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Sustainable Reduction of Bioreactor Contamination in an Industrial Fermentation Pilot Plant.
Beth Junker, Michael Lester, James Leporati, John Schmitt, Michael Kovatch, Stan Borysewicz, Waldemar Maciejak, Anna Seeley, Michelle Hesse, Neal Connors, Thomas Brix, Eric Creveling, and Peter Salmon

Hydrogen Bonding of Water-Ethanol in Alcoholic Beverages.
Akira Nose and Masashi Hojo

Purification and Properties of Glutamine Synthetase from Hydrogenobacter thermophilus TK-6.
Masafumi Kameya, Hiroyuki Arai, Masaharu Ishii, and Yasuo Igarashi

Analysis of Essential Amino Acid Residues for Catalytic Activity of Glutaminase from Micrococcus luteus K-3.
Shigekazu Yano, Aki Kamemura, Kazuaki Yoshimune, Mitsuaki Moriguchi, Sachiko Yamamoto, Takashi Tachiki, and Mamoru Wakayama

MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

A Knockout Strain of CPR1 Induced during Fermentation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae KNU5377 Is Susceptible to Various Types of Stress.
Il-Sup Kim, Hae−Sun Yun, In-Su Park, Ho-Yong Sohn, Hitoshi Iwahashi, and Ing-Nyol Jin

Utilization of Shochu Distillery Wastewater for Production of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Xanthophylls Using Thraustochytrid.
Takashi Yamasaki, Tsunehiro Aki, Masami Shinozaki, Masahiro Taguchi, Seiji Kawamoto, and Kazuhisa Ono

Enhancement of Recombinant Soluble Dengue Virus 2 Envelope Domain III Protein Production in Escherichia coli trxB and gor Double Mutant.
Wanida Saejung, Chunya Puttikhunt, Tanapan Prommool, Punchapat Sojikul, Ryoji Tanaka, Kazuhito Fujiyama, Prida Malasit, and Tatsuji Seki

Entomogenous Fungi That Produce 2,6-Pyridine Dicarboxylic Acid (Dipicolinic Acid).
Nobuko Watanabe, Maki Hattori, Eiji Yokoyama, Shigeki Isomura, Minoru Ujita, and Akira Hara 　

BREWING AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Effects of Temperature and Hydraulic Retention Time on Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste.
Jung Kon Kim, Baek Rock Oh, Young Nam Chun, and Si Wouk Kim

Rice Protein Digestion by Sake Koji Enzymes: Comparison between Steamed Rice Grains and Isolated Protein Bodies from Rice Endosperm.
Katsumi Hashizume, Masaki Okuda, Syohei Sakurao, Mineyo Numata, Takuya Koseki, Isao Aramaki, Toshihiro Kumamaru, and Hikaru Sato 　

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Removal of p-Xylene with Pseudomonas sp. NBM21 in Biofilter.
Euisoon Jeong, Mitsuyo Hirai, and Makoto Shoda

Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater Using Simultaneous Nitrate Reduction and Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation in Single Reactor.
Tatsuo Sumino, Kazuichi Isaka, Hajime Ikuta, Yuko Saiki, and Toyokazu Yokota

Characterization of Alkylphenol Degradation Gene Cluster in Pseudomonas putida MT4 and Evidence of Oxidation of Alkylphenols and Alkylcatechols with Medium-Length Alkyl Chain.
Masahiro Takeo, Subbuswamy K. Prabu, Chitoshi Kitamura, Makoto Hirai, Hana Takahashi, Dai-ichiro Kato, and Seiji Negoro 　

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Effects of Medium Composition on Production of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid by Recombinant Escherichia coli.
Gang Qin, Jianping Lin, Xiaoxia Liu, and Peilin Cen　

CELL AND TISSUE ENGINEERING

Production of scFv-Fc Fusion Protein Using Genetically Manipulated Quails.
Yoshinori Kawabe, Masamichi Kamihira, Ken-ichiro Ono, Kenji Kyogoku, Ken-ichi Nishijima, and Shinji Iijima

Culture of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells on Photoimmobilized Polymers.
Tomohiro Konno, Naoki Kawazoe, Guoping Chen, and Yoshihiro Ito

METHODS

Enhancement of Water-Solubility and Bioactivity of Paclitaxel Using Modified Cyclodextrins.
Hiroki Hamada, Kohji Ishihara, Noriyoshi Masuoka, Katsuhiko Mikuni, and Nobuyoshi Nakajima

Application of Femtosecond Laser Ablation for Detaching Grown Protein Crystals from Glass Capillary Tube.
Masafumi Kashii, Ryo Fujisawa, Hiroaki Adachi, Yusuke Mori, Takatomo Sasaki, Yuichi Koga, Kazufumi Takano, Shigenori Kanaya, Hiroyoshi Matsumura, Tsuyoshi Inoue, Satoshi Murakami, Kazuomi Sugamoto, and Hideki Yoshikawa