■　REVIEW

Microbial Diversity in Biodegradation and Reutilization Processes of Garbage.
Shin Haruta, Toru Nakayama, Kohei Nakamura, Hisashi Hemmi, Masaharu Ishii, Yasuo Igarashi, and Tokuzo Nishino

■　ACCELERATED PUBLICATION

Functionalization of the Cytochrome P450cam Monooxygenase System in the Cell-like Aqueous Compartments of Water-in-Oil Emulsions.
Junji Michizoe, Hirofumi Ichinose, Noriho Kamiya, Tatsuo Maruyama, and Masahiro Goto

Reconstitution and Function of Tetragenococcus halophila Chaperonin 60 Tetradecamer.
Amonlaya Tosukhowong, Jiro Nakayama, Yoshimitsu Mizunoe, Shinya Sugimoto, Daisuke Fukuda, and Kenji Sonomoto

A Yeast Artificial Chromosome-Splitting Vector Designed for Precise Manipulation of Specific Plant Chromosome Region.
Yeonhee Kim, Yoshinobu Kaneko, Kiichi Fukui, Akio Kobayashi, and Satoshi Harashima

Enzymology, Protein Engineering, and Enzyme Technology

Molecular Identification of Sphingomonas sp. A1 Alginate Lyase (A1-IV') as a Member of Novel Polysaccharide Lyase Family 15 and Implications in Alginate Lyase Evolution.
Wataru Hashimoto, Osamu Miyake, Akihito Ochiai, and Kousaku Murata

Microbial Physiology and Biotechnology

Efficient Utilization of Ectoine by Halophilic Brevibacterium Species and Escherichia coli Subjected to Osmotic Downshock.
Shinichi Nagata and Chenxiang Wang

Isolation and Identification of the Dominant Lactobacillus in Gut and Faeces of Pigs Using Carbohydrate Fermentation and 16S rDNA Analysis.
Qingqiang Yin and Qiuhong Zheng

Time-Course Data Analysis of Gene Expression Profiles Reveals purR Regulon Concerns in Organic Solvent Tolerance in Escherichia coli.
Kazunori Shimizu, Shuhei Hayashi, Noriyuki Doukyu, Takeshi Kobayashi, and Hiroyuki Honda

Environmental Biotechnology

Optimization of Biological Phosphorus Removal from Contaminated Sediments with Phosphate-Solubilizing Microorganisms.
Yong-Hak Kim, Bumhan Bae, and Youn-Kyoo Choung

Estimation of the Biofilm Formation of Escherichia coli K-12 by the Cell Number.
Naoki Narisawa, Soichi Furukawa, Hirokazu Ogihara, and Makari Yamasaki

Biochemical Engineering

Formaldehyde-Limited Cultivation of a Newly Isolated Methylotrophic Bacterium, Methylobacterium sp. MF1: Enzymatic Analysis Related to C₁ Metabolism.
Ryoji Mitsui, Masahiro Omori, Hideaki Kitazawa, and Mitsuo Tanaka

Plant Biotechnology

Promoter of Arabidopsis thaliana Phosphate Transporter Gene Drives Root-Specific Expression of Transgene in Rice.
Takayoshi Koyama, Toshiro Ono, Masami Shimizu, Tetsuro Jinbo, Rie Mizuno, Keiji Tomita, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Tetsu Kawazu, Tetsuya Kimura, Kunio Ohmiya, and Kazuo Sakka

Enhanced Accumulation of Anthocyanin in Cultured Strawberry Cells by Repetitive Feeding of L-Phenylalanine into the Medium.
Jun-ichi Edahiro, Masayuki Nakamura, Minoru Seki, and Shintaro Furusaki

Root Hair Abundant Genes LjRH101 and LjRH102 Encode Peroxidase and Xyloglucan Endotransglycosylase in Lotus japonicus.
Takaki Maekawa, Makoto Hayashi, and Yoshikatsu Murooka

Cell and Tissue Engineering

Suppression of Cell Death in Primary Rat Hepatocytes by α₁-Acid Glycoprotein.
Noritaka Kagaya, Akiko Kamiyoshi, Yoh-ichi Tagawa, Soichiro Akamatsu, Katsuhiro Isoda, Masaya Kawase, and Kiyohito Yagi

Methods

An Isotope Effect on the Comparative Quantification of Flavonoids by Means of Methylation-Based Stable Isotope Dilution Coupled with Capillary Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry.
Ei'ichiro Fukusaki, Kazuo Harada, Takeshi Bamba, and Akio Kobayashi