Contents
Microbiology

Vol. 72, No. 5, 2003

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

Conjugation in Bacilli

A. A. Prozorov p. 517  abstract

Experimental Articles

Free Radicals in Mercury-Resistant Bacteria Indicate a Novel Metabolic Pathway

D. N. Ostrovsky, G. R. Diomina, V. I. Biniukov, A. S. Shashkov, and M. Schloter p. 528  abstract

Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Cell Protection Systems
in the Microaerophilic Bacterium Spirillum winogradskii

D. A. Podkopaeva, M. Yu. Grabovich, and G. A. Dubinina p. 534  abstract

The Status and the Role of Glutathione under Disturbed Ionic Balance
and pH Homeostasis in Escherichia coli

G. V. Smirnova, O. A. Torkhova, and O. N. Oktyabr’skii p. 542  abstract

The Effect of Sodium Malonate on Yeast Thermotolerance

E. G. Rikhvanov, N. N. Varakina, T. M. Rusaleva, E. I. Rachenko, and V. K. Voinikov p. 548  abstract

Activity of the Enzymes of Carbon Metabolism in Sulfobacillus sibiricus
under Various Conditions of Cultivation

L. M. Zakharchuk, M. A. Egorova, I. A. Tsaplina, T. I. Bogdanova,
E. N. Krasil’nikova, V. S. Melamud, and G. I. Karavaiko p. 553  abstract

Carbohydrate Metabolism of the Saccharolytic Alkaliphilic Anaerobes
Halonatronum saccharophilum, Amphibacillus fermentum, and Amphibacillus tropicus

E. S. Garnova and E. N. Krasil’nikova p. 558  abstract

The Biological Activity of the Sinorhizobium meliloti Glucan

L. V. Kosenko, L. M. Mykhalkiv, E. D. Krugova, N. M. Mandrovskaya,
T. V. Zatovskaya, and S. Ya. Kots p. 564  abstract

Membrane-Bound Forms of Serine Proteases in Bacillus intermedius

M. R. Sharipova, A. M. Mardanova, N. P. Balaban,
L. A. Gabdrakhmanova, M. A. Shilova, I. B. Chastukhina,
G. N. Rudenskaya, and I. B. Leshchinskaya p. 569  abstract

The Production of Antifungal Metabolites by Pseudomonas chlororaphis Grown
on Different Nutrient Sources

O. Yu. Shtark, A. I. Shaposhnikov, and L. V. Kravchenko p. 574  abstract

Plasmid Profiles of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans Strains Adapted
to Different Oxidation Substrates

S. N. Ageeva, T. F. Kondrat’eva, and G. I. Karavaiko p. 579  abstract

The Transformation of the Unicellular Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
by Electroporation

V. G. Ladygin p. 585  abstract

The Use of the [¹³C]/[¹²C] Ratio for the Assay of the Microbial Oxidation of Hydrocarbons

A. M. Zyakun, I. A. Kosheleva, V. N. Zakharchenko, A. I. Kudryavtseva,
V. A. Peshenko, A. E. Filonov, and A. M. Boronin p. 592  abstract

Identification of the Key Genes of Naphthalene Catabolism in Soil DNA

D. V. Mavrodi, N. P. Kovalenko, S. L. Sokolov, V. G. Parfenyuk,
I. A. Kosheleva, and A. M. Boronin p. 597  abstract

Sulfobacillus sibiricus sp. nov., a New Moderately Thermophilic Bacterium

V. S. Melamud, T. A. Pivovarova, T. P. Tourova, T. V. Kolganova,
G. A. Osipov, A. M. Lysenko, T. F. Kondrat’eva, and G. I. Karavaiko p. 605  abstract

On the Adaptive Nature of the Dissociation Process in Bacillus thuringiensis

O. A. Sekerina and V. I. Chemerilova p. 613  abstract

Alkalitolerant Yeasts from Natural Biotopes

G. A. Lisichkina, I. P. Bab’eva, and D. Yu. Sorokin p. 618  abstract

Distribution and Physiological State of Microorganisms in Petrochemical Oily Sludge

E. V. Nikitina, O. I. Yakusheva, S. A. Zaripov, R. A. Galiev,
A. V. Garusov, and R. P. Naumova p. 621  abstract

Microbial Complexes Occurring on the Apogeotropic Roots and in the Rhizosphere of Cycad Plants

E. S. Lobakova, M. Kh. Orazova, and T. G. Dobrovol’skaya p. 628  abstract

Short Communications

The Structure of Cyanobacterial Communities Formed during the Degradation
of Apogeotropic Roots of Cycads

E. S. Lobakova, M. Kh. Orazova, and T. G. Dobrovol’skaya p. 634  abstract

Chronicle

The 90th Birthday of Tat’yana Vyacheslavovna Aristovskaya p. 638

Book Review

T.G. Dobrovol’skaya, The Structure of Soil Bacterial Communities,
Moscow: Akademkniga, 2002, 282 pp.

V. V. Mikhailov p. 640

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