1. Transcriptional and Functional Studies of a Cd(II)/Pb(II)-Responsive Transcriptional Regulator(CmtR) from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270

   • Chunli Zheng
   • Yanjun Li
   • Jianshe Liu

   OriginalPaper Open access 04 May 2012 Pages: 117 - 121

   

2. Exogenous Calcium Improves Viability of Biocontrol Yeasts Under Heat Stress by Reducing ROS Accumulation and Oxidative Damage of Cellular Protein

   • Bang An
   • Boqiang Li
   • Shiping Tian

   OriginalPaper 06 May 2012 Pages: 122 - 127

   

3. Genome Shuffling of Clostridium acetobutylicum CICC 8012 for Improved Production of Acetone–Butanol–Ethanol (ABE)

   • Xiaofeng Gao
   • Hai Zhao
   • Yanling Jin

   OriginalPaper 06 May 2012 Pages: 128 - 132

   

4. Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Plasmid Impairs Dendritic Cell Responses to Infection

   • Li Wei
   • Shuyan Wu
   • Rui Huang

   OriginalPaper 09 May 2012 Pages: 133 - 140

   

5. Characterization and Control of the Microbial Community Affiliated with Copper or Aluminum Heat Exchangers of HVAC Systems

   • Michael G. Schmidt
   • Hubert H. Attaway
   • Harold. T. Michels

   OriginalPaper Open access 09 May 2012 Pages: 141 - 149

   

6. Carotenoids in Rhodoplanes Species: Variation of Compositions and Substrate Specificity of Predicted Carotenogenesis Enzymes

   • Shinichi Takaichi
   • Ch. Sasikala
   • Akira Hiraishi

   OriginalPaper 11 May 2012 Pages: 150 - 155

   

7. Identification of Antifungal Compounds Produced by Lactobacillus casei AST18

   • Hongjuan Li
   • Lu Liu
   • Jiaping Lv

   OriginalPaper 13 May 2012 Pages: 156 - 161

   

8. Combined Effect of Enterocin and Lipase From Enterococcus faecium NCIM5363 Against Food Borne Pathogens: Mode of Action Studies

   • Vrinda Ramakrishnan
   • Bhaskar Narayan
   • Prakash M. Halami

   OriginalPaper 13 May 2012 Pages: 162 - 169

   

9. Pseudomonas kuykendallii sp. nov.: A Novel γ-Proteobacteria Isolated From a Hexazinone Degrading Bioreactor

   • William J. Hunter
   • Daniel K. Manter

   OriginalPaper 13 May 2012 Pages: 170 - 175

   

10. Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Transformation for Investigating Pathogenicity Genes of the Phytopathogenic Fungus Colletotrichum sansevieriae

    • Masayuki Nakamura
    • Hideto Kuwahara
    • Hisashi Iwai

    OriginalPaper 15 May 2012 Pages: 176 - 182

    

11. Endolithic Phototrophs in Built and Natural Stone

    • Christine C. Gaylarde
    • Peter M. Gaylarde
    • Brett A. Neilan

    OriginalPaper 22 May 2012 Pages: 183 - 188

    

12. Enantioselective Dynamic Process Reduction of α- and β-Tetralone and Stereoinversion of Resulting Alcohols in a Selected Strain Culture

    • Tomasz Janeczko
    • Anna Panek
    • Edyta Kostrzewa-Susłow

    OriginalPaper Open access 22 May 2012 Pages: 189 - 194

    

13. Biochemical and Microbial Analysis of Ovine Rumen Fluid Incubated with 1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane (RDX)

    • Sudeep Perumbakkam
    • A. Morrie Craig

    OriginalPaper 22 May 2012 Pages: 195 - 201

    

14. Critical Evaluation of Phosphate Solubilizing Pseudomonads Isolated from a Partially Recultivated Potash Tailings Pile

    • Sebastian Koch
    • Elke Majewski
    • Friedrich R. J. Schmidt

    OriginalPaper 22 May 2012 Pages: 202 - 206

    

15. Amplification of Oral Streptococcal DNA from Human Incisors and Bite Marks

    • Lillian Hsu
    • Daniel Power
    • Geoffrey Tompkins

    OriginalPaper 26 May 2012 Pages: 207 - 211

    

16. Arsenite Oxidation in Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus As3-1b Strain: Detection of Genes Involved in Arsenite Oxidation and CO₂ Fixation

    • Vincenza Andreoni
    • Raffaella Zanchi
    • Enrica Canzi

    OriginalPaper 26 May 2012 Pages: 212 - 218