1. Bacterial alginates: biosynthesis and applications

   • B. H. A. Rehm
   • S. Valla

   MINI-REVIEW Pages: 281 - 288

2. Biological phosphate removal processes

   • M. C. M. van Loosdrecht
   • C. M. Hooijmans
   • J. J. Heijnen

   MINI-REVIEW Pages: 289 - 296

3. High rates of microbial sulphate reduction in a mesophilic ethanol-fed expanded-granular-sludge-blanket reactor

   • A. De Smul
   • J. Dries
   • W. Verstraete

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 297 - 303

4. Effects of directly soluble and fibrous rapidly acidifying chemical oxygen demand and reactor liquid surface tension on granulation and sludge-bed stability in upflow anaerobic sludge-blanket reactors

   • H. Grootaerd
   • B. Liessens
   • W. Verstraete

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 304 - 310

5. Effects of ethanol concentration and stripping temperature on continuous fermentation rate

   • F. Taylor
   • M. J. Kurantz
   • J. C. Craig Jr.

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 311 - 316

6. Production, purification and characterization of a 50-kDa extracellular metalloprotease from Serratia marcescens

   • P. R. Salamone
   • R. J. Wodzinski

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 317 - 324

7. Parameters affecting polymerase chain reaction detection of waterborne Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts

   • S. D. Sluter
   • S. Tzipori
   • G. Widmer

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 325 - 330

8. Heterologous gene expression of bovine plasmin in Lactococcus lactis

   • J. Arnau
   • E. Hjerl-Hansen
   • H. Israelsen

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 331 - 338

9. Improved efficiency and stability of multiple cloned gene insertions at the δ sequences of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

   • F. W. F. Lee
   • N. A. Da Silva

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 339 - 345

10. Elucidation of the mechanism of lactic acid growth inhibition and production in batch cultures of Lactobacillus rhamnosus

    • L. M. D. Gonçalves
    • A. Ramos
    • M. J. T. Carrondo

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 346 - 350

11. Antioxidant role of astaxanthin in the green alga Haematococcus pluvialis

    • M. Kobayashi
    • T. Kakizono
    • Y. Tsuji

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 351 - 356

12. Non-toluene-associated respiration in a Pseudomonas putida 54G biofilm grown on toluene in a flat-plate vapor-phase bioreactor

    • S. Villaverde
    • M. T. Fernández

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 357 - 362

13. Synthesis of dihydroxynaphthalene isomers by microbial oxidation of 1- and 2-naphthol

    • D. Bianchi
    • A. Bernardi
    • I. Gagliardi

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 363 - 366

14. Extracellular reduction of selenite by a novel marine photosynthetic bacterium

    • A. Yamada
    • M. Miyashita
    • T. Matsunaga

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 367 - 372

15. Isolation and characterization of nickel-accumulating yeasts

    • H. Kambe-Honjoh
    • A. Sugawara
    • M. Yamasaki

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 373 - 378

16. Solubilisation and mineralisation of [¹⁴C]lignocellulose from wheat straw by Streptomyces cyaneus CECT 3335 during growth in solid-state fermentation

    • M. M. Berrocal
    • J. Rodríguez
    • M. E. Arias

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 379 - 384

17. Mixotrophic growth of two thermophilic Methanosarcina strains, Methanosarcina thermophila TM-1 and Methanosarcina sp. SO-2P, on methanol and hydrogen/carbon dioxide

    • Z. Mladenovska
    • B. K. Ahring

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 385 - 388

18. Induction of submerged conidiation of the biocontrol agent Penicillium oxalicum

    • S. Pascual
    • P. Melgarejo
    • N. Magan

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 389 - 392

19. Aptitude of cheese bacteria for volatile S-methyl thioester synthesis. II. Comparison of coryneform bacteria, Micrococcaceae and some lactic acid bacteria starters

    • G. Lamberet
    • B. Auberger
    • J. L. Bergère

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 393 - 397

20. Degradation of eight highly condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by Pleurotus sp. Florida in solid wheat straw substrate

    • M. Wolter
    • F. Zadrazil
    • M. Bahadir

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 398 - 404

21. Mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion of source-sorted organic wastes: effect of ammonia on glucose degradation and methane production

    • C. Gallert
    • J. Winter

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 405 - 410

22. Respiratory activity of biofilms: measurement and its significance for the elimination of n-butanol from waste gas

    • U. Heinze
    • C. G. Friedrich

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 411 - 416

23. Transformation of 1,1,1-trichloroethane in an anaerobic packed-bed reactor at various concentrations of 1,1,1-trichloroethane, acetate and sulfate

    • J. H. de Best
    • H. Jongema
    • W. Harder

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 417 - 423

24. Removal of tetrachloroethylene in an anaerobic column bioreactor

    • C. Noftsker
    • M. E. Watwood

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 424 - 430

25. Screening for fungi intensively mineralizing 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene

    • K. Scheibner
    • M. Hofrichter
    • W. Fritsche

    ERRATUM Pages: 431 - 431