1. A culture method for microalgal forms using two-tier vessel providing carbon-dioxide environment: studies on growth and carotenoid production

   • Usha Tripathi
   • R. Sarada
   • G.A. Ravishankar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 325 - 329

2. Optimizing medium constituents and fermentation conditions for citric acid production from palmyra jaggery using response surface method

   • P. Ambati
   • C. Ayyanna

   OriginalPaper Pages: 331 - 335

3. Effect of the growth rate on the enzymatic activities of L-lysine-producing cells of Corynebacterium glutamicum

   • M.N. Coello
   • A. Hadjsassi
   • J.M. Lebeault

   OriginalPaper Pages: 337 - 342

4. Copper biosorption by chemically treated Micrococcus luteus cells

   • Akira Nakajima
   • Masahide Yasuda
   • Hitoshi Kamada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 343 - 347

5. Identification and characterization of lactic acid bacteria in ragi tape

   • I.N. Sujaya
   • S. Amachi
   • F. Tomita

   OriginalPaper Pages: 349 - 357

6. Effect of Rhizobium inoculation methodologies on nodulation and growth of Leucaena leucocephala

   • Sylvain Forestier
   • Gaspar Alvarado
   • Didier Lesueur

   OriginalPaper Pages: 359 - 362

7. The applicability of hns and fimA primers for detecting Salmonella in bioaerosols associated with animal and municipal wastes

   • Seema Endley
   • Jacob Peña
   • Suresh D. Pillai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 363 - 369

8. New metabolic pathway for o-cresol degradation by Pseudomonas sp. CP4 as evidenced by 1H NMR spectroscopic studies

   • P.Y.A. Ahamad
   • A.A.M. Kunhi
   • S. Divakar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 371 - 377

9. Metal and antibiotic resistance traits in Bradyrhizobium sp. (cajanus) isolated from soil receiving oil refinery wastewater

   • Iqbal Ahmad
   • S. Hayat
   • Samiullah

   OriginalPaper Pages: 379 - 384

10. Reduction of resistance of Culex pipiens larvae to the binary toxin from Bacillus sphaericus by coexpression of cry4Ba from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis with the binary toxin gene

    • Fan Sun
    • Zhiming Yuan
    • Yi Pang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 385 - 389

11. Characterization of Kloeckera apiculata strains from the Friuli regionin Northern Italy

    • Giuseppe Comi
    • Patrizia Romano
    • Concetta Fiore

    OriginalPaper Pages: 391 - 394

12. Enumeration of iron-oxidizing bacteria by the membrane filter technique

    • B. M. Escobar
    • I. R. Godoy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 395 - 397

13. Yeast genes YOL002C and SUL1 are involved in neomycin resistance

    • I.M. Castro
    • D.B. Cabral
    • R.L. Brandão

    OriginalPaper Pages: 399 - 402

14. Effect of culture media on protease and oxytetracycline production with mycelium and protoplasts of Streptomyces rimosus

    • Shang-Shyng Yang
    • Chiou-Mei Lee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 403 - 410

15. Process optimization for the production of sugar for the bioethanol industry from sorghum, a non-conventional source of starch

    • N.K. Aggarwal
    • P. Nigam
    • B.S. Yadav

    OriginalPaper Pages: 411 - 415

16. Release of rosmarinic acid by Lavandula vera MM cell suspension in two-phase culture systems

    • A. Pavlov
    • M. Ilieva
    • M. Mincheva

    OriginalPaper Pages: 417 - 421

17. Drying and formulation of blastospores of Paecilomyces fumosoroseus (Hyphomycetes) produced in two different liquid media

    • C.F. Sandoval-Coronado
    • H.A. Luna-Olvera
    • L.J. Galán-Wong

    OriginalPaper Pages: 423 - 428

18. Assessment of nodulation of Mucuna pruriens by promiscuous indigenous rhizobia in the moist savanna zone of Nigeria

    • O.A. Ojo

    BriefCommunication Pages: 429 - 432