1. Oxygen diffusion through gels employed for immobilization

   • Sanaa H. Omar

   Mini-Review Pages: 1 - 6

2. Reversible cross-linking of crystalline bacterial surface layer glycoproteins through their glycan chains

   • Paul Messner
   • Max Wellan
   • Uwe B. Sleytr

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 11

3. Enzyme formation by a yeast cell wall lytic Arthrobacter sp.: formation of \(1,3)-glucanase

   • F. Latzko
   • W. Hampel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 12 - 16

4. Influence of the phosphorus and nitrogen source on nisin production in Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis batch fermentations using a complex medium

   • Luc De Vuyst
   • Erick J. Vandamme

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 22

5. Fermentative production of l-lactic acid by Lactobacillus casei DSM 20011 and product recovery using ion exchange resins

   • Giuseppe Vaccari
   • Antonio R. y González-Vara
   • Diego Matteuzzi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 27

6. Modeling of growth and lactate fermentation by Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis biovar. diacetylactis in batch culture

   • R. Cachon
   • C. Diviès

   OriginalPaper Pages: 28 - 33

7. Survival of alginate-entrapped cells of Azospirillum lipoferum during dehydration and storage in relation to water properties

   • Etienne Paul
   • Jacques Fages
   • Alain Pareilleux

   OriginalPaper Pages: 34 - 39

8. Durable continuous fermentation of a model mixture of d(+)-glucose and l(−)-sodium monoglutamate under non-axenic conditions

   • Kuma M. Monzambe
   • Christian Kennes
   • Edmond Jacques Nyns

   Biotechnology Pages: 40 - 43

9. Purification and properties of recombinant β-glucosidase of the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima

   • Josef Gabelsberger
   • Wolfgang Liebl
   • Karl-Heinz Schleifer

   Biochemical Engineering Pages: 44 - 52

10. Substrate specificity and stereoselectivity of hydrolytic enzymes from Brevibacterium imperiale B222

    • Daniele Bianchi
    • Ezio Battistel
    • Roberto Tassinari

    Biochemical Engineering Pages: 53 - 56

11. Characterization and delignification activity of a thermostable α-l-arabinofuranosidase from Bacillus stearothermophilus

    • Lea Bezalel
    • Yuval Shoham
    • Eugene Rosenberg

    OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 62

12. Thermostable xylanolytic enzymes from Rhodothermus marinus grown on xylan

    • Leif Dahlberg
    • Olle Holst
    • Jakob K. Kristjansson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 68

13. Production and initial characterisation of the xylan-degrading system of Phanerochaete chrysosporium

    • José L. Copa-Patiño
    • Young G. Kim
    • Paul Broda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 76

14. Computer simulation of temperature autostabilization: an analysis of the phenomenon

    • A. Arzamastsev
    • M. Kristapsons

    Biochemical Engineering Pages: 77 - 81

15. Cloning and sequence analysis of the X-Prolyl-dipeptidyl-aminopeptidase gene (pepX) from Lactobacillus delbrückii ssp. lactis DSM7290

    • Elke Christel Meyer-Barton
    • Jürgen Robert Klein
    • Roland Plapp

    OriginalPaper Pages: 82 - 89

16. Cloning of proline-specific endopeptidase gene from Flavobacterium meningosepticum: expression in Escherichia coli and purification of the heterologous protein

    • Thomas Diefenthal
    • Harald Dargatz
    • Ib Svendsen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 90 - 97

17. Characterization of hybrids obtained by protoplast fusion, between Pachysolen tannophilus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    • H. Heluane
    • J. F. T. Spencer
    • D. A. S. Callieri

    Applied Genetics and Regulation Pages: 98 - 100

18. Improved conditions for protoplast formation and transformation of Pleurotus ostreatus

    • Ming Peng
    • Paul A. Lemke
    • Joseph J. Shaw

    Applied Genetics and Regulation Pages: 101 - 106

19. Protein characterization of lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis and L. lactis ssp. cremoris bacteriophages isolated from cheese wheys

    • Y. -S. Carol Shieh
    • Richard A. Ledford
    • Gary M. Dunny

    Applied Microbial and Cell Physiology Pages: 107 - 112

20. Effect of analogues of phenylacetic acid (PA) on the PA transport system in Penicillium chrysogenum strains H1107 and M223

    • Irene K. P. Tan
    • Jose M. Fernández-Cañón
    • José M. Luengo

    Applied Microbial and Cell Physiology Pages: 113 - 116

21. The effects of high field DC pulse and liquid medium conductivity on survivability of Lactobacillus brevis

    • Sheshakamal Jayaram
    • G. S. P. Castle
    • Argyrios Margaritis

    Applied Microbial and Cell Physiology Pages: 117 - 122

22. Effects of hydrostatic pressure on the ultrastructure and leakage of internal substances in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    • Shoji Shimada
    • Masayasu Andou
    • Rikimaru Hayashi

    Applied Microbial and Cell Physiology Pages: 123 - 131

23. Effect of pH and nitrogen source on pigment production by Monascus purpureus

    • Ming-Ho Chen
    • Michael R. Johns

    Applied Microbial and Cell Physiology Pages: 132 - 138

24. Anaerobic microbial counts of different potential anaerobic inocula

    • Jean-Pierre Guyot
    • Gisela Gutierrez
    • Maria G. Rojas

    Applied Microbial and Cell Physiology Pages: 139 - 142

25. Modeling the specific growth rate of Lactobacillus plantarum in cucumber extract

    • F. V. Passos
    • H. P. Fleming
    • R. M. Felder

    Food Biotechnology Pages: 143 - 150

26. A novel bioreactor system for the destruction of volatile organic compounds

    • L. M. Freitas dos Santos
    • A. G. Livingston

    Environmental Biotechnology Pages: 151 - 157

27. Biodegradation of dichloroacetic acid by entrapped and adsorptive immobilized Xanthobacter autotrophicus GJ10

    • Ute Heinze
    • Hans-Jürgen Rehm

    Environmental Biotechnology Pages: 158 - 164

28. Biodegradation of dichloroacetic acid by freely suspended and adsorptive immobilized Xanthobacter autotrophicus GJ10 in soil

    • Markus Meusel
    • Hans-Jürgen Rehm

    Environmental Biotechnology Pages: 165 - 171

29. Changes in survival rate and enzyme activities in Escherichia coli with ozone

    • Yuji Takamoto
    • Hideo Maeba
    • Minoru Kamimura

    Erratum Pages: 172 - 172