1. Bacterial diversity of soil in the vicinity of Pindari glacier, Himalayan mountain ranges, India, using culturable bacteria and soil 16S rRNA gene clones

   • S. Shivaji
   • M. S. Pratibha
   • T. N. R. Srinivas

   Original Paper 09 November 2010 Pages: 1 - 22

   

2. Expression and characterization of a novel mesophilic protease from metagenomic library derived from Antarctic coastal sediment

   • Yingjing Zhang
   • Jing Zhao
   • Runying Zeng

   Original Paper 11 November 2010 Pages: 23 - 29

   

3. Cyanobacteria and chloroflexi-dominated hypolithic colonization of quartz at the hyper-arid core of the Atacama Desert, Chile

   • Donnabella C. Lacap
   • Kimberley A. Warren-Rhodes
   • Stephen B. Pointing

   Original Paper Open access 11 November 2010 Pages: 31 - 38

   

4. Mercury resistance and volatilization by oil utilizing haloarchaea under hypersaline conditions

   • D. M. Al-Mailem
   • H. Al-Awadhi
   • S. S. Radwan

   Original Paper 09 November 2010 Pages: 39 - 44

   

5. Characterization of Hymenobacter isolates from Victoria Upper Glacier, Antarctica reveals five new species and substantial non-vertical evolution within this genus

   • Jonathan L. Klassen
   • Julia M. Foght

   Original Paper 21 November 2010 Pages: 45 - 57

   

6. Temperature and pH controls on glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipid composition in the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Acidilobus sulfurireducens

   • Eric S. Boyd
   • Ann Pearson
   • Gill G. Geesey

   Original Paper 02 December 2010 Pages: 59 - 65

   

7. Single-stranded DNA binding activity of XPBI, but not XPBII, from Sulfolobus tokodaii causes double-stranded DNA melting

   • Xiaoqing Ma
   • Ye Hong
   • Yulong Shen

   Original Paper 05 December 2010 Pages: 67 - 76

   

8. Probing the redox metabolism in the strictly anaerobic, extremely thermophilic, hydrogen-producing Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus using amperometry

   • Natalie Kostesha
   • Karin Willquist
   • Ed W. J. van Niel

   Original Paper 04 December 2010 Pages: 77 - 87

   

9. In silico characterization of thermostable lipases

   • Debamitra Chakravorty
   • Saravanan Parameswaran
   • Sanjukta Patra

   Original Paper 12 December 2010 Pages: 89 - 103

   

10. 16S rRNA phylogenetic analysis and quantification of Korarchaeota indigenous to the hot springs of Kamchatka, Russia

    • Thomas A. Auchtung
    • Galina Shyndriayeva
    • Colleen M. Cavanaugh

    Original Paper 12 December 2010 Pages: 105 - 116

    

11. Acknowledgment to reviewers 2010

    Acknowledgment 23 December 2010 Pages: 117 - 118