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Journal ‘Microbiological _Methods | Journal of Microbiological Methods 27 (1996) 247-248 Contents of Volume 27 No. 1, September 1996 Recovery and analysis of solubilised brown coal from cultures of wood-rot fungi J.P. Ralph and D.E.A. Catcheside (Australia) Isolation of Fusarium DNA for molecular analysis with and without mechanical cell disruption M. de Nijs, L. Nabben and K. Wernars (The Netherlands) Purification of meningococcal group C polysaccharide by a procedure suitable for scale-up M.M. Tanizaki, L.R. Garcia, J. B. Ramos, L.C.C. Leite, H. Hiss, J.A. Furuta, J. Cabrera-Crespo and I. Raw (Brazil) Differentiation and identification of human faecal anaerobic bacteria producing B-galactosidase (a new methodology) C. Favier, C. Neut, C. Mizon, A. Cortot, J.-F. Colombel and J. Mizon (France) Raffinose-Bifidobacterium (RB) agar, a new selective medium for bifidobacteria R. Hartemink, B.J. Kok, G.H. Weenk and F.M. Rombouts (The Netheriands) Reducing interference of visible particles with epifluorescent microscopy during counting of total cell numbers on stained films X. Zuo, C. Jiang and Y. Du (China) Deduction of the cell volume and mass from forward scatter intensity of bacteria analyzed by flow cytometry A.L. Koch, B.R. Robertson and D.K. Button (USA) The use of a classic lipid extraction method for simultaneous recovery of organic pollutants and microbial lipids from sediments J. Fang and R.H. Findlay (USA) Immunomagnetic bead enrichment and PCR for detection of Helicobacter pylori in human stools H.-O. Nilsson, P. Aleljung, I. Nilsson, T. Tyszkiewicz and T. Wadstrom (Sweden) Ion mobility spectrometry as an immunoassay detection technique A.P. Snyder, D.A. Blyth and J.A. Parsons (USA) Rapid identification of Saccharomonospora strains by multiplex PCR using species-specific primers within the 16S rRNA gene J.-H. Yoon, S. Taik Lee, Y. Kook Shin, S.-B. Kim, H.-J. Kim, M. Goodfellow and Y.-H. Park (Republic of Korea, UK) Abstracts of the First Meeting of the European Study Group on Molecular diagnostics Nos. 2,3 November 1996 Obituary Research papers Interlaboratory evaluation of MI agar and the US Environmental Protection Agency-Approved Membrane Filter Method for the recovery of total coliforms and Escherichia coli from drinking water K.P. Brenner, C.C. Rankin and M. Sivaganesan (USA) Detection of metapyrocatechase homologous genes in petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated groundwater by polymerase chain reaction B. Joshi and §S.K. Walia (USA) Monitoring muramic acid in air (after alditol acetate derivatization) using a gas chromatograph-ion trap tandem mass spectrometer A. Fox, M. Krahmer and D. Harrelson (USA) Non-radiometric assay for glucosylglycerol-synthesizing enzymes involved in the cyanobacterial salt adaptation A. Schoor, M. Hagemann and N. Erdmann (Germany) A modified medium and method for the cultivation of Chloroflexus K.A. Malik (Germany) 248 Contents of volume 27 A convenient method for maintaining Chloroflexus for long time periods as slow growing liquid cultures K.A. Malik (Germany) Characterization and identification of actinomycetes by FT-IR spectroscopy H. Haag, H.-U. Gremlich, R. Bergmann and J.-J. Sanglier (Switzerland) Cultivation of Cryptosporidium parvum in a non-adherent human monocytic cell line P. Lawton, M. Naciri, R. Mancassola and A.-F. Petavy (France) The use of a PCR cloning and screening strategy to identify lambda clones containing the hupB gene of Anabaena sp. strain PCC7120 J. Gubili and D. Borthakur (USA) Community analysis by Biolog: curve integration for statistical analysis of activated sludge microbial habitats J.B. Guckert, G.J. Carr, T.D. Johnson, B.G. Hamm, D.H. Davidson and Y. Kumagai (USA, Japan) A statistical method to identify different survival patterns of culturable microbes in environmental microcosms M.A. Hurley (UK) Use of defined substrate technology and a novel procedure for estimating the numbers of enterococci in water E.J. Fricker and C.R. Fricker (UK) Ultrasonic standing wave removal of microorganisms from suspension in small batch systems M.S. Limaye, J.J. Hawkes and W.T. Coakley (UK) Toxoplasma gondii in vitro cultivation: easy handling long-term propagation C. Harmer, H. Aspock and A. Hassl (Austria) Toxoplasma gondii in vitro cultivation: economic and efficient mass production C. Harmer, A. Hassl, S. Kreinecker and H. Asp6ck (Austria) Rapid detection of Mycobacterium kansasii in water by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry M. Slosarek, S. Alugupalli, J. Kaustova and L. Larsson (Czech Republic, Sweden) Sensitivity and specificity of a commercially available enzyme-linked immunoassay for the detection of polymerase chain reaction amplified DNA M. Ritzler and M. Altwegg (Switzerland) Short communication Physico-chemical and adhesive cell surface properties of Lactobacillus strains grown in old formula and new, standardized MRS medium K.W. Millsap, H.C. van der Mei, G. Reid and H.J. Busscher (The Netherlands, Canada) Author Index of Volume 27 Subject Index of Volume 27 Contents Index of Volume 27