Microorganisms in landfill bioreactors for accelerated stabilization of solid wastes
Nguyen Nhu Sang, Satoshi Soda, Tomonori Ishigaki, Michihiko Ike

Catalysis and stability of an alkaline protease from a haloalkaliphilic bacterium under non-aqueous conditions as a function of pH, salt and temperature
Sandeep Pandey, Kalpna D. Rakholiya, Vikram H. Raval, Satya P. Singh

Highlights
> Protease from haloalkaliphilic bacteria with solvent tolerance. > Catalysis and thermostability in various organic solvents. > Ability to grow and function under multitude of extremity. > Application potential in bioremediation.

Purification and characterization of an l-amino acid oxidase from Pseudomonas sp. AIU 813
Kimiyasu Isobe, Asami Sugawara, Hanako Domon, Yasuhisa Fukuta, Yasuhisa Asano

Development of macrolide lactone antibiotic brefeldin A fermentation process with Eupenicillium brefeldianum ZJB082702
Ya-Jun Wang, Feng Xue, Ye-Fei Wu, Ya-Ping Xue, Yu-Guo Zheng

Highlights
> A brefeldin A overproducing fungus, E. brefeldianum ZJB082702, was bred. > Mixed carbon, nitrogen sources were critical to brefeldin A synthesis. > Brefeldin A is synthesized by E. brefeldianum in a growth associated manner. > Six-day culture in baffled flasks gave a peak brefeldin A yield of 1304.7 mg l-1. > Brefeldin A titer peaked at 648.2 mg l-1 in 15 l stirred fermentor.

Catalytic removal of acetaldehyde in saliva by a Gluconobacter strain
Haruhiko Yamaguchi, Miho Hosoya, Takefumi Shimoyama, Seiji Takahashi, Jian Feng Zhang, Eri Tsutsumi, Yukio Suzuki, Yoshihide Suwa, Toru Nakayama

Generation of superoxide anions by a glycation reaction in conventional laboratory media
Takuji Nakashima, Satoshi Omura, Yoko Takahashi

Characteristics of the high malic acid production mechanism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae sake yeast strain No. 28
Shunichi Nakayama, Ken Tabata, Takahiro Oba, Kenichi Kusumoto, Shinji Mitsuiki, Toshimori Kadokura, Atsumi Nakazato

Biosynthesis of high molecular weight hyaluronic acid by Streptococcus zooepidemicus using oxygen vector and optimum impeller tip speed
Zee-Wei Lai, Raha Abdul Rahim, Arbakariya B. Ariff, Rosfarizan Mohamad

Anti-allergic effect of lactic acid bacteria isolated from seed mash used for brewing sake is not dependent on the total IgE levels
Yasuyuki Masuda, Toshinari Takahashi, Kazutoshi Yoshida, Yosuke Nishitani, Masashi Mizuno, Haruhiko Mizoguchi

Gallic acid oxidizes Met residues in peptides released from bovine β-lactoglobulin by in vitro digestion
Ping Lai, Atsushi Okazawa, Yoshihiro Izumi, Takeshi Bamba, Eiichiro Fukusaki, Masaaki Yoshikawa, Akio Kobayashi

Complete detoxification of tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate by two bacterial strains: Sphingobium sp. strain TCM1 and Xanthobacter autotrophicus strain GJ10
Shouji Takahashi, Kaneharu Miura, Katsumasa Abe, Yoshio Kera

Establishment of evaluation method to determine effects of veterinary medicinal products on manure fermentation using small-scale composting apparatus
Kaoru Eguchi, Kenichi Otawa, Ryu Ohishi, Hiroyasu Nagase, Tomoko Ogata, Hidetaka Nagai, Nanae Murata, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Kazumasa Hirata, Yutaka Nakai

Trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene elimination from the air by means of a hybrid bioreactor with immobilized biomass
Agnieszka Tabernacka, Ewa Zborowska

High-temperature ethanol fermentation by immobilized coculture of Kluyveromyces marxianus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Akekasit Eiadpum, Savitree Limtong, Muenduen Phisalaphong

Investigation of utilization of the algal biomass residue after oil extraction to lower the total production cost of biodiesel
Min-Tian Gao, Takashi Shimamura, Nobuhiro Ishida, Haruo Takahashi

Comparative analysis of cells and proteins of pumpkin plants for the control of fruit size
Yumiko Nakata, Go Taniguchi, Shinya Takazaki, Naoko Oda-Ueda, Kohji Miyahara, Yasumi Ohshima

Preferential emergence of cell types expressing markers for primitive endoderm lineages in mouse embryonic stem cells expressing exogenous EGAM1 homeoprotein
Miki Soma, Momoe Iha, Yumi Kihara, Shiori Sato, Yuki Sato, Sho Sato, Yuki Mori, Saiko Sugawara, Kano Kasuga, Ikuo Kojima, Masayuki Kobayashi

Biphasic addition strategy of hypoxanthine and thymidine for improving monoclonal antibody production
Fei Chen, Zhaoyang Ye, Liang Zhao, Xuping Liu, Li Fan, Wen-Song Tan

Production of endothelial cell-enclosing alginate-based hydrogel fibers with a cell adhesive surface through simultaneous cross-linking by horseradish peroxidase-catalyzed reaction in a hydrodynamic spinning process
Yang Liu, Shinji Sakai, Masahito Taya

Effect of preservation conditions of collagen substrate on its fibril formation and rabbit chondrocyte morphology
Masrina Mohd Nadzir, Masahiro Kino-oka, Katsura Sugawara, Masahito Taya