1. Large-scale production of CMP-NeuAc and sialylated oligosaccharides through bacterial coupling

   • T. Endo
   • S. Koizumi
   • A. Ozaki

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 257 - 261

2. Effects of buffered media upon growth and alkaloid production of Catharanthus roseus hairy roots

   • J. A. Morgan
   • C. S. Barney
   • J. V. Shanks

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 262 - 265

3. Optimization of the hydroxylation of 2-cyclopentylbenzoxazole with Cunninghamella blakesleeana DSMZ 1906

   • A. Kraemer-Schafhalter
   • S. Domenek
   • H. Voss

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 266 - 271

4. Glucoamylase production in batch, chemostat and fed-batch cultivations by an industrial strain of Aspergillus niger

   • H. Pedersen
   • M. Beyer
   • J. Nielsen

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 272 - 277

5. The influence of nitrogen sources on the α-amylase productivity of Aspergillus oryzae in continuous cultures

   • H. Pedersen
   • J. Nielsen

   SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 278 - 281

6. Overexpression of the lat gene in Nocardia lactamdurans from strong heterologous promoters results in very high levels of lysine-6-aminotransferase and up to two-fold increase in cephamycin C production

   • V. K. Chary
   • J. L. de la Fuente
   • J. F. Martín

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 282 - 288

7. Molecular identification of Acetobacter isolates from submerged vinegar production, sequence analysis of plasmid pJK2-1 and application in the development of a cloning vector

   • J. Trček
   • P. Raspor
   • M. Teuber

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 289 - 295

8. Molecular analysis of the Aureobasidium pullulans ura3 gene encoding orotidine-5′-phosphate decarboxylase and isolation of mutants defective in this gene

   • K. Rose
   • M. Liebergesell
   • A. Steinbüchel

   SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 296 - 300

9. Simultaneous bioconversion of glucose and xylose to ethanol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae in the presence of xylose isomerase

   • P. Chandrakant
   • V. S. Bisaria

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 301 - 309

10. Metabolism of the ethanolamine-type antihistamine diphenhydramine (Benadryl)^TM by the fungus Cunninghamella elegans

    • J. D. Moody
    • T. M. Heinze
    • C. E. Cerniglia

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 310 - 315

11. The effect of culture conditions on the morphology of the dimorphic yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus var. marxianus NRRLy2415: a study incorporating image analysis

    • D. G. O'Shea
    • P. K. Walsh

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 316 - 322

12. Characterization of an extracellular poly(3-hydroxy-5-phenylvalerate) depolymerase from Xanthomonas sp. JS02

    • H. Kim
    • H.-S. Ju
    • J. Kim

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 323 - 327

13. Degradation of the metal-cyano complex tetracyanonickelate (II) by Fusarium oxysporum N-10

    • H. Yanase
    • A. Sakamoto
    • Y. Sato

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 328 - 334

14. Bioconversion of alpha pinene to verbenone by resting cells of Aspergillus niger

    • R. Agrawal
    • R. Joseph

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 335 - 337

15. Lead, copper and zinc biosorption from bicomponent systems modelled by empirical Freundlich isotherm

    • Y. Sağ
    • A. Kaya
    • T. Kutsal

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 338 - 341

16. Anaerobic degradation of fluorinated aromatic compounds

    • C. Vargas
    • B. Song
    • M. M. Häggblom

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 342 - 347

17. Hexavalent chromium reduction by a dichromate-resistant gram-positive bacterium isolated from effluents of tanneries

    • A. R. Shakoori
    • M. Makhdoom
    • R. U. Haq

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 348 - 351