1. Microbial silica deposition in geothermal hot waters

   • F. Inagaki
   • Y. Motomura
   • S. Ogata

   Mini-Review Pages: 605 - 611

2. Diatom cultivation and biotechnologically relevant products. Part I: Cultivation at various scales

   • Thierry Lebeau
   • Jean-Michel Robert

   Mini-Review Pages: 612 - 623

3. Diatom cultivation and biotechnologically relevant products. Part II: Current and putative products

   • T. Lebeau
   • J.-M. Robert

   Mini-Review Pages: 624 - 632

4. Candicidin biosynthesis in Streptomyces griseus

   • J. Gil
   • A. Campelo-Diez

   Mini-Review Pages: 633 - 642

5. New developments in oxidative fermentation

   • O. Adachi
   • D. Moonmangmee
   • K. Matsushita

   Mini-Review Pages: 643 - 653

6. Cell and process design for targeting of recombinant protein into the culture medium of Escherichia coli

   • A. Shokri
   • A. Sandén
   • G. Larsson

   Mini-Review Pages: 654 - 664

7. Molecular biology and application of plant peroxidase genes

   • K. Yoshida
   • P. Kaothien
   • A. Shinmyo

   Mini-Review Pages: 665 - 670

8. A novel circulating loop bioreactor with cells immobilized in loofa (Luffa cylindrica) sponge for the bioconversion of raw cassava starch to ethanol

   • N. Roble
   • J. Ogbonna
   • H. Tanaka

   Original Paper Pages: 671 - 678

9. Effect of nutrient limitation on product formation during continuous fermentation of xylose with Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus JW200 Fe(7)

   • H. Hild
   • D. Stuckey
   • D. Leak

   Original Paper Pages: 679 - 686

10. Size-effect on the physical characteristics of the aerobic granule in a SBR

    • S. Toh
    • J. Tay
    • S. Tay

    Original Paper Pages: 687 - 695

11. Inducive effect of cresoquinone on microbiological transformation of L-tyrosine to 3,4 dihydroxy phenyl L-alanine by Aspergillus oryzae NG-11^P1

    • I. Haq
    • S. Ali
    • J. Iqbal

    Short Contribution Pages: 696 - 699

12. Purification, molecular characterization and reactivity with aromatic compounds of a laccase from basidiomycete Trametes sp. strain AH28-2

    • Y. Xiao
    • X. Tu
    • Y. Shi

    Original Paper Pages: 700 - 707

13. Laccase-catalysed synthesis of coupling products of phenolic substrates in different reactors

    • R. Pilz
    • E. Hammer
    • U. Kragl

    Short Contribution Pages: 708 - 712

14. Surrogate biochemistry: use of Escherichia coli to identify plant cDNAs that impact metabolic engineering of carotenoid accumulation

    • C. Gallagher
    • M. Cervantes-Cervantes
    • E. Wurtzel

    Original Paper Pages: 713 - 719

15. Indigo production by Escherichia coli carrying the phenol hydroxylase gene from Acinetobacter sp. strain ST-550 in a water–organic solvent two-phase system

    • N. Doukyu
    • K. Toyoda
    • R. Aono

    Original Paper 19 December 2002 Pages: 720 - 725

    

16. Comparison of modular and non-modular xylanases as carrier proteins for the efficient secretion of heterologous proteins from Penicillium funiculosum

    • M. J. C. Alcocer
    • C. S. M. Furniss
    • D. B. Archer

    Original Paper 21 December 2002 Pages: 726 - 732

    

17. Alginate production by an Azotobacter vinelandii mutant unable to produce alginate lyase

    • M. Trujillo-Roldán
    • S. Moreno
    • G. Espín

    Original Paper Pages: 733 - 737

18. GltS, the sodium-coupled L-glutamate uptake system of Corynebacterium glutamicum: identification of the corresponding gene and impact on L-glutamate production

    • C. Trötschel
    • S. Kandirali
    • A. Burkovski

    Short Contribution Pages: 738 - 742

19. Achievement of rapid osmotic dehydration at specific temperatures could maintain high Saccharomyces cerevisiae viability

    • C. Laroche
    • P. Gervais

    Original Paper 30 January 2003 Pages: 743 - 747

    

20. The isolation and use of iron-oxidizing, moderately thermophilic acidophiles from the Collie coal mine for the generation of ferric iron leaching solution

    • P. H.-M. Kinnunen
    • W. J. Robertson
    • J. A. Puhakka

    Original Paper 19 December 2002 Pages: 748 - 753