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Contents to volume 79
Journal of Fermentation
and Bioengineering
CONTENTS VOLUME
79
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1995
ORIGINALS Development
of an Integrative DNA Transformation
System for the Yeast Hansen-
ula anomala. Tomoo Ogata, Yasushi Okumura, Yuzuru Iimura, and Takaji . .. .... .. . . ....... .. .. .. .. . . ... ..... .. Obata . . . . . . . . Isolation and Characterization of Zygosaccharomyces rouxii Mutants Defective in Proton Pumpout Activity and Salt Tolerance. Shigetoshi Yoshikawa, Ken-ichi Chikara, Hajime Hashimoto, Nobuo Mitsui, Makoto Shimosaka, and Mitsuo Okazaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..f.............. Reconstruction
of Ethanol
Fermentation
Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Purification and Some Properties Transxylosylation Capacity.
Yasui High-Level
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in Permeabilized
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Cells of the Yeast
Kazuhiko Takeshige and Kozo Ouchi . . . . . . . . . . . . of Aspergillus pulverulentus BXylosidase with Joko Sulistyo, Yoshi Kamiyama, and Tsuneo
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Production
of Recombinant Glutamic Acid-Specific Protease from licheniformis in Bacillus subtilis Expression System. Koichi
Bacilllus Matsumoto, Kenji Mitsushima, Mikio Tamaki, Hideo Iwamoto, Shinji Kakudo, Hiroyuki Okamoto, Hiroshige Tsuzuki and Hiroshi Teraoka . . . . .
23- 27
Microbial Asymmetric Reduction of (RS)-2-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-1,5-benzothiazepin-3,4(2H,SH)-dione, the Key Intermediate in the Synthesis of Diltiazem Hiroaki Matsumae, Hiroshi Douno, Shinichi Yamada, Hydrochloride.
Takuo Nishida, Yasuhiko Ozaki, Takeji Shibatani, Regioselective sponding
and Tetsuya Tosa
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Bioconversion of Colchicine and Thiocolchicine into Their Corre3-Demethyl Derivatives. Alexander Poulev, Ezio Bombardelli,
Cesare Ponzone,
and Meinhart H. Zenk . ........ . ... . .. .. .. ... ..... . . Denitrifying Rhodobacter Strains Isolated from for Wastewater Treatment. Akira Hiraishi, Keigo and Katsuro Urata . .......... . .. . .. . .. . .... .
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Characterization of New Photosynthetic Sludge
Muramatsu,
Modeling of the Sensory Evaluation Genetic Algorithm. Kazuo
Hamachi,
and Yataro Nunokawa
Use of Chemostat
of Sake by Dempster-Shafer’s
Matsuura, Masato Hirotsune, ..,.....................,.............................
Masaaki 45- 53
Data
for Modelling Extracellular-Inulinase Production by marxianus in a High-Cell-Density Fed-batch Process.
Kluyveromyces Marco C. M. Hensing, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder, Chris Hellinga, Johannes P. van Dijken, and Jack T. Pronk . . . . . . . . . . . . . .., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gene Cloning and Characterization of Thermostable Peptidyl Prolyl cis-trans Isomerase (PPIase) from Bacillus stearothermophilus SICl. Dong-Ju Kim, ............... Masaaki Morikawa, Masahiro Takagi, and Tadayuki Imanaka Development
39- 44
Measure and
of a Stable Shuttle Vector and a Conjugative
Gluconobacter oxydans.
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Transfer System for
Masako Shinjoh and Tatsuo Hoshino . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Trichloroethylene Degradation by Genetically Engineered Bacteria Carrying Cloned Phenol Catabolic Genes. Masanori Fujita, Michihiko Ike, Jun-ichi
Hioki, Koji Kataoka, and Masahiro Takeo Experimental
Sketch
of
Landscapes
in
Protein
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Sequence
Space.
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Trakulnaleamsai, Tetsuya Yomo, Masako Yoshikawa, Satoshi Aihara, and Itaru IJrabe .. .. . . . ... Identification of Cholesterol Oxidase from Fast-Growing Mycohacterial, Strains and Rhodococcus sp. Danuta Wilmanska, Jaroslaw Dziadek, Anna Sajduda, Krystyna Milczarek, Adam Jaworski, and Yoshikatsu Murooka Purification and Characterization of a Protease-Resistant Cellulase from Aspergillus niger. Shunichi Akiba, Yoshiharu Kimura, Kenji Yamamoto, and Hidehiko Kumagai . . . . Cell-Free System Derived from Heat-Shocked Escherichiu coli: Synthesis of Norihiro Nishimura, Enzyme Protein Possessing Higher Specific Activity. .. . . . Yoshihisa Kitaoka, and Mitsuru Niwano Toxic Effects of Hg2+ to a Hg *+-Resistant Pseudomonas in the Presence of Halide Ma. Lourdes B. Buelva, Kazuo Kakii, and Mitsuo Kuriyama Ions. Biotransformation of Cyclic /3-Keto Esters by ChZoreZZapyrenoidosa Chick. Fumiki Yoshizako, Masayo Ogino, Atsuo Nishimura, Mitsuo Chubachi, and Toyokazu
Horii
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Sophorolipids Production by Cundida bombicola Using Self-Cycling Fermenta.. .. tion. William C. McCaffrey and David G. Cooper Effect of Cell Movement by Random Mixing between the Surface and Bottom of Photobioreactors on Algal Productivity. James C. Ogbonna, Hirokazu Yada, and Hideo Tanaka . . . .. . . Continuous Culture Study of Transient Behaviour of Succhuromyces cerevisiae Growing on Sucrose and Fructose. John P. Barford, Joanna H. Johnston, and Patrick K. Mwesigye .. . . . Observation of Microorganism Colonies Using a Scanning-Laser-Beam pH-SensMotoi Nakao, Shinji Inoue, Ryu Oishi, Tatsuo Yoshinobu, ing Microscope. and Hiroshi Iwasaki . . . . .. . .. . .. Pseudo-Steady State Oxygen-Concentration Profiles in an Agar Slab Containing Growing Nitrobacter agilis. RenC H. Wijffels, Meinard R. Eekhof, Dirk de Beer, Johannes C. van den Heuvel, and Johannes Tramper . .. .. Characterization In Vitro of the Hydroxylase Component of Xylene Monooxygenase, the First Enzyme of the TOL-Plasmid-Encoded Pathway for the Mineralization of Toluene and Xylenes. Jeffrey P. Shaw and Shigeaki .................................................................................... Harayama Isolation and Characterization of Pz-Peptidase from Bacillus Zicheniformis N22. Somsit Asdornnithee, Eiichi Himeji, Kouichi Akiyama, Takeshi .. . . . . Sasaki, and Renkichi Takata Overexpression and In Vitro Reconstitution of the Ethylene-Forming Enzyme Katsuya Ishihara, Masayoshi Matsuoka, from Pseudomonas syringae. Yorinao Inoue, Sumio Tanase, Takahira Ogawa, and Hideo Fukuda .. Purification and Properties of Cellobiose Phosphorylase from Clostridium therKeijitsu Tanaka, Takashi Kawaguchi, Yukio Imada, Toshihiko mocellum. ...... ............... ........ .. ........ ................... ... Ooi, and Motoo Arai Purification, Characterization and Structure Analysis of NADPH-Dependent DShin-ichiro Yokoyama, Tohru Xylose Reductases from Candida tropicalis. Suzuki, Keiichi Kawai, Hiroyuki Horitsu, and Kazuhiro Takamizawa Kinetics and Mechanism of Acyl Transfer by Penicillin G Acylase Comparing Acyl Donors Methyl Chloroacetate and Methyl Phenylacetate. Kouji Isaka, Naoko Suga, and Fumihiro Ishimura.. . .. . Daunomycin Biosynthesis by Microbial Conversion of Precursor Metabolites Using Biosynthetically Blocked Mutants. Akihiro Yoshimoto, Tomohiko
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Nakamura,
Katsuro Kubo, Osamu Johdo, and Hiroshi Tone
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Maximum Yield of Foreign Lipase in Escherichiu coli HBlOl Limited by DuraDae Hyun Hahm, Soo Hyoung Kim, Jaegu Pan, tion of Protein Expression.
and
Joon
Production
Shick
Rhee..
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by Scopulariopsis
of Fructosylxylosides
Takeda and Shinichi Kinoshita
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brevicaulis sp.
Hiroyuki
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Non-Fragmenting Variants of Streptomyces Hyphae Have Enhanced Activity of an Enzyme (Phospho-N-Acetylmuramyl Pentapeptide Translocase) in . Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis. Karen M. Pickup and Michael E. Bushel1 Growth of Submerged Mycelia of AspergilZus kawachii in Solid-State Culture.
Shigetoshi Sudo, Seiji Kobayashi, Akihiro Kaneko, Kazuo Sato, and Toshiteru Oba.. . . . . .. . ... . . .. ... . .. . .... ...................... Light Emitting Diode-Based Algal Photobioreactor with External Gas ExChoul-Gyun Lee and Bernhard 0. Palsson . . . . . ... . . change. On-Line Monitoring and Control of Acetone-Butanol Fermentation by Membrane-sensor Mass Spectrometry. Somchai Chauvatcharin, Tatsuji Seki, Kazuhito Fujiyama, and Toshiomi Yoshida . . . . . ,..... .. .. . . . .. Improved Performance of a Hybrid Design Over an Anaerobic Filter for the Treatment of Dairy Industry Wastewater at Laboratory Scale. Pedro R.
Cordoba,
Alejandro
P. Francese, and Faustino Siiieriz . . . . . . . .
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Comparative Composition and Characteristics of Methanogenic Granular Sludges Zafar Iqbal Bhatti, Treating Industrial Wastes under Different Conditions.
................................................ Enhanced Production of Peroxidase in Continuous Culture of Arthromyces ramosus by Selective Bleeding of Mycehum. Pei-Xin Yao, Nobuya Matsumoto, Hideo Tsujimura, Masamitsu Takaya, and Kiyoshi Toda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenji Furukawa,
and Masanori Fujita
Transphosphatidylation Reaction of Phosphatidylcholine to 4-Methoxyphenol in Water-Immiscible Organic Solvents with Immobilized Phospholipase D. Masaaki Takami and Yukio Suzuki ... . .. .. ... .... .... .. .. .. .. Continuous Production of L-Aspartic Acid from Ammonium Fumarate Using Immobilized Cells by Capture on the Surface of Nonwoven Cloth Coated with a Pyridinium-Type Polymer. Nariyoshi Kawabata, Hidetaka Hatanaka, . .... ... .. . . .............. .. . .. .... and Hidetoshi Odaka Conversion of u-Psicose to Allitol by Enterobacter ugglomeruns Strain 221e.
Syed Muniruzzaman,
Hisahiro Tokunaga,
and Ken Izumori.. . .
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Biosynthesis of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-Hydroxyvalerate) by Newly Isolated Agrobacterium sp. SH-1 and GW-014 from Structurally Unrelated Single Carbon Substrates. Eun Yeol Lee, Sang Hyeon Kang, and Cha Yong
Choi
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Optimal Disruption
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from
Escherichia coli. Ryoichi Kuboi, Hiroshi Umakoshi, Naoyuki Takagi, and Isao Komasawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _.. . . . . . . . _.. . . . . . . . . _
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Strategy for Inducing
Pertinent Cell Line and Optimization of the Medium for hassjoo Producing L-DOPA. Shih-Yow Huang, Shi-Ying
Stizolobium Chen, Kuo-Long Wu, and Wei-Tai Taung
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Characteristics of Granular Methanogenic Sludge Grown on Phenol Synthetic Medium and Methanogenic Fermentation of Phenolic Wastewater in a UASB Reactor. Yong-Jin Chang, Naomichi Nishio, and Shiro Nagai . . . . . . . . . . . . . High Rate Performance and Characterization of Granular Methanogenic Sludges in Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactors Fed with Various Defined Substrates. Satoshi Fukuzaki, Naomichi Nishio, and Shiro Nagai. . . . . .
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Expression of Recombinant Antibody against Cancer-Specific Carbohydrate. Kuniaki Takagi, Kiyoshi Yasukawa, Yoshitaka Iba, Yuji Isobe, Yasunobu Suketa, Reiji Kannagi, Katsunori Kohda, Masahiro Takagi, and Tadayuki ...... . .. . . . . . .. .. . .... .. Imanaka Genetic Modification of the Streptomyces Cholesterol Oxidase Gene for Expression in Escherichia coli and Development of Promoter-Probe Vectors for Use in Enteric Bacteria. Nobuhiko Nomura, Kwang-Pi1 Choi, Mitsuo .. . Yamashita, Hiroko Yamamoto, and Yoshikatsu Murooka Extracellular Production of Phospholipase D of Streptomyces antibioticus Using Recombinant Escherichia coli. Yugo Iwasaki, Naoto Mishima, Kousaku Mizumoto, Hideo Nakano, and Tsuneo Yamane.. .. . . Cloning of the xynNS Gene Encoding Xylanase B from Aspergillus niger and Its Expression in Aspergillus kawachii. Kotaro Kinoshita, Makoto Takano, .................................... Takuya Koseki, Kiyoshi Ito, and Kimio Iwano Identification of Malting Barley Varieties by Genome Analysis. Youichi Tsuchiya, Shigeki Araki, Hirohisa Sahara, Masachika Takashio, and Shohei .. ... . . . .. . Koshino Thermostable Alkaline Lipase from a Newly Isolated Thermophilic Bacillus, Strain A30-1 (ATCC 53841). Yongxiang Wang, Kailash C. Srivastava, .......... ....... .. ....... ... ....... .. Gwo-Jenn Shen, and Henry Y. Wang R-( - )-Mandelic Acid Production from Racemic Mandelic Acids by Pseudomonas Eiji Takahashi, Katsuhiko polycolor with Asymmetric Degrading Activity. .. .. Nakamichi, Masakatsu Furui, and Takao Mori Comparison of Neomycin Production from Streptomyces fradiae Cultivation Using Soybean Oil as the Sole Carbon Source in an Air-Lift Bioreactor and a Stirred-Tank Reactor. Noriyasu Ohta, Yong Soo Park, Kazutoyo Yahiro, and Mitsuyasu Okabe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _. . .. . ... Factors Affecting the Ethanol Productivity of Yeast in Molasses. Kazuhiko Takeshige
and Kozo
Ouchi
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Effect of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid on the Growth and Photosynthesis of Ken Sasaki, Facundo J. Marquez, Naomichi Nishio, Spirulina platensis. and Shiro Nagai . . . . . . . . ... . . .... .. .... Production of Plantlets for Use as Artificial Seeds from Horseradish Hairy Roots Yutaka Nakashimada, Nobuyuki Uozumi, and Fragmented in a Blender. Takeshi Kobayashi _. ... . . . .. .. ... A Mass Spectrometry Membrane Probe and Practical Problems Associated with Its Application in Fermentation Processes. Somchai Chauvatcharin, Konstantin B. Konstantinov, Kazuhito Fujiyama, Tatsuji Seki, and Toshiomi . . . .. .. . .. . . . . . . .. . Yoshida Effect of Water Activity on Enzyme Hydration and Enzyme Reaction Rate in Sun Bok Lee and Ki-Jo0 Kim .. . .... . Organic Solvents. Enzyme Reaction Kinetics in Organic Solvents: A Theoretical Kinetic Model and . Sun Bok Lee . Comparison with Experimental Observations. Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification and Restriction Fragment Length PolyAkira Hiraishi, morphism Analysis of 16s rRNA Genes from Methanogens. Yoichi Kamagata, and Kazunori Nakamura . ... ........ Rustem Expression of a celE Gene from Clostridium thermocellum in Bacillus. I. Aminov, Nikolai P. Golovchenko, and Kunio Ohmiya . . . .. . Direct Uptake of Alginate Molecules through a Pit on the Bacterial Cell Surface: Tomohiro Hisano, A Novel Mechanism for the Uptake of Macromolecules. Yoshimasa Yonemoto, Tetsuo Yamashita, Yasuki Fukuda, Akira Kimura,
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and Kousaku Murata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Immunoadsorption of Impurities Contained in Recombinant Human Serum ...... Albumin Secreted from Yeast. Shigeo Katoh and Kazuya Watanabe Production and Characteristics of Some New &Agarases from a Marine BacteriYasushi Sugano, Hideki Nagae, Koji Inagaki, um, Vibrio sp. Strain JT0107.
Takeshi Yamamoto,
Ichiro Terada, and Yoshinari Yamazaki
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Control of Intracellular Ammonium Level Using Specific Oxygen Uptake Rate for Overproduction of Citric Acid by Aspergillus niger. Kong Sik Kim, Young
............................................................ Breeding of High Glycerol-Producing Shochu Yeast (Succharomyces cerevisiue) Toshiro Omori, Kiyoshi Ogawa, and with Acquired Salt Tolerance. Masahiko Shimoda .. . . ............................................................. Je Yoo, and Min Hong Kim
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Influence of the Concentrations of o-Xylose and Yeast Extract on Ethanol ProducVicente Bravo, Fernando Camacho, tion by Pachysolen tannophilus.
Sebastian Sanchez, and
Eulogio
Effects of Agitator Configuration Extracellular Polysaccharide
Shahjahan
Castro
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Enhancement of tPA Production under Hyperoxic Serum-Free and Serum-Containing Cultures.
Hideki Watanabe,
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and Rotational Speed on the Production of by Xunthomonas cucurbitae PCSIR B-52.
and Takeshi Kobayashi
Conditions
572-578
by BHK Cells in
Jin Wang, Hiroyuki Honda, ..........................................
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Efficient Production of Celery Embryos and Plantlets Released in Culture of Immobilized Gel Beads. Ken-ichiro Suehara, Katsuhito Kohketsu, Nobuyuki
Uozumi, and Takeshi Effective
Lactic
Acid
Kobayashi..
Production
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by
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Two-Stage
Extractive
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Hiroyuki Honda, Yoshio Toyama, Hiroshi Takahashi, Takuo Nakazeko, and Takeshi Kobayashi ................ .. ... . .. .. .............. . ... . ... . Extractive Fermentation of Gibberellic Acid by Gibberella fujikuroi. Dirk Hollmann, Jorn Switalski, Sven Geipel, and Ulfert Onken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Characteristics of a Newly Isolated Fungus, Geotrichum candidurn Dee 1, Which Decolorizes Various Dyes. Seong Jun Kim, Kenichi Ishikawa, Mitsuyo . . ............................................................. Hirai, and Makoto Shoda Trichloroethylene
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Fermentation.
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Degradation by Cells of a Methane-Utilizing Bacterium, sp. M, Immobilized in Calcium Alginate. Hiroo Uchiyama,
Methylocystis Kazuhito Oguri, Mari Nishibayashi,
Etsuo Kokufuta,
and Osami Yagi . . . . . .
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NOTES In Mvo Recombination of Two R68.45-Primes, One Carrying Plasmid Genes for Autotrophy (Aut) from Alcaligenes hydrogenophilus and the Other Carrying a d4-Like Chromosome Gene from Pseudomonas oxalaticus. Fusako
Umeda, Tomoko Seko, Kazuhiro Yano, Noritsugu Goda, Kiyohito Yagi, . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..f.......................... Yoshiharu Miura, and Tadashi Mizoguchi Determination of the Transcriptional Genes of pUBll0 and pTHN1.
Fukase, and Masanao Oda
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Takayuki
Sites of the Kanamycin
Hoshino,
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Resistance
Shima Eda, Yukihiko
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Effects of Elevated Expression of the CYPSI (P45014DM) Gene on the Sterol Contents of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Hitoshi Tainaka, Hideaki Hashimoto,
Yuri
Aoyama,
and
yuzo
Yoshida
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Purification and Properties of a Citrate Synthase from Nitrosomonus sp. TK794 and a Comparison with the Enzymes of Another Nitrifying Bacteria.
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Tomohide Asai, Reiji Takahashi, Tomoko Fujioka, and Tatsuaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..__........._.................. Tokuyama Enzymatic Production of D-Glutamate from L-Glutamate by a Glutamate Racemase. Makoto Yagasaki, Masaki Azuma, Shuichi Ishino, and Akio Ozaki . ... ... . . ... .... . .... . .. .. .... .. ... . Participation of Reactive Oxygens in the Formation of a Purple Pigment, Hordeumin, from Barley Bran-Fermented Broth. Riichiro Ohba, Ichiro Nakayama, Ikuo Suda, and Seinosuke Ueda .. .. . ... .. Efficient Release of Thermostable ,&Galactosidase by Glycine Addition and Thermal Treatment of Escherichiu coli Cells. Osamu Ariga, Takao Yoshinaga, and Yoshiki Sano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .._................... Repression of Mycelia Extension from a Support Carrier Containing Immobilized Growing Aspergillus oryzae. Yasuhiko Imai, Katsunori Ishikawa, Roberto D. Ayo, Masaru Suzuki, Masatoshi Matsumura, and Hiroshi Kataoka ... A Facile Preparation of Enantiomers of Ethyl 4,4,4-Trifluoro-3-(Indole-3-) Butyrate, a Novel Plant Growth Regulator. Katsuya Kato, Masato Katayama, Rakesh K. Gautam, Shozo Fujii, Haruhiko Fukaya, and Hiroshi Kimoto .. . . . . .. . Properties of Zinc Uroporphyrin III Produced from Isopropanol by Arthrobacter hyalinus. Masahiro Kajiwara, Shinji Tokiwa, Kazuhiko Takatori, and Ichiro Kojima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .._.._............................._......__................. Stimulatory Effects of Amino Acids and Oleic Acid on Poly(3-Hydroxybutyric Acid) Synthesis by Recombinant Escherichia coli. Sang Yup Lee, Yoo Kyung
Lee, and Ho
Nam
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L-Serine Synthesis Using the Resting Hyphomicrobium sp. NCIB10099 Cells under Suppressive Conditions for L-Serine-Degrading Activity. Toyokazu Yoshida, Tairo Hagishita, Toshio Mitsunaga, and Yoshikazu Izumi . Preparation of D-Sorbose from D-Tagatose by Immobilized D-Tagatose 3Epimerase. Hiromichi Itoh, Tomoko Sato, Tomohiro Takeuchi, Anisur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..I........... Rahman Khan, and Ken Izumori Comparative Studies on Utilization of Fatty Acids and Hydrocarbons in Nocardiu amarae and Rhodococcus spp. Keisuke Iwahori, Min Wang, Hironori Taki, and Masanori Fujita .. . .. . . Some Factors Which Affect the Phosphorus Uptake of a Phosphorus-Accumulating Bacterium, Strain NM-l. Mamoru Kawaharasaki and Kazunori Nakamura . . ....... . ... ... . . . .... Enhancement of Transgene Expression in Mammalian Cell Line by a A’Taichi Matsuda, Toshiyuki Takai, Masaki Prostaglandin A1 Analogue. Hikida, Tatsuji Yasuda, Seizi Kurozumi, and Hitoshi Ohmori.. . . Comparison of Liposome Immune Lysis Assay (LILA) and Enzyme-Linked ImmuKanji Tomioka, nosorbent Assay (ELISA) for Detection of Antibodies. Hideki Fukuda, and Shigeo Katoh .. ....... ... ....... ........._..................... A Selective Isolation Method for Actinomadura viridis in Soil. Masayuki Hayakawa, Yuka Momose, Takayuki Kajiura, Toyohiko Yamazaki, Tomohiko Tamura, Kazunori Hatano, and Hideo Nonomura . . . .. ..... . Growth of Moderately Thermophilic Iron-Oxidizing Bacterium Strain TI-1 in SynTsuyoshi Sugio, Kimiko Kishimoto, Masaki Takai, Keiichi thetic Medium. Oda, and Tatsuo Tano . . . . . .. . Ethanol Fermentation Promoted by Delignified Cellulosic Material. Lazaros Iconomou, Costas Psarianos, and Athanasios Koutinas.. . Hybrid Simulation of Microbial Behavior Combining a Statistical Procedure and
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Fuzzy Identification of Culture Phases. Jun-ichi Horiuchi, Michimasa .. ... .. . ... . . .... . . .. ......... Kishimoto, and Haruo Momose Thermochemical Liquidization and Anaerobic Treatment of Dewatered Sewage Shigeki Sawayama, Seiichi Inoue, Tatsuo Yagishita, Tomoko Ogi, Sludge. and Shin-ya Yokoyama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Host Range Specificity of a Novel Runaway-Type Vector for Mammalian Cells. Hideyo Kirinaka, Masamichi Kamihira, and Shinji Iijima . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secretive Expression of the Aspergillus aculeatus Cellulase (FI-CMCase) by Toshihiko Ooi, Takashi Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Kazuhisa Minamiguchi, Kawaguchi, Hirosuke Okada, Sawao Murao, and Motoo Arai.. .. . . .. Purification, Crystallization, and Characterization of the Extracellular Invertase Hideshi Yanase, Mayumi Iwata, Keiko Kita, from Zymomonas mobilis. . ...... ... .. ... . .. . .. . Nobuo Kato, and Kenzo Tonomura Purification and Properties of Mycodextranase from Bacillus circulans NHB-1. Katsuichiro Okazaki, Sheng Yong Jin, Yutaka Sawamura, and Shigeru . . . . . . . . . . . . .._..................................................................... Hayakawa Diffusional and Electrostatic Effects on Apparent Kinetic Parameters of Reactions Catalyzed by Enzyme Immobilized on the External Surface of a Support. Fumihidc Shiraishi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _. . . . _. . . . ... . Characteristics of a Biopolymer Flocculant Produced by Bacillus sp. PY-90. Haruhiko Yokoi, Osamu Natsuda, Jun Hirose, Sachio Hayashi, and Yoshiyuki
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Production of cis,cis-Muconic Acid from Benzoic Acid by . Pseudomonas putida BM014. Sang-Gu Bang and Cha Yong Choi Ikunosuke Production of C,-Symmetrical Phenazines by Some Actinomycetes. Tanabe, Masayuki Kuriyama, and Hideo Nonomura . ................. ........ . Substrate Permeability in Pellets Formed by Aspergillus niger. Keisuke Iwahori, ..................... Sigeru Tatsuta, Masanori Fujita, and Koichiro Yamakawa Effect of Dissolved Oxygen and pH on Moranoline (l-Deoxynojirimycin) Fermentation by Streptomyces lavendulae. Masahiko Kojima, Noriyuki Tachikake, Yohsuke Kyotani, Kiyotaka Konno, Shigeaki Maruo, Masashi Yamamoto, and Tohji Ezure ... . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _. . . . . ... . Biological Production of Hydrogen from Cellulose by Natural Anaerobic Microflora. Yoshiyuki Ueno, Tatsushi Kawai, Susumu Sato, Seiji Otsuka, and Masayoshi Morimoto.. .. . . . . . .. . .................... . . . . Biomethanation of Cheese Whey Using Anaerobic Upflow Fixed Film Reactor. Priti PateI, Manik Dcsai, and Datta Madamwar . .. . .. Inference of Methanogenic Bacteria in Wastewater Digestor Sludges by Lipid Component Analysis. Masateru Nishihara, Masayo Akagawa-Matsushita, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .._ Yoshitaka Togo, and Yosuke Koga Molecular Cloning and Sequencing of the Phenol Hydroxylase Gene from Pseudomonas putida BH. Masahiro Takeo, Yoshimichi Maeda, Hiroshi Okada, Kanako Miyama, Kazuhiro Mori, Michihiko Ike, and Masanori Fujita . . Production of Recombinant Cytochrome c-551 in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Mutant Strain. Hiroyuki Arai, Yan Zhang, Yoshihiro Sambongi, Yasuo
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Fed-Batch
Igarashi,
and
Tohru
&&ma
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Production of Ubiquinone in Escherichia coli by Expression of Various Genes Responsible for Ubiquinone Biosynthesis. Xufen Zhu, Mihoko Yuasa, Kazunori Okada, Kengo Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Makoto Kawamukai, . . . _.. _.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _. . . . . . . _.. . . . . . . . _.. . . . . . . . . . __. and Hideyuki Mats&a Purification and Characterization of a Ribitol Dehydrogenase from Enterobacter
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agglomerans Strain 221e.
Syed Muniruzzaman, Yasutaka Kunihisa, Kenji . . . .. . . .. .. Ichiraku, and Ken Izumori Thermostable Succinyl-Coenzyme A Synthetase from Nitrosomonas europaea ATCC 25978: Purification and Properties. Hiroshi Kondo, Takashi Ohmori, Haruka Shibata, Keiko Sase, Reiji Takahashi, and Tatsuaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .._.............................._............... Tokuyama Anaerobic Degradation of 3-Hydroxypropanoate by a Newly Isolated CZostridium SP.
Kazuhiro
Tanaka
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.
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499-502 503-505
Breeding of Aspergillus terreus Mutant TN-484 for Itaconic Acid Production with High Yield. Kazutoyo Yahiro, Tetsushi Takahama, Yong Soo Park, and Mitsuyasu
Okabe
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Mycelial Propagation and Enzyme Production in Koji Prepared with Aspergillus Chou oryzae on Various Rice Extrudates and Steamed Rice. Cheng-Chun . . . . ..__................................................................ and Jin-Hwei Rwan Effects of Yeast Invertase on Ethanol Production in Molasses. Kazuhiko T&eshige
and Kozo
Ouchi
.
_.
_.
.
513-515
Production of Monascus Pigments by a Solid-Liquid State Culture Method. Yuan-Kun Lee, Duan-Cheng Chen, Somchai Chauvatcharin, Tatsuji Seki, _. . . . .. . and Toshiomi Yoshida Osamu Ariga, Masatoshi Saito, and Diauxie in Immobilized Microorganisms. . _._, _._. _.. _. . . . Yoshiki Sano Mutants of n-Aminopeptidase with Increased Thermal Stability. Yasuhisa . _. _. . _. . . . . Asano and Kaori Yamaguchi 5-Azacytidine Enhances Transient Expression of a Transfected Gene in Cultured Toshiyuki Takai, Tatsuji Yasuda, and Hitoshi Ohmori.. Mammalian Cells. Production of L-Tagatose from Galactitol by KZebsieZZapneumoniae Strain 40b. Tsuyoshi Shimonishi, Yasuhito Okumura, and Ken Izumori.. . TECHNICAL
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NOTES
Preparation of Artificial Roots Encapsulated Repunte,
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Masahito
Seeds Using Cell Aggregates from Horseradish Hairy in Alginate Gel with Paraffin Coat. Vez Pagara Taya,
and Setsuji Tone
.
.
.
Enhancement of Mutation Frequency with Nucleotide Triphosphate Analogs in Hiroshi Ueda, Masaki Nakanishi, Eiji Suzuki, PCR Random Mutagenesis. _. . . . . . and Teruyuki Nagamune
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CONTENTS VOLUME
79
l
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ORIGINALS Development
of an Integrative DNA Transformation
System for the Yeast Hansen-
ula anomala. Tomoo Ogata, Yasushi Okumura, Yuzuru Iimura, and Takaji . .. .... .. . . ....... .. .. .. .. . . ... ..... .. Obata . . . . . . . . Isolation and Characterization of Zygosaccharomyces rouxii Mutants Defective in Proton Pumpout Activity and Salt Tolerance. Shigetoshi Yoshikawa, Ken-ichi Chikara, Hajime Hashimoto, Nobuo Mitsui, Makoto Shimosaka, and Mitsuo Okazaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..f.............. Reconstruction
of Ethanol
Fermentation
Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Purification and Some Properties Transxylosylation Capacity.
Yasui High-Level
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in Permeabilized
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6- 10
Cells of the Yeast
Kazuhiko Takeshige and Kozo Ouchi . . . . . . . . . . . . of Aspergillus pulverulentus BXylosidase with Joko Sulistyo, Yoshi Kamiyama, and Tsuneo
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17- 22
Production
of Recombinant Glutamic Acid-Specific Protease from licheniformis in Bacillus subtilis Expression System. Koichi
Bacilllus Matsumoto, Kenji Mitsushima, Mikio Tamaki, Hideo Iwamoto, Shinji Kakudo, Hiroyuki Okamoto, Hiroshige Tsuzuki and Hiroshi Teraoka . . . . .
23- 27
Microbial Asymmetric Reduction of (RS)-2-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-1,5-benzothiazepin-3,4(2H,SH)-dione, the Key Intermediate in the Synthesis of Diltiazem Hiroaki Matsumae, Hiroshi Douno, Shinichi Yamada, Hydrochloride.
Takuo Nishida, Yasuhiko Ozaki, Takeji Shibatani, Regioselective sponding
and Tetsuya Tosa
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32
Bioconversion of Colchicine and Thiocolchicine into Their Corre3-Demethyl Derivatives. Alexander Poulev, Ezio Bombardelli,
Cesare Ponzone,
and Meinhart H. Zenk . ........ . ... . .. .. .. ... ..... . . Denitrifying Rhodobacter Strains Isolated from for Wastewater Treatment. Akira Hiraishi, Keigo and Katsuro Urata . .......... . .. . .. . .. . .... .
33- 38
Characterization of New Photosynthetic Sludge
Muramatsu,
Modeling of the Sensory Evaluation Genetic Algorithm. Kazuo
Hamachi,
and Yataro Nunokawa
Use of Chemostat
of Sake by Dempster-Shafer’s
Matsuura, Masato Hirotsune, ..,.....................,.............................
Masaaki 45- 53
Data
for Modelling Extracellular-Inulinase Production by marxianus in a High-Cell-Density Fed-batch Process.
Kluyveromyces Marco C. M. Hensing, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder, Chris Hellinga, Johannes P. van Dijken, and Jack T. Pronk . . . . . . . . . . . . . .., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gene Cloning and Characterization of Thermostable Peptidyl Prolyl cis-trans Isomerase (PPIase) from Bacillus stearothermophilus SICl. Dong-Ju Kim, ............... Masaaki Morikawa, Masahiro Takagi, and Tadayuki Imanaka Development
39- 44
Measure and
of a Stable Shuttle Vector and a Conjugative
Gluconobacter oxydans.
54- 58
87- 94
Transfer System for
Masako Shinjoh and Tatsuo Hoshino . . . . . . . . . . . . .
95- 99
Trichloroethylene Degradation by Genetically Engineered Bacteria Carrying Cloned Phenol Catabolic Genes. Masanori Fujita, Michihiko Ike, Jun-ichi
Hioki, Koji Kataoka, and Masahiro Takeo Experimental
Sketch
of
Landscapes
in
Protein
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Sequence
Space.
Savitr
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CONTENTS
Trakulnaleamsai, Tetsuya Yomo, Masako Yoshikawa, Satoshi Aihara, and Itaru IJrabe .. .. . . . ... Identification of Cholesterol Oxidase from Fast-Growing Mycohacterial, Strains and Rhodococcus sp. Danuta Wilmanska, Jaroslaw Dziadek, Anna Sajduda, Krystyna Milczarek, Adam Jaworski, and Yoshikatsu Murooka Purification and Characterization of a Protease-Resistant Cellulase from Aspergillus niger. Shunichi Akiba, Yoshiharu Kimura, Kenji Yamamoto, and Hidehiko Kumagai . . . . Cell-Free System Derived from Heat-Shocked Escherichiu coli: Synthesis of Norihiro Nishimura, Enzyme Protein Possessing Higher Specific Activity. .. . . . Yoshihisa Kitaoka, and Mitsuru Niwano Toxic Effects of Hg2+ to a Hg *+-Resistant Pseudomonas in the Presence of Halide Ma. Lourdes B. Buelva, Kazuo Kakii, and Mitsuo Kuriyama Ions. Biotransformation of Cyclic /3-Keto Esters by ChZoreZZapyrenoidosa Chick. Fumiki Yoshizako, Masayo Ogino, Atsuo Nishimura, Mitsuo Chubachi, and Toyokazu
Horii
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.
_.
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Sophorolipids Production by Cundida bombicola Using Self-Cycling Fermenta.. .. tion. William C. McCaffrey and David G. Cooper Effect of Cell Movement by Random Mixing between the Surface and Bottom of Photobioreactors on Algal Productivity. James C. Ogbonna, Hirokazu Yada, and Hideo Tanaka . . . .. . . Continuous Culture Study of Transient Behaviour of Succhuromyces cerevisiae Growing on Sucrose and Fructose. John P. Barford, Joanna H. Johnston, and Patrick K. Mwesigye .. . . . Observation of Microorganism Colonies Using a Scanning-Laser-Beam pH-SensMotoi Nakao, Shinji Inoue, Ryu Oishi, Tatsuo Yoshinobu, ing Microscope. and Hiroshi Iwasaki . . . . .. . .. . .. Pseudo-Steady State Oxygen-Concentration Profiles in an Agar Slab Containing Growing Nitrobacter agilis. RenC H. Wijffels, Meinard R. Eekhof, Dirk de Beer, Johannes C. van den Heuvel, and Johannes Tramper . .. .. Characterization In Vitro of the Hydroxylase Component of Xylene Monooxygenase, the First Enzyme of the TOL-Plasmid-Encoded Pathway for the Mineralization of Toluene and Xylenes. Jeffrey P. Shaw and Shigeaki .................................................................................... Harayama Isolation and Characterization of Pz-Peptidase from Bacillus Zicheniformis N22. Somsit Asdornnithee, Eiichi Himeji, Kouichi Akiyama, Takeshi .. . . . . Sasaki, and Renkichi Takata Overexpression and In Vitro Reconstitution of the Ethylene-Forming Enzyme Katsuya Ishihara, Masayoshi Matsuoka, from Pseudomonas syringae. Yorinao Inoue, Sumio Tanase, Takahira Ogawa, and Hideo Fukuda .. Purification and Properties of Cellobiose Phosphorylase from Clostridium therKeijitsu Tanaka, Takashi Kawaguchi, Yukio Imada, Toshihiko mocellum. ...... ............... ........ .. ........ ................... ... Ooi, and Motoo Arai Purification, Characterization and Structure Analysis of NADPH-Dependent DShin-ichiro Yokoyama, Tohru Xylose Reductases from Candida tropicalis. Suzuki, Keiichi Kawai, Hiroyuki Horitsu, and Kazuhiro Takamizawa Kinetics and Mechanism of Acyl Transfer by Penicillin G Acylase Comparing Acyl Donors Methyl Chloroacetate and Methyl Phenylacetate. Kouji Isaka, Naoko Suga, and Fumihiro Ishimura.. . .. . Daunomycin Biosynthesis by Microbial Conversion of Precursor Metabolites Using Biosynthetically Blocked Mutants. Akihiro Yoshimoto, Tomohiko
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Nakamura,
Katsuro Kubo, Osamu Johdo, and Hiroshi Tone
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Maximum Yield of Foreign Lipase in Escherichiu coli HBlOl Limited by DuraDae Hyun Hahm, Soo Hyoung Kim, Jaegu Pan, tion of Protein Expression.
and
Joon
Production
Shick
Rhee..
.... ..
..
.. . . ..
by Scopulariopsis
of Fructosylxylosides
Takeda and Shinichi Kinoshita
. .. .
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brevicaulis sp.
Hiroyuki
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. .........
Non-Fragmenting Variants of Streptomyces Hyphae Have Enhanced Activity of an Enzyme (Phospho-N-Acetylmuramyl Pentapeptide Translocase) in . Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis. Karen M. Pickup and Michael E. Bushel1 Growth of Submerged Mycelia of AspergilZus kawachii in Solid-State Culture.
Shigetoshi Sudo, Seiji Kobayashi, Akihiro Kaneko, Kazuo Sato, and Toshiteru Oba.. . . . . .. . ... . . .. ... . .. . .... ...................... Light Emitting Diode-Based Algal Photobioreactor with External Gas ExChoul-Gyun Lee and Bernhard 0. Palsson . . . . . ... . . change. On-Line Monitoring and Control of Acetone-Butanol Fermentation by Membrane-sensor Mass Spectrometry. Somchai Chauvatcharin, Tatsuji Seki, Kazuhito Fujiyama, and Toshiomi Yoshida . . . . . ,..... .. .. . . . .. Improved Performance of a Hybrid Design Over an Anaerobic Filter for the Treatment of Dairy Industry Wastewater at Laboratory Scale. Pedro R.
Cordoba,
Alejandro
P. Francese, and Faustino Siiieriz . . . . . . . .
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Comparative Composition and Characteristics of Methanogenic Granular Sludges Zafar Iqbal Bhatti, Treating Industrial Wastes under Different Conditions.
................................................ Enhanced Production of Peroxidase in Continuous Culture of Arthromyces ramosus by Selective Bleeding of Mycehum. Pei-Xin Yao, Nobuya Matsumoto, Hideo Tsujimura, Masamitsu Takaya, and Kiyoshi Toda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenji Furukawa,
and Masanori Fujita
Transphosphatidylation Reaction of Phosphatidylcholine to 4-Methoxyphenol in Water-Immiscible Organic Solvents with Immobilized Phospholipase D. Masaaki Takami and Yukio Suzuki ... . .. .. ... .... .... .. .. .. .. Continuous Production of L-Aspartic Acid from Ammonium Fumarate Using Immobilized Cells by Capture on the Surface of Nonwoven Cloth Coated with a Pyridinium-Type Polymer. Nariyoshi Kawabata, Hidetaka Hatanaka, . .... ... .. . . .............. .. . .. .... and Hidetoshi Odaka Conversion of u-Psicose to Allitol by Enterobacter ugglomeruns Strain 221e.
Syed Muniruzzaman,
Hisahiro Tokunaga,
and Ken Izumori.. . .
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...
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Biosynthesis of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-Hydroxyvalerate) by Newly Isolated Agrobacterium sp. SH-1 and GW-014 from Structurally Unrelated Single Carbon Substrates. Eun Yeol Lee, Sang Hyeon Kang, and Cha Yong
Choi
.
Optimal Disruption
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Methods
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for the Selective Recovery of BGalactosidase
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from
Escherichia coli. Ryoichi Kuboi, Hiroshi Umakoshi, Naoyuki Takagi, and Isao Komasawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _.. . . . . . . . _.. . . . . . . . . _
335-341
Strategy for Inducing
Pertinent Cell Line and Optimization of the Medium for hassjoo Producing L-DOPA. Shih-Yow Huang, Shi-Ying
Stizolobium Chen, Kuo-Long Wu, and Wei-Tai Taung
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Characteristics of Granular Methanogenic Sludge Grown on Phenol Synthetic Medium and Methanogenic Fermentation of Phenolic Wastewater in a UASB Reactor. Yong-Jin Chang, Naomichi Nishio, and Shiro Nagai . . . . . . . . . . . . . High Rate Performance and Characterization of Granular Methanogenic Sludges in Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactors Fed with Various Defined Substrates. Satoshi Fukuzaki, Naomichi Nishio, and Shiro Nagai. . . . . .
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Expression of Recombinant Antibody against Cancer-Specific Carbohydrate. Kuniaki Takagi, Kiyoshi Yasukawa, Yoshitaka Iba, Yuji Isobe, Yasunobu Suketa, Reiji Kannagi, Katsunori Kohda, Masahiro Takagi, and Tadayuki ...... . .. . . . . . .. .. . .... .. Imanaka Genetic Modification of the Streptomyces Cholesterol Oxidase Gene for Expression in Escherichia coli and Development of Promoter-Probe Vectors for Use in Enteric Bacteria. Nobuhiko Nomura, Kwang-Pi1 Choi, Mitsuo .. . Yamashita, Hiroko Yamamoto, and Yoshikatsu Murooka Extracellular Production of Phospholipase D of Streptomyces antibioticus Using Recombinant Escherichia coli. Yugo Iwasaki, Naoto Mishima, Kousaku Mizumoto, Hideo Nakano, and Tsuneo Yamane.. .. . . Cloning of the xynNS Gene Encoding Xylanase B from Aspergillus niger and Its Expression in Aspergillus kawachii. Kotaro Kinoshita, Makoto Takano, .................................... Takuya Koseki, Kiyoshi Ito, and Kimio Iwano Identification of Malting Barley Varieties by Genome Analysis. Youichi Tsuchiya, Shigeki Araki, Hirohisa Sahara, Masachika Takashio, and Shohei .. ... . . . .. . Koshino Thermostable Alkaline Lipase from a Newly Isolated Thermophilic Bacillus, Strain A30-1 (ATCC 53841). Yongxiang Wang, Kailash C. Srivastava, .......... ....... .. ....... ... ....... .. Gwo-Jenn Shen, and Henry Y. Wang R-( - )-Mandelic Acid Production from Racemic Mandelic Acids by Pseudomonas Eiji Takahashi, Katsuhiko polycolor with Asymmetric Degrading Activity. .. .. Nakamichi, Masakatsu Furui, and Takao Mori Comparison of Neomycin Production from Streptomyces fradiae Cultivation Using Soybean Oil as the Sole Carbon Source in an Air-Lift Bioreactor and a Stirred-Tank Reactor. Noriyasu Ohta, Yong Soo Park, Kazutoyo Yahiro, and Mitsuyasu Okabe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _. . .. . ... Factors Affecting the Ethanol Productivity of Yeast in Molasses. Kazuhiko Takeshige
and Kozo
Ouchi
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Effect of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid on the Growth and Photosynthesis of Ken Sasaki, Facundo J. Marquez, Naomichi Nishio, Spirulina platensis. and Shiro Nagai . . . . . . . . ... . . .... .. .... Production of Plantlets for Use as Artificial Seeds from Horseradish Hairy Roots Yutaka Nakashimada, Nobuyuki Uozumi, and Fragmented in a Blender. Takeshi Kobayashi _. ... . . . .. .. ... A Mass Spectrometry Membrane Probe and Practical Problems Associated with Its Application in Fermentation Processes. Somchai Chauvatcharin, Konstantin B. Konstantinov, Kazuhito Fujiyama, Tatsuji Seki, and Toshiomi . . . .. .. . .. . . . . . . .. . Yoshida Effect of Water Activity on Enzyme Hydration and Enzyme Reaction Rate in Sun Bok Lee and Ki-Jo0 Kim .. . .... . Organic Solvents. Enzyme Reaction Kinetics in Organic Solvents: A Theoretical Kinetic Model and . Sun Bok Lee . Comparison with Experimental Observations. Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification and Restriction Fragment Length PolyAkira Hiraishi, morphism Analysis of 16s rRNA Genes from Methanogens. Yoichi Kamagata, and Kazunori Nakamura . ... ........ Rustem Expression of a celE Gene from Clostridium thermocellum in Bacillus. I. Aminov, Nikolai P. Golovchenko, and Kunio Ohmiya . . . .. . Direct Uptake of Alginate Molecules through a Pit on the Bacterial Cell Surface: Tomohiro Hisano, A Novel Mechanism for the Uptake of Macromolecules. Yoshimasa Yonemoto, Tetsuo Yamashita, Yasuki Fukuda, Akira Kimura,
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and Kousaku Murata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Immunoadsorption of Impurities Contained in Recombinant Human Serum ...... Albumin Secreted from Yeast. Shigeo Katoh and Kazuya Watanabe Production and Characteristics of Some New &Agarases from a Marine BacteriYasushi Sugano, Hideki Nagae, Koji Inagaki, um, Vibrio sp. Strain JT0107.
Takeshi Yamamoto,
Ichiro Terada, and Yoshinari Yamazaki
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549-554
Control of Intracellular Ammonium Level Using Specific Oxygen Uptake Rate for Overproduction of Citric Acid by Aspergillus niger. Kong Sik Kim, Young
............................................................ Breeding of High Glycerol-Producing Shochu Yeast (Succharomyces cerevisiue) Toshiro Omori, Kiyoshi Ogawa, and with Acquired Salt Tolerance. Masahiko Shimoda .. . . ............................................................. Je Yoo, and Min Hong Kim
555-559
560-565
Influence of the Concentrations of o-Xylose and Yeast Extract on Ethanol ProducVicente Bravo, Fernando Camacho, tion by Pachysolen tannophilus.
Sebastian Sanchez, and
Eulogio
Effects of Agitator Configuration Extracellular Polysaccharide
Shahjahan
Castro
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Baig and Hafiz Sameer Ahmad
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Enhancement of tPA Production under Hyperoxic Serum-Free and Serum-Containing Cultures.
Hideki Watanabe,
.
566-57 1
and Rotational Speed on the Production of by Xunthomonas cucurbitae PCSIR B-52.
and Takeshi Kobayashi
Conditions
572-578
by BHK Cells in
Jin Wang, Hiroyuki Honda, ..........................................
579-584
Efficient Production of Celery Embryos and Plantlets Released in Culture of Immobilized Gel Beads. Ken-ichiro Suehara, Katsuhito Kohketsu, Nobuyuki
Uozumi, and Takeshi Effective
Lactic
Acid
Kobayashi..
Production
. .
by
. .. .. ......... ... .
Two-Stage
Extractive
. ...............
Hiroyuki Honda, Yoshio Toyama, Hiroshi Takahashi, Takuo Nakazeko, and Takeshi Kobayashi ................ .. ... . .. .. .............. . ... . ... . Extractive Fermentation of Gibberellic Acid by Gibberella fujikuroi. Dirk Hollmann, Jorn Switalski, Sven Geipel, and Ulfert Onken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Characteristics of a Newly Isolated Fungus, Geotrichum candidurn Dee 1, Which Decolorizes Various Dyes. Seong Jun Kim, Kenichi Ishikawa, Mitsuyo . . ............................................................. Hirai, and Makoto Shoda Trichloroethylene
585-588
Fermentation.
589-593 594-600
601-607
Degradation by Cells of a Methane-Utilizing Bacterium, sp. M, Immobilized in Calcium Alginate. Hiroo Uchiyama,
Methylocystis Kazuhito Oguri, Mari Nishibayashi,
Etsuo Kokufuta,
and Osami Yagi . . . . . .
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NOTES In Mvo Recombination of Two R68.45-Primes, One Carrying Plasmid Genes for Autotrophy (Aut) from Alcaligenes hydrogenophilus and the Other Carrying a d4-Like Chromosome Gene from Pseudomonas oxalaticus. Fusako
Umeda, Tomoko Seko, Kazuhiro Yano, Noritsugu Goda, Kiyohito Yagi, . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..f.......................... Yoshiharu Miura, and Tadashi Mizoguchi Determination of the Transcriptional Genes of pUBll0 and pTHN1.
Fukase, and Masanao Oda
.. .
Initiation
Takayuki
Sites of the Kanamycin
Hoshino,
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Resistance
Shima Eda, Yukihiko
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Effects of Elevated Expression of the CYPSI (P45014DM) Gene on the Sterol Contents of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Hitoshi Tainaka, Hideaki Hashimoto,
Yuri
Aoyama,
and
yuzo
Yoshida
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Purification and Properties of a Citrate Synthase from Nitrosomonus sp. TK794 and a Comparison with the Enzymes of Another Nitrifying Bacteria.
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Tomohide Asai, Reiji Takahashi, Tomoko Fujioka, and Tatsuaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..__........._.................. Tokuyama Enzymatic Production of D-Glutamate from L-Glutamate by a Glutamate Racemase. Makoto Yagasaki, Masaki Azuma, Shuichi Ishino, and Akio Ozaki . ... ... . . ... .... . .... . .. .. .... .. ... . Participation of Reactive Oxygens in the Formation of a Purple Pigment, Hordeumin, from Barley Bran-Fermented Broth. Riichiro Ohba, Ichiro Nakayama, Ikuo Suda, and Seinosuke Ueda .. .. . ... .. Efficient Release of Thermostable ,&Galactosidase by Glycine Addition and Thermal Treatment of Escherichiu coli Cells. Osamu Ariga, Takao Yoshinaga, and Yoshiki Sano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .._................... Repression of Mycelia Extension from a Support Carrier Containing Immobilized Growing Aspergillus oryzae. Yasuhiko Imai, Katsunori Ishikawa, Roberto D. Ayo, Masaru Suzuki, Masatoshi Matsumura, and Hiroshi Kataoka ... A Facile Preparation of Enantiomers of Ethyl 4,4,4-Trifluoro-3-(Indole-3-) Butyrate, a Novel Plant Growth Regulator. Katsuya Kato, Masato Katayama, Rakesh K. Gautam, Shozo Fujii, Haruhiko Fukaya, and Hiroshi Kimoto .. . . . . .. . Properties of Zinc Uroporphyrin III Produced from Isopropanol by Arthrobacter hyalinus. Masahiro Kajiwara, Shinji Tokiwa, Kazuhiko Takatori, and Ichiro Kojima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .._.._............................._......__................. Stimulatory Effects of Amino Acids and Oleic Acid on Poly(3-Hydroxybutyric Acid) Synthesis by Recombinant Escherichia coli. Sang Yup Lee, Yoo Kyung
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L-Serine Synthesis Using the Resting Hyphomicrobium sp. NCIB10099 Cells under Suppressive Conditions for L-Serine-Degrading Activity. Toyokazu Yoshida, Tairo Hagishita, Toshio Mitsunaga, and Yoshikazu Izumi . Preparation of D-Sorbose from D-Tagatose by Immobilized D-Tagatose 3Epimerase. Hiromichi Itoh, Tomoko Sato, Tomohiro Takeuchi, Anisur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..I........... Rahman Khan, and Ken Izumori Comparative Studies on Utilization of Fatty Acids and Hydrocarbons in Nocardiu amarae and Rhodococcus spp. Keisuke Iwahori, Min Wang, Hironori Taki, and Masanori Fujita .. . .. . . Some Factors Which Affect the Phosphorus Uptake of a Phosphorus-Accumulating Bacterium, Strain NM-l. Mamoru Kawaharasaki and Kazunori Nakamura . . ....... . ... ... . . . .... Enhancement of Transgene Expression in Mammalian Cell Line by a A’Taichi Matsuda, Toshiyuki Takai, Masaki Prostaglandin A1 Analogue. Hikida, Tatsuji Yasuda, Seizi Kurozumi, and Hitoshi Ohmori.. . . Comparison of Liposome Immune Lysis Assay (LILA) and Enzyme-Linked ImmuKanji Tomioka, nosorbent Assay (ELISA) for Detection of Antibodies. Hideki Fukuda, and Shigeo Katoh .. ....... ... ....... ........._..................... A Selective Isolation Method for Actinomadura viridis in Soil. Masayuki Hayakawa, Yuka Momose, Takayuki Kajiura, Toyohiko Yamazaki, Tomohiko Tamura, Kazunori Hatano, and Hideo Nonomura . . . .. ..... . Growth of Moderately Thermophilic Iron-Oxidizing Bacterium Strain TI-1 in SynTsuyoshi Sugio, Kimiko Kishimoto, Masaki Takai, Keiichi thetic Medium. Oda, and Tatsuo Tano . . . . . .. . Ethanol Fermentation Promoted by Delignified Cellulosic Material. Lazaros Iconomou, Costas Psarianos, and Athanasios Koutinas.. . Hybrid Simulation of Microbial Behavior Combining a Statistical Procedure and
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Fuzzy Identification of Culture Phases. Jun-ichi Horiuchi, Michimasa .. ... .. . ... . . .... . . .. ......... Kishimoto, and Haruo Momose Thermochemical Liquidization and Anaerobic Treatment of Dewatered Sewage Shigeki Sawayama, Seiichi Inoue, Tatsuo Yagishita, Tomoko Ogi, Sludge. and Shin-ya Yokoyama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Host Range Specificity of a Novel Runaway-Type Vector for Mammalian Cells. Hideyo Kirinaka, Masamichi Kamihira, and Shinji Iijima . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secretive Expression of the Aspergillus aculeatus Cellulase (FI-CMCase) by Toshihiko Ooi, Takashi Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Kazuhisa Minamiguchi, Kawaguchi, Hirosuke Okada, Sawao Murao, and Motoo Arai.. .. . . .. Purification, Crystallization, and Characterization of the Extracellular Invertase Hideshi Yanase, Mayumi Iwata, Keiko Kita, from Zymomonas mobilis. . ...... ... .. ... . .. . .. . Nobuo Kato, and Kenzo Tonomura Purification and Properties of Mycodextranase from Bacillus circulans NHB-1. Katsuichiro Okazaki, Sheng Yong Jin, Yutaka Sawamura, and Shigeru . . . . . . . . . . . . .._..................................................................... Hayakawa Diffusional and Electrostatic Effects on Apparent Kinetic Parameters of Reactions Catalyzed by Enzyme Immobilized on the External Surface of a Support. Fumihidc Shiraishi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _. . . . _. . . . ... . Characteristics of a Biopolymer Flocculant Produced by Bacillus sp. PY-90. Haruhiko Yokoi, Osamu Natsuda, Jun Hirose, Sachio Hayashi, and Yoshiyuki
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Production of cis,cis-Muconic Acid from Benzoic Acid by . Pseudomonas putida BM014. Sang-Gu Bang and Cha Yong Choi Ikunosuke Production of C,-Symmetrical Phenazines by Some Actinomycetes. Tanabe, Masayuki Kuriyama, and Hideo Nonomura . ................. ........ . Substrate Permeability in Pellets Formed by Aspergillus niger. Keisuke Iwahori, ..................... Sigeru Tatsuta, Masanori Fujita, and Koichiro Yamakawa Effect of Dissolved Oxygen and pH on Moranoline (l-Deoxynojirimycin) Fermentation by Streptomyces lavendulae. Masahiko Kojima, Noriyuki Tachikake, Yohsuke Kyotani, Kiyotaka Konno, Shigeaki Maruo, Masashi Yamamoto, and Tohji Ezure ... . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _. . . . . ... . Biological Production of Hydrogen from Cellulose by Natural Anaerobic Microflora. Yoshiyuki Ueno, Tatsushi Kawai, Susumu Sato, Seiji Otsuka, and Masayoshi Morimoto.. .. . . . . . .. . .................... . . . . Biomethanation of Cheese Whey Using Anaerobic Upflow Fixed Film Reactor. Priti PateI, Manik Dcsai, and Datta Madamwar . .. . .. Inference of Methanogenic Bacteria in Wastewater Digestor Sludges by Lipid Component Analysis. Masateru Nishihara, Masayo Akagawa-Matsushita, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .._ Yoshitaka Togo, and Yosuke Koga Molecular Cloning and Sequencing of the Phenol Hydroxylase Gene from Pseudomonas putida BH. Masahiro Takeo, Yoshimichi Maeda, Hiroshi Okada, Kanako Miyama, Kazuhiro Mori, Michihiko Ike, and Masanori Fujita . . Production of Recombinant Cytochrome c-551 in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Mutant Strain. Hiroyuki Arai, Yan Zhang, Yoshihiro Sambongi, Yasuo
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Syed Muniruzzaman, Yasutaka Kunihisa, Kenji . . . .. . . .. .. Ichiraku, and Ken Izumori Thermostable Succinyl-Coenzyme A Synthetase from Nitrosomonas europaea ATCC 25978: Purification and Properties. Hiroshi Kondo, Takashi Ohmori, Haruka Shibata, Keiko Sase, Reiji Takahashi, and Tatsuaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .._.............................._............... Tokuyama Anaerobic Degradation of 3-Hydroxypropanoate by a Newly Isolated CZostridium SP.
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