1. Biotechnological production of flavours and fragrances

   • U. Krings
   • R. G. Berger

   MINI-REVIEW Pages: 1 - 8

2. Enhanced l-lysine production in threonine-limited continuous culture of Corynebacterium glutamicum by using gluconate as a secondary carbon source with glucose

   • H.-W. Lee
   • J.-G. Pan
   • J.-M. Lebeault

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 9 - 15

3. Comparative extraction procedures for a galactose-specific lectin involved in flocculation of Kluyveromyces lactis strains

   • M. El-Behhari
   • J. Ngondi Ekomé
   • R. Bonaly

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 16 - 23

4. Improved L-lysine yield with Corynebacterium glutamicum: use of dapA resulting in increased flux combined with growth limitation

   • L. Eggeling
   • S. Oberle
   • H. Sahm

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 24 - 30

5. Purification and characterization of recombinant spider silk expressed in Escherichia coli

   • S. Arcidiacono
   • C. Mello
   • H. Bayley

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 31 - 38

6. Construction of a low-serine-type-carboxypeptidase-producing mutant of Aspergillus oryzae by the expression of antisense RNA and its use as a host for heterologous protein secretion

   • X. F. Zheng
   • Y. Kobayashi
   • M. Takeuchi

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 39 - 44

7. Stable production of human gastric lipase by chromosomal integration in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

   • G. R. Smerdon
   • E. F. Walton
   • S. J. Aves

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 45 - 50

8. Expression and secretion of functional miniantibodies McPC603scFvDhlx in cell-wall-less L-form strains of Proteus mirabilis and Escherichia coli : A comparison of the synthesis capacities of L-form strains with an E. coli producer strain

   • M. J. Kujau
   • C. Hoischen
   • J. Gumpert

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 51 - 58

9. Construction of a recA mutant of Burkholderia (formerly Pseudomonas), cepacia

   • L. G. van Waasbergen
   • S. P. Kidambi
   • R. V. Miller

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 59 - 65

10. Overexpression of a cytosolic hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase leads to squalene accumulation in yeast

    • T. Polakowski
    • U. Stahl
    • C. Lang

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 66 - 71

11. Optimization of docosahexaenoic acid production by Schizochytrium limacinum SR21

    • T. Yokochi
    • D. Honda
    • T. Nakahara

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 72 - 76

12. Enhanced biosynthesis of clavulanic acid in Streptomyces clavuligerus due to oxidative challenge by redox-cycling agents

    • H.-J. Kwon
    • S.-U. Kim

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 77 - 83

13. Growth-associated production of poly(hydroxybutyric acid) by Azotobacter beijerinckii from organic nitrogen substrates

    • E. J. Bormann
    • M. Leißner
    • B. Beer

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 84 - 88

14. Enantioselective hydration of 2-arylpropionitriles by a nitrile hydratase from Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain d3

    • R. Bauer
    • H.-J. Knackmuss
    • A. Stolz

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 89 - 95

15. Bioconversion of limonene to α-terpineol by immobilized Penicillium digitatum

    • Q. Tan
    • D. F. Day

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 96 - 101

16. Actual and potential rates of hydrogen photoproduction by continuous culture of the purple non-sulphur bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus

    • A. A. Tsygankov
    • A. S. Fedorov
    • D. O. Hall

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 102 - 107

17. Effects of phenolic compounds on the growth and the fatty acid composition of Lactobacillus plantarum

    • N. Rozès
    • C. Peres

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 108 - 111

18. Fate and transformation of thiocyanate and cyanate under methanogenic conditions

    • C.-H. Hung
    • S. G. Pavlostathis

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 112 - 116

19. Utilization of sorbed compounds by microorganisms specifically isolated for that purpose

    • W.-C. Tang
    • J. C. White
    • M. Alexander

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 117 - 121