EDITORIAL
	Viable but non-culturable and dormant bacteria: time to resolve an oxymoron and a misnomer?
	M. R. BARER
	J Med Microbiol 1997. 46: 629-631. [PDF]

TAXONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENT
	Proposed new bacterial taxa and proposed changes of bacterial names published during 1995 and 1996 and considered to be of interest to medical or veterinary bacteriology
	W. FREDERIKSEN and J. URSING
	J Med Microbiol 1997. 46: 633-638. [PDF]

BACTERIAL GENETICS
	Evidence for genetic linkage between the ure and trh genes in Vibrio parahaemolyticus
	TETSUYA IIDA, ORASA SUTHIENKUL, KWON-SAM PARK, GUANG-QING TANG, RYOHEI K. YAMAMOTO, MASANORI ISHIBASHI, KOICHIRO YAMAMOTO, and TAKESHI HONDA
	J Med Microbiol 1997. 46: 639-645. [Abstract] [PDF]

MODELS OF INFECTION
	Suckling CD1 mice as an animal model for studies of Legionella pneumophila virulence
	M. CASTELLANI PASTORIS, E. PROIETTI, C. MAURI, P. CHIANI, and A. CASSONE
	J Med Microbiol 1997. 46: 647-655. [Abstract] [PDF]
	Infection of BALB/c A mice by spiral and coccoid forms of Helicobacter pylori
	X. WANG, E. STUREGÅRD, R. RUPAR, H-O. NILSSON, P. A. ALELJUNG, BIRGITTA CARLÉN, R. WILLÉN, and T. WADSTRÖM
	J Med Microbiol 1997. 46: 657-663. [Abstract] [PDF]

MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS
	Detection of Pneumocystis carinii DNA by PCR amplification in various rat organs in experimental pneumocystosis
	M. RABODONIRINA, R. WILMOTTE, E. DANNAOUI, F. PERSAT, G. BAYLE, and M. MOJON
	J Med Microbiol 1997. 46: 665-668. [Abstract] [PDF]

IMMUNE RESPONSE TO INFECTION
	Studies on the lysozyme independence of immune immobilisation of Treponema pallidum and the frequency of lysozyme autoantibodies in syphilitic sera
	SUSANNE ZIELINSKI and HERTHA-LORE BORKHARDT
	J Med Microbiol 1997. 46: 669-674. [Abstract] [PDF]
	Protective activity of Borrelia duttonii-specific immunoglobulin subclasses in mice
	M. YOKOTA, M.G. MORSHED, T. NAKAZAWA, and H. KONISHI
	J Med Microbiol 1997. 46: 675-680. [Abstract] [PDF]

BACTERIAL PATHOGENICITY
	Cell proliferation enhances entry of Listeria monocytogenes into intestinal epithelial cells by two proliferation-dependent entry pathways
	PHILIPPE VELGE, ELISABETH BOTTREAU, NATHALIE VAN-LANGENDONCK, and BERTRAND KAEFFER
	J Med Microbiol 1997. 46: 681-692. [Abstract] [PDF]
	Characterisation and expression of fatty acid modifying enzyme produced by Staphylococcus epidermidis
	N. R. CHAMBERLAIN and S. A. BRUEGGEMANN
	J Med Microbiol 1997. 46: 693-697. [Abstract] [PDF]

MEDICAL MYCOLOGY
	Phaeohyphomycotic soft tissue disease caused by Pleurophomopsis lignicola in a kidney transplant patient
	C. FARINA, E. PUNITHALIGHAM, P. RUGGENENTI, and A. GOGLIO
	J Med Microbiol 1997. 46: 699-703. [Abstract] [PDF]

TECHNICAL NOTE
	The value of LYM-1 cells for examining vacuole formation and loss of cell viability induced by culture supernates of Helicobacter pylori
	X. M. WANG, T. KOJIMA, K. SATOH, Y. TANIGUCHI, K. TOKUMARU, K. SAIFUKU, M. SEKI, K. KIHIRA, K. IDO, J. Y. UCHIDA, C. OHMORI, T. TAKAOKA, and K. KIMURA
	J Med Microbiol 1997. 46: 705-709. [Abstract] [PDF]
	Comparison of the Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur Chlamydia Microplate EIA shortened assay with the original standard assay and cell culture
	E. L. CHAN, K. BRANDT, HEATHER STONEHAM, and G. HORSMAN
	J Med Microbiol 1997. 46: 711-713. [Abstract] [PDF]

BOOK REVIEWS
	A Guide to Specimen Management in Clinical Microbiology: J. M. Miller. 1996. ISBN 1-55581-105-1. ASM Press, Washington. Pp. 153. Paperback $24.95.
	D. E. HEALING
	J Med Microbiol 1997. 46: 715. [PDF]

ANNOUNCEMENTS
	ANNOUNCEMENTS
	J Med Microbiol 1997. 46: 716. [PDF]

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