1. Structural diversity, functional aspects and future therapeutic applications of human gut microbiome

   • Soma Ghosh
   • Sreemanta Pramanik

   Mini-Review 17 August 2021 Pages: 5281 - 5308

   

2. Comprehensive account of present techniques for in-field plant disease diagnosis

   • Ritika Mansotra
   • Jyoti Vakhlu

   Mini-Review 19 August 2021 Pages: 5309 - 5320

   

3. Novel PhoH-encoding vibriophages with lytic activity against environmental Vibrio strains

   • Alice N. Maina
   • Francis B. Mwaura
   • Ramy K. Aziz

   Original Paper 11 August 2021 Pages: 5321 - 5331

   

4. Long-term survival of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii during conditional senescence

   • Djihane Yushrina Damoo
   • Dion G. Durnford

   Original Paper 12 August 2021 Pages: 5333 - 5344

   

5. Aspergillus sp. A31 and Curvularia geniculata P1 mitigate mercury toxicity to Oryza sativa L

   • Kátia Aparecida de Siqueira
   • Jaqueline Alves Senabio
   • Marcos Antônio Soares

   Original Paper 13 August 2021 Pages: 5345 - 5361

   

6. Qaidamihabitans albus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Pseudonocardiaceae, and transfer of Prauserella shujinwangii to Qaidamihabitans gen. nov. as Qaidamihabitans shujinwangii comb. nov.

   • Li-Sha Tian
   • Gang-Qiang Jiang
   • Shu-Kun Tang

   Original Paper 13 August 2021 Pages: 5363 - 5371

   

7. The Fvclp1 gene regulates mycelial growth and fruiting body development in edible mushroom Flammulina velutipes

   • Xiaomeng Lyu
   • Siyuan Jiang
   • Wei Wang

   Original Paper 13 August 2021 Pages: 5373 - 5380

   

8. Winogradskyella marina sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment

   • Jinshuang Bo
   • Xuezhen Song
   • Zongjun Du

   Original Paper 14 August 2021 Pages: 5381 - 5386

   

9. Mutations in the regulatory regions result in increased streptomycin resistance and keratinase synthesis in Bacillus thuringiensis

   • Lei Nie
   • Ruijiao Zhang
   • Tianwen Wang

   Original Paper 14 August 2021 Pages: 5387 - 5396

   

10. Aquimarina algicola sp. nov., isolated from the surface of a marine red alga

    • Xun-Ke Sun
    • Yan-Lin Zhong
    • Zong-Jun Du

    Original Paper 16 August 2021 Pages: 5397 - 5403

    

11. Contrasting gut microbiota in captive Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) by age

    • Yumiko Okamoto
    • Natsumi Ichinohe
    • Naomichi Yamamoto

    Original Paper Open access 16 August 2021 Pages: 5405 - 5416

    

12. Isolation and identification of low-density polyethylene degrading novel bacterial strains

    • Habibullah Nadeem
    • Khush Bakhat Alia
    • Muhammad Zubair

    Original Paper 17 August 2021 Pages: 5417 - 5423

    

13. Characterization of multi-metal-resistant Serratia sp. GP01 for treatment of effluent from fertilizer industries

    • Hrudananda Sahoo
    • Sushama Kumari
    • Umesh Chandra Naik

    Original Paper 17 August 2021 Pages: 5425 - 5435

    

14. Snuella sedimenti sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment

    • Jong-Hwa Kim
    • Veeraya Weerawongwiwat
    • Wonyong Kim

    Original Paper 17 August 2021 Pages: 5437 - 5443

    

15. In vitro efficiency evaluation of phage cocktail for biocontrol of Salmonella spp. in food products

    • Sritha K. S
    • Sarita G. Bhat

    Original Paper 18 August 2021 Pages: 5445 - 5452

    

16. Endophytic bacterial community diversity in two citrus cultivars with different citrus canker disease resistance

    • Bing Liu
    • Jiahao Lai
    • Weigang Kuang

    Original Paper 18 August 2021 Pages: 5453 - 5462

    

17. Identification and characterization of mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase as a promising antiviral therapeutic target

    • Niti Yashvardhini
    • Deepak Kumar Jha
    • Saurav Bhattacharya

    Original Paper 19 August 2021 Pages: 5463 - 5473

    

18. Streptococcus vaginalis sp. nov., a novel bacterial species isolated from vaginal swabs of a pregnant woman with diabetes

    • An-Shine Chao
    • Chiao-Yun Lin
    • Yi-Sheng Chen

    Original Paper 20 August 2021 Pages: 5475 - 5482

    

19. Chitinophaga chungangae sp. nov., isolated from a Korean grape garden and its potential to biosynthesize ginsenoside Rg2

    • Md. Amdadul Huq
    • Shahina Akter

    Original Paper 20 August 2021 Pages: 5483 - 5489

    

20. Plant compounds and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs interfere with quorum sensing in Chromobacterium violaceum

    • Erika Lorena Giraldo Vargas
    • Felipe Alves de Almeida
    • Maria Cristina Dantas Vanetti

    Original Paper 21 August 2021 Pages: 5491 - 5507

    

21. Purification and characterization of Cyclophilin: a protein associated with protein folding in Salmonella Typhimurium

    • Manoj Kumawat
    • Divya Chaudhary
    • Sushma Ahlawat

    Original Paper 21 August 2021 Pages: 5509 - 5517

    

22. Lacisediminihabitans changchengi sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from Antarctic swamplands mud

    • Yuzi Liang
    • Peiqiang Jiang
    • Jing Li

    Original Paper 22 August 2021 Pages: 5519 - 5524

    

23. Microalgal culture in animal cell waste medium for sustainable ‘cultured food’ production

    • Yuji Haraguchi
    • Tatsuya Shimizu

    Original Paper 23 August 2021 Pages: 5525 - 5532

    

24. Molecular diversity of rhizobia-nodulating native Mimosa of Brazilian protected areas

    • Milena Serenato Klepa
    • Vanessa Janoni
    • Jesiane Stefania da Silva Batista

    Original Paper 24 August 2021 Pages: 5533 - 5545

    

25. Spatio-temporal variation in number and production of neustonic and planktonic bacteria inhabiting polluted estuarine harbour channel

    • Piotr Perliński
    • Zbigniew J. Mudryk
    • Łukasz Kubera

    Original Paper Open access 25 August 2021 Pages: 5547 - 5559

    

26. Marine macroalga-associated heterotrophic Bacillus velezensis: a novel antimicrobial agent with siderophore mode of action against drug-resistant nosocomial pathogens

    • Kajal Chakraborty
    • Aneetta Francis
    • Silpa Kunnappilly Paulose

    Original Paper 26 August 2021 Pages: 5561 - 5575

    

27. Diversity and abundance of diazotrophic communities of seagrass Halophila ovalis based on genomic and transcript level in Daya Bay, South China Sea

    • Weiguo Zhou
    • Dewen Ding
    • Junde Dong

    Original Paper 26 August 2021 Pages: 5577 - 5589

    

28. Detection of Stachybotrys chartarum isolates from faba beans dust during threshing

    • Youssuf Ahmed Gherbawy
    • Yassmin Mohamed Shebany
    • Eman Gamal Abd Elnaser Mohamed El-Dawy

    Original Paper 28 August 2021 Pages: 5591 - 5598

    

29. Multiple analysis of root exudates and microbiome in rice (Oryza sativa) under low P conditions

    • Chisato Matsushima
    • Matthew Shenton
    • Keitaro Tawaraya

    Original Paper 28 August 2021 Pages: 5599 - 5611

    

30. Oceaniglobus trochenteri sp. nov., isolated from the gut microflora of top shell (Trochus maculatus Linnaeus)

    • Zhuo Chen
    • Shuai-Ting Yun
    • Yan-Xia Zhou

    Original Paper 28 August 2021 Pages: 5613 - 5619

    

31. Genome mining of secondary metabolites from a marine-derived Aspergillus terreus B12

    • Xinyang Du
    • Huanhuan Li
    • Ying Wang

    Original Paper 30 August 2021 Pages: 5621 - 5633

    

32. The self-healing of Bacillus subtilis biofilms

    • Xiaoling Wang
    • Fulin Dong
    • Hui Zhao

    Original Paper 31 August 2021 Pages: 5635 - 5645

    

33. Gibberellic acids promote growth and exopolysaccharide production in Tetraselmis suecica under reciprocal nitrogen concentration: an assessment on antioxidant properties and nutrient removal efficacy of immobilized iron-magnetic nanoparticles

    • A. Prathipa
    • G. Manigandan
    • S. Vijayalakshmi

    Original Paper 31 August 2021 Pages: 5647 - 5659

    

34. Niche differentiation of belowground microorganisms and their functional signatures in Assam type tea (Camellia sinensis var. assamica)

    • Sudipta Sankar Bora
    • Kuntal Kumar Dey
    • Madhumita Barooah

    Original Paper 31 August 2021 Pages: 5661 - 5674

    

35. Echinicola arenosa sp. nov., isolated from marine sand

    • Jihye Baek
    • Veeraya Weerawongwiwat
    • Wonyong Kim

    Original Paper 31 August 2021 Pages: 5675 - 5681

    

36. Safety and metabolic characteristics of 17 Enterococcus faecium isolates

    • Zehranur Yuksekdag
    • Nur Seda Ahlatcı
    • Yavuz Beyatli

    Original Paper 28 August 2021 Pages: 5683 - 5694

37. Virulence and intermediate resistance to high-end antibiotic (teicoplanin) among coagulase-negative staphylococci sourced from retail market fish

    • K. H. Muneeb
    • S. Sudha
    • Mark Holmes

    Original Paper 01 September 2021 Pages: 5695 - 5702

    

38. Potential probiotic Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus MTCC-5897 attenuates Escherichia coli induced inflammatory response in intestinal cells

    • Taruna Gupta
    • Harpreet Kaur
    • Rajeev Kapila

    Original Paper 02 September 2021 Pages: 5703 - 5713

    

39. Methyloradius palustris gen. nov., sp. nov., a methanol-oxidizing bacterium isolated from snow

    • Takeshi Miyadera
    • Hisaya Kojima
    • Manabu Fukui

    Original Paper 03 September 2021 Pages: 5715 - 5721

    

40. Bioaugmentation of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens–Bacillus kochii co-cultivation to improve sensory quality of flue-cured tobacco

    • Xinying Wu
    • Pengcheng Zhu
    • Guocheng Du

    Original Paper 04 September 2021 Pages: 5723 - 5733

    

41. The evaluation of five commercial bacteriophage cocktails against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from nasal swab samples

    • Hilal Basak Erol
    • Banu Kaskatepe
    • Serap Suzuk Yildiz

    Original Paper 06 September 2021 Pages: 5735 - 5743

    

42. Characterization of a mercury tolerant strain of Staphylococcus arlettae from Darjeeling hills with an account of its antibiotic resistance pattern and metabolome

    • Sukanya Acharyya
    • Sumedha Saha
    • Malay Bhattacharya

    Original Paper 07 September 2021 Pages: 5745 - 5754

    

43. Multidrug-resistant Raoultella ornithinolytica misidentified as Klebsiella oxytoca carrying blaOXA β-lactamases: antimicrobial profile and genomic characterization

    • Iliana Alejandra Cortés-Ortíz
    • Edgar Mendieta-Condado
    • José Ernesto Ramírez–González

    Original Paper 09 September 2021 Pages: 5755 - 5761

    

44. GCMS and FTIR spectral analysis of aqueous methylparathion biotransformation by the microbial mpd strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Fusarium spp

    • Usharani Krishnaswamy

    Original Paper 12 September 2021 Pages: 5763 - 5782

    

45. Flavobacterium erciyesense sp. nov., a putative non-pathogenic fish symbiont

    • Izzet Burcin Saticioglu

    Original Paper 13 September 2021 Pages: 5783 - 5792

    

46. Efficiency and kinetics of Assam crude oil degradation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus sp.

    • Bobby Chettri
    • Ningombam A. Singha
    • Arvind Kumar Singh

    Original Paper 14 September 2021 Pages: 5793 - 5803

    

47. Biodegradation of phenol by alginate immobilized Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cells

    • Theocharis T. Nazos
    • Demetrios F. Ghanotakis

    Original Paper 15 September 2021 Pages: 5805 - 5816

    

48. Gemella massiliensis sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the human sputum

    • Maxime Descartes Mbogning Fonkou
    • Cheikh Ibrahima Lo
    • Pierre-Edouard Fournier

    Short Communication Open access 21 August 2021 Pages: 5817 - 5823

    

49. Molecular characterization of the complete genome of a novel partitivirus hosted by the saprobic mushroom Leucocybe candicans

    • Ergin Sahin
    • Emre Keskin
    • Ilgaz Akata

    Short Communication 24 August 2021 Pages: 5825 - 5830

    

50. Diversity, enzyme production and antibacterial activity of Bacillus strains isolated from sesame-flavored liquor Daqu

    • Xianyu Wu
    • Qianer Jiang
    • Yang Liu

    Short Communication 07 September 2021 Pages: 5831 - 5839