Contents
Microbiology

Vol. 71, No. 4, 2002

Simultaneous English language translation of the journal is available from MAIK “Nauka / Interperiodica” (Russia).
Distributed worldwide by Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers. Microbiology ISSN 0026-2617.

Review Paper

Some Aspects of the Cell Biology of the Bacterial Stationary Phase: Programmed Cell Death
and Its Regulation by Guanosine Tetraphosphate

E. L. Golovlev p. 371  abstract

Experimental Articles

Dependence of Malate Dehydrogenase Structure on the Type of Metabolism
in Freshwater Filamentous Colorless Sulfur Bacteria of the Genus Beggiatoa

I. Yu. Stepanova, A. T. Eprintsev, M. I. Falaleeva, N. V. Parfenova,
M. Yu. Grabovich, V. Yu. Patritskaya, and G. A. Dubinina p. 377  abstract

The Effect of Red and Infrared Light on the Growth of Escherichia coli
and the Production of the Recombinant Protein Barstar

M. V. Trushin p. 383  abstract

Selenium Tolerance of Yeasts

V. I. Golubev and N. V. Golubev p. 386  abstract

The Chemotactic Response of Bradyrhizobium japonicum to Various Organic Compounds

N. V. Chuiko, T. S. Antonyuk, and I. K. Kurdish p. 391  abstract

The In Vitro Self-Assembly of Supramolecular Structures after
the Spontaneous Disassembly of Carotovoricins

F. I. Tovkach p. 397  abstract

Sterol Composition of the Arthrospores and Mycelium of the Fungus Mucor hiemalis

I. S. Mysyakina, N. S. Funtikova, and F. A. Medvedev p. 404  abstract

The Photochemical and Surface-Active Properties of Melanins Isolated from Some Black Fungi

I. I. Turkovskii and N. A. Yurlova p. 410  abstract

Endophytic Bacilli Producing Type II Restriction Endonucleases

V. V. Lukyanchuk, O. N. Reva, and L. V. Polishchuk p. 417  abstract

Hydrolytic Enzymes and Sporulation in Bacillus intermedius

M. P. Sharipova, N. P. Balaban, L. A. Gabdrakhmanova, M. A. Shilova,
Yu. M. Kadyrova, G. N. Rudenskaya, and I. B. Leshchinskaya p. 420  abstract

A Study of Nucleotide Sequences of nifH Genes of Some Methanotrophic Bacteria

E. S. Boulygina, B. B. Kuznetsov, A. I. Marusina, T. P. Tourova,
I. K. Kravchenko, S. A. Bykova, T. V. Kolganova, and V. F. Galchenko p. 425  abstract

Investigation of the Functional Role of Ctp Proteins in the Cyanobacterium
Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

N. B. Ivleva, K. V. Sidoruk, H. B. Pakrasi, and S. V. Shestakov p. 433  abstract

Restriction Profiles of the Chromosomal DNA from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
Strains Adapted to Different Oxidation Substrates

T. F. Kondrat’eva, S. N. Ageeva, T. A. Pivovarova, and G. I. Karavaiko p. 438  abstract

Isolation and Phenotypic Characterization of Plant Growth–Promoting
Rhizobacteria with High Antiphytopathogenic Activity and Root-Colonizing Ability

L. V. Kravchenko, N. M. Makarova, T. S. Azarova, N. A. Provorov, and I. A. Tikhonovich p. 444  abstract

Mrakia curviuscula sp. nov.: A New Psychrophilic Yeast from Forest Substrates

I. P. Bab’eva, G. A. Lisichkina, I. S. Reshetova, and V. N. Danilevich p. 449  abstract

Actinomycetes in the Rhizosphere of Barley Grown on Acid Soddy Podzolic Soil

I. G. Shirokikh, G. M. Zenova, and D. G. Zvyagintsev p. 455  abstract

Methanotrophs of the Psychrophilic Microbial Community of the Russian Arctic Tundra

Yu. Yu. Berestovskaya, L. V. Vasil’eva, O. V. Chestnykh, and G. A. Zavarzin p. 460  abstract

Microbiological and Biochemical Investigation of Succession
in Lignin-Containing Compost Piles

I. V. Volchatova, L. A. Belovezhets, and S. A. Medvedeva p. 467  abstract

Bacterioplankton and Bacteriobenthos of Three Floodplain Lakes
in the Lower Course of the Amur River

A. N. Dzyuban p. 471  abstract

The Biogeochemical Cycle of Methane at the Northwestern Shelf of the Black Sea

I. I. Rusanov, A. Yu. Lein, N. V. Pimenov, S. K. Yusupov, and M. V. Ivanov p. 479  abstract

Short Communications

The Kanamycin-Induced Elimination of the Large Conjugative Plasmid p19 from
the Bacillus subtilis Strain 19 Harboring Also the Small Plasmid pUB110 of Kanamycin Resistance

O. V. Lotareva, V. Z. Nezametdinova, E. A. Fedorina, and A. A. Prozorov p. 488  abstract

The Ability of Some Strains of Propionic Acid Bacteria Isolated in Uzbekistan to Synthesize Vitamin B₁₂

M. P. Shakirzyanova, D. M. Ruzieva, L. I. Abdul’myanova, E. A. Seidametova, and T. G. Gulyamova p. 491  abstract

Chronicle

The 70th Birthday of Yurii Tarichanovich D’yakov p. 492

The First International Congress on Biotechnology: The State of the Art and Prospects p. 493

Obituary

Professor Lyubov’ Gavrilovna Loginova (1910–2002) p. 494

Book Review

G.A. Zavarzin and N.N. Kolotilova, Environmental Microbiology, Moscow: Universitet, 2001 p. 495

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