1. Enumeration and biovolume determination of microbial cells – a methodological review and recommendations for applications in ecological research

   • Manfred Bölter
   • Jaap Bloem
   • Rolf Möller

   Review Pages: 249 - 259

2. Mixtures of plant disease suppressive bacteria enhance biological control of multiple tomato pathogens

   • Imran A. Siddiqui
   • Shahid S. Shaukat

   Original Paper Pages: 260 - 268

3. Incorporation of glucose-¹⁴C and NH₄ ⁺ in microbial biomass of alkaline saline soil

   • E. Ramírez-Fuentes
   • M. Luna-Guido
   • L. Dendooven

   Original Paper Pages: 269 - 275

4. Effects of nitrogen fertilization on soil nitrogen pools and microbial properties in a hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) plantation in southeast Queensland, Australia

   • C. Chen
   • Z. Xu
   • J. Hughes

   Original Paper Pages: 276 - 283

5. Effect of inoculation with wild type Azospirillum brasilense and A. irakense strains on development and nitrogen uptake of spring wheat and grain maize

   • Sofie Dobbelaere
   • Anja Croonenborghs
   • Jos Vanderleyden

   Original Paper Pages: 284 - 297

6. Influence of agricultural land management on organic matter content, microbial activity and aggregate stability in the profiles of two Oxisols

   • C. Dominy
   • R. Haynes

   Original Paper Pages: 298 - 305

7. Community structure of the microbiota in the floodwater of a Japanese paddy field estimated by restriction fragment length polymorphism and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis pattern analyses

   • Makoto Kimura
   • Taketoshi Shibagaki
   • Makoto Ikenaga

   Original Paper Pages: 306 - 312

8. Effect of organic manure and the endogeic earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecidae) on soil fertility and bean production

   • Stéphanie Topoliantz
   • Jean-François Ponge
   • Patrick Lavelle

   Original Paper Pages: 313 - 319