Contents

Microbiology

Vol. 94, No. 4, 2025

REVIEWS

Biofilms as a Probable Basic Form of Microbial Existence: Present-Day Notions

V. K. Plakunov, M. V. Zhurina, S. V. Mart’yanov, and A. V. Gannesen p. 461  abstract

Proline Metabolism and Its Regulatory Role in Yeast Stress Response

X. Z. Liu, Y. J. Wang, J. Gao, and Y. F. Li p. 484  abstract

EXPERIMENTAL ARTICLES

Global Distribution Analysis of the Planctomycetota-Affiliated Phylogenetic Clade OM190 and Its Occurrence in Boreal Fens

A. A. Ivanova, and S. N. Dedysh p. 495  abstract

Effectiveness of Microalgae and Cyanobacteria Cryopreservation (for the Strains from the All-Russian Collection of Microorganisms)

V. V. Redkina, and A. D. Temraleeva p. 505  abstract

Effect of Biogenic Polyamines on Rifampicin Accumulation in Escherichia coli Cells

A. V. Akhova, L. Y. Nesterova, and A. G. Tkachenko p. 515  abstract

Evolution of Proteobacterial Quorum Sensing Focusing on LuxI/R-System and AHL Signals

Y. Jeong, and S. Moon p. 524  abstract

Ammonia Nitrogen Utilization by Carbon Ion Beam-Induced Candida utilis Mutants

M. D. Zhu, Y. N. Chai, J. Yu, J. H. Hu, H. D. Quan, H. Y. Li, and Z. Y. Liu p. 532  abstract

A Novel Periplasmic Glycosyl Hydrolase PssW Involved in Rhizobium leguminosarum Acidic Exopolysaccharide Depolymerization

T. V. Ivashina, A. S. Kanapina, V. V. Marchenkov, E. E. Fedorova, A. K. Surin, N. P. Ashina, and M. G. Shlyapnikov p. 545  abstract

Screening and Characterization of a Novel Exopolysaccharide (EPSs) Producer, Agrobacterium radiobacter Strain CH1, Isolated from Wastewater in Algeria, Exhibiting Promising Antibacterial Properties

A. Chaida, M. Ayad, A. Saidani, I. I. Bekkaye, and F. Bensalah p. 559  abstract

Stress Response Proteins Are the Reliant Factors for Resilience in the Soil Bacterium Bacillus haynesii PSK.N4

N. P. Dalbanjan, A. J. Kadapure, and S. K. Praveen Kumar p. 572  abstract

Community Composition and Diversity of Myxobacteria in the Rhizosphere Soil of Halophyte Plants in the Ebinur Lake Wetland

S.-H. Hou, Y.-H. Niu, C. Ding, X.-Y. Qi, W.-G. Hu, and Y. Li p. 587  abstract

Metal Nanoparticle Effects on Halomonas campaniensis XH26 and Metabolomics Analysis under Fe3O4 NPs Stress

P. Zhang, M. Zou, B. Shi, R. Xu, R. Wang, R. Han, and D. Zhu p. 596  abstract

The Sporulation Process of Bacillus thuringiensis as an Adaptive Response in Different Culture Systems: Analysis of the Respiratory Activity, spoIIA/cry1Ac Expression and Cell Aggregation

J. Lima-Pérez, M. López-Pérez, D. G. Pérez-Solís, J. G. Rocha-Estrada, G. Viniegra-González, and O. Loera p. 608  abstract

Isolation and Degradation Characteristics of a Novel Halophilic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacterium

H. Cao, S. Wang, L. Guo, B. Zhao, H. Wang, and Y. Wang p. 620  abstract

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Genome Mapping of RNA-DNA Hybrids in Escherichia coli

K. Yu. Oleynikova, A. S. Ruzov, and N. A. Zhigalova p. 629  abstract

Development of a Transformation Protocol for Lacticaseibacillus paracasei RG

P. S. Dudik, D. K. Armianinova, and A. V. Goncharenko p. 633  abstract