1. Physico-Mechanical Properties of Chemically Treated Bacterial (Acetobacter xylinum) Cellulose Membrane

   • Johnsy George
   • K. V. Ramana
   • A. S. Bawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1323 - 1327

2. A Population-Based Morphologically Structured Model for Hyphal Growth and Product Formation in Streptomycin Fermentation

   • Gang Liu
   • Miao Xing and
   • Qingguo Han

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1329 - 1338

3. Evaluation of Azotobacter and Azospirillum as Biofertilizers in Aquaculture

   • Prangya Paramita Tripathy
   • S. Ayyappan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1339 - 1343

4. Production and Characterization of Wine from Mango Fruit (Mangifera indica L)

   • L. V. A. Reddy
   • O. V. S. Reddy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1345 - 1350

5. Fermenting Cucumber, a Potential Source for the Isolation of Pediocin-Like Bacteriocin Producers

   • Prakash M. Halami
   • A. Ramesh
   • A. Chandrashekar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1351 - 1358

6. Optimization of Process Parameters for the Production of Inulinase from a Newly Isolated Aspergillus niger AUP19

   • G. Pratap Kumar
   • A. Kunamneni
   • P. Ellaiah

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1359 - 1361

7. Decolourization of Municipal Effluent and Sludge by Pleurotus sajor-caju and Pleurotus ostreatus

   • Priscila M. Dellamatrice
   • Regina T. R. Monteiro
   • Christian Blaise

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1363 - 1369

8. Activity of Nitrifying Biofilms Constructed on Low-Density Polyester Enhances Bioremediation of a Coastal Wastewater Effluent

   • J. Paniagua-Michel
   • Alejandro Franco-Rivera
   • Lisa Y. Stein

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1371 - 1377

9. Effects of Cycle Time on Properties of Aerobic Granules in Sequencing Batch Airlift Reactors

   • Fang Wang
   • Feng-lin Yang
   • Jun Zhou

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1379 - 1384

10. Treatment of Oil-containing Sewage Wastewater Using Immobilized Photosynthetic Bacteria

    • K. Takeno
    • Y. Yamaoka
    • K. Sasaki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1385 - 1391

11. Optimization of Phosphatidylinositol-specific Phospholipase C Production Using Response Surface Methodology

    • T. Palvannan
    • R. Boopathy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1393 - 1399

12. In vivo Testing of Functional Properties of Three Selected Probiotic Strains

    • J. Frece
    • B. Kos
    • J. Šušković

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1401 - 1408

13. Identification and Kinetic Characteristics of an Indigenous Diesel-degrading Gordonia alkanivorans Strain

    • Chiu-Chung Young
    • Ta-Chen Lin
    • Jo-Shu Chang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1409 - 1414

14. Screening for Ligninolytic Enzyme Production by Diverse Fungi from Tunisia

    • Abdelhafidh Dhouib
    • Manel Hamza
    • Sami Sayadi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1415 - 1423

15. Characterization and Culture on Sugarcane Molasses of Gordonia Polyisoprenivorans CCT 7137, a New Strain Isolated from Contaminated Groundwater in Brazil

    • Roberta Fusconi
    • Mirna Januária Leal Godinho
    • Nelma Regina Segnini Bossolan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1425 - 1431

16. Bioassay of Mildiomycin and a Rapid, Cost-Effective Agar Plug Method for Screening High-yielding Mutants of Mildiomycin

    • Zhi-Peng Xie
    • Zhi-Nan Xu
    • Pei-Lin Cen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1433 - 1437

17. Biodegradation and Decolorization of Pulp and Paper Mill Effluent by Anaerobic and Aerobic Microorganisms in a Sequential Bioreactor

    • Yogita Chuphal
    • Vimal Kumar
    • Indu Shekhar Thakur

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1439 - 1445

18. Nitrile- and Amide-hydrolysing Activity in Kluyveromyces thermotolerans MGBY 37

    • Shreenath Prasad
    • Deep Raj Sharma
    • Tek Chand Bhalla

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1447 - 1450

19. Effect of Carbon Source on the Antimicrobial Activity of the Air Flora

    • Nasser M. El-Banna

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1451 - 1454

20. Mathematical Model and Mechanisms for Biofilm Wastewater Treatment Systems

    • Li-Ming Chen
    • Li-He Chai

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1455 - 1460

21. Comparison of Techniques for the Extraction of Flavonoids from Cultured Cells of Saussurea medusa Maxim

    • Min Gao
    • Chun-Zhao Liu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1461 - 1463

22. Decolourization of Black Oxidized Olive-Mill Wastewater by a New Tannase-Producing Aspergillus flavus Strain Isolated from Soil

    • S. Kachouri
    • S. Halaouli
    • M. Hamdi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1465 - 1470

23. Growth and Starvation of a Strain of Klebsiella  pneumoniae Isolated from a Brazilian Oil Formation

    • Nelma Regina Segnini Bossolan
    • Mirna Januária Leal Godinho
    • Antonia Garcia Torres Volpon

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1471 - 1475

24. Directed Mutagenesis of the Conserved Asparagine Residues of Bacillus Stearothermophilus Leucine Aminopeptidase II

    • Ruey-Shyang Chen
    • Shin-Ling Yang
    • Long-Liu Lin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1477 - 1482

25. Newly Isolated Bacillus gibsonii S-2 Capable of using Sugar Beet Pulp for Alkaline Pectinase Production

    • Zuming Li
    • Zhihui Bai
    • Hongxun Zhang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1483 - 1486

26. DNA Fingerprinting of Paecilomyces Strains of Potential use for the Biological Control of Pests

    • Peter W. Inglis
    • Rubia B. C. Sarmento
    • M. Cléria Valadares-Inglis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1487 - 1492

27. Parametric Studies on Batch Degradation of a Plasticizer Di-n-Butylphthalate by Immobilized Bacillus sp

    • Neelakanteshwar K. Patil
    • T. B. Karegoudar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1493 - 1498

28. Selection and Optimization of Culture Medium for Exopolysaccharide Production by Coriolus (Trametes) Versicolor

    • A. P. A. Tavares
    • M. S. M. Agapito
    • A. M. R. B. Xavier

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1499 - 1507

29. Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Manure in a Hybrid Reactor with Biogas Recirculation

    • Göksel N. Demirer
    • Shulin Chen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1509 - 1514

30. Screening for Endophytic Fungi with Antitumour and Antifungal Activities from Chinese Medicinal Plants

    • Haiyan Li
    • Chen Qing
    • Zhiwei Zhao

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1515 - 1519

31. Useful Carriers for Cyanobacteria: Their Response to Cyanobacterial Growth, Acetylene-Reductase Activity, Cyanobacterial Grazers and Paddy Yield in Calcareous Soil

    • M. N. Jha
    • A. N. Prasad

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1521 - 1527

32. Transient Accumulation of Metabolic Intermediates of p-Cresol in the Culture Medium by a Pseudomonas sp. Strain A Isolated from a Sewage Treatment Plant

    • Kamlesh Kumar Yadav
    • Leela Iyengar
    • Gurunath Ramanathan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1529 - 1534

33. Endophytic Fungal Assemblages from Inner Bark and Twig of Terminalia arjuna W. & A. (Combretaceae)

    • Mysore V. Tejesvi
    • Basavanna Mahesh
    • Hunthrike S. Shetty

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1535 - 1540

34. The Influence of Glucose and Fructose on the Degradation of 2-Chlorophenol by Pseudomonas putida CP1

    • A. N. M. Fakhruddin
    • B. Quilty

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1541 - 1548

35. Influence of pH Control Agents on Entomotoxicity Potency of Bacillus thuringiensis using Different Raw Materials

    • Abdessalem Yezza
    • Rajeshwar D. Tyagi
    • Rao Y. Surampalli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1549 - 1558

36. Detection of Microcystis in Lake Sediment using Molecular Genetic Techniques

    • Sasidhorn Innok
    • Masatoshi Matsumura
    • Neung Teaumroong

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1559 - 1568

37. The Production of Volatile Compounds by Yeasts Isolated from Small Brazilian cachaça distilleries

    • Evelyn Souza Oliveira
    • Carlos A. Rosa
    • Gil Eduardo Serra

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1569 - 1576

38. Culture-Based Strategies for Reduction of Protease Activity in Filtrates from Aspergillus niger NRRL-3

    • Aftab Ahamed
    • Ajay Singh
    • Owen P. Ward

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1577 - 1583

39. Production of Bacteriocin ST33LD, Produced by Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides, as Recorded in the Presence of Different Medium Components

    • S. D. Todorov
    • L. M. T. Dicks

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1585 - 1590

40. Antifungal and Root Surface Colonization Properties of GFP-Tagged Paenibacillus brasilensis PB177

    • I. von der Weid
    • V. Artursson
    • J. K. Jansson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1591 - 1597

41. Growth and Fermentation Characteristics of a Strain of the Wine Yeast Kluyveromyces thermotolerans Isolated in Greece

    • K. Kapsopoulou
    • A. Kapaklis
    • H. Spyropoulos

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1599 - 1602

42. Endoglucanase Activity of Compost-Dwelling Fungus Paecilomyces inflatus is Stimulated by Humic Acids and Other Low Molecular Mass Aromatics

    • Beata Kluczek-Turpeinen
    • Pekka Maijala
    • Annele Hatakka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1603 - 1609

43. Production of an Antifungal Chitinase from Enterobacter sp. NRG4 and its Application in Protoplast Production

    • N. Dahiya
    • R. Tewari
    • G. S. Hoondal

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1611 - 1616

44. Evaluation of Extracts Produced by Some Tropical Fungi as Potential Cholinesterase Inhibitors

    • Katia F. Rodrigues
    • Gisela L. Costa
    • Rosângela de A. Epifanio

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1617 - 1621

45. Effect of Environmental Conditions on Hydrophobicity of Marine Bacteria Adapted to Textile Effluent Treatment

    • Walid Khemakhem
    • Emna Ammar
    • Amina Bakhrouf

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1623 - 1631

46. Effects of Octadecanoylsucrose Derivatives on the Production of Inulinase by Apergillus niger SL-09

    • Xiang-Yang Ge
    • Wei-Guo Zhang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1633 - 1638

47. Phytohormones and Antibiotics Produced by Bacillus subtilis and their Effects on Seed Pathogenic Fungi and on Soybean Root Development

    • Fabio Fernando Araújo
    • Ademir Assis Henning
    • Mariangela Hungria

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1639 - 1645