2375-2376
Editorial
World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2008
Lynn Dover, Peter J. Large, Nasib Qureshi and Miguel Vicente
2377-2382
Review
Methods for the bioinformatic identification of bacterial lipoproteins encoded in the genomes of Gram-positive bacteria
Obaidur Rahman, Stephen P. Cummings, Dean J. Harrington and Iain C. Sutcliffe
2383-2388
Original Paper
Nitrile degradation by free and immobilized cells of the thermophile Bacillus sp. UG-5B, isolated from polluted industrial waters
Ludmila Kabaivanova, Plamen Dimitrov, Ivanka Boyadzhieva, Stefan Engibarov and Elena Dobreva, et al.
2389-2395
Original Paper
Microbiological, physical–chemical and sensory evaluation of a traditional Brazilian cheese during the ripening process
Carla D. Las Casas Lima, Mônica M. O. P. Cerqueira, Elaine G. Ferreira, César L. L. Faria and David Lee Nelson, et al.
2397-2402
Original Paper
Biological denitrification by
Pseudomonas stutzeri
immobilized on microbial cellulose
Abbas Rezaee, Hatam Godini, Said Dehestani, Ahmad Reza Yazdanbakhsh and Gholamreza Mosavi, et al.
2403-2409
Original Paper
Production of copolymer poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-
co
-4-hydroxybutyrate) through a one-step cultivation process
A. Rahayu, Z. Zaleha, Ahmad R. M. Yahya, M. I. A. Majid and A. A. Amirul
2411-2419
Original Paper
Effect of surfactants on pyrene degradation by Pseudomonas fluorescens 29L
Saleha Husain
2421-2424
Original Paper
Lipase-catalysed kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols with improved enantioselectivity in propylene carbonate
Xiao-Mei Wu, Wei Sun, Jia-Ying Xin and Chun-Gu Xia
2425-2434
Original Paper
Rapid investigation of French sourdough microbiota by restriction fragment length polymorphism of the 16S-23S rRNA gene intergenic spacer region
M. Ferchichi, R. Valcheva, N. Oheix, P. Kabadjova and H. Prévost, et al.
2435-2442
Original Paper
A Confocal microscopic study on colony morphology and sporulation of
Bacillus
sp.
M. S. Mary, Judy Gopal, B. V. R. Tata, T. S. Rao and S. Vincent
2443-2450
Original Paper
Fingerprint analysis of Lingzhi (
Ganoderma
) strains by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with chemometric methods
Xian-Min Shi, Jing-Song Zhang, Qing-Jiu Tang, Yan Yang and Rui-Xia Hao, et al.
2451-2458
Original Paper
Isolation and identification of a potential biocontrol agent
Bacillus subtilis
QM3 from Qinghai yak dung in China
Qing-Ping Hu, Jian-Guo Xu, Peng Song, Jin-Ning Song and Wu-Ling Chen
2459-2464
Original Paper
Inhibitory effect of extracts from Brazilian medicinal plants on the adhesion of
Candida albicans
to buccal epithelial cells
Susana Johann, Daniele L. Silva, Cleide V. B. Martins, Carlos L. Zani and Moacir G. Pizzolatti, et al.
2465-2471
Original Paper
Optimization of a fermentation process for bioinsecticide production by Bacillus thuringiensis
G. Amin, S. Alotaibi, Narmen A. Youssef and W. D. Saleh
2473-2479
Original Paper
Cytological studies of Agaricus brasiliensis
Eustáquio Souza Dias, Cláudia Regina Gontijo Labory, Karina Marjorie Silva Herrera, Alexandre Alonso Alves and Giovana Augusta Torres, et al.
2481-2488
Original Paper
Cloning of the subtilisin Pr1A gene from a strain of locust specific fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae, and functional expression of the protein in Pichia pastoris
Wei Zhang, Cao Yueqing and Xia Yuxian
2489-2497
Original Paper
Assessment of wood degradation by Pycnoporus sanguineus when co-cultured with selected fungi
Andrea van Heerden, Niel J. le Roux, Jan Swart, Sugnet Gardner-Lubbe and Alfred Botha
2499-2507
Original Paper
Water-soluble granules containing Bacillus megaterium for biological control of rice sheath blight: formulation, bacterial viability and efficacy testing
Amornrat Chumthong, Mana Kanjanamaneesathian, Ashara Pengnoo and Ruedeekorn Wiwattanapatapee
2509-2516
Original Paper
Molecular cloning, sequence analysis, expression and characterization of the endochitinase gene from Trichoderma sp. in Escherichia coli BL21
Ping Yu and Jian-Rong Li
2517-2524
Original Paper
Atypical Ca2+-independent, raw-starch hydrolysing α-amylase from
Bacillus
sp. GRE1: characterization and gene isolation
Gulelat D. Haki, Alfredo J. Anceno and Sudip K. Rakshit
2525-2530
Original Paper
Influence of Zn2+, Co2+ and dimethylbenzimidazole on vitamin B12 biosynthesis by Pseudomonas denitrificans
Kun-Tai Li, Dong-Hong Liu, Ying-Ping Zhuang, Yong-Hong Wang and Ju Chu, et al.
2531-2538
Original Paper
Microbial community study of the iron ore concentrate of the Sishen Iron Ore Mine, South Africa
P. J. Williams and T. E. Cloete
2539-2545
Original Paper
Isolation and characterization of hydrocarbon-degrading and biosurfactant-producing yeast strains obtained from a polluted lagoon water
Matthew O. Ilori, Sunday A. Adebusoye and Adedoyin C. Ojo
2547-2554
Original Paper
Utilization of diets amended with yeast and amino acids for the control of aflatoxicosis
A. S. Baptista, A. L. Abdalla, C. L. Aguiar, Ana Angelita Sampaio Baptista and David Micheluchi, et al.
2555-2563
Original Paper
Effect of active dry wine yeast storage upon viability and lipid composition
M. Redón, J. M. Guillamón, A. Mas and N. Rozès
2565-2575
Original Paper
Rock phosphate-solubilizing Actinomycetes: screening for plant growth-promoting activities
Hanane Hamdali, Mohamed Hafidi, Marie Joëlle Virolle and Yedir Ouhdouch
2577-2585
Original Paper
Denitrification activity of
Bradyrhizobium
sp. isolated from Argentine soybean cultivated soils
Leticia Andrea Fernández, Elda Beatriz Perotti, Marcelo Antonio Sagardoy and Marisa Anahí Gómez
2587-2591
Original Paper
Plasmid-encoded enzymatic degradation of dimethoate
Manisha DebMandal, Shyamapada Mandal and Nishith Kumar Pal
2593-2599
Original Paper
The effect of pH, sucrose and ammonium sulphate concentrations on the production of bacterial cellulose (Nata-de-coco) by Acetobacter xylinum
A. Jagannath, A. Kalaiselvan, S. S. Manjunatha, P. S. Raju and A. S. Bawa
2601-2605
Original Paper
Identification of taxol biosynthesis stage-enriched transcripts in Nodulisporium sylviforme, using suppression subtractive hybridization
Yan Chi, Dong-Li Zhao and Dong-Po Zhou
2607-2612
Original Paper
Expression of pectate lyase A from Aspergillus nidulans in Bacillus subtilis
Qingxin Zhao, Runrong Ding, Yijun Kang and Jian Chen
2613-2618
Original Paper
Application of maltitol to improve production of raw starch digesting glucoamylase by
Aspergillus niger
F-08
Haiyan Sun, Pingjuan Zhao and Ming Peng
2619-2625
Original Paper
Screening of terrestrial Streptomyces leading to identification of new stereoisomeric anthracyclines
Mohamed S. Abdelfattah
2627-2632
Original Paper
Repeated batch process for biological treatment of black liquor using brown-rot basidiomycete
Fomitopsis
sp. IMER2
Fuying Ma, Zheng Xiong, Yubin Zheng, Xiaochen Yu and Xiaoyu Zhang
2633-2638
Original Paper
Drug resistance in Indian isolates of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
Arif Ali, Asiya Afshan and Zahida Qamri
2639-2646
Original Paper
Pyrene-degradation potentials of Pseudomonas species isolated from polluted tropical soils
Oluwafemi S. Obayori, Matthew O. Ilori, Sunday A. Adebusoye, Ganiyu O. Oyetibo and Olukayode O. Amund
2647-2652
Original Paper
Development of a biotechnological procedure for treatment of animal wastes to obtain inexpensive biofertilizer
Adriana Gousterova, Maya Nustorova, Plamen Christov, Peter Nedkov and Georgi Neshev, et al.
2653-2658
Original Paper
Improvement of growth, under field conditions, of wheat inoculated with Pseudomonas chlororaphis subsp. aurantiaca SR1
Evelin Carlier, Marisa Rovera, Alberto Rossi Jaume and Susana B. Rosas
2659-2664
Original Paper
A new β-agarase from marine bacterium Janthinobacterium sp. SY12
Yan-Ling Shi, Xin-Zhi Lu and Wen-Gong Yu
2665-2670
Original Paper
Significance and suitability of Aeromonas hydrophila vs. fecal coliforms in assessing microbiological water quality
E. Djuikom, T. Njiné, M. Nola, N. Kemka and S. H. Zébazé Togouet, et al.
2671-2675
Original Paper
Effect of light on growth, pigment production and culture morphology of Monascus purpureus in solid-state fermentation
Sumathy Babitha, Julio C. Carvahlo, Carlos R. Soccol and Ashok Pandey
2677-2684
Original Paper
Bioremediation of sago industry effluent and its impact on seed germination (green gram and maize)
P. M. Ayyasamy, R. Banuregha, G. Vivekanandhan, S. Rajakumar and R. Yasodha, et al.
2685-2691
Original Paper
Anaerobic biodegradation of phenol by Candida albicans PDY-07 in the presence of 4-chlorophenol
Guoying Wang, Jianping Wen, Guanghai Yu and Hongmei Li
2693-2697
Original Paper
Chromosomal and plasmid encoded drug resistances of a
Klebsiella pneumoniae
UTI 2 strain isolated from urine of a post-operative patient
Soumik Barman, Dipak Kumar Hens, Hemanta Koley, Swapan Kumar Niyogi and Ranajit Kumar
2699-2704
Original Paper
Biosorption of heavy metals by the exopolysaccharide produced by Paenibacillus jamilae
José Antonio Morillo Pérez, Rafael García-Ribera, Teresa Quesada, Margarita Aguilera and Alberto Ramos-Cormenzana, et al.
2705-2712
Original Paper
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
strains associated with the production of cachaça: identification and characterization by traditional and molecular methods (PCR, PFGE and mtDNA-RFLP)
Taís Letícia Bernardi, Gilberto Vinícius de Melo Pereira, Patricia Gomes Cardoso, Eustáquio Souza Dias and R. F. Schwan
2713-2716
Short Communication
In vitro evaluation of the effect of the nematophagous fungi
Duddingtonia flagrans
,
Monacrosporium sinense
and
Pochonia chlamydosporia
on
Schistosoma mansoni
eggs
F. R. Braga, J. V. Araújo, A. K. Campos, A. R. Silva and J. M. Araujo, et al.
2717-2720
Short Communication
Physical properties of fungal chitosan
Wei-Ping Wang, Yu-Min Du and Xiao-Ying Wang
2721-2726
Short Communication
Submerged culture of a mycelial formulation of a bioherbicidal strain of Myrothecium verrucaria with mitigated mycotoxin production
C. Douglas Boyette, Mark A. Weaver, Robert E. Hoagland and Kenneth C. Stetina
2727-2729
Short Communication
A novel bacterial pathogen (
Enterobacter
sp.) isolated from the leaf roller,
Caloptilia theivora
of tea of Darjeeling foothills
Damayanti De, Ananda Mukhopadhyay and Ranadhir Chakraborty
2731-2735
Short Communication
Freeze-thaw-induced lateral transfer of non-conjugative plasmids by in situ transformation in Escherichia coli in natural waters and food extracts
Yuko Ishimoto, Shiho Kato and Sumio Maeda
2737-2740
Short Communication
Antimicrobial activity of saponin fractions of the leaves of Gymnema sylvestre and Eclipta prostrata
Venkatesan Gopiesh khanna and Krishnan Kannabiran
2741-2745
Original paper
Purification and characterization of an extracellular keratinase from a hornmeal-degrading
Bacillus subtilis
MTCC (9102)
S. Balaji, M. Senthil Kumar, R. Karthikeyan, Ramadhar Kumar and S. Kirubanandan, et al.