1. Singlet oxygen quenching ability of astaxanthin esters from the green alga Haematococcus pluvialis

   • M. Kobayashi
   • Y. Sakamoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 265 - 269

2. Differential pattern of trehalose accumulation in wine yeast strains during the microvinification process

   • José V. Gimeno-alcañiz
   • José E. Pérez-ortín
   • Emilia Matallana

   OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 274

3. Lipase-catalysed synthesis of glucose fatty acid esters in tert-butanol

   • Peter Degn
   • Lars H. Pedersen
   • Wolfgang Zimmermann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 275 - 280

4. Extracellular phenol oxidase patterns during depolymerization of low-rank coal by three basidiomycetes

   • Ulrike Temp
   • Horst Meyrahn
   • Claudia Eggert

   OriginalPaper Pages: 281 - 287

5. Ammonium exchange and bioregeneration of bio-flocculated zeolite in a sequencing batch reactor

   • Jin-Young Jung
   • Daewon Pak
   • Sang-Min Lee

   OriginalPaper Pages: 289 - 292

6. A recombinant cellulolytic Escherichia coli: Cloning of the cellulase gene and characterization of a bifunctional cellulase

   • K.K. Srivastava
   • P.K. Verma
   • R. Srivastava

   OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 297

7. Upgrading the efficiency of dissimilatory sulfate reduction by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans via adjustment of the COD/SO4 ratio

   • K. Kosińska
   • T. Miśkiewicz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 302

8. Quantification of extracellular α-acetolactate oxidative decarboxylation in diacetyl production by an α-acetolactate overproducing strain of Lactococcus lactis sp. lactis bv. diacetylactis

   • Emmanuel Rondags
   • Pierre Germain
   • Ivan Marc

   OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 307

9. Resolution of 2-cyano-2-methylalkanoic acids via porcine pancreatic lipase-catalyzed enantioselective ester hydrolysis: effect of the alcohol moiety of the substrate ester on enantioselectivity

   • Toshifumi Miyazawa
   • Masanori Shimaoka
   • Takashi Yamada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 309 - 312

10. Molecular characterisation of the gene encoding an esterase from Bacillus licheniformis sharing significant similarities with lipases

    • E. Alvarez-Macarie
    • V. Augier-Magro
    • J. Baratti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 313 - 319

11. PCR-mediated analysis of transcription of CBH I and II genes from Trichoderma pseudokoningii and Penicillium janthinellum

    • J.L. Wang
    • P.J. Gao

    OriginalPaper Pages: 321 - 324

12. Mathematical characterization of insect cell (Sf-9) death in suspended culture

    • N.G. Dalal
    • W.E. Bentley

    OriginalPaper Pages: 325 - 329

13. Stereoinversion of optically active 3-pentyn-2-ol by Nocardia species

    • Jun Ogawa
    • Sheng-Xue Xie
    • Sakayu Shimizu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 331 - 335

14. Improvement of very high gravity ethanol fermentation by media supplementation using Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    • Petra Bafrncová
    • Daniela šmogrovičová
    • Zoltán Dömény

    OriginalPaper Pages: 337 - 341

15. Characterisation of osmotolerant hybrids obtained by fusion between protoplasts of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and heat treated protoplasts of Torulaspora delbrueckii

    • M.E. Lucca
    • M.A. Loray
    • D.A. Callieri

    OriginalPaper Pages: 343 - 348

16. Production of Oenococcus oeni biomass to induce malolactic fermentation in wine by control of pH and substrate addition

    • Sergi Maicas
    • Pilar González-cabo
    • Isabel Pardo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 349 - 353

17. Selective enzymatic preparation of vinyl sugar esters using DMSO as a denaturing co-solvent

    • Masaru Kitagawa
    • Han Fan
    • Yutaka Tokiwa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 355 - 359

18. Stability of xylanases in the presence of methanol and its evaluation on the bleaching capacity

    • J. Ruiz
    • R. Angelo
    • N. Durán

    OriginalPaper Pages: 361 - 366