1. Editorial

   • Teruhiko Beppu

   EditorialNotes Pages: 83 - 83

2. Genetics of lactobacilli: Plasmids and gene expression

   • Peter H. Pouwels
   • Rob J. Leer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 107

3. Genetics of methane and methanol oxidation in Gram-negative methylotrophic bacteria

   • Terese M. Barta
   • Richard S. Hanson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 120

4. Genetic organization ofAcetobacter for acetic acid fermentation

   • Teruhiko Beppu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 135

5. Protein secretion inBacillus brevis

   • Shigezo Udaka
   • Hideo Yamagata

   OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 143

6. Molecular aspects of lysine, threonine, and isoleucine biosynthesis inCorynebacterium glutamicum

   • Bernhard J. Eikmanns
   • Lothar Eggeling
   • Hermann Sahm

   OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 163

7. Genetic control of polyketide biosynthesis in the genusStreptomyces

   • C. Richard Hutchinson
   • Heinrich Decker
   • Li Tang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 176

8. A-factor and streptomycin biosynthesis inStreptomyces griseus

   • Sucharu Horinouchi
   • Teruhiko Beppu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 186

9. The yeastKluyveromyces lactis as an efficient host for heterologous gene expression

   • Bart W. Swinkels
   • Albert J. J. van Ooyen
   • Fons J. Bonekamp

   OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 201