1. Anaerobic Digestion of Sugarcane Vinasse Through a Methanogenic UASB Reactor Followed by a Packed Bed Reactor

   • A. Cabrera-Díaz
   • I. Pereda-Reyes
   • M. Zaiat

   OriginalPaper 17 May 2017 Pages: 1127 - 1145

   

2. Optimization of Inexpensive Agricultural By-Products as Raw Materials for Bacitracin Production in Bacillus licheniformis DW2

   • Qin Wang
   • Hui Zheng
   • Shouwen Chen

   OriginalPaper 07 June 2017 Pages: 1146 - 1157

   

3. Compositional Shift in Fatty Acid Profiles of Lipids Obtained from Oleaginous Yeasts upon the Addition of Essential Oil from Citrus sinensis L.

   • Bijaya K. Uprety
   • Sudip K. Rakshit

   OriginalPaper 05 May 2017 Pages: 1158 - 1172

   

4. Isoliquiritigenin Induces Cytotoxicity in PC-12 Cells In Vitro

   • Hui-Hui Yang
   • Cheng Zhang
   • Xiu-Zhen Wang

   OriginalPaper 09 May 2017 Pages: 1173 - 1190

   

5. Optimization of Water/Oil/Surfactant System for Preparation of Medium-Chain-Length Poly-3-Hydroxyalkanoates (mcl-PHA)-Incorporated Nanoparticles via Nanoemulsion Templating Technique

   • K. A. Ishak
   • M. Suffian M. Annuar
   • N. Ahmad

   OriginalPaper 13 May 2017 Pages: 1191 - 1208

   

6. Development of Microtiter Plate Culture Method for Rapid Screening of ε-Poly-L-Lysine-Producing Strains

   • Yong-Juan Liu
   • Xu-Sheng Chen
   • Zhong-Gui Mao

   OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 1209 - 1223

   

7. Signal Amplification Technologies for the Detection of Nucleic Acids: from Cell-Free Analysis to Live-Cell Imaging

   • Tahereh Fozooni
   • Hadi Ravan
   • Hosseinali Sasan

   ReviewPaper 17 May 2017 Pages: 1224 - 1253

   

8. Metal-Chelate Affinity Precipitation with Thermo-Responsive Polymer for Purification of ε-Poly-l-Lysine

   • Sipeng Li
   • Zhaoyang Ding
   • Xuejun Cao

   OriginalPaper 20 May 2017 Pages: 1254 - 1264

   

9. Efficient Production of Prebiotic Gluco-oligosaccharides in Orange Juice Using Immobilized and Co-immobilized Dextransucrase

   • Jagan Mohan Rao Tingirikari
   • Wesley Faria Gomes
   • Sueli Rodrigues

   OriginalPaper 06 May 2017 Pages: 1265 - 1281

   

10. Biosynthesis of Heliotropin by a Novel Strain of Serratia liquefaciens

    • Mingtao Zhao
    • Pu Zheng
    • Siqin Liu

    OriginalPaper 23 May 2017 Pages: 1282 - 1294

    

11. Effect of Light/Dark Regimens on Hydrogen Production by Tetraselmis subcordiformis Coupled with an Alkaline Fuel Cell System

    • Zhen Guo
    • Ying Li
    • Haiyan Guo

    OriginalPaper 11 May 2017 Pages: 1295 - 1303

    

12. CO₂ Removal from Biogas by Cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya sp. CChF1 Isolated from the Lake Chapala, Mexico: Optimization of the Temperature and Light Intensity

    • Francisco J. Choix
    • Raúl Snell-Castro
    • Hugo O. Méndez-Acosta

    OriginalPaper 10 May 2017 Pages: 1304 - 1322

    

13. Identification and High-level Production of Pulcherrimin in Bacillus licheniformis DW2

    • Xiaoyun Li
    • Dong Wang
    • Shouwen Chen

    OriginalPaper 18 May 2017 Pages: 1323 - 1335

    

14. Microbial Lipid Production from Enzymatic Hydrolysate of Pecan Nutshell Pretreated by Combined Pretreatment

    • Lizhen Qin
    • Hanyu Qian
    • Yucai He

    OriginalPaper 17 May 2017 Pages: 1336 - 1350

    

15. Inhibitory Effect of Biosynthesized Silver Nanoparticles from Extract of Nitzschia palea Against Curli-Mediated Biofilm of Escherichia coli

    • Rajamohamed Beema Shafreen
    • Siddharthan Seema
    • Sulaiman Ali Alharbi

    BriefCommunication 01 June 2017 Pages: 1351 - 1361

    

16. Effects of Salts Contained in Lignocellulose-Derived Sugar Streams on Microbial Lipid Production

    • Zhu Chen
    • Caixia Wan

    OriginalPaper 20 May 2017 Pages: 1362 - 1374

    

17. Optimal Production of a Rhodococcus erythropolis ATCC 4277 Biocatalyst for Biodesulfurization and Biodenitrogenation Applications

    • Diego Todescato
    • Danielle Maass
    • Antônio Augusto Ulson de Souza

    OriginalPaper 20 May 2017 Pages: 1375 - 1389

    

18. Efficient Production of γ-GABA Using Recombinant E. coli Expressing Glutamate Decarboxylase (GAD) Derived from Eukaryote Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    • Qiang Xiong
    • Zheng Xu
    • Hong Xu

    OriginalPaper 27 June 2017 Pages: 1390 - 1400

    

19. Pretreatment of Hardwood and Miscanthus with Trametes versicolor for Bioenergy Conversion and Densification Strategies

    • Ryan M. Kalinoski
    • Hector D. Flores
    • Thomas Canam

    OriginalPaper 20 May 2017 Pages: 1401 - 1413

    

20. Influence of Culture Medium Composition and Light Conditions on the Accumulation of Bioactive Compounds in Shoot Cultures of Scutellaria lateriflora L. (American Skullcap) Grown In Vitro

    • Beata Kawka
    • Inga Kwiecień
    • Halina Ekiert

    OriginalPaper Open access 01 June 2017 Pages: 1414 - 1425

    

21. A Precise Method for Processing Data to Determine the Dissociation Constants of Polyhydroxy Carboxylic Acids via Potentiometric Titration

    • Kaixuan Huang
    • Yong Xu
    • Shiyuan Yu

    OriginalPaper 25 May 2017 Pages: 1426 - 1438

    

22. Enzymatic Characterization of Fructose 1,6-Bisphosphatase II from Francisella tularensis, an Essential Enzyme for Pathogenesis

    • Hiten J. Gutka
    • Nina M. Wolf
    • Farahnaz Movahedzadeh

    OriginalPaper Open access 25 May 2017 Pages: 1439 - 1454

    

23. Enzymatic Properties of Alginate Lyase from Paenibacillus sp. S29

    • Masahiro Kurakake
    • Yuhei Kitagawa
    • Kazuyuki Shimizu

    OriginalPaper 27 May 2017 Pages: 1455 - 1464

    

24. Biosuccinic Acid from Lignocellulosic-Based Hexoses and Pentoses by Actinobacillus succinogenes: Characterization of the Conversion Process

    • Mariateresa Ferone
    • Francesca Raganati
    • Antonio Marzocchella

    OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 1465 - 1477

    

25. Utilization of Starch-Enriched Brewery (Rice Wine) Waste for Mixotrophic Cultivation of Ettlia Sp. YC001 Used in Biodiesel Production

    • Yeji Kam
    • Mina Sung
    • Jong-In Han

    OriginalPaper 27 May 2017 Pages: 1478 - 1487

    

26. Efficient Biotransformation of Astragaloside IV to Cycloastragenol by Bacillus sp. LG-502

    • Liming Wang
    • Yan Chen

    OriginalPaper 07 June 2017 Pages: 1488 - 1502

    

27. Expression and Characterization of Hyperthermostable Exopolygalacturonase RmGH28 from Rhodothermus marinus

    • Kurt C. Wagschal
    • J. Rose Stoller
    • Douglas B. Jordan

    OriginalPaper 29 May 2017 Pages: 1503 - 1515

    

28. Deletion Analysis of GH7 Endoglucanase Gene (cel7B) Promoter Region in a Talaromyces cellulolyticus ligD-Disrupted Strain

    • Tatsuya Fujii
    • Hiroyuki Inoue
    • Tamotsu Hoshino

    OriginalPaper 02 June 2017 Pages: 1516 - 1525

    

29. Relations Between Moso Bamboo Surface Properties Pretreated by Kraft Cooking and Dilute Acid with Enzymatic Digestibility

    • Juan He
    • Caoxing Huang
    • Qiang Yong

    OriginalPaper 06 June 2017 Pages: 1526 - 1538

    

30. Retraction Note to: Genome Shuffling Enhances Lipase Production of Thermophilic Geobacillus Sp

    • Pornchanok Chalopagorn
    • Jittima Charoenpanich
    • Kiattawee Choowongkomon

    Retraction Note 03 June 2017 Pages: 1539 - 1539

31. Correction to: Malachite Green and Crystal Violet Decolorization by Ganoderma lucidum and Pleurotus ostreatus Supernatant and by rGlLCC1 and rPOXA 1B Concentrates: Molecular Docking Analysis

    • Edwin D. Morales-Álvarez
    • Claudia M. Rivera-Hoyos
    • Raúl A. Poutou-Piñales

    Correction 09 October 2017 Pages: 1540 - 1541