Contents

Microbiology

Vol. 95, No. 1, 2026

REVIEWS

Motility and Biofilm Formation as a Basis of Adaptation to Rhizosphere in Azospirillum Bacteria

A. V. Shelud’ko, I. V. Volokhina, and L. P. Petrova p. 1  abstract

EXPERIMENTAL ARTICLES

Halomonas terrestris sp. nov., a Novel Facultatively Anaerobic Bacterium, Isolated from a Terrestrial Mud Volcano

M. A. Khomyakova, A. Y. Merkel, and A. I. Slobodkin p. 17  abstract

Genomic Analysis of Actinotalea Species, Description of Actinotalea alkalitolerans sp. nov. from an Alkaline Radioactive Waste Repository, and Proposals on Actinotalea Taxonomy

E. M. Semenova, T. P. Tourova, D. S. Grouzdev, D. S. Sokolova, T. L. Babich, A. B. Poltaraus, N. V. Potekhina, E. A. Ianutsevich, A. V. Safonov, and T. N. Nazina p. 28  abstract

Genome Analysis of Bacteria Staphylococcus cohnii VKM B-3165 with High Susceptibility to Antimicrobial Compounds

E. V. Yaburova, Yu. I. Nechaeva, L. I. Kononova, and T. V. Polyudova p. 44  abstract

Iron Reduction in Members of the Family Melioribacteraceae: Metabolic Properties and Genetic Determinants of Extracellular Electron Transfer

V. A. Pikhtereva, S. N. Gavrilov, A. A. Klyukina, A. Yu. Merkel, N. I. Chistyakova, D. I. Komleva, A. V. Lebedinsky, A. M. Shchetinin, O. A. Podosokorskaya, and D. G. Zavarzina p. 54  abstract

Effect of Co-Cultivation of Xylotrophic Fungi Flammulina velutipes and Sparassis crispa (Basidiomycota) on the Molecular Profile and Metabolism of Phospholipids

B. S. Manzhieva, S. V. Senik, L. G. Maloshenok, A. A. Kiyashko, S. A. Bruskin, E. B. Serebryakov, A. A. Khakulova, and E. R. Kotlova p. 68  abstract

Impact of Neurotransmitters on Biomass Accumulation, Photosynthetic Pigment Content, and Fatty Acid Composition of the Cyanobacterium Limnospira platensis IPPAS B-256

B. Cao, T. A. Fedorenko, O. B. Chivkunova, A. E. Solovchenko, E. S. Lobakova, and A. V. Oleskin p. 82  abstract

Similarities and Differences in the Structure of Microbial Communities of High-Altitude Cascade Lakes

V. V. Kadnikov, A. S. Savvichev, I. I. Rusanov, E. E. Zakharova, A. V. Beletsky, N. V. Ravin, A. Yu. A. Kallistova, and N. V. Pimenov p. 96  abstract

Microbial Communities in Carbonate-Containing Bottom Sediments of the Bolshaya Zelenovskaya Oil-Methane Seep (Central Baikal)

A. V. Lomakina, S. V. Bukin, T. V. Pogodaeva, S. S. Vorobyova, A. A. Krylov, and T. I. Zemskaya p. 107  abstract

Persistence of Small Colony Variants in Methicillin Resistant S. aureus Biofilms

T. Soomro, N. A. Shar, S. Urooj, N. ul Huda, F. Z. Khan, A. Siddiqui, S. K. Fareed, S. A. Danish, A. Ahmed, Y. Raza, and Z. A. Mirani p. 118  abstract

Computerized Counting Microbial Colonies on Petri Dishes: A Do-It-Yourself Approach

E. O. Puchkov p. 129  abstract

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Characteristics of a Microbial Fuel Cell and of the Anodic Microbial Community Derived from the Activated Sludge of Waste Treatment Facilities

A. G. Dorofeev, Yu. A. Nikolaev, E. V. Gruzdev, A. V. Mardanov, and N. V. Pimenov p. 135  abstract

Microbial Diversity in the Syrgil River Floodplain in the Area of Groundwater Discharge near Sludge Storage Facilities for Low-Level Radioactive Waste

S. M. Volosnikov, G. D. Artem’ev, A. E. Boguslavsky, and A. V. Safonov p. 142  abstract