1. Assessment of polymers for the formulation of legume inoculants

   • N.D. Denardin
   • J.R.J. Freire

   OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 217

2. Hydrophobic cluster analysis and classification of sixteen bacterial alginate lyases

   • J. Kraiwattanapong
   • T. Ooi
   • Y. Ezura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 224

3. Cloning and expression of the α-amylase gene and oxytetracycline production in Streptomyces rimosus

   • Chun-Wen Cheng
   • Jin-Seng Lin
   • Shang-Shyng Yang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 230

4. Computer-assisted PCR-single-strand-conformation polymorphism analysis for assessing shift in soil bacterial community structure during bioremediational treatments

   • Jae-Chang Cho
   • Sang-Jong Kim

   OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 235

5. Alterations in lipid composition of Mycobacterium vaccae cell wall outer layer enhance β-sitosterol degradation

   • A. Rumijowska-Galewicz
   • A. Ziółkowski
   • L. Sedlaczek

   OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 244

6. Effect of various carbon and nitrogen sources on cellulose synthesis by Acetobacter xylinum

   • K.V. Ramana
   • A. Tomar
   • Lokendra Singh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 248

7. A mutant subtilisin E with enhanced thermostability

   • Yonghua Yang
   • Lan Jiang
   • Zhenjie Li

   OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 251

8. Feather degradation with a thermotolerant Streptomyces graminofaciens strain

   • I. Szabó
   • Á. Benedek
   • Gy. Barabás

   OriginalPaper Pages: 253 - 255

9. Production and potential applications of a xylanase from a new strain of Streptomyces cuspidosporus

   • M. Uma Maheswari
   • T.S. Chandra

   OriginalPaper Pages: 257 - 263

10. Recycling spent larval food of Corcyra cephalonica Stainton for preparing spawn and sporophore of Pleurotus sajor-caju (Fr.) Singer

    • N. Muthukrishnan
    • M.S. Venugopal
    • R. Janarthanan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 265 - 270

11. A proposed biochemical mechanism for citric acid accumulation by Aspergillus niger Yang No. 2 growing in solid state fermentation

    • S. Leangon
    • I.S. Maddox
    • J.D. Brooks

    OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 275

12. Production, purification and characterization of pectinase from a Bacillus sp. DT7

    • D.R. Kashyap
    • S. Chandra
    • R. Tewari

    OriginalPaper Pages: 277 - 282

13. Viability and mushroom production of Lentinula edodes and L. boryana strains (Fungi: Basidiomycetes) after cryogenic storage of spawn stocks

    • Gerardo Mata
    • Dulce Salmones
    • Perla Ma. Ortega

    OriginalPaper Pages: 283 - 287

14. Degradation of the herbicide bentazon as related to enzyme production by Phanerochaete chrysosporium in two solid substrate fermentation systems

    • Maria del Pilar Castillo
    • Paul Ander
    • Lennart Torstensson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 289 - 295

15. Studies on anaerobic proteolytic bacteria of Leh, India

    • Smita Dube
    • S.I. Alam
    • Lokendra Singh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 301

16. Characterization of hygromycin-resistant transformants of thermophilic fungus Thermomyces lanuginosus

    • B.S. Chadha
    • Rubinder Kaur
    • S. Singh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 306

17. Toxic effects of toluene on the growth of activated sludge bacteria

    • Nazmun Nahar
    • M. Alauddin
    • Brid Quilty

    OriginalPaper Pages: 307 - 311

18. Extracellular formation of 5-aminolevulinic acid by intact cells of the marine photosynthetic bacterium Rhodovulum sp. under various pH conditions

    • Napavarn Noparatnaraporn
    • Masanori Watanabe
    • Ken Sasaki

    BriefCommunication Pages: 313 - 316

19. Decolorization of azo and triphenylmethane dyes by Pycnoporus sanguineus producing laccase as the sole phenoloxidase

    • S.B. Pointing
    • L.L.P. Vrijmoed

    BriefCommunication Pages: 317 - 318