1. Scanning electron microscopic studies of lipase-catalysed esterification catalysis for the synthesis of stearoyl lactate and p-cresyl laurate

   • C.V. Suresh Babu
   • K.R. Kiran
   • S. Divakar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 659 - 665

2. Response of Rhizobium leguminosarum to nickel stress

   • Shweta Singh
   • Arvind M. Kayastha
   • S.P. Singh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 667 - 672

3. Biotyping, serotyping and genotyping of aeromonads from environmental and clinical samples

   • L. Bonadonna
   • R. Briancesco
   • T. Shimada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 673 - 676

4. Comparison of Rhizopus nigricans in a pelleted growth form with some other types of waste microbial biomass as biosorbents for metal ions

   • Adela Kogej
   • Aleksander Pavko

   OriginalPaper Pages: 677 - 685

5. Detection of metal-chelating compounds from wood-rotting fungi Trametes versicolorand Wolfiporia cocos

   • A. Machuca
   • D. Napoleão
   • A.M.F. Milagres

   OriginalPaper Pages: 687 - 690

6. Production of chitinase and its optimization from a novel isolate Alcaligenes xylosoxydans: potential in antifungal biocontrol

   • R.J. Vaidya
   • I.M. Shah
   • H.S. Chhatpar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 691 - 696

7. Degradation kinetics of phenol by immobilized cells of Candida tropicalis in a fluidized bed reactor

   • Cleotilde Juárez-Ramírez
   • Nora Ruiz-Ordaz
   • Juvencio Galíndez-Mayer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 697 - 705

8. Influence of sodium ion on heavy metal-induced inhibition of light-regulatd proton efflux and active carbon uptake in the cyanobacterium Anabaena flos-aquae

   • S.K. Sharma
   • D.P. Singh
   • P.S. Bisen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 707 - 711

9. Effect of C/N ratio and starch concentration on ethanol production from sago starch using recombinant yeast

   • S. Abd-Aziz
   • D.C. Ang
   • S. Shioya

   OriginalPaper Pages: 713 - 719

10. Covalent immobilization of a glucoamylase to bagasse dialdehyde cellulose

    • S. Varavinit
    • N. Chaokasem
    • S. Shobsngob

    OriginalPaper Pages: 721 - 725

11. Acid trehalase deficiency and extracellular trehalose utilization in Candida utilis

    • Amit Roy
    • Soma Bhattacharyya
    • Anil Kumar Ghosh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 727 - 729

12. Production of cholesterol oxidase by a newly isolated Rhodococcus sp.

    • M. Tabatabaei Yazdi
    • F. Malekzadeh
    • Sh. Khaleghparast

    OriginalPaper Pages: 731 - 737

13. Isolation and improvement of a thermotolerant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain

    • Sandrasegarampillai Balakumar
    • Vasanthy Arasaratnam
    • Kandiah Balasubramaniam

    OriginalPaper Pages: 739 - 746

14. Random mutagenesis and use of 2-deoxy-D-glucose as an antimetabolite for selection of α-amylase-overproducing mutants of Aspergillus oryzae

    • Mehrdad Azin
    • Elham Noroozi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 747 - 750

15. Optimization of bagasse, nutrients and initial moisture ratios on the yield of penicillin in solid-state fermentation

    • M. Domínguez
    • A. Mejía
    • J. Barrios-González

    OriginalPaper Pages: 751 - 756

16. In vitro inhibition of Candida albicans growth by plant extracts and essential oils

    • S.M. Ezzat

    BriefCommunication Pages: 757 - 759