1. Meetings calendar

   Events Pages: 533 - 534

2. International organization for biotechnology and bioengineering

   Announcement Pages: 535 - 536

3. Influence of growth rate on RNA reduction by intracellular NRase

   • Miguel A. Otero
   • Gloria Bueno
   • Arturo Gonzalez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 537 - 540

4. On the methodology of oxygen transfer coefficient measurments

   • O. Käppeli
   • A. Fiechter

   OriginalPaper Pages: 541 - 546

5. Physiology of growth of a mixed culture of thermophilic bacteria on cellulose under microaerophilic conditions

   • O. Suchardová
   • O. Volfová
   • J. Panos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 547 - 550

6. Bioconversion of gitoxigenin by immobilized plant cells in a column bioreactor

   • Ivan A. Veliky
   • Alan Jones

   OriginalPaper Pages: 551 - 554

7. Optimal baker's yeast production in extended fed-batch culture by using a computer coupled pilot fermenter

   • Ramirez A
   • Durand A
   • Blachere H. T.

   OriginalPaper Pages: 555 - 560

8. Comparison of the performance of a hollow-fiber microbe reactor with a reactor containing alginate entrapped cells

   • Bo Mattiasson
   • Matts Ramstorp
   • Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal

   OriginalPaper Pages: 561 - 566

9. Biodegradation of organic waste gas pollutants with bacterial suspensions

   • K. Kirchner
   • P. Krämer
   • H. J. Rehm

   OriginalPaper Pages: 567 - 570

10. Modulation of α-chymotrypsin specificity induced by pyridoxal

    • A. Previero
    • F. Kraicsovits
    • M A. Coletti-Previero

    OriginalPaper Pages: 571 - 576

11. Continuous ethanol production using cell recycle with a settler

    • P. A. de Boks
    • G. C. van Eybergen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 577 - 582

12. Release of surfactant from Corynebacterium lepus with alkenes

    • Z. Duvnjak
    • N. Kosaric

    OriginalPaper Pages: 583 - 588

13. Kinetics of ethanol production from Jerusalem artichoke juice with some Kluyveromyces species

    • Z. Duvnjak
    • N. Kosaric
    • R. D. Hayes

    OriginalPaper Pages: 589 - 594

14. Optimization studies for the bioconversion of Jerusalem artichoke tubers to ethanol and microbial biomass

    • Argyrios Margaritis
    • Pratima Bajpai
    • E. Cannell

    OriginalPaper Pages: 595 - 599

15. Tailpiece (some editorial observations)

    EditorialNotes Pages: 600 - 600