1. Characteristics of a rice beer (zutho) and a yeast isolated from the fermented product in Nagaland, India

   • Y. Teramoto
   • S. Yoshida
   • S. Ueda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 813 - 816

2. Cadmium removal capacities of filamentous soil fungi isolated from industrially polluted sediments, in La Plata (Argentina)

   • Guillermina Massaccesi
   • M. Cristina Romero
   • Ana M. Bucsinszky

   OriginalPaper Pages: 817 - 820

3. Preliminary characterization of wine lactobacilli able to degrade arginine

   • G. Spano
   • L. Beneduce
   • S. Massa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 821 - 825

4. Plasmid incidence in bacteria from agricultural and industrial soils

   • Abdul Malik
   • Iram Fatima Khan
   • Asma Aleem

   OriginalPaper Pages: 827 - 833

5. Pectinolytic activity of bacteria isolated from soil and two fungal strains during submerged fermentation

   • O. Sunnotel
   • P. Nigam

   OriginalPaper Pages: 835 - 839

6. Microbiological characterization of a coke oven contaminated site and evaluation of its potential for bioremediation

   • M.C. Sàágua
   • L. Baeta-Hall
   • A.M. Anselmo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 841 - 845

7. Characterization of two bacteriocins produced by Leuconostoc mesenteroides L124 and Lactobacillus curvatus L442, isolated from dry fermented sausages

   • M. Mataragas
   • J. Metaxopoulos
   • E.H. Drosinos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 847 - 856

8. Preparation of hydrolysates from tobacco stalks and ethanolic fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

   • Carlos Martín
   • Teresa Fernández
   • Leif J. Jönsson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 857 - 862

9. Antibacterial effect of honey on the in vitro and in vivo growth of Escherichia coli

   • Tumkur Ramachandriah Shamala
   • Yeleswarapu Pattabhiram Shri Jyothi
   • Palle Saibaba

   OriginalPaper Pages: 863 - 865

10. Selenium enhances the antimutagenic activity of probiotic bacterium Enterococcus faecium M-74

    • L. Križková
    • A. Belicová
    • L. Ebringer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 867 - 873

11. Enumeration of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans adhered to agglomerated ores in bioleaching processes

    • Blanca Escobar
    • Inés Godoy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 875 - 879

12. Stabilization and functional properties of Escherichia coli penicillin G acylase by covalent conjugation of anionic polysaccharide carboxymethylcellulose

    • Dilek Coskuner Öztürk
    • Dilek Kazan
    • ltan Erarslan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 881 - 888

13. Review: the human cutaneous microflora and factors controlling colonisation

    • R.A. Bojar
    • K.T. Holland

    OriginalPaper Pages: 889 - 903

14. Author Index

    Authors Index Pages: 905 - 912

15. Instructions for Authors

    Instructions for Authors Pages: 913 - 917