Development of genetic transformation and heterologous expression system in carboxydotrophic thermophilic acetogen Moorella thermoacetica Original Research Article
Akihisa Kita, Yuki Iwasaki, Shinsuke Sakai, Shinya Okuto, Kazue Takaoka, Tohru Suzuki, Shinichi Yano, Shigeki Sawayama, Takahisa Tajima, Junichi Kato, Naomichi Nishio, Katsuji Murakami, Yutaka Nakashimada

Xylitol production by NAD+-dependent xylitol dehydrogenase (xdhA)- and l-arabitol-4-dehydrogenase (ladA)-disrupted mutants of Aspergillus oryzae Original Research Article
Asif Mahmud, Koji Hattori, Chen Hongwen, Noriyuki Kitamoto, Tohru Suzuki, Kohei Nakamura, Kazuhiro Takamizawa

Characterization of a gene coding for a putative adenosine deaminase-related growth factor by RNA interference in the Basidiomycete Flammulina velutipes Original Research Article
Shuichi Sekiya, Masato Yamada, Kou Shibata, Toru Okuhara, Masumi Yoshida, Satoshi Inatomi, Goro Taguchi, Makoto Shimosaka

Novel H2-oxidizing [NiFeSe]hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Miyazaki F Original Research Article
Kyoshiro Nonaka, Nga T. Nguyen, Ki-Seok Yoon, Seiji Ogo

Identification of pantoate kinase and phosphopantothenate synthetase from Methanospirillum hungatei Original Research Article
Hiroki Katoh, Hideyuki Tamaki, Yuka Tokutake, Satoshi Hanada, Shigeru Chohnan

Cloning and characterization of the l-ribose isomerase gene from Cellulomonas parahominis MB426 Original Research Article
Kenji Morimoto, Yuji Terami, Yu-ichiro Maeda, Akihide Yoshihara, Goro Takata, Ken Izumori

Application of protein N-terminal amidase in enzymatic synthesis of dipeptides containing acidic amino acids specifically at the N-terminus Original Research Article
Toshinobu Arai, Atsushi Noguchi, Eriko Takano, Kuniki Kino

Copper ion-stimulated McoA-laccase production and enzyme characterization in Proteus hauseri ZMd44 Original Research Article
Xuesong Zheng, I-Son Ng, Chiming Ye, Bor-Yann Chen, Yinghua Lu

Comparison of laccase production levels in Pichia pastoris and Cryptococcus sp. S-2 Original Research Article
Nahoko Nishibori, Kazuo Masaki, Hiroaki Tsuchioka, Tsutomu Fujii, Haruyuki Iefuji

Enhancing the antitumor cell proliferation and Cu2+-chelating effects of black soybeans through fermentation with Aspergillus awamori Original Research Article
Yu-Fei Chen, Ming-Lun Chiang, Cheng-Chun Chou, Yi-Chen Lo

Fluorescence spectroscopic and viscosity studies of hydrogen bonding in Chinese Fenjiu Original Research Article
Hua Qiao, Shengwan Zhang, Wei Wang

Highlights

> The ethanol-water hydrogen bonding in Fenjiu was measured by fluorescence spectrum. > The total hydrogen bonding in Fenjiu was assessed by viscosity. > The hydrogen bonding strength in Fenjiu was found to not depend on the aging time.

Light/electricity conversion by defined cocultures of Chlamydomonas and Geobacter Original Research Article
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In vitro effects of Monascus purpureus on antioxidation activity during fermentation of Kinmen sorghum liquor waste Original Research Article
Chin-Shiu Huang, Hung-Hsi Hu, Ya-Mei Tsai, Wen-Teish Chang

Responses of ammonia-oxidizing archaeal and betaproteobacterial populations to wastewater salinity in a full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plant Original Research Article
Yi-Ju Wu, Liang-Ming Whang, Toshikazu Fukushima, Shao-Hsiung Chang

Culture conditions and medium components for the production of mycelial biomass and exo-polysaccharides with Paecilomyces japonica in liquid culture Original Research Article
Jong Seok Lee, Woo Chul Jung, Seok Jae Park, Keun Eok Lee, Won Cheol Shin, Eock Kee Hong

DNA sequence detection based on Raman spectroscopy using single walled carbon nanotube Original Research Article
Jyoti Bansal, Inderpreet Singh, Pramod Kumar Bhatnagar, Parmatma Chandra Mathur

Protective effect of pyruvate against UVB-induced damage in HaCaT human keratinocytes Original Research Article
Ayako Aoki-Yoshida, Reiji Aoki, Yoshiharu Takayama

Fermentative l-(+)-lactic acid production from non-sterilized rice washing drainage containing rice bran by a newly isolated lactic acid bacteria without any additions of nutrients
Masanori Watanabe, Masahiro Makino, Nobuo Kaku, Masahiro Koyama, Kozo Nakamura, Kazuo Sasano

Keloid pathogenesis via Drosophila similar to mothers against decapentaplegic (SMAD) signaling in a primary epithelial?mesenchymal in vitro model treated with biomedical-grade chitosan porous skin regenerating template Original Research Article
Chin Keong Lim, Ahmad Sukari Halim, Nik Soriani Yaacob, Ismail Zainol, Kartini Noorsal

Electrodeposition of alginate gels for construction of vascular-like structures
Fumisato Ozawa, Kosuke Ino, Yasufumi Takahashi, Hitoshi Shiku, Tomokazu Matsue

Enzymatically-gelled amylopectin-based substrates enable on-demand harvesting cells with preserving cell-to-cell connection using saliva
Shinji Sakai, Yang Liu, Masahito Taya