1. Obituary: Karl Esser 1924–2019

   • Ulrich Kück
   • Alexander Steinbüchel

   Announcement 14 February 2020 Pages: 2275 - 2276

2. Biosynthesis of conidial and sclerotial pigments in Aspergillus species

   • Perng-Kuang Chang
   • Jeffrey W. Cary
   • Matthew D. Lebar

   Mini-Review 23 January 2020 Pages: 2277 - 2286

   

3. Current state-of-the-art in the use of plants for the production of recombinant vaccines against infectious bursal disease virus

   • Emile Rage
   • Carla Marusic
   • Marcello Donini

   Mini-Review 24 January 2020 Pages: 2287 - 2296

   

4. Mannosylerythritol lipids: antimicrobial and biomedical properties

   • Ana Letícia Silva Coelho
   • Paulo Emílio Feuser
   • Débora de Oliveira

   Mini-Review 24 January 2020 Pages: 2297 - 2318

   

5. Progress in research and application development of surface display technology using Bacillus subtilis spores

   • Ping Lin
   • Haibo Yuan
   • Tengfei Wang

   Mini-Review 27 January 2020 Pages: 2319 - 2331

   

6. Novel biotechnological strategies to combat biotic stresses: polygalacturonase inhibitor (PGIP) proteins as a promising comprehensive option

   • Maniraj Rathinam
   • Uma Rao
   • Rohini Sreevathsa

   Mini-Review 27 January 2020 Pages: 2333 - 2342

   

7. Structural insight into the substrate specificity of PLP fold type IV transaminases

   • Ekaterina Yu. Bezsudnova
   • Vladimir O. Popov
   • Konstantin M. Boyko

   Mini-Review 27 January 2020 Pages: 2343 - 2357

   

8. Coleus forskohlii: advancements and prospects of in vitro biotechnology

   • Monisha Mitra
   • Saikat Gantait
   • Nirmal Mandal

   Mini-Review 27 January 2020 Pages: 2359 - 2371

   

9. The emerging role of metallic nanoparticles in food

   • Carolina Alves dos Santos
   • Avinash P. Ingle
   • Mahendra Rai

   Mini-Review 27 January 2020 Pages: 2373 - 2383

   

10. Biotransformation strategies for steroid estrogen and androgen pollution

    • Amit Pratush
    • Xueying Ye
    • Zhong Hu

    Mini-Review 28 January 2020 Pages: 2385 - 2409

    

11. Fusion tags to enhance heterologous protein expression

    • Mi-Ran Ki
    • Seung Pil Pack

    Mini-Review 28 January 2020 Pages: 2411 - 2425

12. Peculiarities of biofilm formation by Paracoccus denitrificans

    • Kana Morinaga
    • Keitaro Yoshida
    • Masanori Toyofuku

    Mini-Review 30 January 2020 Pages: 2427 - 2433

    

13. Rhizogenic agrobacteria as an innovative tool for plant breeding: current achievements and limitations

    • Siel Desmet
    • Emmy Dhooghe
    • Henrik Lütken

    Mini-Review 30 January 2020 Pages: 2435 - 2451

    

14. Fast and reliable molecular methods to detect fungal pathogens in woody plants

    • Nicola Luchi
    • Renaud Ioos
    • Alberto Santini

    Mini-Review Open access 31 January 2020 Pages: 2453 - 2468

    

15. Investigation of the mycelial morphology of Monascus and the expression of pigment biosynthetic genes in high-salt-stress fermentation

    • Gong Chen
    • Shanzhong Yang
    • Zhenqiang Wu

    Biotechnological products and process engineering 28 January 2020 Pages: 2469 - 2479

    

16. Enhanced production of 5-hydroxytryptophan through the regulation of L-tryptophan biosynthetic pathway

    • Da Xu
    • Mengjun Fang
    • Zhinan Xu

    Biotechnological products and process engineering 31 January 2020 Pages: 2481 - 2488

    

17. Engineering a Pichia pastoris nitrilase whole cell catalyst through the increased nitrilase gene copy number and co-expressing of ER oxidoreductin 1

    • Qi Shen
    • Zhuang Yu
    • Yu-Guo Zheng

    Biotechnological products and process engineering 04 February 2020 Pages: 2489 - 2500

    

18. Synthetic antibody discovery against native antigens by CRISPR/Cas9-library generation and endoplasmic reticulum screening

    • Joana H. Ministro
    • Soraia S. Oliveira
    • Joao Goncalves

    Biotechnological products and process engineering 04 February 2020 Pages: 2501 - 2512

    

19. Two novel S1 peptidases from Amycolatopsis keratinophila subsp. keratinophila D2^T degrading keratinous slaughterhouse by-products

    • Roall Espersen
    • Francesco C. Falco
    • Birte Svensson

    Biotechnologically relevant enzymes and proteins 27 January 2020 Pages: 2513 - 2522

    

20. Comparative studies on similarities and differences of cyclodipeptide oxidases for installation of C–C double bonds at the diketopiperazine ring

    • Lena Mikulski
    • Johanna Schäfer
    • Shu-Ming Li

    Biotechnologically relevant enzymes and proteins Open access 27 January 2020 Pages: 2523 - 2536

    

21. Identification and characterization of two fatty acid elongases in Lipomyces starkeyi

    • Tomohiko Matsuzawa
    • Yasushi Kamisaka
    • Katsuro Yaoi

    Biotechnologically relevant enzymes and proteins 05 February 2020 Pages: 2537 - 2544

    

22. Pathway construction and metabolic engineering for fermentative production of β-alanine in Escherichia coli

    • Xinyu Zou
    • Laixian Guo
    • Zhibin Feng

    Applied genetics and molecular biotechnology 27 January 2020 Pages: 2545 - 2559

    

23. Generation of tetramycin B derivative with improved pharmacological property based on pathway engineering

    • Yong Sheng
    • Yixin Ou
    • Qianjin Kang

    Applied genetics and molecular biotechnology 27 January 2020 Pages: 2561 - 2573

    

24. Transcriptional regulation of a leucine-responsive regulatory protein for directly controlling lincomycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces lincolnensis

    • Yurong Xu
    • Yaqian Tang
    • Buchang Zhang

    Applied genetics and molecular biotechnology 28 January 2020 Pages: 2575 - 2587

    

25. Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of 3A truncated negative marker foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype A vaccine

    • V. V. Dhanesh
    • Madhusudan Hosamani
    • B. P. Sreenivasa

    Applied genetics and molecular biotechnology 30 January 2020 Pages: 2589 - 2602

    

26. The roles of genes associated with regulation, transportation, and macrocyclization in desotamide biosynthesis in Streptomyces scopuliridis SCSIO ZJ46

    • Wenjuan Ding
    • Yuliang Dong
    • Qinglian Li

    Applied genetics and molecular biotechnology 31 January 2020 Pages: 2603 - 2610

    

27. Transcriptional homogenization of Lactobacillus rhamnosus hsryfm 1301 under heat stress and oxidative stress

    • Chenchen Zhang
    • Ya Gui
    • Ruixia Gu

    Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics 28 January 2020 Pages: 2611 - 2621

    

28. Comparative genomics of the aconidial Aspergillus niger strain LDM3 predicts genes associated with its high protein secretion capacity

    • Yu-Fei Sui
    • Li-Ming Ouyang
    • Ying-Ping Zhuang

    Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics 03 February 2020 Pages: 2623 - 2637

    

29. C/N ratio and carbon source-dependent lipid production profiling in Rhodotorula toruloides

    • Helberth Júnnior Santos Lopes
    • Nemailla Bonturi
    • Petri-Jaan Lahtvee

    Applied microbial and cell physiology Open access 24 January 2020 Pages: 2639 - 2649

    

30. Functional characterization of a broad and potent neutralizing monoclonal antibody directed against outer membrane protein (OMP) of Salmonella typhimurium

    • Prakash Narayana Reddy
    • Shivakiran Sathyanarayan Makam
    • Urmil Tuteja

    Applied microbial and cell physiology 29 January 2020 Pages: 2651 - 2661

    

31. Identification of the genes involved in growth characters of medicinal fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis based on Agrobacterium tumefaciens–mediated transformation

    • Guiqing Liu
    • Li Cao
    • Richou Han

    Methods and protocols 04 February 2020 Pages: 2663 - 2674

    

32. Biodegradation of naphthenic acids: identification of Rhodococcus opacus R7 genes as molecular markers for environmental monitoring and their application in slurry microcosms

    • J. Zampolli
    • A. Di Canito
    • Patrizia Di Gennaro

    Environmental biotechnology 28 January 2020 Pages: 2675 - 2689

    

33. Antimony sensing whole-cell bioreporters derived from ArsR genetic engineering

    • Woonwoo Lee
    • Hyojin Kim
    • Youngdae Yoon

    Environmental biotechnology 30 January 2020 Pages: 2691 - 2699

    

34. The “pseudo-pathogenic” effect of plant growth-promoting Bacilli on starchy plant storage organs is due to their α-amylase activity which is stimulating endogenous opportunistic pathogens

    • Liming Wu
    • Xi Li
    • Xuewen Gao

    Environmental biotechnology 30 January 2020 Pages: 2701 - 2714

    

35. Azorhizobium caulinodans c-di-GMP phosphodiesterase Chp1 involved in motility, EPS production, and nodulation of the host plant

    • Yu Sun
    • Yanan Liu
    • Zhihong Xie

    Environmental biotechnology 31 January 2020 Pages: 2715 - 2729

    

36. Two marine natural products, penicillide and verrucarin J, are identified from a chemical genetic screen for neutral lipid accumulation effectors in Phaeodactylum tricornutum

    • Mange Yu
    • Xi Chen
    • Xiaohui Li

    Bioenergy and biofuels 31 January 2020 Pages: 2731 - 2743

    

37. Correction to: Lipid accumulation in prokaryotic microorganisms from arid habitats

    • Philippa Hauschild
    • Annika Röttig
    • Alexander Steinbüchel

    Correction 03 February 2020 Pages: 2745 - 2745

38. Correction to: Biodegradation of naphthenic acids: identification of Rhodococcus opacus R7 genes as molecular markers for environmental monitoring and their application in slurry microcosms

    • J. Zampolli
    • A. Di Canito
    • P. Di Gennaro

    Correction 11 February 2020 Pages: 2747 - 2747