1. Genes and derived amino acid sequences of S-layer proteins from mesophilic, thermophilic, and extremely thermophilic methanococci

   • Erol Akca
   • Harald Claus
   • Helmut König

   Original Paper Pages: 351 - 358

2. Holliday junction-resolving enzymes from eight hyperthermophilic archaea differ in reactions with cruciform DNA

   • Klaus Neef
   • Rainer P. Birkenbihl
   • Börries Kemper

   Original Paper Pages: 359 - 367

3. F- and V-type ATPases in the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga neapolitana

   • Toshii Iida
   • Ken-ichi Inatomi
   • Tadashi Maruyama

   Original Paper Pages: 369 - 375

4. Comparison of high pressure-induced dissociation of single-stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB) from high pressure-sensitive and high pressure-adapted marine Shewanella species

   • Lakshmi N. Chilukuri
   • Douglas H. Bartlett
   • George P. Fortes

   Original Paper Pages: 377 - 383

5. Characterization of the cold-adapted α-tubulin from the psychrophilic ciliate Euplotes focardii

   • Sandra Pucciarelli
   • Cristina Miceli

   Original Paper Pages: 385 - 389

6. Revision of the taxonomic position of the xylanolytic Bacillus sp. MIR32 reidentified as Bacillus halodurans and plasmid-mediated transformation of B. halodurans

   • Alejandra M. Martínez
   • Osvaldo D. Delgado
   • Faustino Siñeriz

   Original Paper Pages: 391 - 395

7. Purification and characterization of a cold-adapted isocitrate lyase and expression analysis of the cold-inducible isocitrate lyase gene from the psychrophilic bacterium Colwellia psychrerythraea

   • Seiya Watanabe
   • Naoto Yamaoka
   • Yasuhiro Takada

   Original Paper Pages: 397 - 405

8. Increased stability of malate dehydrogenase from Halobacterium salinarum at low salt concentration in reverse micelles

   • Sonsoles Piera-Velázquez
   • Frutos Marhuenda-Egea
   • Eduardo Cadenas

   Original Paper Pages: 407 - 412

9. PKC-dependent IL-6 production and inhibition of IL-8 production by PKC activation in normal human skin fibroblasts under extremely high hydrostatic pressure

   • Sumihiro Koyama
   • Masuo Aizawa

   Original Paper Pages: 413 - 418

10. Microbial community in acidic hydrothermal waters of volcanically active White Island, New Zealand

    • Stuart P. Donachie
    • Bruce W. Christenson
    • Maqsudul Alam

    Original Paper Pages: 419 - 425

11. The search for traces of life: the protective effect of salt on biological macromolecules

    • Moeava Tehei
    • Bruno Franzetti
    • Giuseppe Zaccai

    Original Paper Pages: 427 - 430

12. Antarctic Dry Valley mineral soils contain unexpectedly high levels of microbial biomass

    • Don A. Cowan
    • Nick J. Russell
    • Devon M. Sheppard

    Original Paper Pages: 431 - 436