Vol. 83, No. 3, 2014 A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd. Distributed worldwide by Springer. Microbiology ISSN 0026-2617.

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Microbiology

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Vol. 83, No. 3, 2014
A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Microbiology ISSN 0026-2617.

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Reviews

Thermophilic Prokaryotes from Deep Subterranean Habitats

A. I. Slobodkin and G. B. Slobodkina p. 169  abstract

Trehalose: Chemical Structure, Biological Functions, and Practical Application

E. P. Feofilova, A. I. Usov, I. S. Mysyakina, and G. A. Kochkina p. 184  abstract

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Experimental Articles

Changes in the Phase Variant Spectra in the Populations of Lactic Acid Bacteria
under Antibiotic Treatment

N. G. Loiko, M. A. Krasnova, T. V. Pichugina, A. I. Grinevich, V. I. Ganina,
A. N. Kozlova, Yu. A. Nikolaev, V. F. Gal’chenko, and G. I. El’-Registan p. 195  abstract

Functional Activity of the modA₂Gene
in Methylobacterium dichloromethanicum DM4

Y. E. Firsova and Y. A. Trotsenko p. 205  abstract

Periplasmic Lysozime Inhibitior pliC and Its Role in Antilysozime
Activity of Enterobacteria

S. V. Andryushchenko, N. B. Perunova, and O. V. Bukharin p. 211  abstract

Characterization, Identification, and Screening for Tetrodotoxin Production
by Bacteria Associated with the Ribbon Worm (Nemertea) Cephalotrix simula (Ivata, 1952)

I. A. Beleneva, T. Yu. Magarlamov, and A. D. Kukhlevsky p. 220  abstract

A Novel Type I Thermostable Pullulanase Isolated from a Thermophilic
Starch Enrichment Culture

A. Jasilionis, R. Petkauskaite, and N. Kuisiene p. 227  abstract

Regulation of Calcium Ion and Its Effect on Growth and Developmental Behavior
in Wild Type and ntcA Mutant of Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 under Varied Levels of CaCl₂

Savita Singh and Arun K. Mishra p. 235  abstract

Ribonucleolytic Activity of Mycoplasmas

O. N. Ilinskaya, Yu. V. Sokurenko, V. V. Ul’yanova, V. I. Vershinina, P. V. Zelenikhin,
A. I. Kolpakov, E. S. Medvedeva, N. B. Baranova, M. N. Davydova, A. A. Muzykantov,
O. A. Chernova, and V. M. Chernov p. 247  abstract

Effect of Temperature on the Rate of Oxidation of Pyrrhotite-Rich Sulfide Ore Flotation
Concentrate and the Structure of the Acidophilic Chemolithotrophic Microbial Community

P. V. Moshchanetskiy, T. A. Pivovarova, A. V. Belyi, and T. F. Kondrat’eva p. 255  abstract

Comparative Assessment of Inductive Effects of Azospirillum Lectins with Different
Antigenic Properties on the Signal Systems of Wheat Seedling Roots

S. A. Alen’kina, L. P. Petrova, M. K. Sokolova, M. P. Chernyshova, K. A. Trutneva,
V. A. Bogatyrev, and V. E. Nikitina p. 262  abstract

Cryptomonad Alga Rhodomonas sp. (Cryptophyta, Pyrenomonadaceae) Bloom
in the Redox Zone of the Basins Separating from the White Sea

E. D. Krasnova, A. N. Pantyulin, D. N. Matorin, D. A. Todorenko, T. A. Belevich,
I. A. Milyutina, and D. A. Voronov p.270  abstract

Microbial Communities of the Discharge Zone of Oil- and Gas-Bearing Fluids
in Low-Mineral Lake Baikal

A. V. Lomakina, T. V. Pogodaeva, I. V. Morozov, and T. I. Zemskaya p. 278  abstract

Diversity of Diazotrophic Gut Inhabitants of Pikas (Ochotonidae) Revealed
by PCR-DGGE Analysis

A. K. Kizilova and I. K. Kravchenko p. 288  abstract

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Short Communications

Isolation of a Divergent Strain of Candida saitoana from the Anyui Mummy
of a Steppe Bison (Bison priscus)
A. V. Kachalkin p.296  abstract