■　GENETICS, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, AND GENE ENGINEERING

Molecular Properties of Mycelial Aggregate-Specific Lectin of Pleurotus cornucopiae.
Futoshi Sumisa, Naoya Ichijo, Hiroko Yamaguchi, Haruko Nakatsumi, Akikazu Ando, Naoto Iijima, Suguru Oguri, Koichi Uehara, and Yoshiho Nagata

Identification of Quorum-Sensing Signal Molecules and the LuxRI Homologs in Fish Pathogen Edwardsiella tarda.
Tomohiro Morohoshi, Tadanori Inaba, Norihiro Kato, Kinya Kanai, and Tsukasa Ikeda

Cloning and Expression of an Ether-Bond-Cleaving Enzyme Involved in the Metabolism of Polyethylene Glycol.
Manabu Yamashita, Akio Tani, and Fusako Kawai

■　ENZYMOLOGY, PROTEIN ENGINEERING, AND ENZYME TECHNOLOGY

Enzymatic Synthesis of Glycosyl Cyclic Tetrasaccharide with 6-α-Glucosyl-transferase and 3-α-Isomaltosyltransferase.
Hajime Aga, Takanobu Higashiyama, Hikaru Watanabe, Tomohiko Sonoda, Ritsuko Yuen, Tomoyuki Nishimoto, Michio Kubota, Shigeharu Fukuda, Masashi Kurimoto, and Yoshio Tsujisaka

■　MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Cell Culture in a Closed Nano-Space.
Tomoyuki Doi, Sachihiro Matsunaga, Emi Maeno, Kensuke Tsuchiya, Tsunehito Higashi, Shigeki Misawa, Susumu Uchiyama, Takeshi Ooi, Masayuki Nakao, and Kiichi Fukui

■　ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

The Effects of Di-D-Fructofuranose-1,2':2,3'-Dianhydride (DFA III) Administration on Human Intestinal Microbiota.
Kimiko Minamida, I Nengah Sujaya, Akiko Tamura, Norihiro Shigematsu, Teruo Sone, Atsushi Yokota, Kozo Asano, Yoshimi Benno, and Fusao Tomita

Effects of Culture and Medium Conditions on Hydrogen Production from Starch Using Anaerobic Bacteria.
Guangzhen Liu and Jianquan Shen

Development of Rectangular Airlift Bubble Column Installed with Support Material for Enhancement of Nitrogen Removal.
Lingguang Meng, Yoshiyuki Bando, and Masaaki Nakamura

Isolation and Characterization of an Alkaliphilic Bacterium Utilizing Pyrene as a Carbon Source.
Hiroshi Habe, Mieko Kanemitsu, Mizuki Nomura, Tetsuo Takemura, Kenichi Iwata, Hideaki Nojiri, Hisakazu Yamane, and Toshio Omori

Nitrosomonas communis Strain YNSRA, an Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacterium, Isolated from the Reed Rhizoplane in an Aquaponics Plant.
Tatsuaki Tokuyama, Atsusi Mine, Kaoru Kamiyama, Ryuichi Yabe, Kazuo Satoh, Hirotoshi Matsumoto, Reiji Takahashi, and Koji Itonaga

■　BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Bioprocess Development for the Production of an Antifungal Molecule by Bacillus licheniformis BC98.
Vaishali J. Patel, Sachin R. Tendulkar, and Bharat B. Chattoo

High Butanol Production by Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum N1-4 in Fed-Batch Culture with pH-Stat Continuous Butyric Acid and Glucose Feeding Method.
Yukihiro Tashiro, Katsuhisa Takeda, Genta Kobayashi, Kenji Sonomoto, Ayaaki Ishizaki, and Sadazo Yoshino

Activation of Restriction Enzyme by Electrochemically Released Magnesium Ion.
Shinji Katsura, Noriaki Harada, Yukihiro Maeda, Jun Komatsu, Shun-ichi Matsuura, Kazunori Takashima, and Akira Mizuno

■　CELL AND TISSUE ENGINEERING

Production of Anti-CD2 Chimeric Antibody by Recombinant Animal Cells.
Akitsu Hotta, Masamichi Kamihira, Kanako Itoh, Mahboob Morshed, Yoshinori Kawabe, Ken-ichiro Ono, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Ken-ichi Nishijima, and Shinji Iijima

■　METHODS

Rapid Detection of tdh and trh mRNAs of Vibrio parahaemolyticus by the Transcription-Reverse Transcription Concerted (TRC) Method.
Noriyoshi Masuda, Kiyoshi Yasukawa, Yuichi Isawa, Ryuichi Horie, Juichi Saitoh, Takahiko Ishiguro, Yoshitsugu Nakaguchi, Mitsuaki Nishibuchi, and Toshinori Hayashi

Use of Fluorochrome-Labeled rRNA Targeted Oligonucleotide Probe and Tyramide Signal Amplification to Improve Sensitivity of Fluorescence in situ Hybridization.
Wiwat Jupraputtasri, Supapon Cheevadhanarak, Pawinee Chaiprasert, Morakot Tanticharoen, and Somkiet Techkarnjanaruk