TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 3, Issue 9 (September 2009)
Commentary
The sea-surface microlayer is a gelatinous biofilm
Michael Cunliffe and J Colin Murrell
ISME J 3: 1001-1003; advance online publication, June 25, 2009; doi:10.1038/ismej.2009.69
Original Articles
Microbial Population and Community Ecology
Changes in land use alter the structure of bacterial communities in Western Amazon soils
Ederson da C Jesus, Terence L Marsh, James M Tiedje and Fatima M de S Moreira
ISME J 3: 1004-1011; advance online publication, May 14, 2009; doi:10.1038/ismej.2009.47
Abstract | Full Text | PDF | Supplementary information
Subject Category: Microbial population and community ecology
Evolutionary Genetics
The genome sequence of the psychrophilic archaeon, Methanococcoides burtonii: the role of genome evolution in cold adaptation
Michelle A Allen, Federico M Lauro, Timothy J Williams, Dominic Burg, Khawar S Siddiqui, Davide De Francisci, Kevin W Y Chong, Oliver Pilak, Hwee H Chew, Matthew Z De Maere, Lily Ting, Marilyn Katrib, Charmaine Ng, Kevin R Sowers, Michael Y Galperin, Iain J Anderson, Natalia Ivanova, Eileen Dalin, Michele Martinez, Alla Lapidus, Loren Hauser, Miriam Land, Torsten Thomas and Ricardo Cavicchioli
ISME J 3: 1012-1035; advance online publication, April 30, 2009; doi:10.1038/ismej.2009.45
Abstract | Full Text | PDF | Supplementary information
Subject Category: Evolutionary genetics
Integrated Genomics and Post-Genomics Approaches in Microbial Ecology
Carbon and nitrogen substrate utilization in the marine bacterium Sphingopyxis alaskensis strain RB2256
Timothy J Williams, Haluk Ertan, Lily Ting and Ricardo Cavicchioli
ISME J 3: 1036-1052; advance online publication, May 21, 2009; doi:10.1038/ismej.2009.52
Subject Category: Integrated genomics and post-genomics approaches in microbial ecology
Nutrient regime regulates complex transcriptional start site usage within a Pseudoalteromonas chitinase gene cluster
Marina W Delpin and Amanda E Goodman
ISME J 3: 1053-1063; advance online publication, May 21, 2009; doi:10.1038/ismej.2009.54
Subject Category: Integrated genomics and post-genomics approaches in microbial ecology
Nitrogen regulates chitinase gene expression in a marine bacterium
Marina W Delpin and Amanda E Goodman
ISME J 3: 1064-1069; advance online publication, May 14, 2009; doi:10.1038/ismej.2009.49
Subject Category: Integrated genomics and post-genomics approaches in microbial ecology
Microbial Engineering
Insights into bacterial cellulose biosynthesis by functional metagenomics on Antarctic soil samples
Renaud Berlemont, Maud Delsaute, Delphine Pipers, Salvino D'Amico, Georges Feller, Moreno Galleni and Pablo Power
ISME J 3: 1070-1081; advance online publication, May 21, 2009; doi:10.1038/ismej.2009.48
Subject Category: Microbial engineering
Microbial Ecology and Functional Diversity of Natural Habitats
Plankton composition and environmental factors contribute to Vibrio seasonality
Jeffrey W Turner, Brooks Good, Dana Cole and Erin K Lipp
ISME J 3: 1082-1092; advance online publication, May 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/ismej.2009.50
Subject Category: Microbial ecology and functional diversity of natural habitats
Life without light: microbial diversity and evidence of sulfur- and ammonium-based chemolithotrophy in Movile Cave
Yin Chen, Liqin Wu, Rich Boden, Alexandra Hillebrand, Deepak Kumaresan, Hélène Moussard, Mihai Baciu, Yahai Lu and J Colin Murrell
ISME J 3: 1093-1104; advance online publication, May 28, 2009; doi:10.1038/ismej.2009.57
Subject Category: Microbial ecology and functional diversity of natural habitats
Species-specific structural and functional diversity of bacterial communities in lichen symbioses
Martin Grube, Massimiliano Cardinale, João Vieira de Castro Jr, Henry Müller and Gabriele Berg
ISME J 3: 1105-1115; advance online publication, June 25, 2009; doi:10.1038/ismej.2009.63
Subject Category: Microbial ecology and functional diversity of natural habitats
