Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Foreword
pp. xi-xiii(3)

Diversity of Thermophilic Anaerobes
pp. 1-43(43)
Authors: Wagner, Isaac D.; Wiegel, Juergen

Life at Extreme Limits: The Anaerobic Halophilic Alkalithermophiles
pp. 44-57(14)
Authors: Mesbah, Noha M.; Wiegel, Juergen

Physiology, Ecology, Phylogeny, and Genomics of Microorganisms Capable of Syntrophic Metabolism
pp. 58-72(15)
Authors: McInerney, Michael J.; Struchtemeyer, Christopher G.; Sieber, Jessica; Mouttaki, Housna; Stams, Alfons J. M.; Schink, Bernhard; Rohlin, Lars; Gunsalus, Robert P.

Comparative Genomics of Clostridia: Link between the Ecological Niche and Cell Surface Properties
pp. 73-81(9)
Authors: Brüggemann, Holger; Gottschalk, Gerhard

Anaerobic Metabolism of Aromatic Compounds
pp. 82-99(18)
Author: Fuchs, Georg

Old Acetogens, New Light
pp. 100-128(29)
Authors: Drake, Harold L.; Gößner, Anita S.; Daniel, Steven L.

Enzymology of the Wood-Ljungdahl Pathway of Acetogenesis
pp. 129-136(8)
Author: Ragsdale, Stephen W.

Discovery of a Ferredoxin:NAD⁺-Oxidoreductase (Rnf) in Acetobacterium woodii: A Novel Potential Coupling Site in Acetogens
pp. 137-146(10)
Authors: Müller, Volker; Imkamp, Frank; Biegel, Eva; Schmidt, Silke; Dilling, Sabrina

Methanogenesis in Marine Sediments
pp. 147-157(11)
Authors: Ferry, James G.; Lessner, Daniel J.

Methane as Fuel for Anaerobic Microorganisms
pp. 158-170(13)
Authors: Thauer, Rudolf K.; Shima, Seigo

Metabolic, Phylogenetic, and Ecological Diversity of the Methanogenic Archaea
pp. 171-189(19)
Authors: Liu, Yuchen; Whitman, William B.

Promiscuous Anaerobes: New and Unconventional Metabolism in Methanogenic Archaea
pp. 190-214(25)
Authors: Grochowski, Laura L.; White, Robert H.

Tungsten, the Surprisingly Positively Acting Heavy Metal Element for Prokaryotes
pp. 215-229(15)
Authors: Andreesen, Jan R.; Makdessi, Kathrin

Transformation of Inorganic and Organic Arsenic by Alkaliphilus oremlandiisp. nov. Strain OhILAs
pp. 230-241(12)
Authors: Fisher, Edward; Dawson, Asia M.; Polshyna, Ganna; Lisak, Joy; Crable, Bryan; Perera, Eranda; Ranganathan, Mrunalni; Thangavelu, Mirunalni; Basu, Partha; Stolz, John F.

Hydrogen and Nickel Metabolism in HelicobacterSpecies
pp. 242-251(10)
Authors: Benoit, Stéphane L.; Maier, Robert J.

Hydrogenases of the Model Hyperthermophiles
pp. 252-266(15)
Authors: Jenney, Francis E.; Adams, Michael W. W.

Cellulases of Mesophilic Microorganisms: Cellulosome and Noncellulosome Producers
pp. 267-279(13)
Author: Doi, Roy H.

Plant Cell Wall Breakdown by Anaerobic Microorganisms from the Mammalian Digestive Tract
pp. 280-288(9)
Authors: Flint, Harry J.; Bayer, Edward A.

Three Microbial Strategies for Plant Cell Wall Degradation
pp. 289-297(9)
Author: Wilson, David B.

Bacterial Cellulose Hydrolysis in Anaerobic Environmental Subsystems— Clostridium thermocellumand Clostridium stercorarium, Thermophilic Plant-fiber Degraders
pp. 298-307(10)
Authors: Zverlov, Vladimir V.; Schwarz, Wolfgang H.

The Cellulase/Hemicellulase System of the Anaerobic Fungus OrpinomycesPC-2 and Aspects of Its Applied Use
pp. 308-321(14)
Author: Ljungdahl, Lars G.

Polysaccharide Degradation and Synthesis by Extremely Thermophilic Anaerobes
pp. 322-337(16)
Authors: VanFossen, Amy L.; Lewis, Derrick L.; Nichols, Jason D.; Kelly, Robert M.

A Preliminary Analysis of Microbial and Biochemical Properties of High-Temperature Compost
pp. 338-344(7)
Authors: Oshima, Tairo; Moriya, Toshiyuki

Microbiology to Help Solve Our Energy Needs: Methanogenesis from Oil and the Impact of Nitrate on the Oil-field Sulfur Cycle
pp. 345-352(8)
Authors: Grigoryan, Alexander; Voordouw, Gerrit

Fermentative Butanol Production: Bulk Chemical and Biofuel
pp. 353-362(10)
Authors: Dürre, Peter

Anaerobic Respiration in Engineered Escherichia coliwith an Internal Electron Acceptor to Produce Fuel Ethanol
pp. 363-372(10)
Authors: Peterson, Joy Doran; Ingram, Lonnie O.

Index of Contributors
pp. 373-373(1)