1. Production of β-Xylosidase Activity by Trichodermaharzianum Strains

   • Fabiano de A. Ximenes
   • Fabiane Quirino de Paula Silveira
   • Edivaldo Ximenes F. Filho

   Pages: 71 - 77

2. Inhibition of Bacterial Translocation from the Gastrointestinal Tract of Mice Injected with Cyclophosphamide

   • Takuya Suzuki
   • Kikuji Itoh
   • Hideki Suzuki

   Pages: 78 - 83

3. Identification of a Group I Intron in the Nuclear Small Subunit rDNA of Pseudohalonectria lignicola

   • Weidong Chen
   • Carol A. Shearer
   • J. Leland Crane

   Pages: 84 - 88

4. Flexibacter japonensis sp. nov., a New Species That Produces a Novel Inhibitor of Human Leukocyte Elastase Isolated from Soil

   • Takashi Fujita
   • Masanori Okamoto
   • Masakuni Okuhara

   Pages: 89 - 93

5. Diversity of H₂/CO₂-Utilizing Acetogenic Bacteria from Fecesof Non-Methane-Producing Humans

   • Annick Bernalier
   • Violaine Rochet
   • Philippe Pochart

   Pages: 94 - 99

6. PCR Methods for Identification and Specific Detection of Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria

   • María Inés Castellanos
   • Abel Chauvet
   • Christian Barreau

   Pages: 100 - 103

7. Characterization of Aeromonas hydrophila Strains of Clinical, Animal, and Environmental Origin Expressing the O:34 Antigen

   • Shideh Khashe
   • Warren Hill
   • J. Michael Janda

   Pages: 104 - 108

8. Inhibition of Macrophage Phagocytosis by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Rhamnolipids In Vitro and In Vivo

   • Carol D. McClure
   • Neal L. Schiller

   Pages: 109 - 117

9. Effect of the Current Antimicrobial Therapeutic Strategy on Fungal Colonization in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies

   • D. D’Antonio
   • A. Iacone
   • F. Romano

   Pages: 118 - 122

10. A New Rickettsia from a Herbivorous Insect, the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris)

    • De-Qiao Chen
    • Bruce C. Campbell
    • Alexander H. Purcell

    Pages: 123 - 128

11. News & Notes: Isolation of Vibrio harveyi from Diseased Kuruma Prawns Penaeus japonicus

    • Ping-Chung Liu
    • Kuo-Kau Lee
    • Shiu-Nan Chen

    Pages: 129 - 132

12. The lytA Gene and the DNA Region Located Downstream of This Gene Are Not Involved in the Formation of the Type 3 Capsular Polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae

    • Ernesto García
    • Carlos Arrecubieta
    • Rubens López

    Pages: 133 - 135

13. Purification and N-Terminal Amino Acid Sequence of Dextranicin 24, a Bacteriocin of Leuconostoc sp.

    • Anne-Marie Revol-Junelles
    • Gérard Lefebvre

    Pages: 136 - 137