1. Isolation of a Hyperxylanolytic Cellulomonas Flavigena Mutant Growing on Continuous Culture on Sugar Cane Bagasse

   • Lino Mayorga-Reyes
   • Teresa Ponce-Noyola

   OriginalPaper Pages: 443 - 446

2. Different Regioselectivity of Two Commercial Acetylesterases for Hydrolysis of Peracetylated Maltose

   • A. Copinet
   • Y. Couturier
   • J.C. Prudhomme

   OriginalPaper Pages: 447 - 450

3. Lipase-Catalyzed Synthesis of Capsaicin Analogs by Amidation of Vanillylamine with Fatty Acid Derivatives

   • Kenji Kobata
   • Momoyo Kawamura
   • Tatsuo Watanabe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 451 - 454

4. Candida Rugosa Lipase Catalyzed Esterification of Racemic Ibuprofen with Butanol: Racemization of R-Ibuprofen and Chemical Hydrolysis of S-Ester Formed

   • Yu-Chun Xie
   • Hui-Zhou Liu
   • Jia-Yong Chen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 455 - 458

5. Degradation of Lignin Compounds by Bacteria from Termite Guts

   • Kinya Kato
   • Shinya Kozaki
   • Masanori Sakuranaga

   OriginalPaper Pages: 459 - 462

6. Light-Enhanced Target Gene Expression in Tobacco BY-2 by the Combination of Overexpressed Phytochrome and rbcS3A Promoter

   • Hiroyuki Kurata
   • Shintaro Furusaki
   • Clarence I. Kado

   OriginalPaper Pages: 463 - 468

7. Growth and Pigment Production by Hairy Root Cultures of Beta Vulgaris L. in a Bubble Column Reactor

   • Usha Mukundan
   • Edgard B. Carvalho
   • Wayne R. Curtis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 469 - 474

8. Increase in Phytase Activity and Decrease in Phytate During Germination of Four Common Legumes

   • Nikolaos B. Kyriakidis
   • Maria Galiotou-Panayotou
   • Panagiotis Athanasopoulos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 475 - 478

9. Novel Biological Process for L-DOPA Production from L-Tyrosine by P-Hydroxyphenylacetate 3-Hydroxylase

   • Jang-Young Lee
   • Luying Xun

   OriginalPaper Pages: 479 - 482

10. Cloning and Sequencing of the nrdF Gene of Corynebacterium Ammoniagenes ATCC 6872 Encoding the Functional Metallo-Cofactor of the Manganese-Ribonucleotide Reductase (Mn-RRase)

    • W. Oehlmann
    • U. Griepenburg
    • G. Auling

    OriginalPaper Pages: 483 - 488

11. Increased Respiration Through Cytochrome d Enhances Microaerobic N₂Fixation in Klebsiella Pneumoniae

    • Luis Francisco Comaduran
    • Francisco Lara
    • Mario Soberón

    OriginalPaper Pages: 489 - 493

12. Glucose Uptake Rate by Saccharomyces Cerevisiae in the Presence of Promoters of Alcoholic Fermentation Using ¹⁴C-Labelled Glucose

    • M. Soupioni
    • E. Polichroniadou
    • A.A. Koutinas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 495 - 497

13. Treatment of Candida Rugosa Lipase with Short-Chain Polar Organic Solvents Enhances its Hydrolytic and Synthetic Activities

    • S. Chamorro
    • J.M. Sánchez-Montero
    • J.V. Sinisterra

    OriginalPaper Pages: 499 - 505

14. Biotransformation of 2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-Propanediol to 3-Hydroxypivalic Acid by Acetobacter Acetii DSMZ3508 and Related Bacteria

    • Bernd Füchtenbusch
    • Marc Wältermann
    • Alexander Steinbüchel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 507 - 510

15. Enhanced Extraction Efficiency of Recombinant Proteins by Use of the KNR4-Disrupted Strains of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

    • Sun-Mi Park
    • Yeong-H. Song
    • Tae H. Lee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 511 - 514

16. Additive Effects of Two Different Plasmid-Linked Restriction and Modification Systems in Lactococcus

    • Ping Su
    • Adeline Ng
    • Noel Dunn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 515 - 518

17. Stimulation of Monensin Biosynthesis in Streptomyces Cinnamonensis by Antioxidants Butylated Hydroxyanisole and Butylated Hydroxytoluene

    • Stanislav Pospíšil
    • Petr Sedmera

    OriginalPaper Pages: 519 - 523

18. Enhanced Microbial Removal of H₂S Using Chlorobium in an Optical-Fiber Bioreactor

    • Kwang-Hee Lee
    • Byung-Woo Kim

    OriginalPaper Pages: 525 - 529