1. Production of L-arabitol from L-arabinose by Candida entomaea and Pichia guilliermondii

   • B. C. Saha
   • R. J. Bothast

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 299 - 306

2. Effect of temperature and various nitrogen sources on L(+)-lactic acid production by Lactobacillus casei

   • M. Hujanen
   • Y.-Y. Linko

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 307 - 313

3. Use of zeolite to control ammonium in Bacillus amyloliquefaciensα-amylase fermentations

   • J. Pazlarová
   • J. Votruba

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 314 - 318

4. Shake-flask culture of Laccaria laccata, an ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete

   • C. Kuek

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 319 - 326

5. Thermostable alkaline proteases of Bacillus licheniformis MIR 29: isolation, production and characterization

   • M. A. Ferrero
   • G. R. Castro
   • F. Siñeriz

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 327 - 332

6. A comparative study on the transformation of Aspergillus nidulans by microprojectile bombardment of conidia and a more conventional procedure using protoplasts treated with polyethyleneglycol

   • R. W. Herzog
   • H. Daniell
   • P. A. Lemke

   SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 333 - 337

7. Construction of an Aspergillus nidulans multicopy transformant for the xlnB gene and its use in purifying the minor X₂₄ xylanase

   • M. T. Fernández-Espinar
   • S. Vallés
   • D. Ramón

   SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 338 - 341

8. Identification and production of 3-hydroxy-Δ⁹-cis-1,18-octadecenedioic acid by mutants of Candida tropicalis

   • D. Fabritius
   • H. J. Schäfer
   • A. Steinbüchel

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 342 - 348

9. Fatty acid cellular metabolism and lactone production by the yeast Pichia guilliermondii

   • Y. Pagot
   • J.-M. Belin

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 349 - 354

10. Biochemical route and control of butyrate synthesis in Butyribacterium methylotrophicum

    • G.-J. Shen
    • B. A. Annous
    • J. G. Zeikus

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 355 - 362

11. Production of a novel copolyester of 3-hydroxybutyric acid and medium-chain-length 3-hydroxyalkanoic acids by Pseudomonas sp. 61-3 from sugars

    • M. Kato
    • H. J. Bao
    • Y. Doi

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 363 - 370

12. Novel ferulic acid esterases are induced by growth of Aspergillus niger on sugar-beet pulp

    • C. Brézillon
    • P. A. Kroon
    • G. Williamson

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 371 - 376

13. Role of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans and sulphur (sulphide)-dependent ferric-ion-reducing activity in the oxidation of sulphide minerals

    • A. Das
    • A. K. Mishra

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 377 - 382

14. Mechanism of microbial utilization of biphenyl sorbed to polyacrylic beads

    • Y. M. Calvillo
    • M. Alexander

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 383 - 390

15. Effect of growth culture physiological state, metabolites, and formulation on the viability, phytotoxicity, and efficacy of the take-all biocontrol agent Pseudomonas fluorescens 2–79 stored encapsulated on wheat seeds

    • P. J. Slininger
    • J. E. Van Cauwenberge
    • R. J. Cook

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 391 - 398

16. Laccase activities of Penicillium chrysogenum in relation to lignin degradation

    • A. Rodríguez
    • M. A. Falcón
    • J. Trojanowski

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 399 - 403

17. Factors affecting the formation of 10-hydroxystearic acid from oleic acid by a ruminal strain of Enterococcus faecalis

    • J. A. Hudson
    • C. A. M. Mackenzie
    • K. N. Joblin

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 404 - 407

18. Degradation and bioconversion of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons by Rhodococcus ruber 219

    • C. Bock
    • R. M. Kroppenstedt
    • H. Diekmann

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 408 - 410

19. Detoxification of cassava by Aspergillus niger B-1

    • R. Birk
    • B. Bravdo
    • O. Shoseyov

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 411 - 414

20. Removal of organic air pollutants from exhaust gases in the trickle-bed bioreactor. Effect of oxygen

    • K. Kirchner
    • S. Wagner
    • H.-J. Rehm

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 415 - 419

21. Transformation of (per)chlorate into chloride by a newly isolated bacterium: reduction and dismutation

    • G. B. Rikken
    • A. G. M. Kroon
    • C. G. van Ginkel

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 420 - 426

22. 1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene transformation by Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b expressing soluble methane monooxygenase

    • J. P. Sullivan
    • H. A. Chase

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 427 - 433

23. Dechlorination of tetrachloroguaiacol by laccase of white-rot basidiomycete Coriolus versicolor

    • Y. Iimura
    • P. Hartikainen
    • K. Tatsumi

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 434 - 439

24. Thermophilic microbial leaching of heavy metals from municipal sludge using indigenous sulphur-oxidizing microbiota

    • F. Shooner
    • R. D. Tyagi

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 440 - 446