Contents

Microbiology

Vol. 87, No. 4, 2018

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

Reviews

Phylogenetics, Biogeography, and Ecology of Methylotrophic Yeasts of the Heterogeneous Genus Ogataea: Achivements and Prospects

G. I. Naumov, M. Yu. Shalamitskiy, E. S. Naumova and Ch.-F. Lee p. 443  abstract

Experimental Articles

Aerobic Biodegradation of Crude Oil Components by Acidophilic Mycobacteria

A. E. Ivanova and I. A. Borzenkov p. 453  abstract

New Bacillus subtilis Strains as Promising Probiotics

G. F. Khadieva, M. T. Lutfullin, N. K. Mochalova, O. A. Lenina, M. R. Sharipova and A. M. Mardanova p. 463  abstract

Improvement of Chitinase Production by Bacillus thuringiensis NM101-19 for Antifungal Biocontrol Through Physical Mutation

E. Z. Gomaa and O. M. El-Mahdy p. 472  abstract

Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Reduced Inorganic Sulfur Compound Oxidation Mechanism in Acidithiobacillus ferriphilus

W. Fan, Y. Peng, Y. Meng, W. Zhang, N. Zhu, J. Wang, Ch. Guo, J. Li, H. Du and Z. Dang p. 486  abstract

Thermosulfurimonas marina sp. nov., an Autotrophic Sulfur-Disproportionating and Nitrate-reducing Bacterium Isolated from a Shallow-Sea Hydrothermal Vent

A. A. Frolova, G. B. Slobodkina, R. V. Baslerov, A. A. Novikov, E. A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya and A. I. Slobodkin p. 502  abstract

Cyanobacterial Diversity and the Role of Cyanobacteria in Formation of Minerals in the Baunt Group Hydrotherms (Baikal Rift Zone)

D. D. Tsyrenova, D. D. Barkhutova, S. P. Buryukhaev, E. V. Lazareva, A. V. Bryanskaya and L. V. Zamana p. 508  abstract

Diversity of Heterotrophic Halophilic Bacteria Isolated from Coastal Solar Salterns, Bulgaria and Their Ability to Synthesize Bioactive Molecules with Biotechnological Impact

I. Boyadzhieva, I. Tomova, N. Radchenkova, M. Kambourova, A. Poli and E. Vasileva-Tonkova p. 519  abstract

Comparison of Diversity and Functions of Epiphytic Bacteria from Cultivated and Weed Plants in Agrocenoses

T. G. Dobrovol’skaya, K. A. Khusnetdinova, N. A. Manucharova, A. V. Yakushev and T. I. Khusnetdinova p. 529  abstract

Special Issue: Lakes of Central Asia Mini-Review

Microbial Communities of the Central Asian Lakes as Indicators of Climatic and Ecological Changes in the Region

Z. B. Namsaraev p. 534  abstract

Experimental Articles

Aminopeptidase Activity of Haloalkalophilic Bacteria of the Genus Halomonas Isolated from the Soda-saline Lakes in the Badain Jaran Desert

E. B. Erdyneeva, A. A. Radnagurueva, Ya. E. Dunaevsky, N. L. Belkova, Z. B. Namsaraev and E. V. Lavrentieva p. 538  abstract

Substrate Specificity of Methanogenic Communities from Lake Baikal Bottom Sediments Associated with Hydrocarbon Gas Discharge

S. V. Bukin, O. N. Pavlova, G. V. Kalmychkov, V. G. Ivanov, T. V. Pogodaeva, Yu. P. Galach’yants, Yu. S. Bukin, A. V. Khabuev and T. I. Zemskaya p. 549  abstract

Structure of Microbial Communities of the Sediments of Alkaline Transbaikalia Lakes with Different Salinity

S. V. Zaitseva, E. Yu. Abidueva, A. A. Radnagurueva, S. M. Bazarov and S. P. Buryukhaev p. 559  abstract

Diversity of Prokaryotes in Planktonic Communities of Saline Sol-Iletsk Lakes (Orenburg Oblast, Russia)

E. A. Selivanova, D. V. Poshvina, Yu. A. Khlopko, N. E. Gogoleva and A. O. Plotnikov p. 569  abstract

Cyanobacterial Diversity in the Alkaline Lake Khilganta during the Dry and Wet Periods

Z. B. Namsaraev, T. V. Kolganova, E. O. Patutina, D. D. Tsyrenova and O. S. Samylina p. 583  abstract

Successional Changes in the Microbial Community of the Alkaline Lake Khilganta during the Dry Season

Z. B. Namsaraev, V. M. Gorlenko and S. P. Buryukhaev p. 591  abstract