Contents
Microbiology

Vol. 72, No. 6, 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

Oxidation of Inorganic Sulfur Compounds by Obligately Organotrophic Bacteria

D. Yu. Sorokin p. 641  abstract

Experimental Articles

The Involvement of Hydrogenases 1 and 2 in the Hydrogen-Dependent Nitrate
Respiration of Escherichia coli

T. V. Laurinavichene and A. A. Tsygankov p. 654  abstract

Fluorene Transformation by Bacteria of the Genus Rhodococcus

Z. I. Finkelstein, B. P. Baskunov, E. L. Golovlev, J. Vervoort,
I. M. C. M. Rietjens, M. A. Baboshin, and L. A. Golovleva p. 660  abstract

Analysis of the Anaerobic Microbial Community Capable of Degrading p-Toluene Sulfonate

V. A. Shcherbakova, N. A. Chuvil’skaya, N. P. Golovchenko,
N. E. Suzina, A. M. Lysenko, K. S. Laurinavichyus, and V. K. Akimenko p. 666  abstract

A New Aerobic Gram-Positive Bacterium with a Unique Ability
to Degrade ortho- and para-chlorinated Biphenyls

D. O. Rybkina, E. G. Plotnikova, L. V. Dorofeeva,
Yu. L. Mironenko, and V. A. Demakov p. 672  abstract

Search for A-Factor-Dependent Variants in Actinomycete Populations

O. V. Efremenkova, V. D. Gruzina, I. G. Sumarukova, and V. D. Kuznetsov p. 678  abstract

A New Regulatory Function of A-Factor:
Stimulation of the Germination of Streptomycete Spores

V. D. Gruzina, E. V. Gorbatyuk, O. V. Efremenkova,
S. N. Filippova, G. I. El’-Registan, and Yu. V. Dudnik p. 682  abstract

Sporangiospores of the Fungus Mucor lusitanicus 12M:
Correlation between Lipid Composition, Viability, and Morphology
of Growth upon Germination

N. S. Funtikova and I. S. Mysyakina p. 686  abstract

Conjugal Plasmid Transfer in Bacillus subtilis under Conditions of Soil Microcosms

O. V. Lotareva and A. A. Prozorov p. 690  abstract

The Cotransduction of pET System Plasmids by Mutants of T4 and RB43 Bacteriophages

V. I. Tanyashin, A. A. Zimin, and A. M. Boronin p. 694  abstract

Atypical Cell Forms Overproducing Extracellular Substances
in Populations of Cycad Cyanobionts

O. I. Baulina and E. S. Lobakova p. 701  abstract

Heterocysts with Reduced Cell Walls in Populations of Cycad Cyanobionts

O. I. Baulina and E. S. Lobakova p. 713  abstract

The Fungus Penicillium citrinum Thom 1910 VKM FW-800 Isolated
from Ancient Permafrost Sediments As a Producer of the Ergot Alkaloids
Agroclavine-1 and Epoxyagroclavine-1

A. G. Kozlovskii, V. P. Zhelifonova, V. M. Adanin,
T. V. Antipova, S. M. Ozerskaya, G. A. Kochkina, and U. Gräfe p. 723  abstract

A New Basidiomycetous Yeast Species, Cryptococcus mycelialis,
Related to Holtermannia Saccardo et Traverso

W. I. Golubev and N. W. Golubev p. 728  abstract

The Serological Heterogeneity of Pseudomonas syringae pv. atrofaciens Strains
and Their Ecological Niches

L. A. Pasichnik, L. M. Yakovleva, R. I. Gvozdyak, and V. I. Vassilev p. 733  abstract

The Finding of the Yeast Species Saccharomyces bayanus in Far East Asia

G. I. Naumov, D. O. Gazdiev^,, and E. S. Naumova p. 738  abstract

Quantitative Isolation of Microbial DNA from Different Types of Soils
of Natural and Agricultural Ecosystems

E. V. Blagodatskaya, S. A. Blagodatskii, and T.-H. Anderson p. 744  abstract

Extractable Microbial DNA Pool and Microbial Activity in Paleosols of Southern Urals

E. V. Blagodatskaya, O. S. Khokhlova, T.-H. Anderson, and S. A. Blagodatskii p. 750  abstract

Soil Drying As a Model for the Action of Stress Factors on Natural Bacterial Populations

P. V. Rokitko, V. A. Romanovskaya, Yu. R. Malashenko,
N. A. Chernaya, N. I. Gushcha, and A. N. Mikheev p. 756  abstract

Short Communication

Sterols of the Fungus Mucor hiemalis Sporangiospores

I. S. Mysyakina and N. S. Funtikova p. 762  abstract

Notice to Authors p. 764

Author Index to Volume 72, 2003 p. 765

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