1. Prevalence and antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli in tropical seafood

   • H. S. Kumar
   • A. Parvathi
   • I. Karunasagar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 619 - 623

2. Rapid detection of Salmonella typhi in foods by combination of immunomagnetic separation and polymerase chain reaction

   • S Kumar
   • K Balakrishna
   • H.V. Batra

   OriginalPaper Pages: 625 - 628

3. DNA amplification fingerprinting as a tool for checking genetic purity of strains in the cyanobacterial inoculum

   • B. Jeberlin Prabina
   • K. Kumar
   • S. Kannaiyan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 629 - 634

4. Utilization of a polyphasic approach in the taxonomic reassessment of antibiotic- and enzyme-producing Bacillus spp. isolated from the Philippines

   • Marie Antonette Ruth V. Guerra-Cantera
   • Asuncion K. Raymundo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 635 - 644

5. Relationship among acidophilic bacteria from diverse environments as determined by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis (RAPD)

   • Tanveer Akbar
   • Kalsoom Akhtar
   • Ahmad M. Khalid

   OriginalPaper Pages: 645 - 648

6. Purification and characterization of a thermoalkalophilic xylanase from Bacillus sp.

   • M. P. Sapre
   • H. Jha
   • M. B. Patil

   OriginalPaper Pages: 649 - 654

7. Liquid–liquid extraction of an extracellular alkaline protease from fermentation broth using aqueous two-phase and reversed micelles systems

   • T. S. Porto
   • T. I. R. Monteiro
   • M. G. Carneiro-da-Cunha

   OriginalPaper Pages: 655 - 659

8. Bioleaching of nickel from equilibrium fluid catalytic cracking catalysts

   • Oguz Bayraktar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 661 - 665

9. Decolourization of textile dye Reactive Violet 5 by a newly isolated bacterial consortium RVM 11.1

   • Safia Moosvi
   • Haresh Keharia
   • Datta Madamwar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 667 - 672

10. Exopolysaccharide production by Lactobacillus delbruckii subsp. bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus strains under different growth conditions

    • Belma Aslim
    • Zehra Nur Yüksekdag˘
    • Nazime Mercan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 673 - 677

11. Isolation and characterization of actinomycetes antagonistic to pathogenic Vibrio spp. from nearshore marine sediments

    • J. L. You
    • L. X. Cao
    • Y. C. Lin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 679 - 682

12. Mathematical description of bikaverin production in a fluidized bed bioreactor

    • Ma. del Carmen Chávez-Parga
    • Omar González-Ortega
    • Eleazar M. Escamilla-Silva

    OriginalPaper Pages: 683 - 688

13. Adsorption-elution purification of chimeric Bacillus stearothermophilus leucine aminopeptidase II with raw-starch-binding activity

    • Yu-Wen Hua
    • Meng-Chun Chi
    • Long-Liu Lin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 689 - 694

14. Continuous citric acid fermentation by Candida oleophila under nitrogen limitation at constant C/N ratio

    • S. Anastassiadis
    • C. Wandrey
    • H. -J. Rehm

    OriginalPaper Pages: 695 - 705

15. The influence of different yeasts on the fermentation, composition and sensory quality of cachaça

    • Evelyn Souza Oliveira
    • Helena Maria André Bolini Cardello
    • Gil Eduardo Serra

    OriginalPaper Pages: 707 - 715

16. Biological control of sheep parasite nematodes by nematode-trapping fungi: in vitro activity and after passage through the gastrointestinal tract

    • Érika B. N. Graminha
    • Alvimar J. Costa
    • Solange B. S. Palmeira

    OriginalPaper Pages: 717 - 722

17. Micro-encapsulation of Bifidobacterium lactis for incorporation into soft foods

    • L. D. McMaster
    • S. A. Kokott

    OriginalPaper Pages: 723 - 728

18. Evaluation of fluorescent Pseudomonads and Bacillus isolates for the biocontrol of a wilt disease complex of pigeonpea

    • Shazia Siddiqui
    • Zaki A. Siddiqui
    • Iqbal Ahmad

    OriginalPaper Pages: 729 - 732

19. Purification and characterization of a thermostable chitinase from Bacillus licheniformis Mb-2

    • Aris Toharisman
    • Maggy Thenawidjaja Suhartono
    • Yu-Ryang Pyun

    OriginalPaper Pages: 733 - 738

20. Use of alginate and cryo-protective sugars to improve the viability of lactic acid bacteria after freezing and freeze-drying

    • B. De Giulio
    • P. Orlando
    • F. Nazzaro

    OriginalPaper Pages: 739 - 746

21. Bio-production of compost with low pH and high soluble phosphorus from sugar cane bagasse enriched with rock phosphate

    • Gaber Zayed
    • Heba Abdel-Motaal

    OriginalPaper Pages: 747 - 752

22. Purification and characterization of naringinase from a newly isolated strain of Aspergillus niger 1344 for the transformation of flavonoids

    • Munish Puri
    • Sukirti Kalra

    OriginalPaper Pages: 753 - 758

23. Galacto-oligosaccharide production by a thermostable recombinant β-galactosidase from Thermotoga maritima

    • Eun-Su Ji
    • Nyun-Ho Park
    • Deok-Kun Oh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 759 - 764

24. Production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) by Rhodopseudomonas palustris SP5212

    • Mahuya Mukhopadhyay
    • A. Patra
    • A. K. Paul

    OriginalPaper Pages: 765 - 769

25. Effect of sugar-feeding strategies on astaxanthin production by Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

    • Zhong-Ce Hu
    • Yu-Guo Zheng
    • Yin-Chu Shen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 771 - 775

26. Cadmium biosorption by Bacillus circulans strain EB1

    • E. Ince Yilmaz
    • N. Y. Ensari

    OriginalPaper Pages: 777 - 779

27. Vacuolization of target cells: response to microbial toxins

    • Gayane Martirosian
    • Jarosław Jóźwiak
    • Halina Radosz-Komoniewska

    Review Pages: 781 - 785

28. Optimization of feed conditions in a 2.5-l fed-batch culture using rice oil to improve cephalosporin C production by Cephalosporium acremonium M25

    • Na Ri Kim
    • Jung Soo Lim
    • Seung Wook Kim

    Short communication Pages: 787 - 789