JOURNAL OF FERMENTATION A N D BIOENGINEERING Chairman:
Shiro Nagai
Executive Editor:
Tadayuki Imanaka
Henry Y. Wang
Editorial Board: Teruo Amachi
Satoshi Harashima
Shinji Iijima
Hiroshi Imanaka
Shigeo Katoh
Katsuhiko Kitamoto
Takeshi Kobayashi
Tohru Kodama
Yoshikatsu Murooka
Sakayu Shimizu
Suteaki Shioya
Makoto Shoda
Atsuo Tanaka
Hideo Tanaka
Kiyoshi Toda
Shuichi Aiba
Ichiro Chibata
Charles L. Cooney
Hanswerner Dellweg
Arnold L. Demain
Saburo Fukui
Carl G. Heden
Arthur E. Humphrey
Kazuo Komagata
Maria-Regina Kula
Yoshio Nakao
Hirosuke Okada
S. John Pirt
Peter L. Rogers
Dewey D.Y. Ryu
Shiro Seno
Shoichi Shimizu
Joji Takahashi
Tatsurokuro Tochikura
Advisory Board:
The Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering is the official English-language publication of the Society for Fermentation and Bioengineering, Japan. The Journal is issued monthly (2 vols. in 12 issues). Publication in the Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering is open to members and non-members of the Society for Fermentation and Bioengineering, Japan. Copyright is reserved by the Society. No responsibility is assumed by the Society for statements and opinions expressed by the contributors to its publications. All correspondence should be addressed to: The Society for Fermentation and Bioengineering, Japan Business Office, c/o Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan TEL 06-877-5111 (ext. 4360), 06-876-2731 FAX 06-876-2773 Authors from North America, European and other countries may submit their manuscripts through the International Editor: Professor Henry Y. Wang Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA FAX 313-763-0459 Dues for individual active members are Y 8,000 per year for residents of Japan. This Journal is supported by a scientific grant-in-aid for publishing of research papers from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan. Note to contributors: Instructions to authors are published in detail in the first issue of each volume. A copy of these instructions will be sent upon request to the Business Office of the Society.
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