1. Artificial redox coenzymes: biomimetic analogues of NAD⁺

   • R. J. Ansell
   • C. R. Lowe

   MINI-REVIEW Pages: 703 - 710

2. Extremophiles as a source of novel enzymes for industrial application

   • F. Niehaus
   • C. Bertoldo
   • G. Antranikian

   MINI-REVIEW Pages: 711 - 729

3. Microbial heavy-metal resistance

   • D. H. Nies

   MINI-REVIEW Pages: 730 - 750

4. Biodegradation of EDTA

   • B. Nörtemann

   MINI-REVIEW Pages: 751 - 759

5. High-density Escherichia coli cultures for continuous l(−)-carnitine production

   • J. M. Obón
   • J. R. Maiquez
   • J. L. Iborra

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 760 - 764

6. Quantification of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoic acids by Nile red staining

   • V. Gorenflo
   • A. Steinbüchel
   • T. Scheper

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 765 - 772

7. Improvement of mechanical and biological properties of freeze-dried denitrifying alginate beads by using starch as a filler and carbon source

   • Y. Tal
   • J. van Rijn
   • A. Nussinovitch

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 773 - 779

8. Oxygen starvation induces cell death in Candida shehatae fermentations of d-xylose, but not d-glucose

   • J. R. Kastner
   • W. J. Jones
   • R. S. Roberts

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 780 - 785

9. Isolation and characterization of indene bioconversion genes from Rhodococcus strain I24

   • S. L. Treadway
   • K. S. Yanagimachi
   • A. J. Sinskey

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 786 - 793

10. Genetically engineered Rhodobacter sphaeroides for the overproduction of δ-aminolevulinic acid

    • A. Suwanto

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 794 - 799

11. A dominant selection system designed for copy-number-controlled gene integration in Hansenula polymorpha DL-1

    • J.-H. Sohn
    • E.-S. Choi
    • S.-K. Rhee

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 800 - 807

12. Isolation and characterization of experimentally induced, aflatoxin biosynthetic pathway deletion mutants of Aspergillus parasiticus

    • J. W. Cary
    • N. Barnaby
    • D. Bhatnagar

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 808 - 812

13. The ferrous iron oxidation kinetics of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans in batch cultures

    • M. Boon
    • C. Ras
    • J. J. Heijnen

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 813 - 819

14. The ferrous iron oxidation kinetics of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans in continuous cultures

    • M. Boon
    • T. A. Meeder
    • J. J. Heijnen

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 820 - 826

15. Biochemical basis for carbon monoxide tolerance and butanol production by Butyribacterium methylotrophicum

    • G.-J. Shen
    • J.-S. Shieh
    • J. G. Zeikus

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 827 - 832

16. Mechanism for phenol tolerance in phenol-degrading Comamonas testosteroni strain

    • L. F. Yap
    • Y. K. Lee
    • C. L. Poh

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 833 - 840

17. Phenol inhibition kinetics for growth of Acetobacter aceti on ethanol

    • G. A. Hill
    • A. J. Daugulis

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 841 - 846

18. Synthesis of optically active ethyl 4-chloro-3-hydroxybutanoate by microbial reduction

    • Y. Yasohara
    • N. Kizaki
    • S. Shimizu

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 847 - 851

19. Duplicated Clostridium thermocellum cellobiohydrolase gene encoding cellulosomal subunits S3 and S5

    • V. V. Zverlov
    • G. A. Velikodvorskaya
    • W. L. Staudenbauer

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 852 - 859

20. Subcellular location of enzymes involved in oxidation of n-alkane by Cladosporium resinae

    • P. Goswami
    • J. J. Cooney

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 860 - 864

21. Biodegradation of azo dyes in cocultures of anaerobic granular sludge with aerobic aromatic amine degrading enrichment cultures

    • N. C. G. Tan
    • F. X. Prenafeta-Boldú
    • J. A. Field

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 865 - 871

22. Degradation of phosphonates by streptomycete isolates

    • A. Obojska
    • B. Lejczak
    • M. Kubrak

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 872 - 876

23. Bioremediation of atrazine-contaminated soil by repeated applications of atrazine-degrading bacteria

    • D. A. Newcombe
    • D. E. Crowley

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 877 - 882

24. Towards a reduction in excess sludge production in activated sludge processes: biomass physicochemical treatment and biodegradation

    • M. Rocher
    • G. Goma
    • J. L. Rols

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 883 - 890

25. Solid matrix characterization of immobilized Pseudomonas putida MTCC 1194 used for phenol degradation

    • K. Bandhyopadhyay
    • D. Das
    • B. R. Maiti

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 891 - 895