1. Microbial degradation of explosives: biotransformation versus mineralization

   • J. Hawari
   • S. Beaudet
   • G. Ampleman

   MINI-REVIEW Pages: 605 - 618

2. Genetic transformation and biotechnological application of the yeast Arxula adeninivorans

   • T. Wartmann
   • G. Kunze

   MINI-REVIEW Pages: 619 - 624

3. Pseudomonas aeruginosa rhamnolipids: biosynthesis and potential applications

   • R. M. Maier
   • G. Soberón-Chávez

   MINI-REVIEW Pages: 625 - 633

4. Continuous marennin production by agar-entrapped Haslea ostrearia using a tubular photobioreactor with internal illumination

   • T. Lebeau
   • P. Gaudin
   • J.-M. Robert

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 634 - 640

5. Continuous production of enantiopure 1,2-epoxyhexane by yeast epoxide hydrolase in a two-phase membrane bioreactor

   • W. J. Choi
   • C. Y. Choi
   • C. A. G. M. Weijers

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 641 - 646

6. Characterization of salt-tolerant mutant for enhancement of l-threonine production in Escherichia coli

   • K.-H. Song
   • H.-H. Lee
   • H.-H. Hyun

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 647 - 651

7. Microbial and cytoplasmic membrane-based potentiometric biosensors for direct determination of organophosphorus insecticides

   • S. Gäberlein
   • F. Spener
   • C. Zaborosch

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 652 - 658

8. Glutathione-mediated mineralization of ¹⁴C-labeled 2-amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene by manganese-dependent peroxidase H5 from the white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium

   • B. Van Aken
   • M. D. Cameron
   • S. N. Agathos

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 659 - 664

9. Homologous functional expression of cryptic phaG from Pseudomonas oleovorans establishes the transacylase-mediated polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthetic pathway

   • N. Hoffmann
   • A. Steinbüchel
   • B. H. A. Rehm

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 665 - 670

10. Recombinant expression analysis of natural and synthetic bovine alpha-casein in Escherichia coli

    • S. K. Goda
    • A. F. Sharman
    • J. K. Brehm

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 671 - 676

11. Targeted, PCR-based gene disruption in cyanobacteria: inactivation of the polyhydroxyalkanoic acid synthase genes in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803

    • G. Taroncher-Oldenburg
    • G. Stephanopoulos

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 677 - 680

12. New ways of determining structural groups in brown coals and their bioconversion products by FT IR spectroscopy

    • A. Weber
    • S. Tesch
    • H. Schmiers

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 681 - 685

13. Differential expression of manganese peroxidase and laccase in white-rot fungi in the presence of manganese or aromatic compounds

    • T. Scheel
    • M. Höfer
    • U. Hölker

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 686 - 691

14. Anaerobic biodegradability of alkylphenols and fuel oxygenates in the presence of alternative electron acceptors

    • L. Puig-Grajales
    • N. G. Tan
    • J. A. Field

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 692 - 697

15. The production of hemicellulases by Thermomyces lanuginosus strain SSBP: influence of agitation and dissolved oxygen tension

    • S. Singh
    • J. C. du Preez
    • B. A. Prior

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 698 - 704

16. Effect of glycine betaine on osmoadaptation of Propionibacterium acidipropionici cultivated in elevated osmolarities

    • A. K. Kylmä
    • J. Jokela
    • M. Leisola

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 705 - 710

17. The solvent efflux system of Pseudomonas putida S12 is not involved in antibiotic resistance

    • S. Isken
    • J. A. M. De Bont

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 711 - 714

18. Identification of interacting mixed cultures of lactic acid bacteria by their exclusion from a model predicting the acidifying activity of non-interacting mixed cultures

    • I. Sodini
    • E. Latrille
    • G. Corrieu

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 715 - 718

19. Reclamation of an activated-sludge microbial consortium by selective biostimulation

    • K. Watanabe
    • M. Miyashita
    • S. Harayama

    SHORT CONTRIBUTION Pages: 719 - 723