1. Sulfur chemistry, biofilm, and the (in)direct attack mechanism — a critical evaluation of bacterial leaching

   • W. Sand
   • T. Gerke
   • A. Schippers

   Mini-Review Pages: 961 - 966

2. Production of flavour esters by Rhizopus oryzae

   • F. Molinari
   • G. Marianelli
   • F. Aragozzini

   Original Paper Pages: 967 - 973

3. Optical resolution of racemic pantolactone with a novel fungal enzyme, lactonohydrolase

   • M. Kataoka
   • K. Shimizu
   • S. Shimizu

   Original Paper Pages: 974 - 977

4. Optimization of glucose oxidase production by Aspergillus niger using genetic-and process-engineering techniques

   • K. Hellmuth
   • S. Pluschkell
   • U. Rinas

   Original Paper Pages: 978 - 984

5. Microbial production of specifically ring-¹³C-labelled 4-hydroxybenzoic acid

   • R. Müller
   • A. Wagener
   • E. Leistner

   Original Paper Pages: 985 - 988

6. Aldehyde production by alcohol oxidation with Gluconobacter oxydans

   • F. Molinari
   • R. Villa
   • F. Aragozzini

   Original Paper Pages: 989 - 994

7. Isolation and characterization of exocellular polysaccharides produced by Bifidobacterium longum

   • S. Abbad Andaloussi
   • H. Talbaoui
   • R. Bonaly

   Original Paper Pages: 995 - 1000

8. Acetate treatment in 70°C upflow anaerobic sludge-blanket (UASB) reactors: start-up with thermophilic inocula and the kinetics of the UASB sludges

   • R. Lepistö
   • J. A. Rintala

   Original Paper Pages: 1001 - 1005

9. Induction of a metabolic switch in insect cells by substrate-limited fed batch cultures

   • L. Öhman
   • J. Ljunggren
   • L. Häggström

   Original Paper Pages: 1006 - 1013

10. Effects of intensity and quality of light on phycocyanin production by a marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. NKBG 042902

    • H. Takano
    • T. Arai
    • T. Matsunaga

    Original Paper Pages: 1014 - 1018

11. Characterisation of kinetic parameters and metabolic transition of Corynebacterium glutamicum on l-lysine production in continuous culture

    • H.-W. Lee
    • J.-G. Pan
    • J.-M. Lebeault

    Original Paper Pages: 1019 - 1027

12. Oxygenation of intensive cell-culture system

    • A. N. Emery
    • D. C.-H. Jan
    • M. Al-Rueai

    Original Paper Pages: 1028 - 1033

13. Energetics and product formation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae grown in anaerobic chemostats under nitrogen limitation

    • G. Lidén
    • A. Persson
    • L. Gustafsson

    Original Paper Pages: 1034 - 1038

14. Purification and characterization of N-carbomoyl-l-amino acid amidohydrolase with broad substrate specificity from Alcaligenes xylosoxidans

    • J. Ogawa
    • H. Miyake
    • S. Shimizu

    Original Paper Pages: 1039 - 1043

15. Secretory overproduction of Arthrobacter simplex 3-ketosteroid Δ¹-dehydrogenase by Streptomyces lividans with a multi-copy shuttle vector

    • K.-P. Choi
    • Y. Murooka
    • I. Molnár

    Original Paper Pages: 1044 - 1049

16. Characterization of rice α-amylase isozymes expressed by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    • M. Terashima
    • S. Katoh
    • R. L. Rodriguez

    Original Paper Pages: 1050 - 1055

17. Endo-deoxyribonuclease from Streptomyces rimosus

    • B. Vukelić
    • A. Ritonja
    • Lj. Vitale

    Original Paper Pages: 1056 - 1060

18. Regulation of alcohol-oxidizing capacity in chemostat cultures of Acetobacter pasteurianus

    • S. Salgueiro Machado
    • M. A. H. Luttik
    • J. T. Pronk

    Original Paper Pages: 1061 - 1066

19. Development of yeast strains for the efficient utilisation of starch: evaluation of constructs that express α-amylase and glucoamylase separately or as bifunctional fusion proteins

    • L. M. P. de Moraes
    • S. Astolfi-filho
    • S. G. Oliver

    Original Paper Pages: 1067 - 1076

20. DNA-mediated transformation of a fungus employing a vector devoid of bacterial DNA sequences

    • C. Nowak
    • R. Radzio
    • U. Kück

    Original Paper Pages: 1077 - 1081

21. Release of ferulic acid from wheat bran by a ferulic acid esterase (FAE-III) from Aspergillus niger

    • C. B. Faulds
    • G. Williamson

    Original Paper Pages: 1082 - 1087

22. Trehalose phosphorylase from Pichia fermentans and its role in the metabolism of trehalose

    • I. Schick
    • D. Haltrich
    • K. D. Kulbe

    Original Paper Pages: 1088 - 1095

23. Effect of amino acids on rapamycin biosynthesis by Streptomyces hygroscopicus

    • Y. R. Cheng
    • A. Fang
    • A. L. Demain

    Original Paper Pages: 1096 - 1098

24. Changes in cell volume, growth and respiration rate in response to hyperosmotic stress of NaCl, sucrose and glutamic acid in Brevibacterium lactofermentum and Corynebacterium glutamicum

    • O. T. Skjerdal
    • H. Sletta
    • T. E. Ellingsen

    Original Paper Pages: 1099 - 1106

25. Methane production from acetamide in an upflow anaerobic sludge-blanket reactor based on a synergistic association between an aerobic rod and methanogens

    • J.-P. Guyot
    • H. Ferrer
    • R. Florina

    Original Paper Pages: 1107 - 1111

26. Expression of the Neurospora crassa metallothionein gene in Escherichia coli and its effect on heavy-metal uptake

    • M. Pazirandeh
    • L. A. Chrisey
    • B. P. Gaber

    Original Paper Pages: 1112 - 1117

27. Cadmium biosorption by Streptomyces pimprina waste biomass

    • P. R. Puranik
    • N. S. Chabukswar
    • K. M. Paknikar

    Original Paper Pages: 1118 - 1121

28. Granular sludge growth under different reactor liquid surface tensions in lab-scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors treating wastewater from sugar-beet processing

    • J. Thaveesri
    • B. Liessens
    • W. Verstraete

    Original Paper Pages: 1122 - 1127

29. Fate of ¹⁴C-labeled anthracene and hexadecane in compost-manured soil

    • M. Kästner
    • S. Lotter
    • B. Mahro

    Original Paper Pages: 1128 - 1135

30. Interfacial area effects of a biphasic aqueous/organic system on growth kinetic of xenobiotic-degrading microorganisms

    • M. A. Ascón-Cabrera
    • J.-M. Lebeault

    Original Paper Pages: 1136 - 1141