1. Protective role of astaxanthin against u.v.-B irradiation in the green alga Haematococcus pluvialis

   • Makio Kobayashi
   • Takashi Okada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 181

2. Identification of the extracellular polysaccharide produced by the snow mold fungus Microdochium nivale

   • Ulrike Schweiger-Hufnagel
   • Tomoko Ono
   • Hidetoshi Okuyama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 187

3. Pellet forming and fragmentation in liquid culture of Streptomyces griseus

   • Jae-heon Kim
   • Ian C. Hancock

   OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 192

4. Desulfurization of model and diesel oils by resting cells of Gordona sp.

   • Je Hwan Chang
   • Yong Keun Chang
   • Ho Nam Chang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 193 - 196

5. Preparation of L-arabinose isomerase originated from Escherichia coli as a biocatalyst for D-tagatose production

   • Hoe-Jin Roh
   • Sang-Hyun Yoon
   • Pil Kim

   OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 199

6. A simplified procedure for the purification of human N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-III from human hepatocellular carcinoma tissues

   • Eun-Young Song
   • Kyoung-A. Kim
   • Si Myung Byun

   OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 204

7. Arsenic precipitation in the bioleaching of enargite by Sulfolobus BC at 70 °C

   • Blanca Escobar
   • Elizabeth Huenupi
   • Jacques V. Wiertz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 209

8. Degradation of trichloroethylene by recombinant E. coli in continuous culture

   • Wako Takami
   • Hideaki Nojiri
   • Toshio Omori

   OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 216

9. Epoxidation of fatty acids with membrane-supported peroxygenase

   • George J. Piazza
   • Thomas A. Foglia
   • Alberto Nuñez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 221

10. Direct conversion of cellulose to methane by anaerobic fungus Neocallimastix frontalis and defined methanogens

    • Yutaka Nakashimada
    • Karthikeyan Srinivasan
    • Naomichi Nishio

    OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 227

11. Improved activity and stability of an immobilized recombinant laccase in organic solvents

    • Annia I. Ruiz
    • Adriel J. Malavé
    • Kai Griebenow

    OriginalPaper Pages: 229 - 233

12. Degradation of the methyl substituted alkene, citronellol, by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, wild type and mutant strains

    • Jesús Campos-García
    • Gloria Soberón-Chávez

    OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 237

13. Xylitol production from aspenwood hemicellulose hydrolysate by Candida guilliermondii

    • L. Preziosi-Belloy
    • V. Nolleau
    • J.M. Navarro

    OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 243

14. Miniaturised expanded-bed column with low dispersion suitable for fast flow-ELISA analyses

    • Eva Pålsson
    • M.P. Nandakumar
    • Per-Olof Larsson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 250