1. Recent developments in the characterization and biotechnological production of sweet-tasting proteins

   • I. Faus

   MINI-REVIEW Pages: 145 - 151

2. Synthesis of α-ketoglutaric acid by Yarrowia lipolytica yeast grown on ethanol

   • O. G. Chernyavskaya
   • N. V. Shishkanova
   • T. V. Finogenova

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 152 - 158

3. Influence of complex nutrients, temperature and pH on bacteriocin production by Lactobacillus sakei CCUG 42687

   • I. M. Aasen
   • T. Møretrø
   • I. Storrø

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 159 - 166

4. Production of polyhydroxyalkanoic acids by Ralstonia eutropha and Pseudomonas oleovorans from an oil remaining from biotechnological rhamnose production

   • B. Füchtenbusch
   • D. Wullbrandt
   • A. Steinbüchel

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 167 - 172

5. Particle size effects in bioleaching of pyrite by acidophilic thermophile Sulfolobus metallicus (BC)

   • M. Nemati
   • J. Lowenadler
   • S. T. L. Harrison

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 173 - 179

6. Studies on nutritional and oxygen requirements for production of L-asparaginase by Enterobacter aerogenes

   • J. Mukherjee
   • S. Majumdar
   • T. Scheper

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 180 - 184

7. Novel regioselective hydroxylations of pyridine carboxylic acids at position C2 and pyrazine carboxylic acids at position C3

   • A. Tinschert
   • A. Tschech
   • A. Kiener

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 185 - 195

8. Keratinase of Doratomyces microsporus

   • H. Gradišar
   • S. Kern
   • J. Friedrich

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 196 - 200

9. Production characteristics of interferon-α using an l-arabinose promoter system in a high-cell-density culture

   • H.-K. Lim
   • K.-H. Jung
   • S.-I. Chung

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 201 - 208

10. Characterization and cloning of an (R)-specific trans-2,3-enoylacyl-CoA hydratase from Rhodospirillum rubrum and use of this enzyme for PHA production in Escherichia coli

    • S. E. Reiser
    • T. A. Mitsky
    • K. J. Gruys

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 209 - 218

11. Influence of a synbiotic mixture consisting of Lactobacillus acidophilus 74-2 and a fructooligosaccharide preparation on the microbial ecology sustained in a simulation of the human intestinal microbial ecosystem (SHIME reactor)

    • M. Gmeiner
    • W. Kneifel
    • W. Verstraete

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 219 - 223

12. Biocompatible alginate from freshly collected Laminaria pallida for implantation

    • A. Jork
    • F. Thürmer
    • U. Zimmermann

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 224 - 229

13. Reactions of pentachlorophenol with laccase from Coriolus versicolor

    • M. A. Ullah
    • C. T. Bedford
    • C. S. Evans

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 230 - 234

14. Role of proteases in autolysis of Penicillium chrysogenum chemostat cultures in response to nutrient depletion

    • M. McIntyre
    • D. R. Berry
    • B. McNeil

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 235 - 242

15. Role of the reactor configuration in the biological detoxification of a dump site-polychlorobiphenyl-contaminated soil in lab-scale slurry phase conditions

    • F. Fava
    • D. Di Gioia
    • L. Marchetti

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 243 - 248

16. Azo-dye degradation in an anaerobic-aerobic treatment system operating on simulated textile effluent

    • C. O'Neill
    • A. Lopez
    • S. Wilcox

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 249 - 254