1. Utilisation of biomass for the supply of energy carriers

   • P. A. M. Claassen
   • J. B. van Lier
   • R. A. Weusthuis

   MINI-REVIEW Pages: 741 - 755

2. Fungal transposons: from mobile elements towards molecular tools

   • F. Kempken

   MINI-REVIEW Pages: 756 - 760

3. DNA hydrolysis by inorganic catalysts

   • R. Ott
   • R. Krämer

   MINI-REVIEW Pages: 761 - 767

4. Solid-state fermentation for xylanase production by Thermoascus aurantiacus using response surface methodology

   • M. C. de O. Souza
   • I. C. Roberto
   • A. M. F. Milagres

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 768 - 772

5. Effect of phosphate and oxygen concentrations on alginate production and stoichiometry of metabolism of Azotobacter vinelandii under microaerobic conditions

   • W. Sabra
   • A. -P. Zeng
   • W. -D. Deckwer

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 773 - 780

6. Outdoor culture of a cyanobacterium with a vertical flat-plate photobioreactor: effects on productivity of the reactor orientation, distance setting between the plates, and culture temperature

   • K. Zhang
   • N. Kurano
   • S. Miyachi

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 781 - 786

7. Axenic aerobic biofilms inhibit corrosion of copper and aluminum

   • A. Jayaraman
   • D. Ornek
   • T. K. Wood

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 787 - 790

8. Activity and stability of chemically modified Candida antarctica lipase B adsorbed on solid supports

   • B. C. Koops
   • E. Papadimou
   • M. R. Egmond

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 791 - 796

9. β-Carbon stereoselectivity of N-carbamoyl-d-α-amino acid amidohydrolase for α,β-diastereomeric amino acids

   • J. Ogawa
   • A. Ryono
   • S. Shimizu

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 797 - 801

10. Purification and characterization of β-amylase from Curculigo pilosa

    • M. H. Dicko
    • M. J. F. Searle-van Leeuwen
    • A. S. Traoré

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 802 - 805

11. Metal-induced expressing of mammal Metallothionein-1 gene in cyanobacteria to promote cadmium-binding preferences

    • X. -X. Guo
    • D. -J. Shi
    • B. -G. Ru

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 806 - 810

12. Characterization of IS1676 from Rhodococcus erythropolis SQ1

    • P. A. Lessard
    • X. M. O'Brien
    • A. J. Sinskey

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 811 - 819

13. Biotransformation of eugenol to vanillin by a mutant of Pseudomonas sp. strain HR199 constructed by disruption of the vanillin dehydrogenase (vdh) gene

    • J. Overhage
    • H. Priefert
    • A. Steinbüchel

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 820 - 828

14. Xylose utilisation by recombinant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae on different carbon sources

    • W. H. van Zyl
    • A. Eliasson
    • B. Hahn-Hägerdal

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 829 - 833

15. Reduction of aryl acids by white-rot fungi for the biocatalytic production of aryl aldehydes and alcohols

    • A. Hage
    • H. E. Schoemaker
    • J. A. Field

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 834 - 838

16. The effects of exopolymers on cell morphology and culturability of Leuconostoc mesenteroides during starvation

    • D. -S. Kim
    • H. S. Fogler

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 839 - 844

17. Phage abortive infection of Bacillus licheniformis ATCC 9800; identification of the abiBL11 gene and localisation and sequencing of its promoter region

    • L.-S. P. Tran
    • L. Szabó
    • A. Holczinger

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 845 - 852

18. An extractive membrane biofilm reactor for degradation of 1,3-dichloropropene in industrial waste water

    • E. Katsivela
    • D. Bonse
    • R. -M. Wittich

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 853 - 862

19. Analysis of the relative abundance of different types of bacteria capable of toluene degradation in a compost biofilter

    • P. Juteau
    • D. Rho
    • A. LeDuy

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 863 - 868