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CONTENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prevalence of opportunistic pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria
from the Enterobacteriaceae family in the cloacal microflora of
Testudo graeca<\/em> and Testudo hermanni<\/em> \u2013 a pilot study<\/strong>
Steliyana Popova, Irina Lazarkevich, Stephan Engibarov,
Simona Mitova, Iva Lalovska, pp. 1-9<\/em>
Article \u2116 eb20261001 [Full text \u2013 PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breeding density and habitat preferences of the European Turtle
Dove Streptopelia turtur<\/em> Linnaeus, 1758 (Columbiformes:
Columbidae) in Bulgaria: preliminary results<\/strong>
Gradimir Gruychev, Stoyan Stoyanov, Evlogi Angelov, Hristo Mihaylov, pp. 10-20<\/em>
Article \u2116 eb20261010 [Full text \u2013 PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Influence of the urban environment on the metabolic activity and
functional diversity of phyllospheric microbial communities in
linden trees<\/strong>
Katya Dimirova, Spas Spasov, Bogdan Nikolov, Stefan Shilev,
Slaveya Petrova, pp. 21-33<\/em>
Article \u2116 eb20261021 [Full text \u2013 PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Influence of in vitro cultivation factors on micropropagation and
alkaloid determination of Convolvulus persicus<\/em> L.<\/strong>
Iva Doycheva, Tsvetelina Doncheva, Stefan Philipov, pp. 34-42<\/em>
Article \u2116 eb20261034 [Full text \u2013 PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current knowledge on the habitat distribution of freshwater snails
(Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Bulgaria<\/strong>
Dilian Georgiev, pp. 43-47<\/em>
Article \u2116 eb20261043 [Full text \u2013 PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alkyd resins on the base of waste poly(ethylene terephthalate) and
glycerol phase from biodiesel production<\/strong>
Nikola Todorov, pp. 48-57<\/em>
Article \u2116 eb20261048 [Full text \u2013 PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Color-based analytical assessment of microplastic contamination
in surface waters from the Black Sea (Bulgaria)<\/strong>
Vesela Yancheva, Stela Stoyanova, Elenka Georgieva, Kiril Valkanov, pp. 58-63<\/em>
Article \u2116 eb20261058 [Full text \u2013 PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three millennia of vegetation history in the Vitosha Mountain,
Bulgaria<\/strong>
Spassimir Tonkov, Elena Marinova, Dessislava Gyurova, pp. 64-70<\/em>
Article \u2116 eb20261064 [Full text \u2013 PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u041conthly fluctuations in litterfall in forest communities, part of the
LTER-BG network<\/strong>
Violeta Dimitrova, Sonya Damyanova, pp. 71-76<\/em>
Article \u2116 eb20261071 [Full text \u2013 PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nutritional composition of Abies<\/em> x borisii-regis<\/em> Mattf. cones from
Bulgaria<\/strong>
Vasilena Mladenova, Tzenka Radoukova, Miroslava Ivanova,
Lilko Dospatliev, Rumen Mladenov, Plamen Stoyanov,
Tsvetelina Mladenova, Krasimir Todorov, Donika Gyuzeleva,\u00a0pp. 77-87<\/em>
Article \u2116 eb20261077\u00a0[Full text \u2013 PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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