New Frontiers in Screening for Microbial Biocatalysts, Proceedings of an International Symposium

Content: 
Preface
Page vii

Acknowledgements
Page viii

General introduction to biocatalysis and screening Original Research Article
Pages 3-11
K. Kieslich

Screening of novel enzymes for the production of useful compounds Original Research Article
Pages 13-17
Hideaki Yamada

A Japanese screening approach: Selection of an opine dehydrogenase and alkaline D-Peptidase Original Research Article
Pages 19-28
Yasuhisa Asano

Screening and expression cloning of fungal enzyme genes of industrial relevance Original Research Article
Pages 29-36
Henrik Dalbøge

The enormous diversity and biotechnological potential of naturally occurring bacteria Original Research Article
Pages 37-47
Erko Stackebrandt

Automated techniques in screening for microorganisms with biocatalytic properties Original Research Article
Pages 49-52
O. Favre-Bulle, P. Josses, A. Ariagno, A. Goulard

Fluorescence screening for lipolytic enzymes Original Research Article
Pages 53-60
A. Hermetter, F. Paltauf, E. Zenzmaier, A. Schlacher, H. Schwab, K. Faber

DRASTIC(Diffuse Reflectance Absorbance Spectroscopy Taking In Chemometrics). A novel, rapid, hyperspectral, FT-IR-based approach to screening for biocatalytic activity and metabolite overproduction Original Research Article
Pages 61-75
Douglas B. Kell, Michael K. Winson, Royston Goodacre, Andrew M. Woodward, Bjørn K. Alsberg, Alun Jones, Éadaoin M. Timmins, Jem J. Rowland

Filtration and separation materials for analytical purposes Original Research Article
Pages 77-86
Robert G. Hood

Time resolved fluorescence based assays in screening for biocatalytic activities Original Research Article
Pages 87-101
Stuart Webb

Screening for inhibitors of human brain myo-inositol monophosphatase Original Research Article
Pages 103-109
A.J. Ganzhorn, C. Brunati, C. Kugel, K. Islam, M. Galvan, M.-C. Chanal, S. Stefanelli, F. Sponga, P. Andreini, E. Wolf, E. Pirion, B. Dulery, J. Verne, M. Lamard, J. Wagner, C. Danzin

Miniaturization of radioisotopic, luminescent and fluorescent assays to 384-well microplates Original Research Article
Pages 111-119
Alfred J. Kolb

Screening of bacteria at high temperatures to select nucleoside antibiotics producers Original Research Article
Pages 121-130
Takashi Utagawa

Passive and active screening of D-hydantoinase-producing microorganisms Original Research Article
Pages 133-142
A. Morin, D. Leblanc

High level production of 3-cyano-6-hydroxypyridine from 3-cyanopyridine by Comamonas testosteroni MCI2848 Original Research Article
Pages 143-147
M. Ueda, M. Yasuda, T. Sakamoto, Y. Morimoto

Investigation of the β-glucosidases potentialities of yeast strains and application to bound aromatic terpenols liberation Original Research Article
Pages 149-157
Y. Gueguen, P. Chemardin, G. Janbon, A. Arnaud, P. Galzy

Selection and study of a Candida molischiana mutant derepressed for β-glucosidase production: application to flavor development of wines and fruit juices Original Research Article
Pages 159-165
Y. Gueguen, P. Chemardin, G. Janbon, A. Arnaud, P. Galzy

Microbial degradation of 2,5-diketopiperazines Original Research Article
Pages 167-171
Hiroshi Kanzaki, Kazuyoshi Kawazu

Production of novel derivatives of a gastrin antagonist (GW1) using biotransformation Original Research Article
Pages 173-176
Andrew Blackaby, Michael J. Dawson, Richard M. Hall, Carol A. Jones, Andrew R. Knaggs, Peter S. Marshall, Nick L. Taylor, Philip Sidebottom, Graham Webb

Characterization of some isoprenoid-biosynthetic enzymes from plant cell cultures Original Research Article
Pages 177-184
Robert van der Heijden, Anna E. Schulte, Ana C. Ramos Valdivia, Robert Verpoorte

A DRASTIC (Diffuse Reflectance Absorbance Spectroscopy Taking in Chemometrics) approach for the rapid analysis of microbial fermentation products: Quantification of aristeromycin and neplanocin A in Streptomyces citricolor broths Original Research Article
Pages 185-191
Michael K. Winson, Martin Todd, Brian A.M. Rudd, Alun Jones, Bjørn K. Alsberg, Andrew M. Woodward, Royston Goodacre, Jem J. Rowland, Douglas B. Kell

Screening for alkyl sulfosuccinate degrading microorganisms Original Research Article
Pages 193-200
M. Prokšová, A. Vrbanová, J. Augustín, J. Harichová, D. Tóth

Isolation, partial purification and characterization of a novel cyclic dipeptidase Original Research Article
Pages 201-210
David P. Pantaleone, David A. Giegel, Denise Schnell

Alkane hydroxylase systems in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains able to grow on n-octane Original Research Article
Pages 211-215
Jan B. van Beilen, Liesbeth Veenhoff, Bernard Witholt

Screening tropical microbial biodiversity for biotechnological applications: An overview Original Research Article
Pages 217-223
M.C. Srinivasan

Screening cultures using solid state fermentation Original Research Article
Pages 225-229
Shrikumar Suryanarayan, Jyothi A Kamath, Ramavana Gururaja

Screening for microorganisms converting limonene into carvone Original Research Article
Pages 231-234
M.J. van der Werf, J.A.M. de Bont

The microbial product library for high-throughput screening at Lepetit Research center Original Research Article
Pages 235-238
A. Borghi, L. Cavaletti, F. Sponga, N. Montanini, W. Pollini, C. Quarta, F. Marinelli

Screening for polysaccharide-degrading micro-organisms Original Research Article
Pages 239-245
H.J. Ruijssenaars, L.G. van de Wiel, S. Hartmans

Multifunctional enzymes for the synthesis of 2′-deoxynucleoside triphosphates and their incorporation in DNA Original Research Article
Pages 247-258
Roxana Havlina, Birgit Cech, Rudi Holland

Deep-sea, new resource for screening of biocatalysts Original Research Article
Pages 259-263
Hideki Kobayashi, Hideto Takami, Akira Inoue, Koki Horikoshi

Isolation of a chitosan degrading fungus, Penicillium spinulosum, and chitosanase production by the isolate Original Research Article
Pages 265-268
Ö. Ak, U. Bakir, T. Güray

Author index
Pages 269-270