Contents

Microbiology

Vol. 94, No. 3, 2025

REVIEWS

Diatom Biosilica: Synthesis, Characteristics, Modification, and Application

A. Golubeva, and M. Kulikovskiy p. 315  abstract

EXPERIMENTAL ARTICLES

Microbial Communities and Biogeochemical Processes in High-Altitude Cascade Lakes of Central Caucasus (Lake Klukhor)

A. S. Savvichev, V. V. Kadnikov, I. I. Rusanov, E. E. Zakharova, A. V. Beletskii, N. V. Ravin, A. Yu. Kallistova, D. K. Tekeev, and N. V. Pimenov p. 335  abstract

Role of Microorganisms in the Hydrocarbon Balance in the Highly Productive System of the Chernavka Salt River (Elton Region)

T. A. Kanapatskiy, I. A. Nemirovskaya, A. V. Khramtsova, T. L. Babich, I. I. Rusanov, E. E. Zakharova, and N. V. Pimenov p. 348  abstract

Archaeal Communities within the Alkaline-Soda Zabuye Lake in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Yujie Tao, Rui Han, Guoping Shen, Xiang Gao, Jiangwa Xing, Rong Wang, Derui Zhu, and Peixia Zhang p. 363  abstract

Desulfosporosinus shakirovi sp. nov., a Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium Capable of Degrading Petroleum Hydrocarbons

A. I. Eskova, Ya. V. Ryzhmanova, V. E. Trubitsyn, N. S. Polonik, A. L. Ponomareva, and V. A. Shcherbakova p. 374  abstract

Adaptation to Growth at Low Temperature of Psychrotrophic Bacteria Isolated from Soil of the Northern Perm Krai

L. N. Anan’ina, A. A. Gorbunov, V. S. Aleev, and O. V. Yastrebova p. 384  abstract

Formation of Biofilms by Groundwater Microorganisms on Granular Activated Carbon

Z. N. Litvinenko, and L. M. Kondratyeva p. 392  abstract

Bacteria of the Genus Azospirillum Form Biofilms with Enterobacter cloacae K7 in the Root System of Wheat Seedlings

A. V. Shelud’ko, D. I. Mokeev, L. P. Petrova, E. M. Telesheva, I. V. Volokhina, Yu. A. Filip’echeva, I. V. Borisov, E. V. Kryuchkova, and L. Yu. Matora p. 404  abstract

Towards the Regulatory Network of Methanotrophs Based on Available Gene Expression Profiles

T. S. Sokolova, S. K. Kolmykov, M. A. Kulyashov, T. M. Khlebodarova, M. G. Kalyuzhnaya, and I. R. Akberdin p. 415  abstract

Comparative Analysis of the Effect of Nanoparticles with Different Composition on Escherichia coli Cells

E. A. Obraztsova, S. Terekhov, and E. V. Sorokina p. 428  abstract

Exopolysaccharide Production by Bacillus sp. NIOTSM16 from Arabian Sea Seamounts: Characterization and Optimization

H. Murugesan, S. Shobanan, K. K. Tamilmani, T. J. Sushmitha, K. R. S. Balachandran, D. M. Peter, V. R. Rangamaran, and Dh. Gopal p. 433  abstract

Gut Microbiota Composition of American Horseshoe Crabs (Limulus polyphemus) from Yucatan Peninsula

J. G. Nic-Matos, C. A. Puch-Hau, L. R. Mukul-Uhh, M. A. Quintanilla-Mena, P. M. Osorio-Montalvo, and J. J. Sandoval-Gío p. 442  abstract

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

The Whole Genome Sequencing Analysis of a Halophilic Streptomyces sp. C11-1

P. Guan, W. Ma, X. Dai, and P. Qin p. 451  abstract

BacTFid—A Simple, Efficient Bacterial Transcription Factor Identifier and Classifier

P. Vychyk, A. Digris, E. Duvalov, V. Skakun, and Y. Nikolaichik p. 456  abstract