1. Characterization, Production, and Purification of Carnocin H, a Bacteriocin Produced by Carnobacterium 377

   • Hans Blom
   • Tone Katla
   • Helge Holo

   Pages: 227 - 231

2. Sequence and Stress–Response Analyses of the DNA Mismatch Repair Gene hexA in Lactococcus lactis

   • Jun Ren
   • Ji Hyeon Park
   • Woojin S. Kim

   Pages: 232 - 237

3. Effects of Acetate and Butyrate During Glycerol Fermentation by Clostridium butyricum

   • Thierry Colin
   • André Bories
   • Guy Moulin

   Pages: 238 - 243

4. Cloning, Molecular Characterization, and Application of Rice Epiphytic Bacillus pumilus Promoter Fragments

   • Qingyu Cao
   • Zhicai Qu
   • Daleng Shen

   Pages: 244 - 248

5. Cloning and Transcriptional Characterization of Two Sigma Factor Genes, sigA and sigB, from Brevibacterium flavum

   • Nora Halgasova
   • Gabriela Bukovska
   • Jan Kormanec

   Pages: 249 - 254

6. Aminopeptidase-N from the Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) Brush Border Membrane Vesicles as a Receptor of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac δ-Endotoxin

   • Sanjay S. Ingle
   • Nidhi Trivedi
   • H.S. Chhatpar

   Pages: 255 - 259

7. Cloning, Characterization, and Functional Expression in Escherichia coli of argH Encoding Argininosuccinate Lyase in the Cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. Strain PCC 73102

   • Olga Troshina
   • Alfred Hansel
   • Peter Lindblad

   Pages: 260 - 264

8. Isolation and Partial Characterization of Het⁻ Fix⁻ Mutant Strain of the Diazotrophic Cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis Showing Chromatic Adaptation

   • Bhanumati Singh
   • Vinay S. Chauhan
   • Prakash S. Bisen

   Pages: 265 - 270

9. Characterization of the prfA Virulence Gene Cluster Insertion Site in Non-Hemolytic Listeria spp.: Probing the Evolution of the Listeria Virulence Gene Island

   • Steven Cai
   • Martin Wiedmann

   Pages: 271 - 277

10. Biochemical Characterization of Glucosylglycerol-Phosphate Synthase of Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803: Comparison of Crude, Purified, and Recombinant Enzymes

    • Martin Hagemann
    • Uta Effmert
    • Norbert Erdmann

    Pages: 278 - 283

11. Isolation and Characterization of a Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki Strain Toxic to Spodoptera exigua and Culex pipiens

    • I.H. Lee
    • Y.H. Je
    • K.S. Boo

    Pages: 284 - 287

12. Platelet-Activating Factor Modulates a Secreted Phosphatase Activity of the Trypanosomatid Parasite Herpetomonas muscarum muscarum

    • Patricia M.L. Dutra
    • Felipe A. Dias
    • José Roberto Meyer-Fernandes

    Pages: 288 - 292

13. Identification of a Broad-Specificity Xylosidase/Arabinosidase Important for Xylooligosaccharide Fermentation by the Ruminal Anaerobe Selenomonas ruminantium GA192

    • Terence R. Whitehead
    • Michael A. Cotta

    Pages: 293 - 298

14. Inhibitory Effects of Gynostemma Pentaphyllum on the UV Induction of Bacteriophage λ in Lysogenic Escherichia coli

    • Suhua Zhu
    • Chengxiang Fang
    • Chengpeng Fan

    Pages: 299 - 301

15. Book Review

    • Albert Balows

    Pages: 302 - 302