■　REVIEW

Izumoring: A Novel and Complete Strategy for Bioproduction of Rare Sugars.
Tom Birger Granstrom, Goro Takata, Masaaki Tokuda, and Ken Izumori

■　ENZYMOLOGY, PROTEIN ENGINEERING, AND ENZYME TECHNOLOGY

A Thermostable Histamine Oxidase from Arthrobacter crystallopoietes KAIT-B-007.
Yoshinori Sekiguchi, Hiroko Makita, Akira Yamamura, and Kunio Matsumoto

Cloning and Heterologous Expression of a Glucodextranase Gene from Arthrobacter globiformis I42, and Experimental Evidence for the Catalytic Diad of the Recombinant Enzyme.
Naoki Morimoto, Yoshitaka Yasukawa, Kenji Watanabe, Takehiro Unno, Hiroyuki Ito, and Hirokazu Matsui

Highly Dense Protein Layers Confirmed by Atomic Force Microscopy and Quartx Crystal Microbalance.
Jongmin Kim, Ryujiroh Yamasaki, Jongwan Park, Hosup Jung, Heayeon Lee, and Tomoji Kawai

■　MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Accumulation of S-2-Hydroxyethyl Derivatives of L-Cysteine and L-Homocysteine by a Methionine Auxotroph of Escherichia coli with the Addition of 2-Mercaptoethanol to the Culture.
Takuya Nishi, Noriko Kouda, Kikuko Watanabe, Yoshitake Tanaka, Kazumi Araki, Kazuo Frihata, Masayuki Onodera, and Kiyoshi Toda

■　ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Enhanced Degradation of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) in a Soil Column Planted with Indian Mallow (Abutilon avicennae).
Yoon- Young Chang, Young- Seok Kwon, Sun- Young Kim, In- Sook Lee, and Bumhan Bae

Molecular Biological Analysis of Microflora in a Garbage Treatment Process under Thermoacidophilic Conditions.
Hisashi Hemmi, Takefumi Shimoyama, Toru Nakayama, Katsuji Hoshi, and Tokuzo Nishino

Isolation and Characterization of Poly(Butylene Succinate-co-Butylene Adipate)-Degrading Microorganism.
Nobuki Hayase, Hidetoshi Yano, Emi Kudoh, Chikara Tsutsumi, Kazutoshi Ushio, Yasushi Miyahara, Suminori Tanaka, and Katsuhiko Nakagawa

■　BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Cultivation of Yeast and Plant Cells Entrapped in the Low-Viscous Liquid-Core of an Alginate Membrane Capsule Prepared Using Polyethylene Glycol.
Keitaro Koyama and Minoru Seki

■　MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

A Convenient Method for Preparation of the Calcium Ion-Binding Protein Annexin V.
Hiroshi Mizokami, Shinichi Furukawa, Keishin Sugawara, Toshihiro Maeda, Tatsufumi Onchi, Kenji Soejima, Satoshi Koyanagi, Hideo Yoshizaki, and Chuichi Hirayama

■　ABSTRACTS OF THE ARTICLES PRINTED IN SEIBUTSU-KOGAKU

KAISHI Vol. 82, Nos. 1 and 2