1. Metabolic engineering

   • J. Nielsen

   Mini-Review Pages: 263 - 283

2. Solid-state fermentation: a promising microbial technology for secondary metabolite production

   • T. Robinson
   • D. Singh
   • P. Nigam

   Mini-Review Pages: 284 - 289

3. Production of 3-nitrocatechol by oxygenase-containing bacteria: optimization of the nitrobenzene biotransformation by Nocardia S3

   • J. Kieboom
   • H. van den Brink
   • J. de Bont

   Original Paper Pages: 290 - 295

4. Involvement of branched-chain amino acid aminotransferases in the production of fusel alcohols during fermentation in yeast

   • A. Eden
   • L. Van Nedervelde
   • A. Debourg

   Original Paper Pages: 296 - 300

5. Improved β-thujaplicin production in Cupressus lusitanica suspension cultures by fungal elicitor and methyl jasmonate

   • J. Zhao
   • K. Fujita
   • K. Sakai

   Original Paper Pages: 301 - 305

6. Combination of Trichoderma harzianum endochitinase and a membrane-affecting fungicide on control of Alternaria leaf spot in transgenic broccoli plants

   • A. Mora
   • E. Earle

   Original Paper Pages: 306 - 310

7. Enhanced degradation of naphthalene by immobilization of Pseudomonas sp. strain NGK1 in polyurethane foam

   • S. Manohar
   • C. Kim
   • T. Karegoudar

   Original Paper Pages: 311 - 316

8. Reactivity of Trametes laccases with fatty and resin acids

   • Stina Karlsson
   • Bjarne Holmbom
   • Johanna Buchert

   Short Contribution Pages: 317 - 320

9. Biotransformations catalyzed by cloned p-cymene monooxygenase from Pseudomonas putida F1

   • Toshiyuki Nishio
   • Ashok Patel
   • Peter C. Lau

   Original Paper Pages: 321 - 325

10. Proteome and transcriptome based analysis of Bacillus subtilis cells overproducing an insoluble heterologous protein

    • Britta Jürgen
    • Renate Hanschke
    • Thomas Schweder

    Original Paper Pages: 326 - 332

11. HO gene polymorphism in Saccharomyces industrial yeasts and application of novel HO genes to convert homothallism to heterothallism in combination with the mating-type detection cassette

    • Yukio Tamai
    • Keiko Tanaka
    • Satoshi Harashima

    Original Paper Pages: 333 - 340

12. Citrate, a possible precursor of astaxanthin in Phaffia rhodozyma: influence of varying levels of ammonium, phosphate and citrate in a chemically defined medium.

    • L. Flores-Cotera
    • R. Martín
    • S. Sánchez

    Original Paper Pages: 341 - 347

13. Isolation and characterization of two aerobic bacterial strains that completely degrade ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE)

    • M. Kharoune
    • L. Kharoune
    • A. Pauss

    Original Paper Pages: 348 - 353

14. Screening, overexpression and characterization of an N-acylamino acid racemase from Amycolatopsis orientalis subsp. lurida

    • S. Verseck
    • A. Bommarius
    • M.-R. Kula

    Original Paper Pages: 354 - 361

15. Automatic method for evaluating the activity of sourdough strains based on gas pressure measurements

    • Marion Wick
    • Jean-Jacques Vanhoutte
    • Jean-Michel Lebeault

    Original Paper Pages: 362 - 368

16. Biodegradation of tert-butyl alcohol and related xenobiotics by a methylotrophic bacterial isolate

    • P. Piveteau
    • F. Fayolle
    • F. Monot

    Short Contribution Pages: 369 - 373

17. Long-term repeated biodesulfurization by immobilized Rhodococcus erythropolis KA2-5-1 cells

    • Manabu Naito
    • Takuo Kawamoto
    • Atsuo Tanaka

    Original Paper Pages: 374 - 378

18. Concurrent sorption of Ni²⁺ and Cu²⁺ by Chlorella vulgaris from a binary metal solution

    • S. Mehta
    • J. Gaur

    Original Paper Pages: 379 - 382