhizophere soils of Ebinur Lake Wetland

    • Xue Zhang
    • Wenge Hu
    • Yanhui Niu

    Original Paper 21 May 2021 Pages: 3919 - 3932

    

16. Pharmaceutical biotechnological potential of filamentous fungi isolated from textile industry

    • Suzan Prado Fernandes Bernal
    • Micaela Andrea Gritti
    • Michel Rodrigo Zambrano Passarini

    Original Paper 21 May 2021 Pages: 3933 - 3944

    

17. Impact of irrigation with fish-processing effluents on nitrification and ammonia-oxidizer abundances in Patagonian arid soils

    • Magalí S. Marcos
    • M. Candela González
    • Nelda L. Olivera

    Original Paper 22 May 2021 Pages: 3945 - 3953

    

18. Safety and robustness aspects analysis of Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus LDB-C1 based on the genome analysis and biological tests

    • Yuxuan Guan
    • Yanhua Cui
    • Kai Jing

    Original Paper 22 May 2021 Pages: 3955 - 3964

    

19. Validation of three qPCR for the detection of Burkholderia mallei in equine tissue samples

    • Antônio Augusto Fonseca Júnior
    • Carla Amaral Pinto
    • Maurício Baltazar de Carvalho Filho

    Original Paper 24 May 2021 Pages: 3965 - 3971

20. Harenicola maris gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from the Sea of Japan shallow sediments

    • Lyudmila A. Romanenko
    • Valeriya V. Kurilenko
    • Marina P. Isaeva

    Original Paper 25 May 2021 Pages: 3973 - 3979

    

21. Antibacterial effect of Blumea balsamifera (L.) DC. essential oil against Staphylococcus aureus

    • Hui Yang
    • Yue Gao
    • Lu Wang

    Original Paper 25 May 2021 Pages: 3981 - 3988

    

22. Assessment of the GenoType MTBDRsl VER 2.0 compared to the phenotypic drug susceptibility testing and whole genome sequencing for the rapid detection of resistance to fluoroquinolone and second-line injectable drugs among rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates

    • Jalil Kardan-Yamchi
    • Sirus Amini
    • Mohammad Mehdi Feizabadi

    Original Paper 25 May 2021 Pages: 3989 - 3996

23. Paenibacillus roseus sp. nov., a ginsenoside-transforming bacterium isolated from forest soil

    • Shahina Akter
    • Xiaoqing Wang
    • Md. Amdadul Huq

    Original Paper 25 May 2021 Pages: 3997 - 4004

    

24. Antimicrobial, antibiofilm, antioxidant, anticancer, and phytochemical composition of the seed extract of Pongamia pinnata

    • Minakshi Rajput
    • Navneet Bithel
    • Sekar Vijayakumar

    Original Paper 26 May 2021 Pages: 4005 - 4024

    

25. Antibacterial Mechanism of Liangguoan against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli

    • Yaoying Zeng
    • Qian Yu
    • Shujun Cheng

    Original Paper 26 May 2021 Pages: 4025 - 4032

    

26. Biological prevention and control of pitaya fruit canker disease using endophytic fungi isolated from papaya

    • Furun Wang
    • Ruining Zhang
    • Ping Chen

    Original Paper 26 May 2021 Pages: 4033 - 4040

    

27. Bacteriophages as surrogates for the study of viral dispersion in open air

    • Gabriella Trombini Machado
    • Claudia Ramos de Carvalho Pinto
    • Beny Spira

    Original Paper 27 May 2021 Pages: 4041 - 4049

    

28. Antifungal activity and molecular docking of phenol, 2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl) produced by plant growth-promoting actinobacterium Kutzneria sp. strain TSII from mangrove sediments

    • Thangarasu Suganya Devi
    • Karuppiah Vijay
    • Thangavel Kavitha

    Original Paper 28 May 2021 Pages: 4051 - 4064

    

29. Characterization of a novel group I F-specific RNA bacteriophage isolated from human stool

    • Mingshu Yang
    • Yongxin Yu
    • Yongjie Wang

    Original Paper 29 May 2021 Pages: 4065 - 4072

    

30. Metallococcus carri gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Dermacoccaceae isolated from an automotive air conditioning system

    • Jong Sung Lim
    • Hyosun Lee
    • Jong-Ok Ka

    Original Paper 30 May 2021 Pages: 4073 - 4079

    

31. Efficiency of arsenic remediation from growth medium through Bacillus licheniformis modulated by phosphate (PO₄)³⁻ and nitrate (NO₃)⁻ enrichment

    • Kumari Tripti
    • Shardendu Shardendu

    Original Paper 30 May 2021 Pages: 4081 - 4089

    

32. Enhanced production of prodigiosin by Serratia marcescens UCP 1549 using agrosubstrates in solid-state fermentation

    • Renata Andreia dos Santos
    • Dayana Montero Rodríguez
    • Marcos Antônio Barbosa de Lima

    Original Paper 30 May 2021 Pages: 4091 - 4100

    

33. High expression of ring-hydroxylating dioxygenase genes ensure efficient degradation of p-toluate, phthalate, and terephthalate by Comamonas testosteroni strain 3a2

    • Didem AKSU
    • Mamadou Malick DIALLO
    • Guven OZDEMIR

    Original Paper 31 May 2021 Pages: 4101 - 4112

    

34. Identification and characterization of a novel carboxylesterase EstQ7 from a soil metagenomic library

    • Zhenzhen Yan
    • Liping Ding
    • Zhihong Xin

    Original Paper 31 May 2021 Pages: 4113 - 4125

    

35. Bacillus fonticola sp. nov., isolated from deep sea cold seep sediment

    • Yuan-yuan Sun
    • Hai-zhen Zhou
    • Qing-lei Sun

    Original Paper 31 May 2021 Pages: 4127 - 4132

    

36. Effect of a sugarcane cystatin on the profile and viability of microcosm biofilm and on dentin demineralization

    • João Victor Frazão Câmara
    • Tamara Teodoro Araujo
    • Marília Afonso Rabelo Buzalaf

    Original Paper 31 May 2021 Pages: 4133 - 4139

    

37. LuxS quorum sensing system mediating Lactobacillus plantarum probiotic characteristics

    • Liming Jiang
    • Yiyong Luo
    • Zhizhen Zhang

    Original Paper 31 May 2021 Pages: 4141 - 4148

    

38. Benzylmalonyl-CoA dehydrogenase, an enzyme involved in bacterial auxin degradation

    • Karola Schühle
    • Martin Saft
    • Johann Heider

    Original Paper Open access 31 May 2021 Pages: 4149 - 4159

    

39. In vitro screening and in vivo colonization pilot model of Lactobacillus plantarum LP5 and Campylobacter coli DSPV 458 in mice

    • M. J. Ruiz
    • M. V. Zbrun
    • L. S. Frizzo

    Original Paper 01 June 2021 Pages: 4161 - 4171

    

40. Lysinibacillus agricola sp. nov., isolated from soil

    • Jia-Rui Lu
    • Guo-Hong Liu

    Original Paper 01 June 2021 Pages: 4173 - 4178

    

41. Bioactive potential evaluation and purification of compounds from an endophytic fungus Diaporthe longicolla, a resident of Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Willd.

    • Jay Hind Nishad
    • Arti Singh
    • Ravindra Nath Kharwar

    Original Paper 02 June 2021 Pages: 4179 - 4188

    

42. Diversity and biopotential of Bacillus velezensis strains A6 and P42 against rice blast and bacterial blight of pomegranate

    • Siddulakshmi Prasanna
    • M. K. Prasannakumar
    • D. Pramesh

    Original Paper 02 June 2021 Pages: 4189 - 4199

    

43. Flavobacterium agrisoli sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from soil

    • Weilan Li
    • Leonid N. Ten
    • Hee-Young Jung

    Original Paper 03 June 2021 Pages: 4201 - 4208

    

44. Broad diversity of bacteria degrading 17ß-estradiol-3-sulfate isolated from river sediment and biofilm at a wastewater treatment plant discharge

    • Tamara Mainetti
    • Marilena Palmisano
    • Theo H. M. Smits

    Original Paper Open access 03 June 2021 Pages: 4209 - 4219

    

45. Mechanism of nitrite transporter NirC in motility, biofilm formation, and adhesion of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli

    • Jiaqi Liu
    • Dong Zhang
    • Guoqiang Zhu

    Original Paper 05 June 2021 Pages: 4221 - 4231

    

46. A new Streptomyces scabies-infecting bacteriophage from Egypt with promising biocontrol traits

    • Abdelrazek S. Abdelrhim
    • Abdelmonim Ali Ahmad
    • Qi Huang

    Original Paper 06 June 2021 Pages: 4233 - 4242

    

47. Molecular docking study of bio-inhibitors extracted from marine macro-alga Ulva fasciata against hemolysin protein of luminescence disease-causing Vibrio harveyi

    • Krishnamoorthy Sivakumar
    • Sudalayandi Kannappan
    • Akshaya Panigrahi

    Original Paper 07 June 2021 Pages: 4243 - 4258

    

48. Effect of pyrene and phenanthrene in shaping bacterial communities in seagrass meadows sediments

    • Manzoor Ahmad
    • Juan Ling
    • Junde Dong

    Original Paper 07 June 2021 Pages: 4259 - 4272

    

49. Survival of the bla_NDM-harbouring Escherichia coli in tropical seawater and conjugative transfer of resistance markers

    • Susmita Mukherjee
    • Manjusha Lekshmi
    • Sanath H. Kumar

    Original Paper 07 June 2021 Pages: 4273 - 4279

    

50. Effect of co-application of Trichoderma spp. with organic composts on plant growth enhancement, soil enzymes and fungal community in soil

    • Waleed Asghar
    • Ryota Kataoka

    Original Paper 08 June 2021 Pages: 4281 - 4291