1-10
Mini-Review
Improved production of various polyunsaturated fatty acids through filamentous fungus Mortierella alpina breeding
Eiji Sakuradani, Akinori Ando, Jun Ogawa and Sakayu Shimizu
11-18
Mini-Review
Plant–microbe interactions promoting plant growth and health: perspectives for controlled use of microorganisms in agriculture
Gabriele Berg
19-35
Mini-review
Molecular cloning of fungal xylanases: an overview
Sibtain Ahmed, Saba Riaz and Amer Jamil
37-53
Mini-Review
Ethanol production from xylose in engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains: current state and perspectives
Akinori Matsushika, Hiroyuki Inoue, Tsutomu Kodaki and Shigeki Sawayama
55-62
Mini-Review
Recent advances in the biological production of mannitol
Seung Hoon Song and Claire Vieille
63-69
Biotechnological Products and Process Engineering
A recombinant E. coli bioprocess for hyaluronan synthesis
Zichao Mao, Hyun-Dong Shin and Rachel Chen
71-76
Biotechnological Products and Process Engineering
Discrimination of riboflavin producing Bacillus subtilis strains based on their fed-batch process performances on a millilitre scale
Andrea Vester, Michael Hans, Hans-Peter Hohmann and Dirk Weuster-Botz
77-85
Biotechnological Products and Process Engineering
Influence of cell density and phase variants of bacterial symbionts (Xenorhabdus spp.) on dauer juvenile recovery and development of biocontrol nematodes Steinernema carpocapsae and S. feltiae (Nematoda: Rhabditida)
A. Hirao and R.-U. Ehlers
87-97
Biotechnological Products and Process Engineering
Metabolic diversity in biohydrogenation of polyunsaturated fatty acids by lactic acid bacteria involving conjugated fatty acid production
Shigenobu Kishino, Jun Ogawa, Kenzo Yokozeki and Sakayu Shimizu
99-104
Biotechnologically Relevant Enzymes and Proteins
RimJ is responsible for Nα-acetylation of thymosin α1 in Escherichia coli
Hongqing Fang, Xu Zhang, Lin Shen, Xinxi Si and Yuantao Ren, et al.
105-117
Biotechnologically Relevant Enzymes and Proteins
A new DNA polymerase I from Geobacillus caldoxylosilyticus TK4: cloning, characterization, and mutational analysis of two aromatic residues
Cemal Sandalli, Kamalendra Singh, Mukund J. Modak, Amit Ketkar and Sabriye Canakci, et al.
119-133
Biotechnologically Relevant Enzymes and Proteins
Open AccessThe evolution of cyclodextrin glucanotransferase product specificity
Ronan M. Kelly, Lubbert Dijkhuizen and Hans Leemhuis
135-142
Applied Microbial and Cell Physiology
Effect of milk on antibacterial activity of tetracycline against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus isolated from bovine mastitis
Ying Kuang, Haoyu Jia, Kazuhiko Miyanaga and Yasunori Tanji
143-155
Applied Microbial and Cell Physiology
Analysis of neutral lipid biosynthesis in Streptomyces avermitilis MA-4680 and characterization of an acyltransferase involved herein
Chlud Kaddor, Karolin Biermann, Rainer Kalscheuer and Alexander Steinbüchel
157-167
Applied Microbial and Cell Physiology
Physiological characterisation of acuB deletion in Aspergillus niger
Susan Meijer, Willem Adriaan de Jongh, Lisbeth Olsson and Jens Nielsen
169-182
Environmental Biotechnology
Functional genes reveal the intrinsic PAH biodegradation potential in creosote-contaminated groundwater following in situ biostimulation
Mari Nyyssönen, Anu Kapanen, Reetta Piskonen, Tuomas Lukkari and Merja Itävaara
183-189
Environmental Biotechnology
Impact of bio-augmentation with Sphingomonas sp. strain TTNP3 in membrane bioreactors degrading nonylphenol
Magdalena Cirja, Gregor Hommes, Pavel Ivashechkin, Jürgen Prell and Andreas Schäffer, et al.
191-198
Methods
Efficient production of active Vibrio proteolyticus aminopeptidase in Escherichia coli by co-expression with engineered vibriolysin
Hiroyuki Sonoda, Katsuya Daimon, Hideki Yamaji and Atsushi Sugimura
199-204
Methods
Generation of chromosomal DNA during alkaline lysis and removal by reverse micellar extraction
Kirsten Tschapalda, Nadine Streitner, Carsten Voß and Erwin Flaschel