1. Evidence of in situ microbial activity and sulphidogenesis in perennially sub-0 °C and hypersaline sediments of a high Arctic permafrost spring

   • Guillaume Lamarche-Gagnon
   • Raven Comery
   • Lyle G. Whyte

   SPECIAL ISSUE: ORIGINAL PAPER 09 November 2014 Pages: 1 - 15

   

2. Improved cultivation and metagenomics as new tools for bioprospecting in cold environments

   • Jan Kjølhede Vester
   • Mikkel Andreas Glaring
   • Peter Stougaard

   Review Open access 16 November 2014 Pages: 17 - 29

   

3. Thermophilic fungi in the new age of fungal taxonomy

   • Tássio Brito de Oliveira
   • Eleni Gomes
   • Andre Rodrigues

   Review 16 November 2014 Pages: 31 - 37

4. Desulfosporosinus acididurans sp. nov.: an acidophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from acidic sediments

   • Irene Sánchez-Andrea
   • Alfons J. M. Stams
   • D. Barrie Johnson

   Original Paper 05 November 2014 Pages: 39 - 47

   

5. Genomic characterization of a temperate phage of the psychrotolerant deep-sea bacterium Aurantimonas sp.

   • Mitsuhiro Yoshida
   • Yukari Yoshida-Takashima
   • Ken Takai

   Original Paper 30 October 2014 Pages: 49 - 58

   

6. Genetic tools for the piezophilic hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus yayanosii

   • Xuegong Li
   • Ling Fu
   • Jun Xu

   Original Paper 13 November 2014 Pages: 59 - 67

   

7. Synergistic template-free synthesis of dsDNA by Thermococcus nautili primase PolpTN2, DNA polymerase PolB, and pTN2 helicase

   • Pierre Béguin
   • Sukhvinder Gill
   • Patrick Forterre

   Original Paper 25 November 2014 Pages: 69 - 76

   

8. Description of gamma radiation-resistant Geodermatophilus dictyosporus sp. nov. to accommodate the not validly named Geodermatophilus obscurus subsp. dictyosporus (Luedemann, 1968)

   • Maria del Carmen Montero-Calasanz
   • Karima Hezbri
   • Hans-Peter Klenk

   Original Paper 16 November 2014 Pages: 77 - 85

   

9. The hydroxyectoine gene cluster of the non-halophilic acidophile Acidiphilium cryptum

   • Katharina D. Moritz
   • Birgit Amendt
   • Erwin A. Galinski

   Original Paper 21 August 2014 Pages: 87 - 99

   

10. The saci_2123 gene of the hyperthermoacidophile Sulfolobus acidocaldarius encodes an ATP-binding cassette multidrug transporter

    • Nuan Yang
    • Arnold J. M. Driessen

    Original Paper 20 August 2014 Pages: 101 - 108

    

11. Characterization of the frhAGB-encoding hydrogenase from a non-methanogenic hyperthermophilic archaeon

    • Jeong Ho Jeon
    • Jae Kyu Lim
    • Hyun Sook Lee

    Original Paper 21 August 2014 Pages: 109 - 118

    

12. A pectate lyase from a deep subseafloor Georgenia muralis with unusual molecular characteristics

    • Masato Sasaki
    • Osamu Koide
    • Koki Horikoshi

    Original Paper 11 September 2014 Pages: 119 - 125

    

13. Extremely ‘vanadiphilic’ multiply metal-resistant and halophilic aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs, strains EG13 and EG8, from hypersaline springs in Canada

    • J. T. Csotonyi
    • C. Maltman
    • V. Yurkov

    Original Paper 11 September 2014 Pages: 127 - 134

    

14. Comparison of Artemia–bacteria associations in brines, laboratory cultures and the gut environment: a study based on Chilean hypersaline environments

    • Mauricio Quiroz
    • Xavier Triadó-Margarit
    • Gonzalo Gajardo

    Original Paper 20 September 2014 Pages: 135 - 147

    

15. Cryptococcus vaughanmartiniae sp. nov. and Cryptococcus onofrii sp. nov.: two new species isolated from worldwide cold environments

    • Benedetta Turchetti
    • Laura Selbmann
    • Pietro Buzzini

    Original Paper 20 September 2014 Pages: 149 - 159

    

16. Cell surface display of cold-active esterase EstPc with the use of a new autotransporter from Psychrobacter cryohalolentis K5^T

    • L. E. Petrovskaya
    • K. A. Novototskaya-Vlasova
    • M. P. Kirpichnikov

    Original Paper 25 September 2014 Pages: 161 - 170

    

17. Community succession of bacteria and eukaryotes in dune ecosystems of Gurbantünggüt Desert, Northwest China

    • Ke Li
    • Zhihui Bai
    • Hongxun Zhang

    Original Paper 25 September 2014 Pages: 171 - 181

    

18. Characterization of Alkaliphilus hydrothermalis sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic anaerobic bacterium, isolated from a carbonaceous chimney of the Prony hydrothermal field, New Caledonia

    • Fatma Ben Aissa
    • Anne Postec
    • Bernard Ollivier

    Original Paper 16 October 2014 Pages: 183 - 188

    

19. Biofilms constructed for the removal of hydrocarbon pollutants from hypersaline liquids

    • D. M. Al-Mailem
    • M. Eliyas
    • S. S. Radwan

    Original Paper 08 October 2014 Pages: 189 - 196

    

20. Discovery of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase (PhaC)-encoding genes from seasonal Baltic Sea ice and cold estuarine waters

    • Katariina Pärnänen
    • Antti Karkman
    • Hermanni Kaartokallio

    Original Paper 04 October 2014 Pages: 197 - 206

    

21. Genome sequence analysis of Pseudomonas extremaustralis provides new insights into environmental adaptability and extreme conditions resistance

    • Laura J. Raiger Iustman
    • Paula M. Tribelli
    • Nancy I. López

    Original Paper 15 October 2014 Pages: 207 - 220

    

22. Transposon mutagenesis of the extremely thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus HB27

    • Jennifer F. Carr
    • Steven T. Gregory
    • Albert E. Dahlberg

    Method Paper 20 June 2014 Pages: 221 - 228

    

23. Acknowledgment to reviewers 2014

    Acknowledgments 12 December 2014 Pages: 229 - 231