Contents

Microbiology

Vol. 89, No. 5, 2020

Experimental Articles

Antimicrobial Activity of a Novel Freshwater Planctomycete Lacipirellula parvula PX69T

S. E. Belova, V. A. Saltykova and S. N. Dedysh p. 503  abstract

Pyrrhotite Biooxidation by Moderately Thermophilic Acidophilic Microorganisms

A. G. Bulaev p. 510  abstract

Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Acidic Exo-Oligosaccharides of Root Nodule Bacterium Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae VF39

A. S. Kanapina, V. V. Marchenkov, A. K. Surin and T. V. Ivashina p. 520  abstract

Microbial Biofilms in the Proshchal’naya Karst Cave (Far East, Russia)

L. M. Kondratyeva, O. S. Shadrina, Z. N. Litvinenko, E. M. Golubeva and N. S. Konovalova p. 532  abstract

Sulfate Reduction in Underground Horizons of a Flooded Coal Mine in Kuzbass

I. A. Panova, I. I. Rusanov, V. V. Kadnikov, E. A. Latygolets, M. R. Avakyan, M. V. Ivanov, V. C. Zyusman, A. A. Kovaleva, N. V. Ravin, N. V. Pimenov and O. V. Karnachuk p. 542  abstract

Molecular Analysis of the Microbial Community Developing in Continuous Culture of Methylococcus sp. Concept-8 on Natural Gas

I. Yu. Oshkin, S. E. Belova, N. S. Khokhlachev, V. A. Semenova, O. P. Chervyakova, D. V. Chernushkin, E. N. Tikhonova, A. V. Mardanov, N. V. Ravin, V. O. Popov, N. V. Pimenov and S. N. Dedysh p. 551  abstract

Characterization of Novel Chitin-degrading laceyella spp. Strains from New Athos Cave (Abkhazia) Producing Thermostable Chitinases

L. Yu. Kuzmina, O. Ya. Chervyatsova, T. R. Iasakov, V. R. Safina, N. F. Galimzyanova, A. I. Melent’ev and G. E. Aktuganov p. 560  abstract

Taxonomic Diversity of Bacteria and Their Filterable Forms in the Soils of Eastern Antarctica (Larsemann Hills and Bunger Hills)

A. G. Kudinova, M. A. Petrova, A. V. Dolgikh, V. S. Soina, L. V. Lysak and O. A. Maslova p. 574  abstract

Production Characteristics of Bacterio- and Phytoplankton of the Avacha Bay and the Southern region of the Far Eastern State Marine Biosphere Reserve in the summer and autumn of 2017

S. P. Zakharkov, A. V. Moskovtseva, E. V. Lepskaya, E. A. Shtraikhert and R. V. Gladkikh p. 585  abstract

Diversity of Planktonic Bacteria in Durgun and Taishir Reservoirs (Western Mongolia)

E. V. Kuznetsova, D. B. Kosolapov and N. L. Belkova p. 595  abstract

Yeast Complexes in Urban Soils of Some Southern Cities of Russia (Krasnodar, Maykop, Simferopol, and Sochi)

A. M. Glushakova, A. V. Kachalkin, A. B. Umarova, M. A. Butylkina, A. A. Kokoreva, A. E. Ivanova, A. G. Bolotov, E. A. Dunaeva and I. A. Maksimova p. 603  abstract

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Surface Microlayer of Lake Baikal during Wildfires and Naphthalene-degrading Strains from the Bacterioneuston

A. D. Galachyants, M. Yu. Suslova, I. I. Marinayte, O. N. Izosimova, A. Yu. Krasnopeev, Yu. R. Shtykova, I. V. Tikhonova, G. V. Podlesnaya and O. I. Belykh p. 609  abstract

Biotransformation of Trinitrotoluene (TNT) by Newly Isolated Slight Halophilic Bacteria

M. Ali-Begloui, E. Salehghamari, S. Sadrai, M. Ebrahimi, M. A. Amoozegar and A. Salehi-Najafabadi p. 616  abstract

Characterization of Multi-Potential Toluene Metabolizing Bacteria Isolated from Tannery Effluents

F. Muccee and S. Ejaz p. 626  abstract

Short Communications

A Novel Plasmid pALWVS1.4 from Acinetobacter lwoffii Strain VS15, Carrying the Chloramphenicol Resistance Gene

A. Y. Ermakova, A. V. Beletsky, A. V. Mardanov, M. A. Petrova, N. V. Ravin and A. L. Rakitin p. 637  abstract

Diversity of Eukaryotic Microorganisms in the Drainage Waters of a Coal Open-Cast Mine

E. V. Gruzdev, A. V. Beletsky, V. V. Kadnikov, A. V. Mardanov, M. V. Ivanov, O. V. Karnachuk and N. V. Ravin p. 641  abstract