1. Role of microorganisms in bioleaching of rare earth elements from primary and secondary resources

   • Homayoun Fathollahzadeh
   • Jacques J. Eksteen
   • Elizabeth L. J. Watkin

   Mini-Review 28 November 2018 Pages: 1043 - 1057

   

2. Brewing with malted barley or raw barley: what makes the difference in the processes?

   • Yee Jiun Kok
   • Lijuan Ye
   • Xuezhi Bi

   Mini-Review 04 December 2018 Pages: 1059 - 1067

   

3. Genome analysis and -omics approaches provide new insights into the biodegradation potential of Rhodococcus

   • Jessica Zampolli
   • Zahraa Zeaiter
   • Patrizia Di Gennaro

   Mini-Review 15 December 2018 Pages: 1069 - 1080

   

4. Gut microbiome approaches to treat obesity in humans

   • Fernanda Bianchi
   • Ana Luiza Rocha Faria Duque
   • Katia Sivieri

   Mini-Review 16 December 2018 Pages: 1081 - 1094

   

5. Production and extraction of carotenoids produced by microorganisms

   • Cassamo Ussemane Mussagy
   • James Winterburn
   • Jorge Fernando Brandão Pereira

   Mini-Review 18 December 2018 Pages: 1095 - 1114

   

6. Towards the biofilm characterization and regulation in biological wastewater treatment

   • Hui Huang
   • Chong Peng
   • Hongqiang Ren

   Mini-Review 28 November 2018 Pages: 1115 - 1129

   

7. PHA synthase (PhaC): interpreting the functions of bioplastic-producing enzyme from a structural perspective

   • Min Fey Chek
   • Ayaka Hiroe
   • Seiichi Taguchi

   Mini-Review 03 December 2018 Pages: 1131 - 1141

   

8. Perspectives of inclusion bodies for bio-based products: curse or blessing?

   • Christoph Slouka
   • Julian Kopp
   • Christoph Herwig

   Mini-Review Open access 19 December 2018 Pages: 1143 - 1153

   

9. Plant health: feedback effect of root exudates-rhizobiome interactions

   • Oluwaseyi Samuel Olanrewaju
   • Ayansina Segun Ayangbenro
   • Olubukola Oluranti Babalola

   Mini-Review Open access 20 December 2018 Pages: 1155 - 1166

   

10. Metabolic relation of cyanobacteria to aromatic compounds

    • Beata Żyszka-Haberecht
    • Emilia Niemczyk
    • Jacek Lipok

    Mini-Review Open access 22 December 2018 Pages: 1167 - 1178

    

11. Streptomyces: implications and interactions in plant growth promotion

    • Oluwaseyi Samuel Olanrewaju
    • Olubukola Oluranti Babalola

    Mini-Review Open access 29 December 2018 Pages: 1179 - 1188

12. Bacillus and Paenibacillus secreted polyketides and peptides involved in controlling human and plant pathogens

    • Snizhana Olishevska
    • Arvin Nickzad
    • Eric Déziel

    Mini-Review 03 January 2019 Pages: 1189 - 1215

    

13. The effect of hyperosmolality application time on production, quality, and biopotency of monoclonal antibodies produced in CHO cell fed-batch and perfusion cultures

    • Jinyan Qin
    • Xiang Wu
    • Chen Zheng

    Biotechnological products and process engineering 15 December 2018 Pages: 1217 - 1229

    

14. The co-existence of anammox genera in an expanded granular sludge bed reactor with biomass carriers for nitrogen removal

    • Yang Wu
    • Yuexing Wang
    • Ke Yu

    Biotechnological products and process engineering 14 November 2018 Pages: 1231 - 1242

    

15. Sustainable production of glutathione from lignocellulose-derived sugars using engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    • Jyumpei Kobayashi
    • Daisuke Sasaki
    • Akihiko Kondo

    Biotechnological products and process engineering 17 November 2018 Pages: 1243 - 1254

    

16. Analysis of enhanced nitrogen removal mechanisms in a validation wastewater treatment plant containing anammox bacteria

    • Qingkun Wang
    • Chang Ding
    • Jianzhong He

    Biotechnological products and process engineering 11 December 2018 Pages: 1255 - 1265

    

17. Extremely thermoactive archaeal endoglucanase from a shallow marine hydrothermal vent from Vulcano Island

    • Marcel Suleiman
    • Carola Schröder
    • Garabed Antranikian

    Biotechnologically relevant enzymes and proteins 13 December 2018 Pages: 1267 - 1274

    

18. Biochemical characterization and low-resolution SAXS structure of two-domain endoglucanase BlCel9 from Bacillus licheniformis

    • Evandro Ares de Araújo
    • Mário de Oliveira Neto
    • Igor Polikarpov

    Biotechnologically relevant enzymes and proteins 13 December 2018 Pages: 1275 - 1287

    

19. Structure-based design of agarase AgWH50C from Agarivorans gilvus WH0801 to enhance thermostability

    • Pujuan Zhang
    • Jinru Zhang
    • Xiangzhao Mao

    Biotechnologically relevant enzymes and proteins 06 December 2018 Pages: 1289 - 1298

    

20. Degradative enzymes for type II arabinogalactan side chains in Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum

    • Kiyotaka Fujita
    • Ayami Sakamoto
    • Kanefumi Kitahara

    Biotechnologically relevant enzymes and proteins 18 December 2018 Pages: 1299 - 1310

    

21. Evaluating the utility of human glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor gene as a novel radionuclide reporter gene: a promising molecular imaging tool

    • Yu Pan
    • Jing Lv
    • Yifan Zhang

    Applied genetics and molecular biotechnology 18 December 2018 Pages: 1311 - 1324

    

22. Metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for l-cysteine production

    • Liang Wei
    • Hao Wang
    • Yanhe Ma

    Applied genetics and molecular biotechnology 18 December 2018 Pages: 1325 - 1338

    

23. MdrL, a major facilitator superfamily efflux pump of Listeria monocytogenes involved in tolerance to benzalkonium chloride

    • Xiaobing Jiang
    • Tao Yu
    • Lei Shi

    Applied genetics and molecular biotechnology 11 December 2018 Pages: 1339 - 1350

    

24. The protein phosphatase gene MaPpt1 acts as a programmer of microcycle conidiation and a negative regulator of UV-B tolerance in Metarhizium acridum

    • Jie Zhang
    • Zhenglong Wang
    • Yuxian Xia

    Applied genetics and molecular biotechnology 04 January 2019 Pages: 1351 - 1362

    

25. International Space Station conditions alter genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics in Aspergillus nidulans

    • Jillian Romsdahl
    • Adriana Blachowicz
    • Clay C. C. Wang

    Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics 12 December 2018 Pages: 1363 - 1377

    

26. Mitochondrial genome of the entomophthoroid fungus Conidiobolus heterosporus provides insights into evolution of basal fungi

    • Yong Nie
    • Lin Wang
    • Bo Huang

    Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics 19 December 2018 Pages: 1379 - 1391

    

27. The prevalence rate of periodontal pathogens and its association with oral squamous cell carcinoma

    • Chunrong Chang
    • Fengxue Geng
    • Yaping Pan

    Applied microbial and cell physiology 23 November 2018 Pages: 1393 - 1404

    

28. Evolutionary engineered Candida intermedia exhibits improved xylose utilization and robustness to lignocellulose-derived inhibitors and ethanol

    • Antonio D. Moreno
    • Antonella Carbone
    • Cecilia Geijer

    Applied microbial and cell physiology Open access 29 November 2018 Pages: 1405 - 1416

    

29. Induction of apoptosis-like death by periplanetasin-2 in Escherichia coli and contribution of SOS genes

    • Bin Lee
    • Jae Sam Hwang
    • Dong Gun Lee

    Applied microbial and cell physiology 15 December 2018 Pages: 1417 - 1427

    

30. Characterization of a Bacillus sp. isolated from fermented food and its synbiotic effect with barley β-glucan as a biocontrol agent in the aquaculture industry

    • Jong Min Lee
    • Won Je Jang
    • In-Soo Kong

    Applied microbial and cell physiology 06 November 2018 Pages: 1429 - 1439

    

31. Ethanol effects on the overexpression of heterologous catalase in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3)

    • Hongchen Zheng
    • Zhenxiao Yu
    • Hui Song

    Applied microbial and cell physiology 29 November 2018 Pages: 1441 - 1453

    

32. Heavy water-labeled Raman spectroscopy reveals carboxymethylcellulose-degrading bacteria and degradation activity at the single-cell level

    • Oladipo Oladiti Olaniyi
    • Kai Yang
    • Li Cui

    Methods and protocols 07 December 2018 Pages: 1455 - 1464

    

33. Development of a dual-antimicrobial counterselection method for markerless genetic engineering of bacterial genomes

    • Xuemeng Ji
    • Ping Lu
    • Stijn van der Veen

    Methods and protocols 03 January 2019 Pages: 1465 - 1474

    

34. Quantitative determination of trace metals in single yeast cells by time-resolved ICP-MS using dissolved standards for calibration

    • Zihui Liu
    • Aifang Xue
    • Shengqing Li

    Methods and protocols 05 January 2019 Pages: 1475 - 1483

    

35. Quorum sensing between Gram-negative bacteria responsible for methane production in a complex waste sewage sludge consortium

    • Phuong Dong Thi Nguyen
    • Nurul Asyifah Mustapha
    • Toshinari Maeda

    Environmental biotechnology 15 December 2018 Pages: 1485 - 1495

    

36. Deciphering differences in the chemical and microbial characteristics of healthy and Fusarium wilt-infected watermelon rhizosphere soils

    • Tianzhu Meng
    • Qiujun Wang
    • Yan Ma

    Environmental biotechnology 17 December 2018 Pages: 1497 - 1509

    

37. A short-term stimulation of ethanol enhances the effect of magnetite on anaerobic digestion

    • Caiqin Wang
    • Weilong Qiao
    • Liang Zhu

    Environmental Biotechnology 12 December 2018 Pages: 1511 - 1522

    

38. A comprehensive insight into the functional bacteria and genes and their roles in simultaneous denitrification and anammox system at varying substrate loadings

    • Depeng Wang
    • Yang He
    • Xu-Xiang Zhang

    Environmental biotechnology 30 November 2018 Pages: 1523 - 1533

    

39. Biological synthesis of high-conductive pili in aerobic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    • Xi Liu
    • Shiwei Wang
    • Luyan Z. Ma

    Bioenergy and biofuels 06 December 2018 Pages: 1535 - 1544