A Novel Exopolymer-Producing Bacterium, Paracoccus zeaxanthinifaciens subsp. payriae, Isolated from a “Kopara” Mat Located in Rangiroa, an Atoll of French Polynesia Gérard Raguénès Xavier Moppert Jean Guezennec OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 151
The Open Reading Frame Present in the nrdEF Cluster of Corynebacterium ammoniagenes is a Transcriptional Regulator Belonging to the GntR Family E. Torrents I. Roca I. Gibert OriginalPaper Pages: 152 - 157
Physiology and Molecular Characteristics of a Pine Wilt Nematode-Trapping Fungus, Monacrosporium megalosporum Sanae Kano Tadanori Aimi Tsutomu Morinaga OriginalPaper Pages: 158 - 164
Gene Cloning and Expression of an Alkaline Serine Protease with Dehairing Function from Bacillus pumilus Jiao Pan Qing Huang YiZheng Zhang OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 169
A Polyhydroxybutyrate-Producing Pseudomonas sp. Isolated from Antarctic Environments with High Stress Resistance Nicolás D. Ayub M. Julia Pettinari Nancy I. López OriginalPaper Pages: 170 - 174
Characterization and Virulence of Hemolysin III from Vibrio vulnificus Yu-Chung Chen Ming-Chung Chang Chii-Ling Jeang OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 179
Construction and Analyses of Mutant ftsH Alleles of Bacillus subtilis Involving the ATPase- and Zn-Binding Domains Matthias Kotschwar Evita Harfst Wolfgang Schumann OriginalPaper Pages: 180 - 185
Rapid Detection and Characterization of Surfactin-Producing Bacillus subtilis and Closely Related Species Based on PCR Feng-Chia Hsieh Mei-Chen Li Suey-Sheng Kao OriginalPaper Pages: 186 - 191
Expression of the Heat Shock Gene hsp16.6 and Promoter Analysis in the Cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Feng Fang Susan R. Barnum OriginalPaper Pages: 192 - 198
Properties of an Intracellular Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) Depolymerase (PhaZ1) from Rhodobacter spheroides Teruyuki Kobayashi Kenji Nishikori Terumi Saito OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 202
Siderophore Activity Among Members of the Legionella Genus Shawn R. Starkenburg Joanne M. Casey Nicholas P. Cianciotto OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 207
Wolbachia pipientis in Australian Spiders Simone M. Rowley Robert J. Raven Elizabeth A. McGraw OriginalPaper Pages: 208 - 214
Expression of Green Fluorescent Protein in Xylella fastidiosa Is Affected by Passage Through Host Plants Xiaoting Qin John S. Hartung OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 220
Epidemiology of Helicobacter Infection in Wild Rodents in the Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region of China Kazuo Goto Wei Jiang Mamoru Ito OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 223