1. Development of a low-cost fermentation medium for ethanol production from biomass

   • K. L. Kadam
   • M. M. Newman

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 625 - 629

2. Activity of Pseudomonas cepacia lipase in organic media is greatly enhanced after immobilization on a polypropylene support

   • Gaëlle Pencreac'h
   • Jacques C. Baratti

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 630 - 635

3. Anaerobic leaching of covellite by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

   • E. Donati
   • C. Pogliani
   • J. L. Boiardi

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 636 - 639

4. Effects of support material on the pattern of volatile fatty acid accumulation at overload in anaerobic digestion of semi-solid waste

   • L. Björnsson
   • B. Mattiasson
   • T. Henrysson

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 640 - 644

5. The influence of β-cyclodextrin on the kinetics of 1-en-dehydrogenation of 6α-methylhydrocortisone by Arthrobacter globiformis cells

   • V. V. Fokina
   • A. V. Karpov
   • A. Y. Arinbasarova

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 645 - 649

6. Isolation and characterization of highly (R)-specific N-acetyl-1-phenylethylamine amidohydrolase, a new enzyme from Arthrobacter aurescens AcR5b

   • M. Graf
   • A. Brunella
   • O. Ghisalba

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 650 - 657

7. Mode of depolymerisation of hemicellulose by various mannanases and xylanases in relation to their ability to bleach softwood pulp

   • G. M. Gübitz
   • D. Haltrich
   • W. Steiner

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 658 - 662

8. Cloning and expression of the Δ⁹ fatty acid desaturase gene from Cryptococcus curvatus ATCC 20509 containing histidine boxes and a cytochrome b ₅ domain

   • P. A. E. P. Meesters
   • J. Springer
   • G. Eggink

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 663 - 667

9. Enrichment strategies for nitrile-hydrolysing bacteria

   • N. Layh
   • B. Hirrlinger
   • H.-J. Knackmuss

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 668 - 674

10. Pentachlorophenol biodegradation kinetics of an oligotrophic fluidized-bed enrichment culture

    • E. S. Melin
    • J. F. Ferguson
    • J. A. Puhakka

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 675 - 682

11. Rosmarinic acid production by Lavandula vera MM cell-suspension culture

    • M. Ilieva
    • A. Pavlov

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 683 - 688

12. Effects of yeast extract and glucose on xanthan production and cell growth in batch culture of Xanthomonas campestris

    • Yang-Ming Lo
    • Shang-Tian Yang
    • David B. Min

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 689 - 694

13. The de novo production of drosophilin A (tetrachloro-4-methoxyphenol) and drosophilin A methyl ether (tetrachloro-1,4-dimethoxybenzene) by ligninolytic basidiomycetes

    • P. J. M. Teunissen
    • H. J. Swarts
    • J. A. Field

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 695 - 700

14. The biotechnology of hydrogen production by Nostoc flagelliforme grown under chemostat conditions

    • Rixa R. Lichtl
    • Michael J. Bazin
    • David O. Hall

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 701 - 707

15. Influence of cell immobilization on the production of benzaldehyde and benzyl alcohol by the white-rot fungi Bjerkandera adusta, Ischnoderma benzoinum and Dichomitus squalens

    • Carmen Lapadatescu
    • Gilles Feron
    • Pascal Bonnarme

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 708 - 714

16. Diacetyl and acetoin production from the co-metabolism of citrate and xylose by Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides

    • P. Schmitt
    • C. Vasseur
    • H. Prévost

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 715 - 718

17. Rapid method for detecting Desulfitobacterium frappieri strain PCP-1 in soil by the polymerase chain reaction

    • Marie-Josée Lévesque
    • Sylvie La Boissière
    • Sylvie La Boissière

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 719 - 725

18. Batch and fed-batch bioreactor cultivations of a Thermus species with thermophilic BTEX-degrading activity

    • C.-I. Chen
    • R. T. Taylor

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 726 - 733

19. Nitrification, denitrification, and dechlorination in bleached kraft pulp mill wastewater

    • E. Kostyál
    • E.-L. Nurmiaho-Lassila
    • M. Salkinoja-Salonen

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 734 - 741

20. Reductive dechlorination of chlorophenols in slurries of low-organic-carbon marine sediments and subsurface soils

    • Dorothy D. Hale Boothe
    • John E. Rogers
    • Juergen Wiegel

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 742 - 748