1. Structure and role of microbial communities in southern taiga soils

   • T. G. Dobrovol’skaya
   • I. A. Maksimova
   • S. Ya. Trofimov

   Review Papers Pages: 371 - 380

2. Synthesis of osmoprotectants by halophilic and alkaliphilic methanotrophs

   • V. N. Khmelenina
   • V. G. Sakharovskii
   • Yu. A. Trotsenko

   Experimental Articles Pages: 381 - 386

3. Manganese-dependent ribonucleotide reductase ofPropionibacterium freudenreichii subsp.shermanii: Partial purification, characterization, and role in DNA biosynthesis

   • E. P. Iordan
   • A. L. Bryukhanov
   • I. V. Danilova

   Experimental Articles Pages: 387 - 392

4. Concentration dependence of the effect ofBacillus intermedius ribonuclease on the yeastSaccharomyces cerevisiae

   • A. I. Kolpakov
   • F. G. Kupriyanova-Ashina
   • I. B. Leshchinskaya

   Experimental Articles Pages: 393 - 396

5. Degradation ofortho-chlorophenol,para-chlorophenol, and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid by the bacterial community of anaerobic sludge

   • Yu. Yu. Berestovskaya
   • V. V. Ignatov
   • O. E. Makarov

   Experimental Articles Pages: 397 - 400

6. Growth ofRhodococcus opacus on mixtures of monohalogenated benzenes and phenols

   • G. M. Zaitsev
   • E. G. Surovtseva

   Experimental Articles Pages: 401 - 405

7. Isolation and characterization ofPenicillium funiculosum mutants with enhanced glucose oxidase production

   • T. V. Semashko
   • R. V. Mikhailova
   • O. M. Osoka

   Experimental Articles Pages: 406 - 410

8. Inorganic polyphosphates and phosphohydrolases inHalobacterium salinarium

   • N. A. Andreeva
   • T. V. Kulakovskaya
   • I. S. Kulaev

   Experimental Articles Pages: 411 - 416

9. Phospholipids of marine proteobacteria of the genusPseudoalteromonas

   • G. M. Frolova
   • V. V. Kurilenko
   • V. V. Mikhailov

   Experimental Articles Pages: 417 - 421

10. Alterations in the carbohydrate composition of the cytosol of fungal spores caused by temperature variations and the storage process

    • V. M. Tereshina
    • A. S. Memorskaya
    • E. P. Feofilova

    Experimental Articles Pages: 422 - 427

11. Effect of the nitrogen source on the biosynthesis, composition, and structure of the exopolysaccharides ofAureobasidium pullulans (de Bary) Arnaud

    • O. A. Kudryashova
    • N. A. Yurlova

    Experimental Articles Pages: 428 - 435

12. Microbial processes at the aerobic-anaerobic interface in the deep-water zone of the black sea

    • N. V. Pimenov
    • I. I. Rusanov
    • M. V. Ivanov

    Experimental Articles Pages: 436 - 448

13. The effect of microorganisms and seasonal factors on the isotopic composition of particulate organic carbon from the black sea

    • M. V. Ivanov
    • A. Yu. Lein
    • A. Zehnder

    Experimental Articles Pages: 449 - 459

14. Potential activity of methane and ammonium oxidation by methanotrophic communities from the soda lakes of southern Transbaikal

    • Y. N. Khmelenina
    • B. Ts. Eshinimaev
    • Yu. A. Trotsenko

    Experimental Articles Pages: 460 - 465

15. Investigation of bacterioplankton in the loess-containing lake Khanka

    • L. A. Shchur
    • A. D. Aponasenko
    • G. V. Makarskaya

    Experimental Articles Pages: 466 - 470

16. Spatial integration of the partners and heteromorphism of the cyanobacteriumNostoc muscorum CALU 304 in a mixed culture with theRauwolfia tissue

    • O. A. Gorelova

    Experimental Articles Pages: 471 - 479

17. UNIQEM, a microbiological database: Problems and prospects

    • D. S. Akhlynin
    • V. F. Gal’chenko

    Experimental Articles Pages: 480 - 485

18. Microsampling of rhizosphere soil and laboratory artifacts

    • L. M. Polyanskaya
    • M. Kh. Orazova
    • D. G. Zvyagintsev

    Experimental Articles Pages: 486 - 489

19. Isolation of tremelloid yeasts on glucuronate medium

    • V. I. Golubev

    Experimental Articles Pages: 490 - 493

20. Igor Kulaev: A life in science (to the 70th anniversary)

    Chronicle Pages: 494 - 495