1. Production of xanthan gum and ice-nucleating material from whey by Xanthomonas campestris pv. translucens

   • H. Kawahara
   • H. Obata

   Original paper Pages: 353 - 358

2. Production of 1,3-propanediol by Clostridium butyricum in continuous culture with cell recycling

   • A. Reimann
   • H. Biebl
   • W.-D. Deckwer

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 359 - 363

3. Growth-associated synthesis of recombinant human glucagon and human growth hormone in high-cell-density cultures of Escherichia coli

   • C. S. Shin
   • M. S. Hong
   • J. Lee

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 364 - 370

4. Microbial oxidative metabolism of diclofenac: production of 4′-hydroxydiclofenac using Epiccocum nigrum IMI354292

   • R. Webster
   • M. Pacey
   • S. Jezequel

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 371 - 376

5. Doubly entrapped baker's yeast survives during the long-term stereoselective reduction of ethyl 3-oxobutanoate in an organic solvent

   • T. Kanda
   • N. Miyata
   • A. Tanaka

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 377 - 381

6. The bioemulsifier alasan: role of protein in maintaining structure and activity

   • S. Navon-Venezia
   • E. Banin
   • E. Rosenberg

   SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 382 - 384

7. Secretion, purification, and characterisation of barley α-amylase produced by heterologous gene expression in Aspergillus niger

   • N. Juge
   • B. Svensson
   • G. Williamson

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 385 - 392

8. Secretion of the sweet-tasting protein thaumatin by recombinant strains of Aspergillus niger var. awamori

   • I. Faus
   • C. del Moral
   • V. Rubio

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 393 - 398

9. Cloning and expression of Candida guilliermondii xylose reductase gene (xyl1) in Pichia pastoris

   • C. Handumrongkul
   • D.-P. Ma
   • J. L. Silva

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 399 - 404

10. High-level expression of the thermoalkalophilic lipase from Bacillus thermocatenulatus in Escherichia coli

    • M. L. Rúa
    • H. Atomi
    • R. D. Schmid

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 405 - 410

11. Partial-pKD1 plasmids provide enhanced structural stability for heterologous protein production in Kluyveromyces lactis

    • H.-P. Hsieh
    • N. A. Da Silva

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 411 - 416

12. Construction of a food-grade multiple-copy integration system for Lactococcus lactis

    • K. Leenhouts
    • A. Bolhuis
    • J. Kok

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 417 - 423

13. Influence of charge variation in the Streptomyces venezuelae a-amylase signal peptide on heterologous protein production by Streptomyces lividans

    • E. Lammertyn
    • S. Desmyter
    • J. Anné

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 424 - 430

14. Poly(hydroxyalkanoate) biosynthesis from triglyceride substrates

    • R. D. Ashby
    • T. A. Foglia

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 431 - 437

15. Influence of culture parameters on extracellular peroxidase activity and transformation of low-rank coal by Phanerochaete chrysosporium

    • J. P. Ralph
    • D. E. A. Catcheside

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 438 - 444

16. Biotransformation of isoquinoline, phenanthridine, phthalazine, quinazoline, and quinoxaline by Streptomyces viridosporus

    • J. B. Sutherland
    • J. P. Freeman
    • A. J. Williams

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 445 - 449

17. Hydrogen production with high yield and high evolution rate by self-flocculated cells of Enterobacter aerogenes in a packed-bed reactor

    • M. A. Rachman
    • Y. Nakashimada
    • N. Nishio

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 450 - 454

18. Activity-dependent fluorescent labeling of bacteria that degrade toluene via toluene 2,3-dioxygenase

    • W. K. Keener
    • M. E. Watwood
    • W. A. Apel

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 455 - 462

19. Nitrate and phosphate ion removal from water by Phormidium laminosum immobilized on hollow fibres in a photobioreactor

    • S. Sawayama
    • K. K. Rao
    • D. O. Hall

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 463 - 468

20. Removal of organic pollutants and of nitrate from wastewater from the dairy industry by denitrification

    • G. Zayed
    • J. Winter

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 469 - 474

21. Kinetics of biodegradation of gasoline and its hydrocarbon constituents

    • L. Yerushalmi
    • S. R. Guiot

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 475 - 481

22. Low-temperature bioremediation of a waste water contaminated with anionic surfactants and fuel oil

    • R. Margesin
    • F. Schinner

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 482 - 486