1. Induction of flocculation of brewer's yeast strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by changing the calcium concentration and pH of culture medium

   • Eduardo V. Soares
   • Jan Seynaeve

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1827 - 1832

2. A new method for the rapid evaluation of gas vacuoles regeneration and viability of cyanobacteria by flow cytometry

   • Tae Jong Lee
   • Kazunori Nakano
   • Masatoshi Matsumura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1833 - 1838

3. Improved ethanol tolerance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains by increases in fatty acid unsaturation via metabolic engineering

   • Susumu Kajiwara
   • Keiko Suga
   • Katsumi Nakamura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1839 - 1843

4. A continuous process for the synthesis of hexyl β-D-glucoside in aqueous phase using immobilized β-glucosidase and extractive product recovery with 1-hexanol

   • Takashi Kobayashi
   • Shuji Adachi
   • Ryuichi Matsuno

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1845 - 1848

5. Capture of volatile metabolites for tracking the evolution of gibberellic acid in a solid-state culture of Gibberella fujikuroi

   • Mauricio González-Sepúlveda
   • Eduardo Agosin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1849 - 1854

6. Suppression of Fas-mediated hepatic apoptosis by caspase inhibitor-encapsulated nanoparticles bearing poly-(N-p-vinylbenzyl-O-β-D-galactopyranosyl-[1-4]-D-gluconamide)

   • Isao Shibuya
   • Toshihiro Akaike
   • Yoshifumi Watanabe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1855 - 1859

7. Mixed inhibitions by methanol, furfural and acetic acid on xylitol production by Candida guilliermondii

   • Attilio Converti
   • Patrizia Perego
   • Silvio Silverio da Silva

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1861 - 1865

8. Production of RNA by a marine photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodovulum sp.

   • Napavarn Noparatnaraporn
   • Masanori Watanabe
   • Ken Sasaki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1867 - 1870

9. Optical resolution of RS-(±)-mandelic acid by Pseudomonas sp.

   • Byung-Yong Kim
   • Ki-Chul Hwang
   • Won-Gi Bang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1871 - 1875

10. A micromanipulation method to measure the mechanical properties of single tomato suspension cells

    • Jenny Blewett
    • Kathleen Burrows
    • Colin Thomas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1877 - 1883

11. A neural network model for estimating O2 absorption coefficient in shake-flasks

    • Yung-Chuan Liu
    • Honda Chang
    • Yet Pole I

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1885 - 1888

12. Alkyl glucoside synthesis using Thai rosewood β-glucosidase

    • Kriengsak Lirdprapamongkol
    • Jisnuson Svasti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1889 - 1894

13. Xylitol production from barley bran hydrolysates by continuous fermentation with Debaryomyces hansenii

    • J.M. Cruz
    • J.M. Domínguez
    • J.C. Parajó

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1895 - 1898

14. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic investigation of the thermal denaturation of hen egg-white lysozyme dissolved in aqueous buffer and glycerol

    • Caroline Pérez
    • Kai Griebenow

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1899 - 1905