1. Biodegradation of polyhydroxyalkanoic acids

   • D. Jendrossek
   • A. Schirmer
   • H. G. Schlegel

   MINI-REVIEW Pages: 451 - 463

2. The microbial production of poly(hydroxyalkanoates) from tallow

   • A.-M. Cromwick
   • T. Foglia
   • R. W. Lenz

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 464 - 469

3. Production of methoxyphenol-type natural aroma chemicals by biotransformation of eugenol with a new Pseudomonas sp.

   • J. Rabenhorst

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 470 - 474

4. Reduction of biomass in a bioscrubber for waste gas treatment by limited supply of phosphate and potassium ions

   • S.-M. Wübker
   • C. G. Friedrich

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 475 - 480

5. Conversion of corticosteroid hormones by immobilized cells of Flavobacterium dehydrogenans, Curvularia lunata and Arthrobacter simplex on ceramic carriers

   • G. Spassov
   • V. Pramatarova
   • C. Wandrey

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 481 - 488

6. Solid-state fermentation of wheat bran by Trichoderma reesei QM9414: substrate composition changes, C balance, enzyme production, growth and kinetics

   • J. P. Smits
   • A. Rinzema
   • W. Knol

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 489 - 496

7. Enhancement of the gas-to-water ethene transfer coefficient by a dispersed water-immiscible solvent: effect of the cells

   • M. T. Cesário
   • M. Turtoi
   • J. Tramper

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 497 - 502

8. Does the agitation rate and/or oxygen saturation influence exopolysaccharide production by Aureobasidium pullulans in batch culture?

   • P. A. Gibbs
   • R. J. Seviour

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 503 - 510

9. Preparation of cyanobacterial peptide toxin as a biopesticide against cotton pests

   • P. Sathiyamoorthy
   • S. Shanmugasundaram

   SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 511 - 513

10. Do the non-catalytic polysaccharide-binding domains and linker regions enhance the biobleaching properties of modular xylanases?

    • J. E. Rixon
    • J. H. Clarke
    • H. J. Gilbert

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 514 - 520

11. Microemulsions as a tool for the regioselective lipase-catalysed esterification of aliphatic diols

    • J. B. Macris
    • H. Stamatis
    • F. N. Kolisis

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 521 - 523

12. High volumetric yields of functional dimeric miniantibodies in Escherichia coli, using an optimized expression vector and high-cell-density fermentation under non-limited growth conditions

    • U. Horn
    • W. Strittmatter
    • D. Riesenberg

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 524 - 532

13. Expression of the hepatitis B virus surface antigen in mammalian cells using an Epstein-Barr-virus-derived vector

    • S. A. C. Jorge
    • C. Hera
    • C. F. M. Menck

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 533 - 537

14. Molecular cloning, purification and characterization of two endo-1,4-β-glucanases from Aspergillus oryzae KBN616

    • N. Kitamoto
    • M. Go
    • N. Tsukagoshi

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 538 - 544

15. Infectivity of monoaxenic subcultures of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus versiforme associated with Ri-T-DNA-transformed carrot root

    • C. Plenchette
    • S. Declerck
    • D. G. Strullu

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 545 - 548

16. Evaluation of the biological containment system based on the Escherichia coli gef gene in Pseudomonas aeruginosa W51D

    • G. Soberón-Chávez

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 549 - 553

17. Construction of L-lysine-overproducing strains of Brevibacterium lactofermentum by targeted disruption of the hom and thrB genes

    • C. Fernández-González
    • J. A. Gil
    • J. F. Martín

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 554 - 558

18. Catabolite-repressor-like protein regulates the expression of a gene under the control of the Escherichia coli lac promoter in the plant pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris

    • S. D. Soby
    • M. J. Daniels

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 559 - 561

19. Growth performance and pathway flux determine substrate preference of Alcaligenes eutrophus during growth on acetate plus aromatic compound mixtures

    • F. Ampe
    • D. Léonard
    • N. D. Lindley

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 562 - 569

20. Scanning electron microscopy of polyhydroxyalkanoate degradation by bacteria

    • H. P. Molitoris
    • S. T. Moss
    • D. Jendrossek

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 570 - 579

21. Influence of the herbicide phosphinothricin on growth and nodulation capacity of Rhizobium meliloti

    • G. Kriete
    • I. Broer

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 580 - 586

22. The action of antibiotics on the anaerobic digestion process

    • J. L. Sanz
    • N. Rodríguez
    • R. Amils

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 587 - 592

23. Isolation and characterization of a thermophilic bacillus strain, that degrades phenol and cresols as sole carbon source at 70 °C

    • A. Mutzel
    • U. M. Reinscheid
    • R. Müller

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 593 - 596

24. Simultaneous anaerobic and aerobic degradation of the sulfonated azo dye Mordant Yellow 3 by immobilized cells from a naphthalenesulfonate-degrading mixed culture

    • M. Kudlich
    • P. L. Bishop
    • A. Stolz

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 597 - 603

25. Alternative electron acceptors in microbial coal-conversion wastewater treatment

    • F. Eismann
    • F. Becker
    • U. Stottmeister

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 604 - 609

26. Ozone-induced damage of Escherichia coli K-12

    • I. R. Komanapalli
    • B. H. S. Lau

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 610 - 614

27. Efficient mediator-independent hydrogenation of carbon-carbon double bonds, using the obligate anaerobe, Acetobacterium woodii, with fructose as an electron donor

    • E. T. Davies
    • G. M. Stephens

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 615 - 618

28. Phycocyanin, a new elicitor for capsaicin and anthocyanin accumulation in plant cell cultures

    • S. Ramachandra Rao
    • R. Sarada
    • G. A. Ravishankar

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 619 - 621

29. The diversity of bacteria, eukaryotic cells and viruses in an oligotrophic lake

    • W. A. Corpe
    • T. E. Jensen

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 622 - 630

30. Microbial removal of chlorinated phenols during aerobic treatment of effluents from radiata pine kraft pulps bleached with chlorine-based chemicals, with or without hemicellulases

    • R. Céspedes
    • A. Maturana
    • B. González

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 631 - 637

31. Adding sodium dodecyl sulfate and Pseudomonas aeruginosa UG2 biosurfactants inhibits polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon biodegradation in a weathered creosote-contaminated soil

    • L. Deschênes
    • P. Lafrance
    • R. Samson

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 638 - 646

32. Accumulation and degradation of dead-end metabolites during treatment of soil contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with five strains of white-rot fungi

    • B. E. Andersson
    • T. Henrysson

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 647 - 652

33. Two-step degradation of pyrene by white-rot fungi and soil microorganisms

    • C. in der Wiesche
    • R. Martens
    • F. Zadrazil

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 653 - 659

34. Biodehalogenation of low concentrations of 1,3-dichloropropanol by mono- and mixed cultures of bacteria

    • A. M. Fauzi
    • David J. Hardman
    • Alan T. Bull

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 660 - 666

35. Effect of a biofilm on the adsorption of 4-chlorophenol on activated carbon

    • P. M. Armenante
    • L. S. Colella
    • M. J. Larkin

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 667 - 672

36. Dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners by an anaerobic microbial consortium

    • M. R. Natarajan
    • W.-M. Wu
    • M. K. Jain

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 673 - 677