1. Anaerobic 2-Propanol Degradation in Anoxic Paddy Soil and the Possible Role of Methanogens in Its Degradation

   • Akio Tonouchi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 78

2. Effect of Different Temperature Downshifts on Protein Synthesis by Aeromonas hydrophila

   • Marlène Imbert
   • Frédérique Gancel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 83

3. Cloning and Characterization of a Mosquito Larvicidal Toxin Produced During Vegetative Stage of Bacillus sphaericus 2297

   • Boonhiang Promdonkoy
   • Patcharee Promdonkoy
   • Sakol Panyim

   OriginalPaper Pages: 84 - 88

4. Temperature Control of a 3,4-Dihydroxybenzoate (Protocatechuate)-Based Siderophore in Bacillus anthracis

   • Bianca L. Garner
   • Jean E.L. Arceneaux
   • B. Rowe Byers

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 94

5. Catabolite Repression and Virulence Gene Expression in Listeria monocytogenes

   • Stefanie Evans Gilbreth
   • Andrew K. Benson
   • Robert W. Hutkins

   OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 98

6. Identification and Functional Analysis of dTDP-Glucose-4,6-Dehydratase Gene and Its Linked Gene Cluster in an Aminoglycoside Antibiotics Producer of Streptomyces tenebrarius H6

   • Yu Du
   • Tianbo Li
   • Huanzhang Xia

   OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 107

7. Isolation, Identification, and Characterization of a Novel, Oil-Degrading Bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa T1

   • Mohammad Hasanuzzaman
   • Kathryn M. Umadhay-Briones
   • Hidetoshi Okuyama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 108 - 114

8. Influence of Dipeptidyl Peptidase Inhibitors on Growth, Peptidase Activity, and Ammonia Production by Ruminal Microorganisms

   • Hongrong Wang
   • Nest McKain
   • R. John Wallace

   OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 122

9. A Molecular Method for Detection of Aspergillus carbonarius in Coffee Beans

   • Maria Helena Pelegrinelli Fungaro
   • Patrícia Cristina Vissotto
   • Marta Hiromi Taniwaki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 127

10. Cloning, Function, and Expression of sanS: A Gene Essential for Nikkomycin Biosynthesis of Streptomyces ansochromogenes

    • Yirong Li
    • Hongmei Zeng
    • Huarong Tan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 128 - 132

11. Enantioselective Hydrolysis of Butyl 2-Ethylhexanoate by a Strain of Nocardia corynebacteroides

    • David P. Labeda
    • Michael A. Jackson
    • Lawrence K. Nakamura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 135

12. Intracellular Location and Survival of Mycoplasma penetrans Within HeLa Cells

    • M. Tarshis
    • A. Yavlovich
    • S. Rottem

    News and Notes Pages: 136 - 140