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Microbiology

Vol. 87, No. 5, 2018

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

Experimental Articles

Regulation of Formation of Monospecies and Binary Biofilms by Human Skin Microbiota Components, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus, by Human Natriuretic Peptides

A. V. Gannesen, O. Lesouhaitier, A. I. Netrusov, V. K. Plakunov and M. G. J. Feuilloley p. 597  abstract

Characterization of Carbohydrate-Containing Components of Azospirillum brasilense Sp245 Biofilms

A. V. Shelud’ko, Yu. A. Filip’echeva, E. M. Telesheva, A. M. Burov, S. S. Evstigneeva, G. L. Burygin and L. P. Petrova p. 610  abstract

Effect of Light Metal Ions and Chloride on Activity of Moderately Thermophilic Acidophilic Iron-Oxidizing Microorganisms

A. G. Bulaev and A. N. Chernyshov p. 621  abstract

Structural Peculiarities and Biological Properties of the Lipopolysaccharide from Herbaspirillum seropedicae Z78

N. S. Velichko, A. K. Surkina, Y. P. Fedonenko, E. L. Zdorovenko and S. A. Konnova p. 635  abstract

Exometabolites the Penicillium Fungi Isolated from Various High-Latitude Ecosystems

T. V. Antipova, V. P. Zhelifonova, B. P. Baskunov, G. A. Kochkina, S. M. Ozerskaya and A. G. Kozlovskii p. 642  abstract

Enhancement of Activity of Carbohydrases with Endo-depolymerase Action in Trichoderma reesei Using Mutagenesis

E. V. Kostyleva, N. V. Tsurikova, A. S. Sereda, I. A. Velikoretskaya, T. N. Veselkina, N. S. Lobanov, I. A. Shashkov and A. P. Sinitsyn p. 652  abstract

Paracoccus simplex sp. nov., a New Methylamine-Utilizing Facultative Methylotroph

N. V. Doronina, E. N. Kaparullina, A. A. Chemodurova and Yu. A. Trotsenko p. 662  abstract

Methylophilus aquaticus sp. nov., a New Aerobic Methylotrophic Bacterium Isolated from a Freshwater Reservoir

E. N. Kaparullina, N. V. Agafonova, Yu. A. Trotsenko and N. V. Doronina p. 672  abstract

Structure of Microbial Mats in the Mramornaya Bay (Crimea) Coastal Areas

N. V. Pimenov, A. Yu. Merkel, I. Yu. Tarnovetskii, T. V. Malakhova, O. S. Samylina, T. A. Kanapatskii, E. N. Tikhonova and M. A. Vlasova p. 681  abstract

Bacteria Isolated from Antarctic Permafrost are Efficient Antibiotic Producers

T. A. Efimenko, O. V. Efremenkova, E. V. Demkina, M. A. Petrova, I. G. Sumarukova, B. F. Vasilyeva and G. I. El’-Registan p. 692  abstract

Biodiversity of Hydrocarbon-Oxidizing Soil Bacteria from Various Climatic Zones

M. I. Charniauskaya, A. A. Bukliarevich, Ya. A. Delegan, A. E. Akhremchuk, A. E. Filonov and M. A. Titok p. 699  abstract

Mini-Reviews

Chitosan in Biology, Microbiology, Medicine, and Agriculture

V. P. Varlamov and I. S. Mysyakina p. 712  abstract

Experimental Articles

Chitosan Resistance of Bacteria and Micromycetes Differing in Ability to Produce Extracellular Chitinases and Chitosanases

G. E. Aktuganov, V. R. Safina, N. F. Galimzianova, L. Yu. Kuz’mina, E. A. Gilvanova, T. F. Boyko and A. I. Melent’ev p. 716  abstract

Antibacterial Activity and Cytotoxicity of Betainated Oligochitosane Derivatives

I. V. Blagodatskikh, O. V. Vyshivannaya, A. V. Alexandrova, E. A. Bezrodnykh, P. V. Zelenikhin, S. N. Kulikov and V. E. Tikhonov p. 725  abstract

Effect of Ascorbic Acid Isomeric Forms on Antibacterial Activity of Its Chitosan Salts

N. O. Gegel’, I. V. Zudina, O. N. Malinkina and A. B. Shipovskaya p. 732  abstract

Effect of Chitosan on Development of Nosema apis Microsporidia in Honey Bees

E. S. Saltykova, L. R. Gaifullina, M. D. Kaskinova, A. R. Gataullin, R. T. Matniyazov, A. V. Poskryakov and A. G. Nikolenko p. 738  abstract