1. Overproduction of thymidine by recombinant Brevibacterium helvolum amplified with thymidine monophosphate phosphohydrolase gene from bacteriophage PBS2

   • Hyeon Cheol Lee
   • Jung Mi Ahn
   • Jung Hoe Kim

   OriginalPaper Pages: 265 - 268

2. Methyl tert-butyl ether biodegradation by microbial consortia obtained from soil samples of gasoline-polluted sites in Mexico

   • Marcia Morales
   • Elia Velázquez
   • Elías Razo-Flores

   OriginalPaper Pages: 269 - 275

3. PCR hot-start using duplex primers

   • Deming Kong
   • Hanxi Shen
   • Huaifeng Mi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 277 - 280

4. Kinetics of improved production and thermostability of an intracellular β-glucosidase from a mutant-derivative of Cellulomonas biazotea

   • M.I. Rajoka
   • I.S. Durrani
   • A.M. Khalid

   OriginalPaper Pages: 281 - 285

5. Antinematodal activity and the mechanism of the antimicrobial peptide, HP (2-20), against Caenorhabditis elegans

   • Seung-Hwan Jang
   • Yoonkyung Park
   • Kyung-Soo Hahm

   OriginalPaper Pages: 287 - 291

6. Characterization and application of monoclonal antibodies against human endothelin B receptor expressed in insect cells

   • Tomohiro Yamaguchi
   • Ikuyo Arimoto-Tahara
   • Tomoko Doi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 299

7. Kinetic resolution of rac-2-pentanol catalyzed by Candida antarctica lipase B in the ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]amide

   • Marilyne Noël
   • Pedro Lozano
   • José L. Iborra

   OriginalPaper Pages: 301 - 306

8. Reduction of nitrobenzene with H₂ using a microbial consortium

   • Hong-Bin Cao
   • Yu-Ping Li
   • Yi Zhang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 307 - 310

9. Construction of a high-biomass, iron-enriched yeast strain and study on distribution of iron in the cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

   • Yulan Yuan
   • Xuena Guo
   • Shigui Liu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 311 - 315

10. Antagonistic activity of lactic acid bacteria as probiotics against selected bacteria of the Enterobaceriacae family in the presence of polyols and their galactosyl derivatives

    • Robert Klewicki
    • Elżbieta Klewicka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 317 - 320

11. Performance of a newly developed integrant of Zymomonas mobilis for ethanol production on corn stover hydrolysate

    • Ali Mohagheghi
    • Nancy Dowe
    • Min Zhang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 321 - 325

12. Different proportions of laccase isoenzymes produced by submerged cultures of Trametes versicolor grown on lignocellulosic wastes

    • D. Moldes
    • M. Lorenzo
    • M A. Sanromán

    OriginalPaper Pages: 327 - 330

13. Lead biosorption by waste biomass of Corynebacterium glutamicum generated from lysine fermentation process

    • S.B. Choi
    • Y.-S. Yun

    OriginalPaper Pages: 331 - 336

14. Structure and fungicidal activity of a synthetic antimicrobial peptide, P18, and its truncated peptides

    • Dong Gun Lee
    • Kyung-Soo Hahm
    • Song Yub Shin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 337 - 341

15. Evaluation of magnetic polymer micro-beads as carriers of immobilised biocatalysts for selective and stereoselective transformations

    • D. Bozhinova
    • B. Galunsky
    • V. Kasche

    OriginalPaper Pages: 343 - 350

16. Preliminary characterisation of an Escherichia coli K5 lyase-deficient strain producing the K5 polysaccharide

    • Matilde Manzoni
    • Manuela Rollini
    • Carlo Parini

    OriginalPaper Pages: 351 - 356

17. Erratum: Biotechnology Letters 25: 1953–1956, 2003.

    OriginalPaper Pages: 357 - 362

18. Erratum: Biotechnology Letters 25: 2061–2064, 2003.

    OriginalPaper Pages: 363 - 368

19. Erratum: Biotechnology Letters 25: 2065–2069, 2003.

    OriginalPaper Pages: 369 - 375

20. Author's quick checklist for preparing manuscripts for submission

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