Contents
Microbiology

Vol. 67, No. 6, 1998

Simultaneous English language translation of the journal is available from / Interperiodica Publishing (Russia).
Distributed worldwide by Plenum / Consultants Bureau. Microbiology ISSN 0026-2617.

Review Paper

An Alternative State of Asporogeneous Bacteria

E. L. Golovlev p. 601  abstract

Experimental Articles

Regulatory Effect of Ammonium on the Nitrogenase Activity of Rhodobacter sphaeroides
and Rhodobacter capsulatus Is Not Mediated by ADP-Ribosylation of the Fe-Protein of Nitrogenase

A. S. Fedorov, O. Yu. Troshina, T. V. Laurinavichene, V. M. Glazer, M. M. Babykin,
V. V. Zinchenko, A. F. Yakunin, and A. A. Tsygankov p. 610  abstract

Adaptation of Bacteria of the Genera Rhodococcus and Gordona to Stress Conditions

V. Yu. Matys, L. M. Baryshnikova, and E. L. Golovlev p. 616  abstract

Growth of Zygomycetes on Hydrocarbon Substrates and Synthesis of Fatty Acids

O. I. Pan’kina and I. V. Konova p. 620  abstract

Nitrogen Fixation by the Nonheterocystous Cyanobacterium Phormidium inundatum

E. M. Pankratova, N. V. Borodina, and E. N. Reznik p. 625  abstract

Ultrastructural Organization of the Cell Wall Surface Layer in Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans

L. O. Severina, A. A. Senyushkin, N. E. Suzina, and G. I. Karavaiko p. 632  abstract

Biological Properties and Classification of Erwinia carotovora Bacteriocins

F. I. Tovkach p. 636  abstract

Relationship between the Lytic Activity of Macromolecular Carotovoricins
and Bacteriocin Sensitivity of Producer Strains of Erwinia carotovora

F. I. Tovkach p. 643  abstract

Obtaining and Characterization of a Mutant of Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 Defective
in Lectin Activity

S. A. Alen’kina, L. P. Petrova, and V. E. Nikitina p. 649  abstract

Defective Phages as an Antagonistic Factor of Closely Related Bacilli

O. V. Lotareva and A. A. Prozorov p. 654  abstract

DNA Homology among Strains of Thermophilic and Mesophilic Lactic Streptococci Obtained
from Different Sources

O. V. Averina, A. M. Lysenko, L. M. Ermakova, D. K. Ogai, and V. V. Sukhodolets p. 657  abstract

Phylogenetic Position and Chemotaxonomic Characteristics of Sulfate-reducing Bacteria
of the Genus Desulfomicrobium

T. P. Tourova, T. N. Nazina, A. B. Poltaraus, and G. A. Osipov p. 663  abstract

On the Diversity of Magnetotactic Bacteria

M. B. Vainshtein, N. E. Suzina, E. B. Kudryashova, E. V. Ariskina, and V. V. Sorokin p. 670  abstract

Immunochemical Analysis of O-Specific Polysaccharides from the Soil Nitrogen-fixing
Bacterium Azospirillum brasilense

L. Yu. Matora, B. I. Shvartsburd, and S. Yu. Shchegolev p. 677  abstract

The Content and Composition of Phycobilisome Pigments in Cells of Ancient Viable
Cyanobacteria from Arctic Permafrost

L. G. Erokhina, T. A. Vishnivetskaya, and D. A. Gilichinskii p. 682  abstract

Detection of Halophilic Archaea in an Upper Devonian Oil Field in Tatarstan

I. S. Zvyagintseva, N. A. Kostrikina, and S. S. Belyaev p. 688  abstract

Determination of the Viability of Fungal Spores and Mycelium in Soil

L. M. Polyanskaya, A. V. Golovchenko, and D. G. Zvyagintsev p. 692  abstract

Isolation of a New Strain of the Genus Bdellovibrio from Plant Rhizosphere and Its Lytic Spectrum

N. Yu. Markelova and A. S. Kerzhentsev p. 696  abstract

The Kinetics and Micromorphology of Cellophane Decomposition in Soil

V. S. Guzev, N. N. Semenyuk, and S. V. Levin p. 700  abstract

Activation of the Geochemical Activity of Stratal Microflora as the Basis of a Biotechnology
for Enhancement of Oil Recovery

S. S. Belyaev, I. A. Borzenkov, I. F. Glumov, R. R. Ibatullin, E. I. Milekhina, and M. V. Ivanov p. 708  abstract

Total Bacterial Cell Number and the Number of Nucleoid-containing Cells
in Various Biotopes of Rybinsk Reservoir

A. I. Kopylov and D. B. Kosolapov p. 715  abstract

Author Index to Volume 67, 1998 p. 721