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Microbiology

Vol. 87, No. 3, 2018

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Microbiology ISSN 0026-2617.

Experimental Articles

Diversity of the alkB Genes of n-Alkane Biodegradation in Thermophilic Hydrocarbon-Oxidizing Bacteria of the Genera Geobacillus, Parageobacillus, and Aeribacillus

T. P. Tourova, D. Sh. Sokolova, E. M. Semenova, A. B. Poltaraus and T. N. Nazina p. 301  abstract

Laccase Production and Humic Acids Decomposition by Microscopic Soil Fungi

A. G. Zavarzina, T. A. Semenova, O. V. Belova, A. V. Lisov, A. A. Leontievskii and A. E. Ivanova p. 308  abstract

Anaerobic Methane Oxidation in Enrichment Cultures from Deep Sediments of a Mud Volcano Peschanka (South Baikal)

A. V. Lomakina, E. V. Mamaeva, T. V. Pogodaeva, G. V. Kalmychkov, I. A. Khal’zov and T. I. Zemskaya p. 317  abstract

Physiological and Morphological Characteristics of Acidophilic Bacteria Leptospirillum ferriphilum and Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans, Members of a Chemolithotrophic Microbial Consortium

A. E. Panyushkina, I. A. Tsaplina, T. F. Kondrat’eva, A. V. Belyi and A. G. Bulaev p. 326  abstract

Cytophysiological Characteristics of the Vegetative and Dormant Cells of Stenotrophomonas sp. strain FM3, a Bacterium Isolated from the Skin of a Xenopus laevis Frog

N. E. Suzina, D. V. Ross, A. P. Shorokhova, T. N. Abashina, V. N. Polivtseva, T. Z. Esikova, A. V. Machulin, A. L. Mulyukin and V. I. Duda p. 339  abstract

Probiotic Evaluation of Antimicrobial Lactobacillus plantarum VJC38 Isolated from the Crop of Broiler Chicken

V. Nallala and K. Jeevaratnam p. 350  abstract

Isolation of Two Radiation Resistant and Desiccation Tolerant Bacteria, Modestobacter sp. A2 and Maritalea sp. B9, from Gandom Beryan Hill in the Lut Desert of Iran

M. S. Shirsalimian, A. Akhavan Sepahy, M. A. Amoozegar, S. M. Kalantar and R. Dabbagh p. 363  abstract

Phylogenetic Diversity of the Sulfur Cycle Bacteria in the Bottom Sediments of the Chersonesus Bay

A. L. Bryukhanov, M. A. Vlasova, T. V. Malakhova, A. A. Perevalova and N. V. Pimenov p. 372  abstract

Composition of Microbial Communities in Sediments from Southern Baikal Containing Fe/Mn Concretions

T. I. Zemskaya, A. V. Lomakina, E. V. Mamaeva, A. S. Zakharenko, A. V. Likhoshvai, Yu. P. Galach’yants and B. Müller p. 382  abstract

Taxonomic Attribution of “Oscillatoriales” Strains within the Bacteriological System of Cyanobacteria: Identification Algorithm for Operational Genera

N. V. Velichko, M. S. Emelijanova, S. G. Averina, A. A. Pinevich and A. V. Pinevich p. 393  abstract

Yeast Communities of the Moscow City Soils

A. N. Tepeeva, A. M. Glushakova and A. V. Kachalkin p. 407  abstract

Phylogenetic Diversity of Microorganisms from the Sludge of a Biogas Reactor Processing Oil-Containing and Municipal Waste

T. N. Nazina, D. Sh. Sokolova, T. L. Babich, E. M. Semenova, I. A. Borzenkov, S. Kh. Bidzhieva, A. Yu. Merkel, M. R. Khisametdinov and T. P. Tourova p. 416  abstract

Community Structure of Rhizomicrobiomes in Four Medicinal Herbs and its Implication on Growth Management

S. Shi, L. Tian, L. Ma and C. Tian p. 425  abstract

Short Communications

Stimulation of Violacein Biosynthesis in Chromobacterium violaceum Biofilms in the Presence of Dimethyl Sulfoxide

S. V. Mart’yanov, A. V. Letarov, P. A. Ivanov and V. K. Plakunov p. 437  abstract

Errata

Erratum to: “Bacterial Complexes of Khibiny Mountains Lichens Revealed in Cladonia uncialis, C. portentosa, Alectoria ochroleuca, and Nephroma arcticum” [Microbiology 87, 79 (2018)]

T. A. Pankratov p. 441  abstract