1. Systematic and biotechnological aspects of halophilic and halotolerant actinomycetes

   • Javad Hamedi
   • Fatemeh Mohammadipanah
   • Antonio Ventosa

   Review 06 November 2012 Pages: 1 - 13

2. Identification of a replication initiation protein of the pVV8 plasmid from Thermus thermophilus HB8

   • Naoto Ohtani
   • Masaru Tomita
   • Mitsuhiro Itaya

   Original Paper 01 November 2012 Pages: 15 - 28

   

3. A hydrolytic γ-glutamyl transpeptidase from thermo-acidophilic archaeon Picrophilus torridus: binding pocket mutagenesis and transpeptidation

   • Rinky Rajput
   • Ved Vrat Verma
   • Rani Gupta

   Original Paper 27 October 2012 Pages: 29 - 41

   

4. Prospects for robust biocatalysis: engineering of novel specificity in a halophilic amino acid dehydrogenase

   • Nayla Munawar
   • Paul C. Engel

   Original Paper 27 October 2012 Pages: 43 - 51

   

5. Purification and biochemical characterisation of a glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase from the psychrophilic green alga Koliella antarctica

   • Myriam Ferrara
   • Gea Guerriero
   • Sergio Esposito

   Original Paper 02 November 2012 Pages: 53 - 62

   

6. Characterization of Afp1, an antifreeze protein from the psychrophilic yeast Glaciozyma antarctica PI12

   • Noor Haza Fazlin Hashim
   • Izwan Bharudin
   • Abdul Munir Abdul Murad

   Original Paper 07 November 2012 Pages: 63 - 73

   

7. Extreme zinc tolerance in acidophilic microorganisms from the bacterial and archaeal domains

   • Stefanie Mangold
   • Joanna Potrykus
   • Mark Dopson

   Original Paper 10 November 2012 Pages: 75 - 85

   

8. Phylogenetic diversity of bacterial and archaeal communities inhabiting the saline Lake Red located in Sovata, Romania

   • Andrea K. Borsodi
   • Tamás Felföldi
   • Károly Márialigeti

   Original Paper 07 November 2012 Pages: 87 - 98

   

9. Genomic analysis of cold-active Colwelliaphage 9A and psychrophilic phage–host interactions

   • Jesse R. Colangelo-Lillis
   • Jody W. Deming

   Original Paper 07 December 2012 Pages: 99 - 114

   

10. Effect of organic solvents on the activity and stability of halophilic alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH2) from Haloferax volcanii

    • Diya Alsafadi
    • Francesca Paradisi

    Original Paper 23 November 2012 Pages: 115 - 122

    

11. Bacterial composition of microbial mats in hot springs in Northern Patagonia: variations with seasons and temperature

    • Roy Mackenzie
    • Carlos Pedrós-Alió
    • Beatriz Díez

    Original Paper 04 December 2012 Pages: 123 - 136

    

12. Organic solutes in the deepest phylogenetic branches of the Bacteria: identification of α(1–6)glucosyl-α(1–2)glucosylglycerate in Persephonella marina

    • Pedro Lamosa
    • Marta V. Rodrigues
    • Helena Santos

    Original Paper 24 November 2012 Pages: 137 - 146

    

13. Myceligenerans salitolerans sp. nov., a halotolerant actinomycete isolated from a salt lake in Xinjiang, China

    • Tong-Wei Guan
    • Nan Wu
    • Xiang-Gui Chen

    Original Paper 08 December 2012 Pages: 147 - 152

    

14. Genetic studies on the virus-like regions in the genome of hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus kodakarensis

    • Kenta Tagashira
    • Wakao Fukuda
    • Tadayuki Imanaka

    Original Paper 09 December 2012 Pages: 153 - 160

    

15. Endurance of the endolithic desert cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis under UVC radiation

    • Mickael Baqué
    • Emanuela Viaggiu
    • Daniela Billi

    Original Paper 14 December 2012 Pages: 161 - 169

    

16. Deinococcus radiodurans YgjD and YeaZ are involved in the repair of DNA cross-links

    • Takefumi Onodera
    • Katsuya Satoh
    • Issay Narumi

    Original Paper 14 December 2012 Pages: 171 - 179

    

17. Molecular characterization of a thermostable aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus tokodaii strain 7

    • Tianming Liu
    • Lujiang Hao
    • Bo Liu

    NOTE 06 December 2012 Pages: 181 - 190

    

18. Acknowledgment to reviewers 2012

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 29 November 2012 Pages: 191 - 192