Cloning of an Intracellular D(-)-3-Hydroxybutyrate-Oligomer Hydrolase Gene from Ralstonia eutropha H16 and Identification of the Active Site Serine Residue by Site-Directed Mutagenesis.
Haruhisa Saegusa, Mari Shiraki, and Terumi Saito

Enzymatic Synthesis of l-Menthyl α-Maltoside and l-Menthyl α-Maltooligosides from l-Menthyl α-Glucoside by Cyclodextrin Glucanotransferase.
Hiroyuki Do, Toshiyuki Sato, Kohtaro Kirimura, Kuniki Kino, and Shoji Usami

Production of Aldehyde Oxidases by Microorganisms and Their Enzymatic Properties.
Akinori Yasuhara, Miho Akiba-Goto, Kinya Fujishiro, Hiroyuki Uchida, Takayuki Uwajima, and Kazuo Aisaka

Cloning and Characterization of groESL Operon in Acetobacter aceti.
Akiko Okamoto-Kainuma, Wang Yan, Sachiko Kadono, Kenji Tayama, Yukimichi Koizumi, and Fujiharu Yanagida

Optimization of Heterotrophic Culture Conditions for n-Alkane Utilization and Phylogenetic Position Based on the 18S rDNA Sequence of a Thermotolerant Prototheca zopfii Strain.
Ryohei Ueno, Naoto Urano, Shun Wada, and Shigeru Kimura

Extremely Simple, Rapid, and Highly Efficient Transformation Method for the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae Using Glutathione and Early Log Phase Cells.
Yoshiyuki Hayama, Yasuki Fukuda, Shigeyuki Kawai, Wataru Hashimoto, and Kousaku Murata

Cold-Active Pectinolytic Activity of Psychrophilic-Basidiomycetous Yeast Cystofilobasidium capitatum Strain PPY-1.
Tomoyuki Nakagawa, Kaichiro Yamada, Tatsuro Miyaji, and Noboru Tomizuka

Acenmulation of L-Cystathionine by an Escherichia coli Mutant Deficient in Cystathionine Beta-Lyase.
Takuya Nishi, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Yoshitake Tanaka, Kazumi Araki, Kazuo Furihata, Masayuki Onodera, and Kiyoshi Toda

Production of γ-Lactones by the Brown-Rot Basidiomycete Piptoporus soloniensis.
Kenji Okamoto, Mieko Chimori, Fumi Iwanaga, Tsutomu Hattori, and Hideshi Yanase

Antimutagenic Activity of Several Probiotic Bifidobacteria against Benzo[a]pyrene.
Pei-Ren Lo, Roch-Chui Yu, Cheng-Chun Chou, and Ya-Hui Tsai

Utilization of Dehydrated Sewage Sludge as an Alternative Nutrient to Stimulate Lipid Waste Degradation by the Thermophilic Oxic Process.
Kazunori Nakano and Masatoshi Matsumura

Fate of Coliphage in a Wastewater Treatment Process.
Yasunori Tanji, Katsunori Mizoguchi, Masatoshi Yoichi, Masatomo Morita, Katsutoshi Hori, and Hajime Unno

Importance of Carbon Source Feeding and pH Control Strategies for Maximum Kojic Acid Production from Sago Starch by Aspergillus flavus.
Rosfarizan Mohamad, Arbakariya Ariff, Mohd Ali Hassan, Mohamed Ismail Abdul Karim, Hiroshi Shimizu, and Suteaki Shioya

Effect of Oxidized and Reduced Forms of Escherichia coli DsbC on Protein Refolding.
Jiro Kohda, Noboru Kawahara, Hideaki Fukuda, and Akihiko Kondo

Enhanced Anthocyanin Production from Grape Callus in an Air-Lift Type Bioreactor Using a Viscous Additive-Supplemented Medium.
Hiroyuki Honda, Kousuke Hiraoka, Eiji Nagamori, Mariko Omote, Yoshihito Kato, Setsuro Hiraoka, and Takeshi Kobayashi

Production of 5'-Phosphodiesterase by Catharanthus roseus Cells Promoted by Heat-Degraded Products Generated from Uronic Acid.
Chiharu Akimoto-Tomiyama, Hideki Aoyagi, Tetsuo Ozawa, and Hideo Tanaka

Tangential Flow Filtration Technology Applicable to Large Scale Recovery of Diphtheria Toxin.
Bheeman Sundaran, Chitrambalam Palaniappan, Yarlagadda Udaya Bhaskara Rao, Ratnam Boopathy, and Lakshman Narasingha Rao Bhau