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CONTENTSO F VOLUME 45 No . 1-2 (pp 1-298) published March 1996 No.3 (pp 299-446) published April 1996 No.4 ( pp 447-574) published May 1996 No.5 ( pp 575-722) published June 1996 No.6 ( pp 723-864) published July 1996 Abate C, Callieri D, Rodriguez E, Garro O: Ethanol production Clark TR, Roberto FF: Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b whole- by a mixed culture of flocculent strains of Zymomonas mobilis cell methane monooxygenase activity in a biphasic matrix and Saccharomyces sp. 580 658 Annous BA, Shieh J-S, Shen G-J, Jain MK, Zeikus JG: Regula- Clausen CA, Green F III: Characterization of polygalacturonase tion of hydrogen metabolism in Butyribacterium methylotro- from the brown-rot fungus Postia placenta 750 phicum by substrate and pH_ 804 Colocousi A, Sagib KM, Leak DJ: Mutants of Pseudomonas Anwar MN, Suto M, Tomita F: Isolation of mutants of Penicil- fluorescens NCIMB 11671 defective in the catabolism of lium purpurogenum resistant to catabolite repression (Short a-pinene 822 contribution) 684 Cox HHJ, Magielsen FJ, Doddema HJ, Harder W: Influence of Arino S, Marchal R, Vandecasteele J-P: Identification and pro- the water content and water activity on styrene degradation by duction of a rhamnolipidic biosurfactant by a Pseudomonas Exophiala jeanselmei in biofilters 851 species 162 Dammann-Kalinowski T, Niemann S, Keller M, Selbitschka W, Babu GRV, Vijaya OK, Ross VL, Wolfram JH, Chapatwala KD: Tebbe CC, Piihler A: Characterization of two bioluminescent Cell-free extract(s) of Pseudomonas putida catalyzes the con- Rhizobium meliloti strains constructed for field releases (Short version of cyanides, cyanates, thiocyanates, formamide, and contribution) 509 cyanide-containing mine waters into ammonia 273 Dantigny P, Gruber M: Transition rate kinetics from ethanol oxi- Balakrishnan K, Pandey A: Influence of amino acids on the bio- dation to glucose utilisation within a structured model of synthesis of cyclosporin A by Tolypocladium inflatum 800 baker’s yeast 199 Benson KH, Godon J-J, Renault P, Griffin HG, Gasson MJ: Ef- Das A, Mishra AK: Role of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans and sul- fect of iivBN-encoded a-acetolactate synthase expression on phur(sulphide)-dependent ferric-ion-reducing activity in the diacetyl production in Lactococcus lactis 107 oxidation of sulphide minerals 377 Birk R, Bravdo B, Shoseyov O: Detoxification of cassava by As- dos Santos VAPM, Bruijnse M, Tramper J, Wijffels RH: The pergillus niger B-1 (Short contribution) 411 magic-bead concept: an integrated approach to nitrogen re- Birman I, Alexander M: Optimizing biodegradation of phenan- moval with co-immobilized micro-organisms 447 threne dissolved in nonaqueous-phase liquids 267 Dwivedi PP, Gibbs MD, Saul DJ, Bergquist PL: Cloning, se- Bock C, Kroppenstedt RM, Diekmann H: Degradation and bio- quencing and overexpression in Escherichia coli of a xylanase conversion of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons by Rhodo- gene, xynA from the thermophilic bacterium Rt8B.4 genus coccus ruber 219 (Short contribution) 408 Caldicellulosiruptor 86 Bock C, Kroppenstedt RM, Schmidt U, Diekmann H: Degrada- Faber KN, Westra S, Waterham HR, Keizer-Gunnink I, Harder tion of prochloraz and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol by environmental W, Ab G, Veenhuis M: Foreign gene expression in Hansenula bacterial strains 257 polymorpha. A system for the synthesis of small functional Bossier P, Verstraete W: Triggers for microbial aggregation in peptides 72 activated sludge? 1 Fabritius D, Schafer HJ, Steinbiichel A: Identification and pro- Bouchez M, Blanchet D, Vandecasteele JP: The microbiological duction of 3-hydroxy-A’-cis-1,18-octadecenedioic acid by mu- fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: carbon and oxygen tants of Candida tropicalis 342 balances for bacterial degradation of model compounds 556 Fava F, Di Gioia D, Marchetti L, Quattroni G: Aerobic dechlori- Brézillon C, Kroon PA, Faulds CB, Brett GM, Williamson G: nation of low-chlorinated biphenyls by bacterial biofilms in Novel ferulic acid esterases are induced by growth of Aspergil- packed-bed batch bioreactors 562 lus niger on sugar-beet pulp 371 Fernandez-Espinar MT, Vallés S, Pifiaga F, Pérez-Gonzdlez JA, Brinkmann U, Babel W: Simultaneous utilization of pyridine and Ramon D: Construction of an Aspergillus nidulans multicopy fructose by Rhodococcus opacus UFZ B 408 without an exter- transformant for the x/nB gene and its use in purifying the mi- nal nitrogen source 217 nor X24 xylanase (Short contribution) 338 Bui DM, Kunze I, Horstmann C, Schmidt T, Breunig KD, Kunze Ferrero MA, Castro GR, Abate CM, Baigori MD, Sifieriz F: G: Expression of the Arxula adeninivorans glucoamylase gene Thermostable alkaline proteases of Bacillus licheniformis MIR in Kluyveromyces lactis 102 29: isolation, production and characterization 327 Butler MJ, Aphale JS, Binnie C, DiZonno MA, Krygsman P, Gemeren IA van, Beijersbergen A, Musters W, Gouka RJ, Hon- Soltes G, Walezyk E, Malek LT: Cloning and analysis of a gene del CAMJJ van den, Verrips CT: The effect of pre- and pro- from Streptomyces lividans 66 encoding a novel secreted pro- sequences and multicopy integration on heterologous expres- tease exhibiting homology to subtilisin BPN’ 141 sion of the Fusarium solani pisi cutinase gene in Aspergillus Calvillo YM, Alexander M: Mechanism of microbial utilization of awamori 755 biphenyl sorbed to polyacrylic beads 383 Gomez JGC, Rodrigues MFA, Alli RCP, Torres BB, Bueno Net- Carlozzi P, Torzillo G: Productivity of Spirulina in a strongly to CL, Oliveira MS, da Silva LF: Evaluation of soil gram-nega- curved outdoor tubular photobioreactor 18 tive bacteria yielding polyhydroxyalkanoic acids from carbohy- Cho H-Y, Yousef AE, Yang S-T: Continuous production of pe- drates and propionic acid 785 diocin by immobilized Pediococcus acidilactici PO2 in a packed-bed bioreactor 589 Gottschalk TE, Nielsen JE, Rasmussen P: Detection of endoge- Kobayashi T, Hakamada Y, Hitomi J, Koike K, Ito S: Purifica- nous B-glucuronidase activity in Aspergillus niger 240 tion of alkaline proteases from a Bacillus strain and their pos- Grahl T, Markl H: Killing of microorganisms by pulsed electric sible interrelationship 63 fields 148 K6énig A, Zaborosch C, Muscat A, Vorlop K-D, Spener F: Micro- Hale VA, Schottel JL: Mutational analysis of the Streptomyces bial sensors for naphthalene using Sphingomonas sp. B1 or scabies esterase signal peptide 189 Pseudomonas fluorescens WW4 844 Hallberg KB, Sehlin HMB, Lindstrém E: Toxicity of arsenic dur- Kuek C: Shake-flask culture of Laccaria laccata, an ectomycor- ing high temperature bioleaching of gold-bearing arsenical py- rhizal basidiomycete 319 rite 212 Kumar V, Fuente JL de la, Leitao AL, Liras P, Martin JF: Effect Harper EG, Welch RP, Contreras Lara D, Chang JS, Calza RE: of amplification or targeted disruption of the B-lactamase gene The effect of Aspergillus oryzae fermentation extract on the of Nocardia lactamdurans on cephamycin biosynthesis 621 anaerobic fungi Neocallimastix frontalis EB 188, Piromyces Kurakake M, Onoue T, Komaki T: Effect of pH on transfructosy- communis DC 193 and Orpinomyces ssp. RW 206: generalized lation and hydrolysis by B-fructofuranosidase from Aspergillus effects and component analysis 817 oryzae 236 Hartke A, Benachour A, Boutibonnes P, Auffray Y: Characteris- Lacki K, Duvnjak Z: Comparison of three methods for the deter- ation of a complex restriction/modification system detected in mination of sinapic acid ester content in enzymatically treated a Bifidobacterium longum strain 132 canola meals 530 Heald SC, Jenkins RO: Expression and substrate specificity of Larsen J, Joergensen L: Reduction of RNA and DNA in Methy- the toluene dioxygenase of Pseudomonas putida NCIMB lococcus capsulatus by endogenous nucleases 137 11767 56 Lee S-G, Kim S, Robbins PD, Kim BG: Optimization of environ- Herzog RW, Daniell H, Singh NK, Lemke PA: A comparative mental factors for the production and handling of recombinant study on the transformation of Aspergillus nidulans by micro- retrovirus 477 projectile bombardment of conidia and a more conventional Lelieveld HLM, Boon B, Bennett A, Brunius G, Cantley M, procedure using protoplasts treated with polyethyleneglycol Chmiel A, Collins CH, Crooy P, Doblhoff-Dier O, Economidis (Short contribution) 333 I, Elmqvist A, Frontali-Botti C, Havenaar R, Haymerle H, Hounsa CG, Aubry JM, Dubourguier HC, Hornez JP: Applica- Kappeli O, Leaver G, Lex M, Lund S, Mahler JL, Marris R, tion of factorial and Doehlert designs for optimization of pec- Martinez JL, Mosgaard Ch, Normand-Plessier C, Romant- tate lyase production by a recombinant Escherichia coli 764 schuk M, Rudan F, Wagner K, Werner RG (Working Party Huang C-M, Asmundson RV, Kelly WJ: Characterization of a “Safety in Biotechnology” of the European Federation Bio- temperate phage isolated from Leuconostoc oenos strain technology): Safe biotechnology. 7. Classification of microor- 1002 472 ganisms on the basis of hazard 723 Hudson JA, Mackenzie CAM, Joblin KN: Factors affecting the Lin M-Y, Harlander S, Savaiano D: Construction of an integra- formation of 10-hydroxystearic acid from oleic acid by a rumi- tive food-grade cloning vector for Lactobacillus acidophilus nal strain of Enterococcus faecalis (Short contribution) 404 484 Hujanen M, Linko Y-Y: Effect of temperature and various ni- Lounés A, Lebrihi A, Benslimane C, Lefebvre G, Germain P: trogen sources on L(+ )-lactic acid production by Lactobacillus Regulation of spiramycin synthesis in Streptomyces ambo- casei 307 faciens: effects of glucose and inorganic phosphate 204 limura Y, Hartikainen P, Tatsumi K: Dechlorination of tetra- Martius GGS, WieBner A, Stottmeister U: Degradation efficien- chloroguaiacol by laccase of white-rot basidiomycete Coriolus cy and molecular size alteration during the aerobic microbial versicolor 434 treatment of lignite pyrolysis deposit water 692 Ikeda K, Masujima T, Suzuki K, Sugiyama M: Cloning and se- Matis KA, Zouboulis AI, Grigoriadou AA, Lazaridis NK, Eka- quence analysis of the highly expressed melanin-synthesizing teriniadou LV: Metal biosorption — flotation. Application to gene operon from Streptomyces castaneoglobisporus 80 cadmium removal 569 Jahng D, Wood TK: Metal ions and chloramphenicol inhibition Matsunaga T, Sudo H, Takemasa H, Wachi Y, Nakamura N: Sul- of soluble methane monooxygenase from Methylosinus tricho- fated extracellular polysaccharide production by the halophilic sporium OB3b_ 744 cyanobacterium Aphanocapsa halophytia immobilized on light- Jain RK: The molecular cloning of genes specifying some en- diffusing optical fibers 24 zymes of the 3,5-xylenol degradative pathway 502 Matsusaki H, Endo N, Sonomoto K, Ishizaki A: Lantibiotic nisin Kastner JR, Roberts RS, Jones WJ: Effect of pH on cell viability Z fermentative production by Lactococcus lactis 1O-1: relation- and product yields in D-xylose fermentations by Candida she- ship between production of the lantibiotic and lactate and cell hatae 224 growth 36 Kataoka N, Tokiwa Y, Tanaka Y, Takeda K, Suzuki T: Enrich- Mayer AF, Deckwer W-D: Simultaneous production and decom- ment culture and isolation of slow-growing bacteria 771 position of clavulanic acid during Streptomyces clavuligerus Kato M, Bao HJ, Kang C-K, Fukui T, Doi Y: Production of a cultivations 41 novel copolyester of 3-hydroxybutyric acid and medium-chain- Meesters PAEP, Huijberts GNM, Eggink G: High-cell-density length 3-hydroxyalkanoic acids by Pseudomonas sp. 61-3 from cultivation of the lipid accumulating yeast Cryp- sugars 363 tococcus curvatus using glycerol as a carbon source 575 Kimura H, Miyashita H, Sumino Y: Organization and expression Miranda J, Membrillo-Hernandez J, Tabche ML, Soberén M: in Pseudomonas putida of the gene cluster involved in cepha- Rhizobium etli cytochrome mutants with derepressed expres- losporin biosynthesis from Lysobacter lactamgenus YK90 sion of cytochrome terminal oxidases and enhanced symbiotic 490 nitrogen accumulation 182 Kirchner K, Wagner S, Rehm H-J: Removal of organic air pollu- Misra G, Pavlostathis SG, Perdue EM, Araujo R: Aerobic biode- tants from exhaust gases in the trickle-bed bioreactor. Effect of gradation of selected monoterpenes 831 oxygen 415 Moilanen AM, Lundell T, Vares T, Hatakka A: Manganese and Klapatch TR, Demain AL, Lynd LR: Restriction endonuclease malonate are individual regulators for the production of lignin activity in Clostridium thermocellum and Clostridium thermo- and manganese peroxidase isozymes and in the degradation of saccharolyticum 127 lignin by Phlebia radiata 792 Kobayashi M, Fujita T, Shimizu S: Hyperinduction of nitrile hy- Mollenkopf H-J, Gentschev I, Bubert A, Schubert P, Goebel W: dratase acting on indole-3-acetonitrile in Agrobacterium tume- Extracellular PagC-HlyAg fusion protein for the generation faciens 176 and identification of Salmonella-specific antibodies 629 Morbach S, Kelle R, Winkels S, Sahm H, Eggeling L: Engineer- Seignez C, Adler N, Suard JC, Péringer P: Aerobic and anaerobic ing the homoserine dehydrogenase and threonine dehydratase biodegradability of 1-Anthraquinone sulphonate (Short contri- control points to analyse flux towards L-isoleucine in Coryne- bution) 719 bacterium glutamicum 612 Shen G-J, Annous BA, Lovitt RW, Jain MK, Zeikus JG: Bio- Nowak J, Kirsch NH, Hegemann W, Stan H-J: Total reductive chemical route and control of butyrate synthesis in Butyribac- dechlorination of chlorobenzenes to benzene by a methano- terium methylotrophicum 355 genic mixed culture enriched from Saale river sediment 700 Shooner F, Tyagi RD: Thermophilic microbial leaching of heavy Nyavor K, Egiebor NO, Fedorak PM: The effect of ferric ion on metals from municipal sludge using indigenous sulphur-oxidiz- the rate of ferrous oxidation by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans ing microbiota 440 (Short contribution) 688 Simmons P, Singleton I: A method to increase silver biosorption Okeke BC, Smith JE, Paterson A, Watson-Craik IA: Influence of by an industrial strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae 278 environmental parameters on pentachlorophenol biotransfor- Slininger PJ, Van Cauwenberge JE, Bothast RJ, Weller DM, mation in soil by Lentinula edodes and Phanerochaete chryso- Thomashow LS, Cook RJ: Effect of growth culture physiologi- sporium 263 cal state, metabolites, and formulation on the viability, phyto- Pagot Y, Belin J-M: Fatty acid cellular metabolism and lactone toxicity, and efficacy of the take-all biocontrol agent Pseudo- production by the yeast Pichia guilliermondii 349 monas fluorescens 2-79 stored encapsulated on wheat seeds Paradis FW, Shareck F, Dupont C, Kluepfel D, Morosoli R: Ex- 391 pression and secretion of B-glucuronidase and Pertussis toxin Smet E, Chasaya G, Van Langenhove H, Verstraete W: The ef- S1 by Streptomyces lividans 646 fect of inoculation and the type of carrier material used on the Passador-Gurgel GC, Furlan SA, Meller JK, Jonas R: Applica- biofiltration of methyl sulphides 293 tion of a microtitre reader system to the screening of inulinase- Stathopoulos C, Georgiou G, Earhart CF: Characterization of producing yeasts 158 Escherichia coli expressing an Lpp’OmpA(46-159)-PhoA fu- Pazlarova J, Votruba J: Use of zeolite to control ammonium in sion protein localized in the outer membrane 112 Bacillus amyloliquefaciens a-amylase fermentations 314 Stefess GC, Torremans RAM, de Schrijver R, Robertson LA, Perez Oseguera MA, Guereca L, Lopez-Munguia A: Properties Kuenen JG: Quantitative measurement of sulphur formation of levansucrase from Bacillus circulans 465 by steady-state and transient-state continuous cultures of auto- Planas J, Radstrém P, Tjerneld F, Hahn-Hagerdal B: Enhanced trophic Thiobacillus species 169 production of lactic acid through the use of a novel aqueous Sullivan JP, Chase HA: 1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene transformation two-phase system as an extractive fermentation system 737 by Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b expressing soluble me- Pothuluri JV, Evans FE, Heinze TM, Cerniglia CE: Formation of thane monooxygenase 427 sulfate and glucoside conjugates of benzole]pyrene by Cun- Sun AK, Wood TK: Trichloroethylene degradation and minerali- ninghamella elegans 677 zation by pseudomonads and Methylosinus trichosporium Reij MW, Hartmans S: Propene removal from synthetic waste gas OB3b 248 using a hollow-fibre membrane bioreactor 730 Sun W-Q, Meng M, Kumar G, Geelhaar LA, Payne GF, Speedie Reimann A, Biebl H, Deckwer W-D: Influence of iron, phos- MK, Stacy JR: Biological denitration of propylene glycol dini- phate and methyl viologen on glycerol fermentation of Clos- trate by Bacillus sp. ATCC 51912 525 tridium butyricum 47 Sunna A, Antranikian G: Growth and production of xylanolytic Requena N, Azcén R, Baca MT: Chemical changes in humic sub- enzymes by the extreme thermophilic anaerobic bacterium stances from compost due to incubation with ligno-cellulolytic Thermotoga thermarum 671 microorganisms and effects on lettuce growth 857 Sztajer H, Wang W, Liinsdorf H, Stocker A, Schmid RD: Purifi- Rikken GB, Kroon AGM, van Ginkel CG: Transformation of cation and some properties of a novel microbial lactate oxi- (per)chlorate into chloride by a newly isolated bacterium: re- dase 600 duction and dismutation 420 Takamatsu H, Hamamoto K, Ishimaru K, Yokoyama S, Tokashi- Roche N, Durand A: Kinetics of Thermoascus aurantiacus solid- ki M: Large-scale perfusion culture process for suspended state fermentation on sugar-beet pulp — polysaccharide altera- mammalian cells that uses a centrifuge with multiple settling tion and production of related enzymatic activities 584 zones (Short contribution) 454 Rodriguez A, Falcén MA, Carnicero A, Perestelo F, De la Terashima M, Kawai M, Kumagai MH, Rodriguez RL, Katoh S: Fuente G, Trojanowski J: Laccase activities of Penicillium Characteristics of a chimeric enzyme engineered from two rice chrysogenum in relation to lignin degradation 399 a-amylase isozymes 607 Rodriguez Monroy M, de la Torre M: Effect of the dilution rate Tijhuis L, Hijman B, Van Loosdrecht MCM, Heijnen JJ: In- on the biomass yield of Bacillus thuringiensis and determina- fluence of detachment, substrate loading and reactor scale on tion of its rate coefficients under steady-state conditions 546 the formation of biofilms in airlift reactors 7 Rozés N, Peres C: Effect of oleuropein and sodium chloride on Tschierske M, Drechsel H, Jung G, Zahner H: Production of rhi- viability and metabolism of Lactobacillus plantarum (Short zoferrin and new analogues obtained by directed fermenta- contribution) 839 tion 664 Rugsaseel S, Kirimura K, Usami S: Citric acid accumulation by Umemura I, Yanagiya K, Komatsubara S, Sato T, Tosa T: A cycloheximide-sensitive mutant strains of Aspergillus niger Candida maltosa mutant defective in alanine aminotransferase: 28 isolation and L-alanine assimilation 519 Saha BC, Bothast RJ: Production of L-arabitol from L-arabinose Verhagen FJM, Swarts HJ, Kuyper TW, Wijnberg JBPA, Field by Candida entomaea and Pichia guilliermondii 299 JA: The ubiquity of natural adsorbable organic halogen pro- Sakamoto S, Terada I, Lee Y-C, Uehara K, Matsuzawa H, lijima duction among basidiomycetes 710 M: Efficient production of Thermus protease aqualysin I in Vesanto E, Peltoniemi K, Purtsi T, Steele JL, Palva A: Molecular Escherichia coli: effects of cloned gene structure and two-stage characterization, over-expression and purification of a novel culture 94 dipeptidase from Lactobacillus helveticus 638 Schénduve P, Sara M, Friedl A: Influence of physiologically rele- Wada M, Beppu T, Horinouchi S: Integrative transformation of vant parameters on biomass formation in a trickle-bed bioreac- the zygomycete Rhizomucor pusillus by homologous recombi- tor used for waste gas cleaning 286 nation (Short contribution) 652 Schrader T, Andreesen JR: Studies on the inactivation of the fla- Welch RP, Tsai K-P, Harper EG, Chang JS, Calza RE: The effect voprotein D-amino acid oxidase from Trigonopsis variabilis of Aspergillus oryzae fermentation extract on the anaerobic 458 fungus Neocallimastix frontalis EB 188: effects on physiology Yamazaki Y, Hesse C, Okuno H, Abraham W-R: Stereoselec- 811 tivity of microbial oxygenation of metallocene sulphides with Wilhite SE, Straney DC: Timing of gliotoxin biosynthesis in the different substituent size and central atom 595 fungal biological control agent Gliocladium virens (Trichoder- Zayed G, Meyer O: The single-batch bioconversion of wheat ma virens) 513 straw to ethanol employing the fungus Trichoderma viride and Wood TM, McCrae SI: Arabinoxylan-degrading enzyme system the yeast Pachysolen tannophylus (Short contribution) 551 of the fungus Aspergillus awamori: purification and properties Zhao OY, Piot JM, Gautier V, Cottenceau G: Isolation and char- of an a-L-arabinofuranosidase 538 acterization of a bacterial growth-stimulating peptide from a Xu B, Enfors S-O: Influence of nitrate starvation on nitrite accu- peptic bovine hemoglobin hydrolysate 778 mulation during denitrification by Pseudomonas stutzeri 229 Zverlov V, Piotukh K, Dakhova O, Velikodvorskaya G, Borriss Xue G-P, Johnson JS, Smyth DJ, Dierens LM, Wang X, Simpson R: The multidomain xylanase A of the hyperthermophilic bac- GD, Gobius KS, Aylward JH: Temperature-regulated expres- terium Thermotoga neapolitana is extremely thermoresistant sion of the tac/lacl system for overproduction of a fungal xyla- 245 nase in Escherichia coli 121 Yamanaka H, Fukui T, Kawamoto T, Tanaka A: Enzymatic pre- paration of optically active 3-trimethylsilylalanine 51