1. Microbial diversity, systematic research and microbial culture collection facility in India

   Editorial 14 June 2007 Pages: 1 - 1

2. Which is the smallest champion?

   • R. Maheshwari

   Review 14 June 2007 Pages: 1 - 2

3. The genus Amycolatopsis: Indigenous plasmids, cloning vectors and gene transfer systems

   • S. Malhotra
   • R. Lal

   Review 14 June 2007 Pages: 3 - 14

4. Relationships among filamentous microorganisms in rotating biological contactors

   • A. Galván
   • F. de Castro

   Original Article 14 June 2007 Pages: 15 - 25

5. Paddy straw as substrate for ethanol production

   • L. Wati
   • S. Kumari
   • B. S. Kundu

   Original Article 14 June 2007 Pages: 26 - 29

6. Design and development of a simple laboratory model to detect ¹⁵N enrichment in cyanobacterial biomass and extra cellular ammonia using ¹⁵N gas

   • G. Selvakumar
   • G. Gopalaswamy
   • K. Arulmozhiselvan

   Original Article 14 June 2007 Pages: 30 - 33

7. Bench scale conversion of 3-cyanopyidine to nicotinamide using resting cells of Rhodococcus rhodochrous PA-34

   • S. Prasad
   • J. Raj
   • T. C. Bhalla

   Original Article 14 June 2007 Pages: 34 - 41

8. Effect of different additives on the persistence and insecticidal activity of native strains of Bacillus thuringiensis

   • A. Singh
   • K. S. Boora
   • K. Chaudhary

   Original Article 14 June 2007 Pages: 42 - 45

9. Typing of Aeromonas hydrophila of fish and human diarrhoeal origin by outer membrane proteins and lipopolysaccharides

   • R. Subashkumar
   • G. Vivekanandhan
   • P. Lakshmanaperumalsamy

   Original Article 14 June 2007 Pages: 46 - 50

10. Improvement in symbiotic efficiency of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) by coinoculation of Bacillus strains with Mesorhizobium sp. Cicer

    • N. Sivaramaiah
    • D. K. Malik
    • S. S. Sindhu

    Original Article 14 June 2007 Pages: 51 - 56

11. Ability of Emericella rugulosa to mobilize unavailable P compounds during Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] crop under arid condition

    • B. K. Yadav
    • J. C. Tarafdar

    Original Article 14 June 2007 Pages: 57 - 63

12. Isolation and characterization of mutants of Pseudomonas maltophila PM-4 altered in chitinolytic activity and antagonistic activity against root rot pathogens of clusterbean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba)

    • E. Yadav
    • D. V. Pathak
    • P. K. Sharma

    Original Article 14 June 2007 Pages: 64 - 71

13. Using gamma irradiation and low temperature on microbial decontamination of red meat in Iran

    • F. M. Sedeh
    • K. Arbabi
    • M. Abhari

    Original Article 14 June 2007 Pages: 72 - 76

14. Antagonistic and antimicrobial activities of some bacterial isolates collected from soil samples

    • S. Ghai
    • S. S. Sood
    • R. K. Jain

    Original Article 14 June 2007 Pages: 77 - 80

15. Differential expression of thermophilic phosphatases in the wild type and auxotrophic mutant strains of Thermoactinomyces vulgaris

    • V. P. Singh
    • V. K. Kedia
    • H. S. Mohanta

    Original Article 14 June 2007 Pages: 81 - 85

16. Long-term effect of mineral fertilizers and amendments on microbial dynamics in an alfisol of Western Himalayas

    • S. Mahajan
    • S. S. Kanwar
    • S. P. Sharma

    Short Communication 14 June 2007 Pages: 86 - 89

17. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis: Characterizing the unseen

    • J. Pandey
    • S. S. Sood
    • R. K. Jain

    Research News 14 June 2007 Pages: 90 - 91

18. Nanobacteria — Not life forms but nano-particulate nidi for calcification

    • O. P. Sharma

    Research News 14 June 2007 Pages: 92 - 92

19. Bacterial batteries

    • P. Katoch

    Research News 14 June 2007 Pages: 93 - 93

20. Dr. S. Shivaji — A Zoologist turned microbiologist

    • D. M. Saxena

    Commentary 14 June 2007 Pages: 94 - 95