THE JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Vol. 45 No.3 (1999)

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CONTENTS

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Production alkaline protease by a genetically engineered Aspergillus oryzae U1521
by W. Samarntarn, S. Cheevadhanarak, and M. Tanticharoen----------------------------------------------99

A new tye of flagellin gene in Pseudomonas putida

by S. Senapin, U. Chaisri, S. Panyim, and S. Tungpradabkul ----------------------------------------------105

Effect of citric acid on the biosynthesis and composition of xanthan

by A. K. Jana and P. Ghosh -----------------------------------------------------------------------115

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Short Communications

Uptake of free and complexed silver ions by yeasts isolated from a gold mining industry in Brazil

by N. C. M. Gomes, C. A. Rosa, P. F. Pimentel, V. R. Linardi,
and L. C. S. Mendonca-Hagler ----------------------------------------------------------------------121

Substrate specificities in triacylglycerol-secretion by the yeast, Trichosporon sp.

by Y. Nojima, M. Matsumoto, C. Kurose, H. Matsuzaki,
T. Hatano, T. Yagi, and S. Fukui --------------------------------------------------------------------125

Photosynthetic regulatory gene cluster in an aerobic photosynthetic bacterium, Roseobacter denitrificans

by K. Nishimura, H. Shimada, T. Shinmen, T. Obayashi,

T. Masuda, H. Ohta, and K. Takamiya ----------------------------------------------------------------129

Thermal transition profiles of bacteriophage T4 and its DNA

by Y. Kawai ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------135

Improved staining method for detecting Cryptosporidium oocysts in stools using malachite green

by A. Elliot, U. M. Morgan, and R. C. A. Thompson ------------------------------------------------------139
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