FEMS Microbiology Ecology

From the Chief Editor
pp. 1-1(1)
Author: Prosser, Jim

Acknowledgement to referees FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2007-2008
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Advantages and limitations of quantitative PCR (Q-PCR)-based approaches in microbial ecology
pp. 6-20(15)
Authors: Smith, Cindy J.; Osborn, A. Mark

New subgroup of Bacteroidetes and diverse microorganisms in Tibetan plateau glacial ice provide a biological record of environmental conditions
pp. 21-29(9)
Authors: Zhang, Xiaojun; Ma, Xiaojun; Wang, Ninglian; Yao, Tandong

Spatial comparison of total vs. active bacterial populations by coupling genetic fingerprinting and clone library analyses in the NW Mediterranean Sea
pp. 30-42(13)
Authors: Rodríguez-Blanco, Arturo; Ghiglione, Jean-François; Catala, Philippe; Casamayor, Emilio O.; Lebaron, Philippe

Single-cell vs. bulk activity properties of coastal bacterioplankton over an annual cycle in a temperate ecosystem
pp. 43-56(14)
Authors: Morán, Xosé Anxelu G.; Calvo-Díaz, Alejandra

Effective isolation of bacterioplankton genus Polynucleobacter from freshwater environments grown on photochemically degraded dissolved organic matter
pp. 57-68(12)
Authors: Watanabe, Keiji; Komatsu, Nobuyuki; Ishii, Yuichi; Negishi, Masami

Influence of nutrient status and grazing pressure on the fate of Francisella tularensis in lake water
pp. 69-80(12)
Authors: Thelaus, Johanna; Andersson, Agneta; Mathisen, Peter; Forslund, Anna-Lena; Noppa, Laila; Forsman, Mats

Arbuscular mycorrhizal dynamics in a chronosequence of Caragana korshinskii plantations
pp. 81-92(12)
Authors: Liu, Yongjun; He, Lei; An, Lizhe; Helgason, Thorunn; Feng, Huyuan

Use of ¹³C labeling to assess carbon partitioning in transgenic and nontransgenic (parental) rice and their rhizosphere soil microbial communities
pp. 93-102(10)
Authors: Wu, Wei Xiang; Liu, Wei; Lu, Hao Hao; Chen, Ying Xu; Devare, Medha; Thies, Janice

Rhizobia with different symbiotic efficiencies nodulate Acaciella angustissima in Mexico, including Sinorhizobium chiapanecum sp. nov. which has common symbiotic genes with Sinorhizobium mexicanum
pp. 103-117(15)
Authors: Rincón-Rosales, Reiner; Lloret, Lourdes; Ponce, Edith; Martínez-Romero, Esperanza

An initial characterization of the mercury resistance (mer) system of the thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus HB27
pp. 118-129(12)
Authors: Wang, Yanping; Freedman, Zachary; Lu-Irving, Patricia; Kaletsky, Rachel; Barkay, Tamar

Identification of genes conferring arsenic resistance to Escherichia coli from an effluent treatment plant sludge metagenomic library
pp. 130-139(10)
Authors: Chauhan, Nar Singh; Ranjan, Ravi; Purohit, Hemant J.; Kalia, Vipin C.; Sharma, Rakesh

Sulfonate desulfurization in Rhodococcus from wheat rhizosphere communities
pp. 140-150(11)
Authors: Schmalenberger, Achim; Hodge, Sarah; Hawkesford, Malcolm J.; Kertesz, Michael A.

Nitrate-reducing, sulfide-oxidizing bacteria as microbial oxidants for rapid biological sulfide removal
pp. 151-161(11)
Authors: De Gusseme, Bart; De Schryver, Peter; De Cooman, Michaël; Verbeken, Kim; Boeckx, Pascal; Verstraete, Willy; Boon, Nico

Self-fertilization is the main sexual reproduction mechanism in native wine yeast populations
pp. 162-170(9)
Authors: Cubillos, Francisco A.; Vásquez, Claudia; Faugeron, Sylvain; Ganga, Angélica; Martínez, Claudio

Flooding forested groundwater recharge areas modifies microbial communities from top soil to groundwater table
pp. 171-182(12)
Authors: Schütz, Kirsten; Nagel, Peter; Vetter, Walter; Kandeler, Ellen; Ruess, Liliane