Contents

Microbiology

Vol. 89, No. 6, 2020

Reviews

Biocorrosion of Synthetic Plastics: Degradation Mechanisms and Methods of Protection

V. K. Plakunov, A. V. Gannesen, S. V. Mart’yanov and M. V. Zhurina p. 647  abstract

Experimental Articles

Molecular Genetic and Functional Analysis of the PBS72 Plasmid from Bacillus subtilis Environmental Isolates

A. S. Gurinovich and M. A. Titok p. 660  abstract

Prokaryotic Communities in Saline Soils of the Lake Elton Area in a Soil Catena along the Khara River

A. I. Kuznetsova, E. A. Ivanova, O. S. Samylina, F. G. Kurbanova, D. S. Gruzdev, T. A. Kanapatskiy and N. V. Pimenov p. 670  abstract

Diversity and Biotechnological Potential of Nitrate-Reducing Bacteria from Heavy-Oil Reservoirs (Russia)

E. M. Semenova, A. P. Ershov, D. Sh. Sokolova, T. P. Tourova and T. N. Nazina p. 685  abstract

Filamentous Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria in Microbial Communities of the Kulunda Steppe Soda Lakes (Altai Krai, Russia)

V. M. Gorlenko, I. A. Bryantseva, O. S. Samylina, A. A. Ashikhmin, M. A. Sinetova, N. A. Kostrikina and V. V. Kozyaeva p. 697  abstract

Investigation of Formation and Development of Anammox Biofilms by Light, Epifluorescence, and Electron Microscopy

A. Yu. Kallistova, Yu. A. Nikolaev, A. V. Mardanov, Yu. Yu. Berestovskaya, V. A. Grachev, N. A. Kostrikina, A. V. Pelevina, N. V. Ravin and N. V. Pimenov p. 708  abstract

Identification Problems and Cryptic Diversity of Chlorella-Clade Microalgae (Chlorophyta)

E. S. Krivina and A. D. Temraleeva p. 720  abstract

Screening of N-Hexanamide and 2H-1,3-Benzodioxol Derivatives for Quorum Sensing Modulation in Chromobacterium violaceum

D. G. Deryabin, A. A. Galadzhieva and G. K. Duskaev p. 733  abstract

Identification of Aerobic Methane-Oxidizing Bacteria in Coastal Sediments of the Crimean Peninsula

E. N. Tikhonova, I. Yu. Tarnovetskii, T. V. Malakhova, M. B. Gulin, A. Yu. Merkel and N. V. Pimenov p. 740  abstract

Search for Efficient Chitosan-Based Fungicides to Protect the 15th‒16th Centuries Tempera Painting in Exhibits from the State Tretyakov Gallery

A. A. Zhgun, D. A. Avdanina, B. Ts. Shagdarova, E. V. Troyan, G. K. Nuraeva, M. P. Potapov, A. V. Il’ina, M. V. Shitov and V. P. Varlamov p. 750  abstract

Prokaryotic Community Compositions of the Hypersaline Sediments of Tuz Lake Demonstrated by Cloning and High-Throughput Sequencing

S. Çınar and M. B. Mutlu p. 756  abstract

Hydrolase-Producing Moderately Halophilic Bacteria from Eshtehard Desert (Iran)

K. Fatholahpoor Kami, M. Ghane and L. Babaeekhou p. 769  abstract

Screening of Surface-associated Bacteria from the Mexican Red Alga Halymenia floresii for Quorum Sensing Activity

S. A. Abdul Malik, A. Bazire, A. Gamboa-Muñoz, G. Bedoux, D. Robledo, J. Q. García-Maldonado and N. Bourgougnon p. 778  abstract

Short Communications

Application of Microbial Mats for the Isolation of Spore-Forming Prokaryotes from Deep Biosphere

A. P. Lukina, M. R. Avakyan, E. V. Danilova and O. V. Karnachuk p. 789  abstract