1. Safe biotechnology. 8. Transport of infectious and biological materials

   • H. L. M. Lelieveld
   • H. Bachmayer
   • (Working Party “Safety in Biotechnology” of the European Federation of Biotechnology

   MINI-REVIEW Pages: 135 - 140

2. Production of d-ribose by fermentation

   • P. De Wulf
   • E. J. Vandamme

   MINI-REVIEW Pages: 141 - 148

3. Plant cell suspension culture in a bench-scale fermenter with a newly designed membrane stirrer for bubble-free aeration

   • C. Böhme
   • M.-B. Schröder
   • J. Lehmann

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 149 - 154

4. Hollow-fibre bioreactors compared to batch and chemostat culture for the production of a recombinant toxoid by a marine Vibrio

   • J. R. Lloyd
   • T. R. Hirst
   • A. W. Bunch

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 155 - 161

5. Production of zeaxanthin in Escherichia coli transformed with different carotenogenic plasmids

   • A. Ruther
   • N. Misawa
   • G. Sandmann

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 162 - 167

6. On-line enzyme activity determination using the stopped-flow technique: application to laccase activity in pulp mill waste-water treatment

   • X. Font
   • G. Caminal
   • M. T. Vicent

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 168 - 173

7. Bioconversion of 2-cyanopyrazine to 5-hydroxypyrazine-2-carboxylic acid with Agrobacterium sp. DSM 6336

   • M. Wieser
   • K. Heinzmann
   • A. Kiener

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 174 - 176

8. Family-10 and Family-11 xylanases differ in their capacity to enhance the bleachability of hardwood and softwood paper pulps

   • J. H. Clarke
   • J. E. Rixon
   • G. P. Hazlewood

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 177 - 183

9. Determination of the kinetic parameters during continuous cultivation of the lipase-producing thermophile Bacillus sp. IHI-91 on olive oil

   • P. Becker
   • I. Abu-Reesh
   • H. Märkl

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 184 - 190

10. Stabilization of Escherichia coli penicillin G acylase against thermal inactivation by cross-linking with dextran dialdehyde polymers

    • D. Kazan
    • H. Ertan
    • A. Erarslan

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 191 - 197

11. The effect of oxidative stress on the production of the recombinant protein, interferon γ, produced by Chinese hamster ovary cells in stirred-batch culture

    • C. A. Dunster
    • K. H. Cheeseman
    • S. P. Maddix

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 198 - 203

12. A counter-selectable marker for genetic transformation of the yeast Schwanniomyces alluvius

    • M. N. Dave
    • B. B. Chattoo

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 204 - 207

13. Cloning, expression in Streptomyces lividans and biochemical characterization of a thermostable endo-β-1,4-xylanase of Thermomonospora alba UL JB1 with cellulose-binding ability

    • J. Blanco
    • J. J. R. Coque
    • J. F. Martín

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 208 - 217

14. Expression of different levels of enzymes from the Pichia stipitis XYL1 and XYL2 genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its effects on product formation during xylose utilisation

    • M. Walfridsson
    • M. Anderlund
    • B. Hahn-Hägerdal

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 218 - 224

15. Site-directed mutagenesis of a fungal β-1,4-endoglucanase increases the minimum size required for the substrate

    • H. Wang
    • R. W. Jones

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 225 - 231

16. One-step transformation of the dimorphic yeast Yarrowia lipolytica

    • D.-C. Chen
    • J.-M. Beckerich
    • C. Gaillardin

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 232 - 235

17. Effect of citrate on growth of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis in milk

    • S. Haddad
    • I. Sodini
    • G. Corrieu

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 236 - 241

18. Production of Spirulina sp. in sea water supplemented with anaerobic effluents in outdoor raceways under temperate climatic conditions

    • E. J. Olguín
    • S. Galicia
    • T. J. Pérez

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 242 - 247

19. Overexpression of cytosolic malate dehydrogenase (MDH2) causes overproduction of specific organic acids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    • O. Pines
    • S. Shemesh
    • I. Goldberg

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 248 - 255

20. A para-site-specific hydroxylation of aromatic compounds by Mycobacterium sp. strain 12523: stabilization of the hydroxylation activity

    • H. Semba
    • K. Sakano

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 256 - 260

21. Biodegradation of azo and phthalocyanine dyes by Trametes versicolor and Bjerkandera adusta

    • A. Heinfling
    • M. Bergbauer
    • U. Szewzyk

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 261 - 266

22. Nitrate removal from drinking water using a membrane-fixed biofilm reactor

    • W. Fuchs
    • G. Schatzmayr
    • R. Braun

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 267 - 274

23. Microbial degradation of tetraethyl lead in soil monitored by microcalorimetry

    • H. Teeling
    • H. Cypionka

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 275 - 279