1. A covalent two-step immobilization technique using itaconic anhydride

   • L. Fischer
   • F. Peißker

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 129 - 135

2. A chromatographic and mass-spectrometric approach for the analysis of lipase-produced thioester derivatives

   • D. Cavaillé-Lefebvre
   • D. Combes
   • R. G. Berger

   SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 136 - 140

3. Cloning and disruption of the b-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase gene (LEU2 ) of Pichia stipitis with URA3 and recovery of the double auxotroph

   • P. Lu
   • B. P. Davis
   • T. W. Jeffries

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 141 - 146

4. An autoselection system in recombinant Kluyveromyces lactis enhances cloned gene stability and provides freedom in medium selection

   • H.-P. Hsieh
   • N. A. Da Silva

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 147 - 152

5. Chromosomal polymorphism and adaptation to specific industrial environments of Saccharomyces strains

   • A. C. Codón
   • T. Benítez
   • M. Korhola

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 154 - 163

6. Increased toxicity of modified mosquitocidal binary toxins of Bacillus sphaericus expressed in Escherichia coli

   • S. Ahmad
   • A. Selvapandiyan
   • R. K. Bhatnagar

   SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 164 - 167

7. The production of exopolysaccharides by Aureobasidium pullulans in fermenters with low-shear configurations

   • P. A. Gibbs
   • R. J. Seviour

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 168 - 174

8. Oat β-glucan and xylan hydrolysates as selective substrates for Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus strains

   • J. Jaskari
   • P. Kontula
   • K. Poutanen

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 175 - 181

9. β-Glycosidase (amygdalase and linamarase) from Endomyces fibuliger (LU677): formation and crude enzyme properties

   • L. Brimer
   • M. J. R. Nout
   • G. Tuncel

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 182 - 188

10. Modelling the kinetics of growth of Acetobacter aceti in discontinuous culture: influence of the temperature of operation

    • I. de Ory
    • L. Enrique Romero
    • D. Cantero

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 189 - 193

11. Metabolism of EDTA and its metal chelates by whole cells and cell-free extracts of strain BNC1

    • T. Klüner
    • D. C. Hempel
    • B. Nörtemann

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 194 - 201

12. The effect of growth conditions on the biodegradation of tributyl phosphate and potential for the remediation of acid mine drainage waters by a naturally-occurring mixed microbial culture

    • R. A. P. Thomas
    • L. E. Macaskie

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 202 - 209

13. Potential for biodegradation of hydrocarbons in soil from the Ross Dependency, Antarctica

    • J. Aislabie
    • M. McLeod
    • R. Fraser

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 210 - 214

14. Treatment of cyanide-containing wastewater from the food industry in a laboratory-scale fixed-bed methanogenic reactor

    • H. Siller
    • J. Winter

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 215 - 220

15. Use of random amplified polymorphic DNA markers for the detection of Azospirillum strains in soil microcosms

    • S. Fancelli
    • M. Castaldini
    • M. Bazzicalupo

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 221 - 225

16. Metabolic transformations and characterisation of the sludge community in an enhanced biological phosphorus removal system

    • M. Christensson
    • L. L. Blackall
    • T. Welander

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 226 - 234