Functional analysis of bifidobacterial promoters in Bifidobacterium longum and Escherichia coli using the α-galactosidase gene as a reporter
Mikiyasu Sakanaka, Saki Tamai, Yosuke Hirayama, Ai Onodera, Hiroka Koguchi, Yasunobu Kano, Atsushi Yokota, Satoru Fukiya

Characterization of a pyridoxal-5′-phosphate-dependent l-lysine decarboxylase/oxidase from Burkholderia sp. AIU 395
Asami Sugawara, Daisuke Matsui, Narumi Takahashi, Miwa Yamada, Yasuhisa Asano, Kimiyasu Isobe

Structural and mutational analysis of amino acid residues involved in ATP specificity of Escherichia coli acetate kinase
Aya Yoshioka, Kousaku Murata, Shigeyuki Kawai

Creation of an ethanol-tolerant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain by 266 nm laser radiation and repetitive cultivation
Min Zhang, Rongrong Zhu, Minfeng Zhang, Shilong Wang

Polyhydroxyalkanoate production by a novel bacterium Massilia sp. UMI-21 isolated from seaweed, and molecular cloning of its polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase gene
Xuerong Han, Yasuharu Satoh, Yumi Kuriki, Teruyuki Seino, Shinji Fujita, Takanori Suda, Takanori Kobayashi, Kenji Tajima

Monitoring of the microbiota profile in nukadoko, a naturally fermented rice bran bed for pickling vegetables
Hiroshi Ono, Shoko Nishio, Jun Tsurii, Tetsuhiro Kawamoto, Kenji Sonomoto, Jiro Nakayama

Yeast cell lysis enhances dimethyl trisulfide formation in sake
Nahoko Nishibori, Kei Sasaki, Yuta Okimori, Muneyoshi Kanai, Atsuko Isogai, Osamu Yamada, Tsutomu Fujii, Nami Goto-Yamamoto

Anaerobic 4-chlorophenol mineralization in an enriched culture under iron-reducing conditions
Zhiling Li, Daisuke Suzuki, Chunfang Zhang, Suyin Yang, Jun Nan, Naoko Yoshida, Aijie Wang, Arata Katayama

Conversion of activated-sludge reactors to microbial fuel cells for wastewater treatment coupled to electricity generation
Tomoya Yoshizawa, Morio Miyahara, Atsushi Kouzuma, Kazuya Watanabe

Molecular characterization of anaerobic sulfur-oxidizing microbial communities in up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor treating municipal sewage
Azrina A. Aida, Masashi Hatamoto, Masamitsu Yamamoto, Shinya Ono, Akinobu Nakamura, Masanobu Takahashi, Takashi Yamaguchi

Differential activities of fungi-derived tannases on biotransformation and substrate inhibition in green tea extract
Joo Hyun Baik, Hyung Joo Suh, So Young Cho, Yooheon Park, Hyeon-Son Choi

Synthesis of milligram quantities of proteins using a reconstituted in vitro protein synthesis system
Yasuaki Kazuta, Tomoaki Matsuura, Norikazu Ichihashi, Tetsuya Yomo

Process parameters for operating 1-butanol gas stripping in a fermentor
Ying-Chen Liao, Kuan-Ming Lu, Si-Yu Li

Computational comparison of mediated current generation capacity of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in photosynthetic and respiratory growth modes
Longfei Mao, Wynand S. Verwoerd

Chitosan-mediated formation of biomimetic silica nanoparticles: An effective method for manganese peroxidase immobilization and stabilization
Pan-Pan Luan, Yan-Jun Jiang, Song-Ping Zhang, Jing Gao, Zhi-Guo Su, Guang-Hui Ma, Yu-Fei Zhang

Antioxidant and antityrosinase proanthocyanidins from Polyalthia longifolia leaves
Xiao-Xin Chen, Ge Liang, Wei-Ming Chai, Hui-Ling Feng, Han-Tao Zhou, Yan Shi, Qing-Xi Chen

Effective Rho-associated protein kinase inhibitor treatment to dissociate human iPS cells for suspension culture to form embryoid body-like cell aggregates
Ayumi Horiguchi, Koyuki Yazaki, Mami Aoyagi, Yoshitsugu Ohnuki, Hiroshi Kurosawa

Transplantation of human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cells in a silk fibroin/hydroxyapatite scaffold improves bone repair in rabbits
Jun Jin, Jun Wang, Jian Huang, Fang Huang, Jianhong Fu, Xinjing Yang, Zongning Miao

Antibacterial activities of Ligaria cuneifolia and Jodina rhombifolia leaf extracts against phytopathogenic and clinical bacteria
José R. Soberón, Melina A. Sgariglia, María R. Dip Maderuelo, María L. Andina, Diego A. Sampietro, Marta A. Vattuone

Corrigendum to “Single nucleotide polymorphisms of PAD1 and FDC1 show a positive relationship with ferulic acid decarboxylation ability among industrial yeasts used in alcoholic beverage production” [Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 118 (2014) 50–55]
Nobuhiko Mukai, Kazuo Masaki, Tsutomu Fujii, Haruyuki Iefuji