■　REVIEW

Decomposition of Extremely Hard-to-Degrade Animal Proteins by Thermophilic Bacteria.
Yasunori Suzuki, Yoshiyuki Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Matsui, and Kunihiko Watanabe

Glucosylation of Flavonols by Escherichia coli Expressing Glucosyltransferase from Rice (Oryza sativa).
Ji Hye Kim, Kwang Hee Shin, Jae Hyoung Ko, and Joong-Hoon Ahn　

Purification and Characterization of an Alkaline Lipase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from Putrid Mineral Cutting Oil as Component of Metal-working Fluid.
Ivanka Karadzic, Akihiko Masui, Lidija Izrael Zivkovic, and Nobuaki Fujiwara 　

MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Characterization of Autoinducer 2 Signal in Eikenella corrodens and Its Role in Biofilm Formation.
Hiroyuki Azakami, lzumi Teramura, Tetsuro Matsunaga, Hiromi Akimichi, Yuichiro Noiri, Shigeyuki Ebisu, and Akio Kato

Transmission Electron Microscopic Study on Supramolecular Nanostructures of Bacteriochlorophyll Self-Aggregates in Chlorosomes of Green Photosynthetic Bacteria.
Yoshitaka Saga and Hitoshi Tamiaki

Selection of Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides 14F for Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production with Two-Stage Aerobic Dark Cultivation.
Chortip Lorrungruang, Jeerapa Martthong, Ken Sasaki, and Napavarn Noparatnaraporn

Thermotolerant Bacillus licheniformis TY7 Produces Optically Active L-Lac-tic Acid from Kitchen Refuse under Open Condition.
Kenji Sakai and Tetsuya Yamanami　

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Highly Sensitive Real-Time PCR Assay for Quantification of Toxic Cyanobacteria Based on Microcystin Synthetase A Gene.
Kazuhiro Furukawa, Naohiro Noda, Satoshi Tsuneda, Takeshi Saito, Tomoaki Itayama, and Yuhei Inamori

Isolation and Characterization of Streptomyces sp. NL15-2K Capable of Degrading Lignin-Related Aromatic Compounds.
Motohiro Nishimura, Osamu Ooi, and Julian Davies　

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Effective Utilization of Transmitted Light for Astaxanthin Production by Haematococcus pluvialis.
Satoshi Yoshimura, Reza Ranjbar, Ryota Inoue, Tomohisa Katsuda, and Shigeo Katoh

PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY

High-Efficiency Secretory Production of Peroxidase C1a Using Vesicular Transport Engineering in Transgenic Tobacco.
Takeshi Matsui, Machiko Hori, Nobuko Shizawa, Hideki Nakayama, Atsuhiko Shinmyo, and Kazuya Yoshida