Contents

Microbiology

Vol. 95, No. 4, 2026

EXPERIMENTAL ARTICLES

Insights into the Reverse Oxidative Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle Enabling Autotrophic CO2 Fixation in the Thermophilic Bacterium Deferribacter autotrophicus

G. B. Slobodkina, E. N. Frolov, A. G. Elcheninov, I. I. Rusanov, A. I. Slobodkin, and N. A. Chernyh p. 513  abstract

Optimization of a Genome Editing System for Lactococci Based on a CRISPR-Associated Transposon

P. Yu. Pechenov, O. N. Levin, D. V. Verevochnikov, and A. V. Letarov p. 520  abstract

Phenotype of the Escherichia coli Culture Immobilized in Silanol Humate Gel

O. A. Galuza, G. I. El’-Registan, N. E. Suzina, M. V. Sukhacheva, T. A. Pankratov, A. S. Borisov, and Yu. A. Nikolaev p. 526  abstract

Detection of Prokaryotes Involved in Formation of Fast-Growing Ferromanganese Nodules in the Baltic Sea by Culture-Based and Molecular Approaches

V. V. Lisun, A. A. Klyukina, A. M. Shchetinin, A. Yu. Merkel, N. A. Shulga, A. V. Lebedinsky, and S. N. Gavrilov p. 542  abstract

Genomic Studies on the Thermotolerant Methanotroph Methylococcus sp. COMITA G2

T. M. Zaborskaia, V. M. Kramarenko, A. S. Reshetnikov, V. N. Khmelenina, and N. Iankovich p. 555  abstract

Rossellomorea contaminans sp. nov., a Novel Carotenoid-Producing Contaminant Bacterium Isolated from the Semi-Finished Catheters

Sh. Zhang, X. Wen, D. Huang, A. Su, G. Zhou, Y. Wang, X. Guo, and X. Xie p. 566  abstract

Isolation and Taxonogenomic Analysis of Aliiroseovarius pontivivens sp. nov., a Novel Marine Alphaproteobacterium

Jaewoo Yoon and Ji Hoon Oh p. 576  abstract

Combination of Genetic Variants of nifH, nifK, and nodC Genes in the Formation of a Symbiotic Cluster in the Genome of Rhizobium leguminosarum

E. S. Akimova, An. Kh. Baymiev, A. A. Vladimirova, A. V. Ovcherenko, R. T. Matniyazov, A. M. Lavina, O. V. Chubukova, L. R. Khakimova, Z. R. Vershinina, E. V. Mikhaylova, M. M. Rakhimkulova, A. V. Chemeris, and Al. Kh. Baymiev p. 585  abstract

In Silico Search for Antimicrobial Compounds Using Multi-Target Modular Fully Connected Convolutional Neural Network Based on Multiple Docking

P. M. Vassiliev, A. V. Golubeva, I. S. Stepanenko, V. A. Kosov, A. A. Ozerov, O. V. Kuzminov, M. A. Perfilev, and A. N. Kochetkov p. 592  abstract

Monascus purpureus Growth and Secondary Metabolites: Characterization of Fungal Growth, Citrinin, Pigments, and pH during Different Growth Phases

A. H. Farawahida, J. Palmer, and S. Flint p. 597  abstract

Antibiofilm Effect of Subtilisin and Fungal EPS against the Biofilm of Brevundimonas faecalis BC1 Collected from Monumental Rock

S. K. Samal, D. Acharya, and D. Sahoo p. 611  abstract

Genetic Relatedness of Marine Kluyveromyces Species

L. V. Lyutova and E. S. Naumova p. 624  abstract

Untargeted Intracellular Metabolomic Profiling of Saccharomyces boulardii Using LC–MS

P. Gautam, Saurav, and J. Shankar p. 635  abstract

Taxonomic and Functional Analysis of Metagenome-Assembled Genomes from Saline Lakes of the Barguzin Depression (Baikal Rift Zone)

E. V. Lavrentyeva, T. G. Banzaraktsaeva, E. S. Klimenko, D. V. Badmadashiev, V. B. Dambaev, E. P. Nikitina, Yu. S. Novokovich, and N. L. Belkova p. 649  abstract

Time-Dependent Metagenomic Analysis of Customized Jute Retting for Delineating Microbial Dynamics and CAZyme Profiles for Process Modernization

M. R. K. Rana, J. C. Paul, O. Faruk, J. Hasan, H. Khan, and M. R. Islam p. 663  abstract

Characterization of an Antibacterial Compound from the Mangrove Bacterium Bacillus velezensis ES8024 and the Impacts of Anthropogenic and Climatic Factors on Its Production

K. Palit and S. Das p. 675  abstract

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Metagenomic Analysis of Prokaryotic Communities in Water and Sediments of the West Aral Sea

E. A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya, A. Yu. Merkel, N. A. Chernyh, R. V. Smetanin, A. I. Slobodkin, K. V. Kondrasheva, and K. D. Davranov p. 694  abstract

Growth Characteristics of Bacteriophage Mimir124 on UPEC N124: Potential of Ecological Adaptation

R. M. Gabdrakhmanov, A. D. Efimov, E. E. Kulikov, A. K. Golomidova, A. S. Kuznetsov, and A. V. Letarov p. 699  abstract

A New Protein of the RC-LH1 Complex from the Phototrophic Purple Non-Sulfur Bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris

O. P. Serdyuk, E. P. Petushkova, and M. Kh. Khasimov p. 703  abstract

Structure of Bacterial Communities in Brown Trout (Salmo trutta L.) at Different Ontogenetic Stages

A. S. Chervochkina, A. S. Aksenov, A. A. Korotenkov, and T. I. Lovdina p. 707  abstract

The M6 Membrane Segment in the Structure-Function Organization of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae PMA1 H+-ATPase: Impact of the F728A Mutation

V. V. Petrov p. 712  abstract

Erratum

Erratum to: The Role of Osmolytes and Membrane Lipids in Cold Adaptation of the Psychrophilic Ascomycete Leuconeurospora pulcherrima

O. A. Danilova, S. A. Saharova, E. A. Ianutsevich, G. A. Kochkina, and V. M. Tereshina p. 717  abstract