1. Diversity of the Formyltetrahydrofolate Synthetase (FTHFS) Gene in the Proximal and Mid Ostrich Colon

   • Hiroki Matsui
   • Saori Yoneda
   • Masaaki Wakita

   OriginalPaper 11 May 2010 Pages: 1 - 6

   

2. Analysis of Bacterial Community Composition of a Spring Water from the Western Ghats, India Using Culture Dependent and Molecular Approaches

   • Arunachalam Ruckmani
   • Tapan Chakrabarti

   OriginalPaper 12 May 2010 Pages: 7 - 15

   

3. Construction of 4″-Isovalerylspiramycin-I-Producing Strain by In-Frame Partial Deletion of 3-O-Acyltransferase Gene in Streptomyces spiramyceticus WSJ-1, the Bitespiramycin Producer

   • Chunyan Ma
   • Hongxia Zhou
   • Yiguang Wang

   OriginalPaper 19 May 2010 Pages: 16 - 20

   

4. Comparative Virulence Genotyping and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiling of Environmental and Clinical Salmonella enterica from Cochin, India

   • Ammini Parvathi
   • Jasna Vijayan
   • Preethi Chandran

   OriginalPaper 19 May 2010 Pages: 21 - 26

5. Functional Characteristics of Lactobacillus fermentum F1

   • Xiao Qun Zeng
   • Dao Dong Pan
   • Pei Dong Zhou

   OriginalPaper 19 May 2010 Pages: 27 - 31

   

6. Pseudomonas aeruginosa pvdQ Gene Prevents Caco-2 Cells from Obstruction of Quorum-Sensing Signal

   • Lu Ye
   • Gaopeng Li
   • Jianxin Song

   OriginalPaper 19 May 2010 Pages: 32 - 37

   

7. Overproduction of Delta-Endotoxins by Sporeless Bacillus thuringiensis Mutants Obtained by Nitrous Acid Mutagenesis

   • Saoussen Ben Khedher
   • Nabil Zouari
   • Samir Jaoua

   OriginalPaper 20 May 2010 Pages: 38 - 43

   

8. Morphological and Molecular Differences in Two Strains of Ustilago esculenta

   • Wenyu You
   • Qian Liu
   • Zihong Ye

   OriginalPaper 21 May 2010 Pages: 44 - 54

   

9. On Mechanism of Quorum Sensing in Candida albicans by 3(R)-Hydroxy-Tetradecaenoic Acid

   • Santosh Nigam
   • Roberto Ciccoli
   • Rupal Deva

   OriginalPaper 28 May 2010 Pages: 55 - 63

   

10. Effects of Age and Region on Fecal Microflora in Elderly Subjects Living in Bama, Guangxi, China

    • Liang Zhao
    • Wentao Xu
    • Fazheng Ren

    OriginalPaper 28 May 2010 Pages: 64 - 70

11. Diversity of Intestinal Bifidobacteria in Patients with Japanese Cedar Pollinosis and Possible Influence of Probiotic Intervention

    • Akira Kubota
    • Fang He
    • Hisakazu Iino

    OriginalPaper 29 May 2010 Pages: 71 - 77

    

12. Simultaneous Amplification of Two Bacterial Genes: More Reliable Method of Helicobacter pylori Detection in Microbial Rich Dental Plaque Samples

    • Saima Chaudhry
    • Muhammad Idrees
    • Ayyaz Ali Khan

    OriginalPaper 30 May 2010 Pages: 78 - 83

    

13. ATP Modulates the Growth of Specific Microbial Strains

    • Ming Li
    • Sung-Kwon Lee
    • Joo-Won Suh

    OriginalPaper 30 May 2010 Pages: 84 - 89

    

14. Demonstration and Partial Characterization of a Bacterial Growth Enhancer in sera

    • Kanna Okayama
    • Takeshi Honda
    • Masaya Kawase

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2010 Pages: 90 - 95

    

15. Cadmium Accumulation and Tolerance in Bradyrhizobium spp. (Peanut Microsymbionts)

    • Eliana Bianucci
    • Adriana Fabra
    • Stella Castro

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2010 Pages: 96 - 100

    

16. LasR Receptor for Detection of Long-Chain Quorum-Sensing Signals: Identification of N-Acyl-homoserine Lactones Encoded by the avsI Locus of Agrobacterium vitis

    • Michael A. Savka
    • Phuong T. Le
    • Thomas J. Burr

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2010 Pages: 101 - 110

    

17. Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-Polyacrylamide Gel Protein Electrophoresis of Freshwater Photosynthetic Sulfur Bacteria

    • M. Begoña Osuna
    • Emilio O. Casamayor

    OriginalPaper 04 June 2010 Pages: 111 - 116

    

18. Composition of Bacterial Communities Associated with a Plant–Parasitic Nematode Bursaphelenchus mucronatus

    • Xueliang Tian
    • Xinyue Cheng
    • Bingyan Xie

    OriginalPaper 04 June 2010 Pages: 117 - 125

    

19. Characterization of the Antiviral Activity for Influenza Viruses M1 Zinc Finger Peptides

    • Yongjin Wang
    • Huihui Xiao
    • Xiaoming Wang

    OriginalPaper 05 June 2010 Pages: 126 - 132

    

20. Expression of Divergent LSU rRNA Genes in the Vibrio vulnificus CMCP6 Genome During Both Infection and Non-Pathogenic Stages

    • Hyun-Lee Kim
    • Sang-Mi Ryou
    • Jeehyeon Bae

    OriginalPaper 05 June 2010 Pages: 133 - 138

    

21. Wolbachia Strains Typing in Different Geographic Population Spider, Hylyphantes Graminicola (Linyphiidae)

    • Yueli Yun
    • Chaoliang Lei
    • Linbo Chen

    OriginalPaper 09 June 2010 Pages: 139 - 145

    

22. Role of Lys281 in the Dunaliella salina (6-4) Photolyase Reaction

    • Feiwei Zhang
    • Hui Xu
    • Yi Cao

    OriginalPaper 09 June 2010 Pages: 146 - 151

    

23. Glycerol/Glucose Co-Fermentation: One More Proficient Process to Produce Propionic Acid by Propionibacterium acidipropionici

    • Yin Liu
    • Yong-Guang Zhang
    • Jianhang Zhu

    OriginalPaper Open access 11 June 2010 Pages: 152 - 158

    

24. Distribution and Diversity of Bacteria in a Saline Meromictic Lake as Determined by PCR-DGGE of 16S rRNA Gene Fragments

    • Concetta Gugliandolo
    • Valeria Lentini
    • Teresa L. Maugeri

    OriginalPaper 11 June 2010 Pages: 159 - 166

    

25. Quorum Sensing in Aeromonas Species Isolated from Patients in Malaysia

    • Kok-Gan Chan
    • Savithri D. Puthucheary
    • Kek-Heng Chua

    OriginalPaper 11 June 2010 Pages: 167 - 172

    

26. Screening and Optimization of Indole-3-Acetic Acid Production and Phosphate Solubilization from Rhizobacteria Aimed at Improving Plant Growth

    • Mathurot Chaiharn
    • Saisamorn Lumyong

    OriginalPaper 16 June 2010 Pages: 173 - 181

    

27. The Diversity and Anti-Microbial Activity of Endophytic Actinomycetes Isolated from Medicinal Plants in Panxi Plateau, China

    • Ke Zhao
    • Petri Penttinen
    • Gary A. Strobel

    OriginalPaper 22 June 2010 Pages: 182 - 190

    

28. Effect of ac68 Knockout and lef3 Leading Sequence Disruption on Viral Propagation

    • Guohui Li
    • Huiqing Chen
    • Xunzhang Wang

    OriginalPaper 22 June 2010 Pages: 191 - 197

    

29. Correlations Between Bacterial Ecology and Mobile DNA

    • Irene L. G. Newton
    • Seth R. Bordenstein

    OriginalPaper 25 June 2010 Pages: 198 - 208

    

30. Bacterial Diversity in the Haloalkaline Lake Elmenteita, Kenya

    • R. Mwirichia
    • S. Cousin
    • E. Stackebrandt

    OriginalPaper 27 June 2010 Pages: 209 - 221

    

31. A GH57 Family Amylopullulanase from Deep-Sea Thermococcus siculi: Expression of the Gene and Characterization of the Recombinant Enzyme

    • Yu-Liang Jiao
    • Shu-Jun Wang
    • Shu Liu

    OriginalPaper 01 July 2010 Pages: 222 - 228

    

32. Oxidative Damage Involves in the Inhibitory Effect of Nitric Oxide on Spore Germination of Penicillium expansum

    • Tongfei Lai
    • Boqiang Li
    • Shiping Tian

    OriginalPaper 01 July 2010 Pages: 229 - 234

    

33. Depressed Biofilm Production in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens C06 Causes γ-Polyglutamic Acid (γ-PGA) Overproduction

    • Jun Liu
    • Xin Ma
    • Ting Zhou

    OriginalPaper 01 July 2010 Pages: 235 - 241

    

34. Site-Directed Mutagenesis and Thermostability of Xylanase XYNB from Aspergillus niger 400264

    • Jie Xie
    • Lingling Song
    • Yi Cao

    OriginalPaper 01 July 2010 Pages: 242 - 248

    

35. Phenotypic and Physiological Changes in Acinetobacter sp. Strain DR1 with Exogenous Plasmid

    • Jungsoon Park
    • Woojun Park

    OriginalPaper 07 July 2010 Pages: 249 - 254

    

36. Efficacy of Polyvalent Bacteriophage P-27/HP to Control Multidrug Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Associated with Human Infections

    • Ragini Gupta
    • Yogendra Prasad

    OriginalPaper 07 July 2010 Pages: 255 - 260

    

37. Cholesterol Dependence of Pseudorabies Herpesvirus Entry

    • Xiaofeng Ren
    • Jiechao Yin
    • Georg Herrler

    OriginalPaper 13 July 2010 Pages: 261 - 266

    

38. Identification of Up-regulated Genes of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens B55 During the Early Stage of Direct Surface Contact with Rice R109 Root

    • Jun Liu
    • Dan He
    • Xuewen Gao

    OriginalPaper 13 July 2010 Pages: 267 - 272

    

39. Recovery of Bacillus and Pseudomonas spp. from the ‘Fired Plots’ Under Shifting Cultivation in Northeast India

    • Anita Pandey
    • Shivaji Chaudhry
    • Lok Man S. Palni

    OriginalPaper 13 July 2010 Pages: 273 - 280

    

40. Integration of a Recombinant Chitinase into Bacillus thuringiensis Parasporal Insecticidal Crystal

    • Fatma Driss
    • Souad Rouis
    • Samir Jaoua

    OriginalPaper 13 July 2010 Pages: 281 - 288

    

41. Luteibacter jiangsuensis sp. nov.: A Methamidophos-Degrading Bacterium Isolated from a Methamidophos-Manufacturing Factory

    • Li Wang
    • Guang-li Wang
    • Jian-dong Jiang

    OriginalPaper 14 July 2010 Pages: 289 - 295

    

42. SUMO Mediating Fusion Expression of Antimicrobial Peptide CM4 from two Joined Genes in Escherichia coli

    • Jian Feng Li
    • Jie Zhang
    • Shuang Quan Zhang

    OriginalPaper 17 July 2010 Pages: 296 - 300

    

43. Effect of the Antimicrobial Peptide Tritrpticin on the In Vitro Viability and Growth of Trichomonas vaginalis

    • Veronica V. Infante
    • Alma D. Miranda-Olvera
    • Eva E. Avila

    OriginalPaper 17 July 2010 Pages: 301 - 306

    

44. Characterization of a Novel Bacillus thuringiensis Phenotype Possessing Multiple Appendages Attached to a Parasporal Body

    • Antonio Ventura-Suárez
    • Ramón Cruz-Camarillo
    • Luz I. Rojas-Avelizapa

    OriginalPaper 18 July 2010 Pages: 307 - 312

    

45. Prevalence and Concentration of Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria in Cooling Towers by Means of Quantitative PCR: A Prospective Study

    • Bárbara Adrados
    • Esther Julián
    • Jordi Morató

    OriginalPaper 18 July 2010 Pages: 313 - 319

46. Overexpression of Rusticyanin in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC19859 Increased Fe(II) Oxidation Activity

    • Wei Liu
    • Jianqun Lin
    • Jianqiang Lin

    OriginalPaper 20 July 2010 Pages: 320 - 324

    

47. Helicobacter pylori Omp18 and Its Application in Serologic Screening of Infection

    • Yeganeh Talebkhan
    • Fatemeh Ebrahimzadeh
    • Marjan Mohammadi

    OriginalPaper 23 July 2010 Pages: 325 - 330

    

48. Herbaspirillum Species: A Potential Pathogenic Bacteria Isolated from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Patient

    • Jianguo Chen
    • Zhaoliang Su
    • Huaxi Xu

    Letter 13 July 2010 Pages: 331 - 333