1. Characterization of bioflocculant MBF3-3 produced by an isolated Bacillus sp.

   • Daolun L. Feng
   • Shihong H. Xu

   Original Paper 13 January 2008 Pages: 1627 - 1632

   

2. Biodegradation of an aldehyde biocide in rotating biological contactors

   • Lakkana Laopaiboon
   • Niphaphat Phukoetphim
   • Pattana Laopaiboon

   Original Paper 07 March 2008 Pages: 1633 - 1641

   

3. Microbial transformation of phytosterols mixture from rice bran oil unsaponifiable matter by selected bacteria

   • L. A. R. Sallam
   • M. E. Osman
   • Gihan M. Zaghlol

   Original Paper 22 January 2008 Pages: 1643 - 1656

   

4. Intra- and extra-cellular organophosphorus hydrolase production with recombinant E. coli using fed-batch fermentation

   • Li Hua Jin
   • Kyuhyuk Kwun
   • Jung-heon Lee

   Original Paper 12 February 2008 Pages: 1657 - 1662

   

5. Effects of heavy metal (Pb) on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in vitro

   • Sharda W. Khade
   • Alok Adholeya

   Original Paper 07 February 2008 Pages: 1663 - 1668

   

6. Biological control of root rot fungus Macrophomina phaseolina and growth enhancement of Pinus roxburghii (Sarg.) by rhizosphere competent Bacillus subtilis BN1

   • Neetu Singh
   • Piyush Pandey
   • D. K. Maheshwari

   Original Paper 07 February 2008 Pages: 1669 - 1679

   

7. Zearalenone (ZEN) detection by a single chain fragment variable (scFv) antibody

   • Shi-Hua Wang
   • Xiao-Yu Du
   • Zong-Hua Wang

   Original Paper 22 January 2008 Pages: 1681 - 1685

   

8. Molecular cloning, genetic organization of gene cluster encoding phenol hydroxylase and catechol 2,3-dioxygenase in Alcaligenes faecalis IS-46

   • Chenguang Zhu
   • Liye Zhang
   • Liping Zhao

   Original Paper 19 January 2008 Pages: 1687 - 1695

   

9. Phylogenetic diversity of thermophilic carbohydrate degrading bacilli from Bulgarian hot springs

   • Anna Derekova
   • Rossica Mandeva
   • Margarita Kambourova

   Original Paper 24 January 2008 Pages: 1697 - 1702

   

10. Single cell oil production by Gordonia sp. DG using agro-industrial wastes

    • Mona K. Gouda
    • Sanaa H. Omar
    • Linda M. Aouad

    Original Paper 22 January 2008 Pages: 1703 - 1711

    

11. Improvement in the quality of a fermented seaweed beverage using an antiyeast starter of Lactobacillus plantarum DW3 and partial sterilization

    • P. Prachyakij
    • W. Charernjiratrakul
    • D. Kantachote

    Original Paper 19 January 2008 Pages: 1713 - 1720

    

12. Combined effects of pH, yeast extract, carbohydrates and di-ammonium hydrogen citrate on the biomass production and acidifying ability of a probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum strain, isolated from table olives, in a batch system

    • A. Bevilacqua
    • M. R. Corbo
    • M. Sinigaglia

    Original Paper 23 January 2008 Pages: 1721 - 1729

    

13. Isolation and characterization of microorganisms able to produce 1,3-propanediol under aerobic conditions

    • Jian Hao
    • Rihui Lin
    • Dehua Liu

    Original Paper 24 January 2008 Pages: 1731 - 1740

    

14. Concordance of antibiotic resistance and ERIC-PCR DNA fingerprint pattern in Escherichia coli isolated from farmer and broiler in the same farm

    • Kannika Na Lampang
    • Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong
    • Viroj Kitikoon

    Original Paper 30 January 2008 Pages: 1741 - 1746

    

15. Purification of bioactive natural product against human microbial pathogens from marine sea weed Dictyota acutiloba J. Ag.

    • R. D. Jebakumar Solomon
    • V. Satheeja Santhi

    Original Paper 24 January 2008 Pages: 1747 - 1752

16. Implication of Bacillus sp. in the production of pectinolytic enzymes during cocoa fermentation

    • Honoré G. Ouattara
    • Ban L. Koffi
    • Jacques K. Diopoh

    Original Paper 07 February 2008 Pages: 1753 - 1760

    

17. Use of neural networks in the mathematical modelling of the enzymic synthesis of amoxicillin catalysed by penicillin G acylase immobilized in chitosan

    • James A. Silva
    • Edilson Holanda Costa Neto
    • Luciana R. B. Gonçalves

    Original Paper 06 February 2008 Pages: 1761 - 1767

    

18. Isolation and heterologous expression of PHA synthesising genes from Bacillus thuringiensis R1

    • Rohini D. Desetty
    • Vineet S. Mahajan
    • Shuban K. Rawal

    Original Paper 02 February 2008 Pages: 1769 - 1774

    

19. Phylogenetic characterization of bacterial consortia obtained of corroding gas pipelines in Mexico

    • Janet Jan-Roblero
    • Adriana Posadas
    • César Hernández-Rodríguez

    Original Paper 12 February 2008 Pages: 1775 - 1784

    

20. Characterization of lactic acid bacteria isolated from sourdoughs for Cornetto, a traditional bread produced in Basilicata (Southern Italy)

    • Teresa Zotta
    • Paolo Piraino
    • Annamaria Ricciardi

    Original Paper 05 February 2008 Pages: 1785 - 1795

    

21. Biodiversity of wild strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae as tool to complement and optimize wine quality

    • Patrizia Romano
    • Angela Capece
    • Cinzia Poeta

    Original Paper 06 February 2008 Pages: 1797 - 1802

    

22. Effect of extracts from in vitro-grown shoots of Quillaja saponaria Mol. on Botrytis cinerea Pers.

    • Alejandra Ribera
    • Milena Cotoras
    • Gustavo E. Zúñiga

    Original Paper 18 April 2008 Pages: 1803 - 1811

    

23. Arsenite sorption in liquid-phase by Aspergillus fumigatus: adsorption rates and isotherm studies

    • Muthuswamy Sathishkumar
    • Arthur Raj Binupriya
    • Sei-Eok Yun

    Original Paper 06 February 2008 Pages: 1813 - 1822

    

24. Slowly utilized carbon sources enhance botulinic specific toxicity by co-culture of Clostridium argentinense with the non-pathogen Pseudomonas mendocina

    • Hugo Jose Centorbi
    • Humberto Jesús Silva

    Original Paper 08 February 2008 Pages: 1823 - 1828

    

25. Isolation and characterization of Oenococcus oeni from Aglianico wines

    • Maria Anna Sico
    • Maria Grazia Bonomo
    • Giovanni Salzano

    Original Paper 12 February 2008 Pages: 1829 - 1835

    

26. Synergistic effect of green tea extract and probiotics on the pathogenic bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes

    • Ping Su
    • Anders Henriksson
    • Hazel Mitchell

    Original Paper 07 February 2008 Pages: 1837 - 1842

    

27. Phenol biodegradation in hybrid hollow-fiber membrane bioreactors

    • Yi Li
    • Chao Wang

    Original Paper 23 February 2008 Pages: 1843 - 1849

    

28. Partial purification of pepsin from turkey proventriculus

    • Hasan Temiz
    • Emin Okumus
    • Fehmi Yazici

    Original Paper 07 February 2008 Pages: 1851 - 1855

    

29. Effect of rhizobia and rock biofertilizers with Acidithiobacillus on cowpea nodulation and nutrients uptake in a tableland soil

    • N. P. Stamford
    • C. E. R. S. Santos
    • M. V. B. Figueiredo

    Original Paper 08 February 2008 Pages: 1857 - 1865

30. Quantitative assessment of total and Gram-positive aerobic bacteria in fresh and ambient-temperature-stored sub-tropical marine fish

    • Ismail M. Al Bulushi
    • Susan Poole
    • Gary A. Dykes

    Original Paper 14 February 2008 Pages: 1867 - 1875

    

31. Molecular and phenotypic characterization of potential plant growth-promoting Pseudomonas from rice and maize rhizospheres

    • Phrueksa Lawongsa
    • Nantakorn Boonkerd
    • Neung Teaumroong

    Original Paper 08 February 2008 Pages: 1877 - 1884

    

32. An integrated high throughput strategy to screen mutants of Paenibacillus polymyxa with high polymyxin E-productivity

    • Jufang Wang
    • Yinying Tao
    • Xiaoning Wang

    Original Paper 08 March 2008 Pages: 1885 - 1891

    

33. Changes in the antibiotic production by co-culture of Rhizopus peka P8 and Bacillus subtilis IFO3335

    • Tsubasa Fukuda
    • Shintaro Yamamoto
    • Hiroshi Morita

    Original Paper 25 April 2008 Pages: 1893 - 1899

    

34. Biosurfactants, an help in the biodegradation of hexadecane? The case of Rhodococcus and Pseudomonas strains

    • Murielle Bouchez-Naïtali
    • Jean-Paul Vandecasteele

    Original Paper 20 February 2008 Pages: 1901 - 1907

    

35. Evaluation of in vitro antimicrobial activity of leaf and stem essential oils of Chloroxylon swietenia DC.

    • S. Ravi Kiran
    • P. Sita Devi
    • K. Janardhan Reddy

    Original Paper 22 February 2008 Pages: 1909 - 1914

36. Growth-associated biosynthesis of astaxanthin in heterotrophic Chlorella zofingiensis (Chlorophyta)

    • Y. Wang
    • J. Peng

    Original Paper 22 February 2008 Pages: 1915 - 1922

    

37. Monoclonal antibody production: viability improvement of RC1 hybridoma cell in different types of bioreactor

    • Maizirwan Mel
    • Abdul Rafiz Abdul Rahman
    • Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun Hashim

    Original Paper 03 March 2008 Pages: 1923 - 1927

    

38. Occurrence and distribution of virulent strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in seafoods marketed from Cochin (India)

    • Rekha D. Chakraborty
    • P. K. Surendran

    Original Paper 27 February 2008 Pages: 1929 - 1935

    

39. Effect of addition of one carbon source on the operation of sequencing batch reactor in order to remove nitrogen and COD from poultry wastewater

    • Mauro de Paula Moreira
    • Celso S. Yamakawa
    • Ranulfo Monte Alegre

    Original paper 11 March 2008 Pages: 1937 - 1942

    

40. Phenol and n-alkanes (C₁₂ and C₁₆) utilization: influence on yeast cell surface hydrophobicity

    • Łukasz Chrzanowski
    • Katarzyna Bielicka-Daszkiewicz
    • Andrzej Olszanowski

    Original Paper 04 March 2008 Pages: 1943 - 1949

    

41. Host-specific factors determine the persistence of IncP-1 plasmids

    • Masahiro Sota
    • Eva M. Top

    Short Communication 18 January 2008 Pages: 1951 - 1954

    

42. Antifungal properties of selected plants from the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico

    • M. Marcela Gamboa-Angulo
    • Jairo Cristóbal-Alejo
    • Filogonio May-Pat

    Original Paper 22 January 2008 Pages: 1955 - 1959

43. Phenazine-1-carboxylic acid biosynthesis in Pseudomonas Chlororaphis GP72 is positively regulated by the sigma factor RpoN

    • Hai-Ming Liu
    • An Yan
    • Yu-Quan Xu

    Original Paper 19 January 2008 Pages: 1961 - 1966

    

44. Occurrence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae killer yeasts in wine-producing areas of Greece

    • Katerina Kapsopoulou
    • Eleni Barouti
    • Katerina Kostaki

    BriefCommunication 22 January 2008 Pages: 1967 - 1971

    

45. Purification of lignin peroxidase isoforms from Streptomyces viridosporus T7A by hydrophobic based chromatographies

    • H. J. Nascimento
    • J. G. Silva Jr

    Original Paper 19 February 2008 Pages: 1973 - 1975

    

46. Prevalence of H. influenzae type b & f among unvaccinated patients with respiratory tract infection and meningitis

    • Soumyakanta Sahoo
    • Shashikant Srivastava
    • Archana Ayyagari

    Original Paper 17 February 2008 Pages: 1977 - 1979

47. PCR–DGGE method for analyzing the bacterial community in a high temperature petroleum reservoir

    • Jun Wang
    • Ting Ma
    • Rulin Liu

    Original Paper 21 February 2008 Pages: 1981 - 1987

    

48. Antibacterial activity of three South Indian seagrasses, Cymodocea serrulata, Halophila ovalis and Zostera capensis

    • Chinnadurai Sreenath Kumar
    • Dronamraju V. L. Sarada
    • Ramasamy Rengasamy

    BriefCommunication 22 February 2008 Pages: 1989 - 1992

49. Prevalence of co-resistance to disinfectants and clinically relevant antibiotics in bacterial isolates from three hospital laboratory wastewaters in Southwestern Nigeria

    • O. O. Adelowo
    • O. E. Fagade
    • A. J. Oke

    BriefCommunication 23 February 2008 Pages: 1993 - 1997

    

50. Aerobic heterotrophic bacteria and petroleum-utilizing bacteria from cow dung and poultry manure

    • S. B. Akinde
    • O. Obire

    BriefCommunication 23 February 2008 Pages: 1999 - 2002