1. Magnesium-Dependent Ecto-ATP Diphosphohydrolase Activity in Herpetomonas muscarum muscarum

   • M. Alves-Ferreira
   • P.M.L. Dutra
   • J.R. Meyer-Fernandes

   OriginalPaper Pages: 0265 - 0271

2. Cloning, Sequencing, and Characterization of the Genetic Region Relevant to Biosynthesis of the Lipopeptides Iturin A and Surfactin in Bacillus subtilis

   • Shiyi Yao
   • Xuewen Gao
   • Jinsheng Wang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 0272 - 0277

3. PCR-Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis and Two Feces Antigen Tests for Detection of Helicobacter pylori in Mice

   • Håkan Sjunnesson
   • Tobias Fält
   • Torkel Wadström

   OriginalPaper Pages: 0278 - 0285

4. Trimethoprim Induces Heat Shock Proteins and Protein Aggregation in E. coli Cells

   • Ewa Laskowska
   • Dorota Kuczynska-Wisnik
   • Barbara Lipinska

   OriginalPaper Pages: 0286 - 0289

5. Purification and Characterization of a Phytase from Pseudomonas syringae MOK1

   • Jaie Soon Cho
   • Chang Whan Lee
   • Yun Jaie Choi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 0290 - 0294

6. Cloning and Expression of the Insecticidal Crystal Protein Gene Cry1Ca9 of Bacillus thuringiensis G10-01A from Taiwan Granaries

   • Suey-Sheng Kao
   • Feng-Chia Hsieh
   • Yeong-Sheng Tsai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 0295 - 0299

7. Catabolite-Induced Repression of Sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

   • Sasha H. Shafikhani
   • Amir Ali Partovi
   • Terrance Leighton

   OriginalPaper Pages: 0300 - 0308

8. Pythium regulare sp. nov., Isolated from the Canary Islands, Its Taxonomy, Its Region of rDNA, and Comparison with Related Species

   • Isaac Masih
   • Bernard Paul

   OriginalPaper Pages: 0309 - 0313

9. Molecular Evidence of Wolbachia Infection in Natural Populations of Tropical Odonates

   • Apisit Thipaksorn
   • Wanwisa Jamnongluk
   • Pattamaporn Kittayapong

   OriginalPaper Pages: 0314 - 0318

10. Identification of the High-Virulence Clone of Group B Streptococci by Using a Probe Containing a Putative Aldolase Gene

    • Gerardo C. Palacios
    • Brenda C. Timmons
    • Stephen J. Mattingly

    OriginalPaper Pages: 0319 - 0322

11. Atypical Adaptive and Cross-Protective Responses Against Peroxide Killing in a Bacterial Plant Pathogen, Agrobacterium tumefaciens

    • Paiboon Vattanaviboon
    • Warawan Eiamphungporn
    • Skorn Mongkolsuk

    OriginalPaper Pages: 0323 - 0326

12. ScoC Mediates Catabolite Repression of Sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

    • Sasha H. Shafikhani
    • Esperanza Núñez
    • Terrance Leighton

    OriginalPaper Pages: 0327 - 0336

13. Nucleotide and Deduced Amino Acid Sequences of a New Subtilisin from an Alkaliphilic Bacillus Isolate

    • Katsuhisa Saeki
    • Marietta V. Magallones
    • Susumu Ito

    OriginalPaper Pages: 0337 - 0340

14. The Heat Shock Gene, htpG, and Thermotolerance in the Cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

    • Feng Fang
    • Susan R. Barnum

    OriginalPaper Pages: 0341 - 0346

15. Isolation and Characterization of ButA, a Secondary Glycine Betaine Transport System Operating in Tetragenococcus halophila

    • Aurélie Baliarda
    • Hervé Robert
    • Claire Le Marrec

    OriginalPaper Pages: 0347 - 0351

16. Separation of Glutathione Transferase Subunits from Proteus vulgaris by Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis

    • Giaming Hong
    • Yi-Chih Chien
    • Cheng-I Chien

    OriginalPaper Pages: 0352 - 0354

17. A Bacillus thuringiensis Isolate Possessing a Spore-Associated Filament

    • Joanne Rampersad
    • Ayub Khan
    • David Ammons

    News and Notes Pages: 0355 - 0357