Papers published in 1995

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Papers Published in 1995

Eioresource Technology 55 (1996) III-XI 8 1996 Published by Elsevier Science Limited

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME 51

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Biosurfactants production and possible uses in microbial enhanced oil recovery and oil pollution remediation: a review I. M. BANAT (United Arab Emirates)

Vegetated filter strips for wastewater purification: a review A. N. DELGADO, E. L. PERIAGO & F. D.-F. VIQUEIRA (Spain)

Saccharification of agro-waste materials by fungal cellulases and hemicellulases B. C. OKEKE & S. K. C. OBI (Nigeria)

Growth and protein utilization by juvenile catfish (C/arias gariepinus) fed dry diets containing co-dried lactic-acid-fermented fish-silage and protein feedstuffs 0. FAGBENRO &K. JAUNCEY (UK)

Continuous degradation of phenol by Rhodococcus sp. immobilized on granular activated carbon and in calcium alginate SHWU-LING PAI, YU-LAN HSU, NYUK-MIN CHONG, CHING-SEN SHEU & CHEI-HSIANG CHEN (Republic of China)

A techno-economical comparison of three processes for the production of ethanol from pine M. VON SIVERS 81 G. ZACCHI (Sweden)

Biodiesel fueled IDI engines: performances, emissions and heat release investigation D. LAFORGIA & V. ARDITO (Italy)

Isolation and characterization of Closfridium hobsonii comb. nov. V. K. SHARMA & J. C. HAGEN (USA)

Anaerobic degradation of butyrate in a UASB reactor H. H. P. FANG, HO-KWONG CHUI & YU-YOU LI (Hong Kong)

Studies on the composition of Pinus pinasterfoliage G.VAZQUEZ, G. ANTORRENA, J. GONZALEZ & S. FREIRE (Spain)

Volatile fatty acids production by mesophilic fermentation of mechanically-sorted urban organic wastes in a plug-flow reactor C. SANS, J. MATA-ALVAREZ (Spain), F. CECCHI, P. PAVAN & A. BASSETTI (Italy)

Short Communication 97

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Utilization of water hyacinth for oyster mushroom cultivation A. G. MURUGESAN, G. S. VIJAYALAKSHMI, N. SUKUMARAN &C. MARIAPPAN (India)

Book Review

Calendar of Events

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Fermeptative production of 2,3-butanediol: a review S. K. GARG &A. JAIN (India)

Chemical composition of cyanobacteria grown in diluted, aerated swine wastewater R. 0. CANIZARES-VILLANUEVA, A. R. DOM/NGUEZ, M. S. CRUZ 81 E. R/OS-LEAL (Mexico)

The effects of organic and inorganic amendments on soil physical properties and maize production in a severely degraded sandy soil in southern Nigeria M. E. OBI & P. 0. EBO (Nigeria)

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Iv Papers published in 1995

125 Evaluation of parameters related to chemical and agrobiological qualities of wheat-straw composts including different additives M.-J. BLANC0 &G. ALMENDROS (Spain)

135 Nutrient status of wastewater in a fertilizer-factory-waste discharge equalization basin B. N. UBA &J. A. EKUNDAYO (Nigeria)

143 Microbiological characteristics of wastewaters from a nitrogen- and phosphate-based fertilizer factory B. N. UBA (Nigeria)

153 Kinetics of Eucalyptus wood fractionation in acetic acid-HCI-water media J. C. PARAJG, J. L. ALONSO & V. SANTOS (Spain)

163 A farm scale study on the use of De-Odorase for reducing odour and ammonia emissions from intensive fattening piggeries M. AMON, M. DOBEIC (Slovenia), T. H. MISSELBROOK, B. F. PAIN, V. R. PHILLIPS & R. W. SNEATH (UK)

171 Production of cellulase, xylanase and polygalacturonase by Verficillium tricorpus on different substrates A. H. BAHKALI (Saudi Arabia)

175 Immobilization of alkaline phosphatase by sorption on Na-sepiolite M. S. CARRASCO, J. C. RAD & S. GONZALEZ-CARCEDO (Spain)

183 Glycosidases in tissues of some Brassicaceae, Radish-root 6-amylase: extraction, purification and characterization M. M. RASHAD, E. W. JWANNY, S. T. EL-SAYED, A. E. MAHMOUD & N. M. ABDALLAH (Egypt)

187 Lignin-phenol-formaldehyde adhesives for exterior grade plywoods G. VAZQUEZ, G. ANTORRENA, J. GONZALEZ &J. MAYOR (Spain)

193 Bioconcentration of zinc, lead and chromium in serially-connected sewage-fed fish ponds S. BALASUBRAMANIAN, R. PAPPATHI & S. P. RAJ (India)

lgg Effect of fly-ash application on yield and nutrient composition of rice, wheat and on pH and available nutrient status of soils R. SIKKA & B. D. KANSAL (India)

205 Hydraulic conductivity of compacted municipal solid waste TEN-HONG CHEN (People’s Republic of China) & D. P. CHYNOWETH (USA)

213 Sludge granulation in a UASB reactor for the treatment of soda-anthraquinone chemical wheat-straw pulp black liquor HE YAN-LING, GENG XING-LIAN & YANG SHU-HUI (People’s Republic of China)

217 Copra waste-a novel substrate for solid-state fermentation A. PANDEY, L. ASHAKUMARY & P. SELVAKUMAR (India)

221 Correlated effects during the bioconversion of waste olive waters by Lentinus edodes V. VINCIGUERRA, A. D’ANNIBALE, G. DELLE MONACHE &G. GIOVANNOZZI SERMANNI (Italy)

227 Removal of metals from electroplating wastes using banana pith K. S. LOW, C. K. LEE &A. C. LEO (Malaysia)

233 Efficacy of oil-seed cakes against plant-parasitic nematodes and soil inhabiting fungi on mungbean and chickpea S. A. TIYAGI & M. M. ALAM (India)

241 Crop residue management to conserve soil organic matter content in sugarcane-based crop rotations R. L. YADAV & R. P. VERMA (India)

247 The influence of allometric variation, vertical biomass distribution and sampling procedure on biomass estimates in commercial short-rotation forests B. TELENIUS &T. VERWIJST (Sweden)

255 Xylitol production by Candida guilliermondii as an approach for the utilization of agroindustrial residues I. C. ROBERTO, M. G. A. FELIPE, I. M. DE MANCILHA, M. VITOLO, S. SAT0 & S. S. DA SILVA (Brazil)

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259 Changes in physical, chemical and physico-chemical parameters during the cornposting of municiple solid wastes in two plants in Valencia R. CANET & F. POMARES (Spain)

Short Communications 265 Laboratory studies on the culture of the brine shrimp Artemia using organic wastes

J. A. BASIL, V. K. S. NAIR & A. J. THATHEYUS (India)

269 Supression of nematode populations with animal by-products M. AKHTAR & I. MAHMOOD (India)

273 Calendar of Events

275 Contents of Volume 51


Number 1

1 Hydrolysis of corn-cob lignocellulosic residue from pentose preparation E. PRIMO-YUFERA, C. I. GIL-TORTOSA i? F. J. GARCIA-BREIJO (Spain)

5 Effect of slaughterhouse wastes on the water quality of lkpoba River, Nigeria M. 0. BENKA-COKER & 0.0. OJIOR (Nigeria)

13 The conversion of wood lignin to char materials in a fluidized bed of Al-Cu-Cr oxide catalysts B. N. KUZNETSOV & M. L. SHCHIPKO (Russia)

21 On methods for reduction of nucleic acids content in a single-cell protein from gas oil A.-Z. A. ABOU-ZEID, J. A. KHAN & K. 0. ABULNAJA (Saudi Arabia)

25 Modelling of gas pressure effects on anaerobic digestion V. A. VAVILIN, V. B. VASILIEV & S. V. RYTOV (Russia)

33 Recovery of aconitic acid from simulated aqueous effluents of the sugar-cane industry through liquid-liquid extraction G. H. MALMARY, F. MONTEIL, J. R. MOLINIER, H. HANINE, T. CONTE &J. MOURGUES (France)

37 Urban sludge reuse in agriculture: waste treatment and parasitological risk P. G. GASPARD, J. WIART & J. SCHWARTZBROD (France)

41 Accumulation of heavy metals in sewage-grown fishes M. R. RAJAN, S. BALASUBRAMANIAN & S. P. RAJ (India)

45 Optimisation of long-term activated-sludge treatment of winery wastewater M. D. FUMI, G. PARODI, E. PARODI, A. SILVA & R. MARCHETTI (Italy)

53 Estimating branchwood biomass of a tropical hill-forest stand S. IBRAHIM (Malaysia)

59 Fractionation of residual lignocellulosics by dilute-acid prehydrolysis and alkaline extraction: application to almond shells J. M. MARTfNEZ, J. M. GRANADO, D. MONTANA, J. SALVADG &X. FARRIOL (Spain)

69 Stabilization of poultry processing by-products and poultry carcasses through direct chemical acidification T. CAI, 0. C. PANCORBO, W. C. MERKA, J. E. SANDER & H. M. BARNHART (USA)

79 Biosorption of basic dyes by water hyacinth roots K. S. LOW, C. K. LEE & K. K. TAN (Malaysia)

Short Communications 85 Recycling of cattle dung, biogas plant-effluent and water hyacinth in vermiculture

P. R. BALASUBRAMANIAN & R. K. BAI (India)

89 A note on the utilisation of spent mushroom composts in animal feeds C. K. ZHANG, F. GONG & D. S. LI (People’s Republic of China) .

93 Batch biomethanation of banana trash and coir pith K. DEIVANAI & R. K. BAI (India)

95 Converting biomass to electricity on a farm-sized scale using downdraft gasification and a spark-ignition engine T. J. B. WARREN, R. POULTER & R. I. PARFll-f (UK)


VI Papers published in I995

Number 2

101 Organic liners for the sealing of earthen reservoirs S. F. BARRINGTON, R. STILBORN & R. G. MORENO’(CanadaI

109 Evaluation of hydrolysis conditions of cellulosic materials by Penicillium cellulase 0. F. CASTELLANOS, A. P. SINITSYN & E. Yu. VLASENKO (Russia)

119 Comparative evaluation of hydrolytic efficiency toward microcrystalline cellulose of Penicillium and Trichoderma cellulases 0. F. CASTELLANOS, A. P. SINITSYN &E. Yu. VLASENKO (Russia)

125 Waste biogas residual slurry as an adsorbent for the removal of Pb(ll) from aqueous solution and radiator manufacturing industry wastewater C. NAMASIVAYAM & R. T. YAMUNA (India)

133 Microbiological and biochemical changes during the cornposting of oil palm empty-fruit-bunches. Effect of nitrogen supplementation on the substrate J. J. THAMBIRAJAH, M. D. ZULKALI & M. A. HASHIM (Malaysia)

145 An energy budget and efficiency of sewage-fed fish ponds S. BALASUBRAMANIAN, R. PAPPATHI & S. P. RAJ (India)

151 Tertiary treatment of cheese factory anaerobic effluent with Phormidium bohneriand Micractinium pusillum R. BLIER, G. LALIBERTE &J. DE LA NOUE (Canada)

157 Effect of organic loading rate on anaerobic treatment of slaughterhouse wastewater in a fluidised-bed reactor R. BORJA (Spain), C. J. BANKS & ZHENGJIAN WANG (UK)

163 Kinetic evaluation of an anaerobic fluidised-bed reactor treating slaughterhouse wastewater R. BORJA (Spain), C. J. BANKS & ZHENGJIAN WANG (UK)

169 Solvent-free wood esterification with fatty acid chlorides S. THIEBAUD & M. E. BORREDON (France)

175 Microbial biomass and activity in a grassland soil amended with different application rates of silage effluent- a laboratory study R. D. BARDGETT, L. JAMES & D. K. LEEMANS (UK)

181 Saussurea lappa (kuth) as a new source of inulin for fermentative production of inulinase in a laboratory stirred fermenter P VISWANATHAN & P. R. KULKARNI (India)

185 Emissions and power characteristics of diesel engines on methyl soyate and diesel fuel blends Y. ALI, M. A. HANNA & L. I. LEVITICUS (USA)

197 Microbial protein production by Paecilomyces variotiicultivated in eucalyptus hemicellulosic hydrolyzate J. B. A. E SILVA, I. M. DE MANCILHA, M. C. D. VANNETTI & M. A. TEIXEIRA (Brazil)


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203 Effect of micro-aeration on the growth of Candida pseudotropicalis and production of ethanol during batch fermentation of cheese whey A. E. GHALY &A. A. EL-TAWEEL (Canada)

219 Xylitol recovery from fermented sugarcane bagasse hydrolyzate P. V. GURGEL, I. M. MANCILHA, R. P. PECANHA &J. F. M. SIQUEIRA (Brazil)

225 The influence of SO2 and H,SO, impregnation of willow prior to steam pretreatment R. EKLUND, M. GALBE & G. ZACCHI (Sweden)

231 Quantification of polyisoprenes from some promising euphorbs N. RATTI, 0. P. SIDHU & H. M. BEHL (India)

237 Optimization of diesel, methyl tallowate and ethanol blend for reducing emissions from diesel engine Y. ALI, M. A. HANNA &J. E. BORG (USA)

245 Biochemical methane potential and solid state anaerobic digestion of Korean food wastes J. K. CHO, S. C. PARK & H. N. CHANG (Korea)

255 Enteromorpha clafhrata: a potential seawater-irrigated crop B. MOLL & J. DEIKMAN (USA)

Papers published in 1995 VII

261 Column studies into the adsorption of chromium (VI) using sphagnum moss peat D. C. SHARMA & C. F. FORSTER (UK)

269 Calorific values and flammability for forest wastes during the seasons of the year J. A. RODRiGUEZ ANGN, F. FRAGA LGPEZ, J. PROUPiN CASTINEIRAS, J. PALACIOS LED0 & L. NUNEZ REGUEIRA (Spain)

275 UK strategy for centralised anaerobic digestion S. DAGNALL (UK)

Short Communications 281 The value of cowpea husk to the goat

A. A. ADELOYE (Nigeria)

283 Construction and evaluation of a timber-drying solar kiln I. A. FUWAPE &J. A. FUWAPE (Nigeria)

287 Book Reviews

289 Announcements




Number 1

1 Survival of Salmonella typhimurium in soil and liquid microcosms amended with clinoptilolite compounds S. C. RICKE, S. D. PILLAI, K. W. WIDMER & S. D. HA (USA)

7 Production of phytase during solid state fementation using Aspergihs ficuum NRRL 3135 in canola meal A. EBUNE, S. AL-ASHEH &Z. DUVNJAK (Canada)

13 Effect of composting on sewage sludges contaminated with heavy metals C. GARCIA, J. L. MORENO, T. HERNANDEZ, F. COSTA & A. POLO (Spain)

21 Evaluation of parameter estimation methods for estimating cellulase binding constants M. K. BOTHWELL & L. P. WALKER (USA)

31 Extraction of cyclic amide amidohydrolase from green hulls of Pisum safivum and its use as biocatalyst for N-carbamyl amino acids A. MORIN, E. POITRAS, C. MORESOLI 81 F. BRION (Canada)

39 The effluent of natural rubber factories is enriched in the antifungal protein hevein U. M. S. SOEDJANAATMADJA, T. SUBROTO (Indonesia) &J. J. BEINTEMA (The Netherlands)

43 Re-use of industrial orange wastes as organic fertilizers C. CORREIA GUERRERO, J. CARRASCO DE BRITO, N. LAPA & J. F. SANTOS OLIVEIRA (Portugal)

53 Concentrations and relative availabilities of heavy metals in urban solid wastes of Hyderabad, India K. J. RAO & M. V. SHANTARAM (India)

57 Simultaneous removal of carbonaceous and nitrogenous pollutants by a plunging liquid jet bioreactor with crossflow filtration operated under intermittent aeration K. YAMAGIWA, Y. OOHIRA &A. OHKAWA (Japan)

63 Utilization of Saudi date sugars in production of baker’s yeast J. A. KHAN, K. 0. ABULNAJA, T. A. KUMOSANI &A.-Z. A. ABOU-ZAID (Saudi Arabia)

67 Soda-anthraquinone pulping of Hibiscus sabdariffa (karkadeh) and Calotropis procera from Sudan P. KHRISTOVA (Sudan) & M. TISSOT (France)

73 Effects of shallow soil-injected animal blood on pasture growth and soil nitrogen S. G. ABBAS & M. A. CHOUDHARY (New Zealand)

79 Phosphatase and P-glucosidase activities in humic substances from animal wastes C. GARCjA (Spain), B. CECCANTI, G. MASCIANDARO (Italy) &T. HERNANDEZ (Spain)

Short Communications 89 Extraction and utilization of Afielia africana seed oil

V. I. E. AJIWE, C. A. OKEKE & H. U. AGBO (Nigeria)

91 Effect of Phanerochaete chrysosporium on transformations of urea, sulphur-coated urea and peptone in soil T. A. ALI & M. WAINWRIGHT (UK)

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95 Book Reviews

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Number 2

101 Construction and operation of a demonstration biogas plant, problems and prospects R. ABURAS, M. HAMMAD, I. ABU-REESH, S. E. HIARY &S. QOUSOUS (Jordan)

105 Impact of dead bird disposal pits on ground-water quality on the Delmarva Peninsula W. F. RllTER &A. E. M. CHIRNSIDE (USA)

113 High temporal resolution measurement of nitrate uptake from flowing solutions D. RAJ RAMAN, R. M. SPANSWICK & L. P. WALKER (USA)

125 The kinetics of nitrate uptake from flowing solutions by rice: influence of pretreatment and light D. RAJ RAMAN, R. M. SPANSWICK 81 L. P. WALKER (USA)

I33 Increasing ligninolytic enzyme activities in several white-rot Basidiomycetes by nitrogen-sufficient media E. E. J. KAAL (USA), J. A. FIELD (The Netherlands) &T. W. JOYCE (USA)

141 Removal of nitrogen and phosphorus in batch reactors with fibrous packing H. H. P. FANG&J. W. C. LING (Hong Kong)

147 Production of biogas from night soil at psychrophilic temperature L. SINGH, M. S. MAURYA, K. V. RAMANA &S. I. ALAM (India)

151 Spent pig litter as fertilizer for growing vegetables N. F. Y. TAM &Y. S. WONG (Hong Kong)

157 Rural waste management in a south Indian village-a case study M. CHOWDE GOWDA (India), G. S. V. RAGHAVAN, B. RANGANNA & S. BARRINGTON (Canada)

165 Conversion of waste biomass (pea-shells) into hydrogen and methane through anaerobic digestion V. C. KALIA &A. P. JOSHI (India)

169 Biomass and biofertilizer production by Sesbania cannabina in alkaline soil D. L. N. RAO & H. S. GILL (India)

173 Federal tax incentives and disincentives for the adoption of wood-fuel electric-generating technologies L. J. HILL &S. W. HADLEY (USA)

Short Communications 179 Physico-chemical attributes of wild mango (Irvingia gabonensis) seeds

J. K. JOSEPH (Nigeria)

183 Extraction and utilization of breadfruit seed oil (Treculia africana) V. I. E. AJIWE, C. A. OKEKE & H. U. AGBO (Nigeria)

185 Changes in the gross chemical composition of mass cultures of the marine microalga Dunaliella fertiolecfawith different aeration rates, J. FABREGAS, L. FERRON, J. ABALDE, B. CABEZAS &A. OTERO (Spain)

189 Occurrence of Closfridium tyrobutyricum in cattle slurry and fresh forage grasses Z. LANG0 (Hungary) & H. HEINONEN-TANSKI (Finland)


Number 3

195 Fungal biosorption-an alternative treatment option for heavy metal bearing wastewaters: a review A. KAPOOR &T. VIRARAGHAVAN (Canada)

207 Treatment of swine wastes by a high-rate-modified-anaerobic-process (HRAMP) S. J. MONTALVO (Cuba)

211 Waste drilling-fluid-utilising microorganisms in a tropical mangrove swamp oilfield location M. 0. BENKA-COKER &A. OLUMAGIN (Nigeria)

217 Simultaneousproduction of ethanol and kraft pulp from pine (Pinus radiata) using steam explosion R. SAN MARTIN, C. PEREZ & R. BRIONES (Chile)

225 Experimental design for optimization of cyanobacterial biomass production in a low-cost bioreactor P. SATHIYAMOORTHY & S. SHANMUGASUNDARAM (India)

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231 l&activation characteristics of preserved anaerobic granular sludges B.-U. BAE, H.-S. SHIN, B.-C. PAIK 81 J.-C. CHUNG (Korea)

237 Cucumber cultivation on some wastes during their aerobic composting 0. KOSTOV, Y. TZVETKOV, N. KALOIANOVA (Bulgaria) & 0. VAN CLEEMPUT (Belgium)

243 Testing of alternative diesel fuel from tallow and soybean oil in Cummins N14-410 diesel engine Y. ALI, K. M. ESKRIDGE 61 M. A. HANNA (USA)

255 Obstacles in the implementation of anaerobic treatment technology M. S. SWI-IZENBAUM (USA)

263 Enzymatic synthesis of dodecyl.&oglucopyranoside catalyzed by Candida molischiana 35M5N /3-glucosidase Y. GUEGUEN, P. CHEMARDIN, P. POMMARES, A. ARNAUD & P. GALZY (France)

269 On the kinetics and effectiveness of immobilized whole-cell batch cultures B. PRASAD & I. M. MISHRA (India)

277 A practical enzymatic method to estimate wheat straw quality as raw material for mushroom cultivation N. CHALAUX, S. LIBMOND & J.-M. SAVOIE (France)



Number 1


1 A comoarison of some chemical oroperties of Garcinia &o/a and hoos for assessment of Garcinia brewing value E. 0. GGU &R. C. AGU (Nigeria)’ ’

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Phenol polymerization and precipitation by horseradish peroxidase enzyme and an additive J. A. NICELL, K. W. SAADI & I. D. BUCHANAN (Canada)

Removal of nitrogen from swine manure wastewaters by ammonia stripping P. H. LIAO, A. CHEN & K. V. LO (Canada)

Co-composting of sweet sorghum biomass with different nitrogen sources A. M. RODRIGUES, L. J. FERREIRA, A. L. FERNANDO, P. URBAN0 &J. SANTOS OLIVEIRA (Portugal)

Isolation and characterization of a phenol-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium from swine manure R. BOOPATHY (USA)

Large-scale production of Eichhornia crassipes on paper industry effluent M.-L. DE CASABIANCA (France)

Eichhornia crassipes production on petroliferous wastewaters: effects of salinity M.-L. DE CASABIANCA &T. LAUGIER (France)

Influences of carbon source and C/N ratio on nitrate/nitrite denitrification and carbon breakthrough JIUNN-JYE HER & JU-SHENG HUANG (Republic of China)

Effect of intermittent-cycle extended-aeration treatment on the fate of carbonaceous material in pig slurry J. R. BICUDO (Portugal) & I. F. SVOBODA (UK)

Effects of intermittent-cycle extended-aeration treatment on the fate of nutrients, metals and bacterial indicators in pig slurry J. R. BICUDO (Portugal) & I. F. SVOBODA (UK)

Sulphate reduction by aggregates of sulphate-reducing bacteria and homo-acetogenic bacteria in a lab-scale gas-lift reactor R. T. VAN HOUTEN, S. J. W. H. OUDE ELFERINK, S. E. VAN HAMEL, L. W. HULSHOFF POL & G. LETTINGA (The Netherlands)

Short Communications 81 Influence of culture conditions on the production of lipase of Hendersonula foruloidea

F. J. C. ODIBO, U. 0. OKEREKE &C A. OYEKA (Nigeria)

85 Studies on the effect of particle size on solid-state fermentation of sugarcane bagasse into animal feed using white-rot fungi F. ZADRAZIL &A. K. PUNIYA (Germany)

89 Announcement


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Number 2

93 Soil organic matter and NPK status as influenced by integrated use of green manure, crop residues, cane trash and urea N in sugarcane-based crop sequences R. L. YADAV (India)

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Short-chain organic acids produced on glucose, lactose, and citrate media by Enterococcus faecalis, Lactobacillus casei, and Enterobacter aerogenes strains D. URDANETA, D. RAFFE, A. FERRER, B. SULBARAN DE FERRER, L. CABRERA & M. PEREZ (Venezuela)

Acidogenic fermentation of organic urban wastes in a plug-flow reactor under thermophilic conditions C. SANS, J. MATA-ALVAREZ (Spain), F. CECCHI, P. PAVAN 81 A. BASSETTI (Italy)

Adsorption of lauryl benzyl sulphonate on algae N. A. FERNADEZ, E. CHACIN, E. GUTIERREZ, N. ALASTRE, B. LLAMOZA (Venezuela) & C. F. FORSTER (UK)

Full factorial design to study fermentative production of inulinase using inulin from kuth (Sawsurea lappa) root powder by Aspergillus niger van Teighem UVl 1 mutant P. VISWANATHAN & P. R. KULKARNI (India)

Biomass production and nutrient recycling through litter from pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.) D. L. N. RAO & H. S. GILL (India)

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Fractionation and pretreatment of orange peel by dilute acid hydrolysis K. GROHMANN, R. G. CAMERON & B. S. BUSLIG (USA)

Evaluation of sophorolipid biosurfactant production by Candida bombicola using animal fat M. DESHPANDE & L. DANIELS (USA)

Abundance of sulphate-reducing bacteria in Niger Delta oilfield waters M. 0. BENKA-COKER, W. METSEAGHARUN &J. A. EKUNDAYO (Nigeria)

Methane emission and methanogen status of Indian rice soil A. C. MPHANDE, R. K. MALIK & P. TAURO (India)

Monitoring process efficiency of a full-scale in-vessel system for cornposting fisheries wastes P. H. LIAO, A. C. MAY&S. T. CHIENG (Canada)

Mortality rates of fecal bacteria in subsoil amended with poultry manure Q. ZHAI, M. S. COYNE & R. I. BARNHISEL (USA)

Modelling hydrogen partial pressure change as a result-of competition between the butyric and propionic groups of acidogenic bacteria V. A. VAVILIN, S. V. RYTOW 81 L. YA. LOKSHINA (Russia)

Effect of humic substances from vine-canes mature compost on tomato seedling growth M. D. LUlAKlS & S. I. PETSAS (Greece)

Removal of chromium from aqueous solution C. K. LEE, K. S. LOW & K. 1. KEK (Malaysia)

Hydrolysis of potato processing waste for the production of poly+-hydroxybutyrate D. RUSENDI &J. D. SHEPPARD (Canada)

Research and development on an integrated and wastefree utilization of horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastaneum) seeds G. MARTON &A. BAKAN (Hungary)

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Developments in wastewater treatment in the meat processing industry: a review M. R. JOHNS (Australia) Role of plant symbionts in nematode management: a review Z. A. SIDDIQUI & I. MAHMOOD (India) Some observations on the management of the wilt disease complex of pigeonpea by treatment with a vesicular arbuscular fungus and biocontrol agents for nematodes Z. A. SIDDIQUI & I. MAHMOOD (India) Carbon monoxide production from land applied cheese whey D. K. BULLOCK, C. L. HANSEN &S. E. POE (USA) Citric acid production by Aspergillus niger in solid-substrate fermentation M. Y. LU, I. S. MADDOX & J. D. BROOKS (New Zealand)

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Effects of phosphate, surfactants and glucose on phytase production and hydrolysis of phytic acid in canola meal by Aspergihs ficuum during solid-state fermentation A. EBUNE, S. AL-ASHEH & Z. DUVNJAK (Canada) Effects of synthetic nutrient carriers on the fruiting of Pleufotus ostreatus var. columbinus K. K. TSHINYANGU &G. L. HENNEBERT (Belgium) Feasibility of using primary-sludge mesophilic hydrolysis for biological removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater R. CANZIANI, A. POLLICE & M. RAGAZZI (Italy) Gas production and digestion efficiency of sewage sludge containing elevated toxic metals M. H. WONG &Y. H. CHEUNG (Hong Kong) Anaerobic treatment of saline wastewaters under high sulphide and ammonia content F. OMIL, R. MENDEZ &J. M. LEMA (Spain) Effects of compost stability on plant growth, microbiological parameters and nitrogen availability in media containing mixed garden-waste compost A. A. KEELING, B. S. GRIFFITHS, K. RITZ & M. MYERS (UK) Socioeconomic analysis of fuelwood use in a rural area of Turkey M. F. TURKER & K. KAYGUSUZ (Turkey) The use of feather meal as a replacement for fish meal in the diet of Oreochromis niloticus fry C. D. BISHOP, R. A. ANGUS & S. A. WATTS (USA) Sludge production in rotating biological contactors with supplemental aeration and an enlarged first stage R. Y. SURAMPALLI &E. R. BAUMANN (USA) Two-stage acid-catalyzed fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass in aqueous ethanol systems at low temperatures M. G. PAPATHEOFANOUS, E. BILLA, D. P. KOULLAS (Greece), B. MONTIES (France) & E. G. KOUKIOS (Greece) The recovery of lignocellulose-degrading enzymes from spent mushroom compost A. S. BALL &A. M. JACKSON (UK) A study of inulinase production in Aspergihs niger using fractional factorial design V. POORNA & P. R. KULKARNI (India)

Short Communications 321 Solid-state fermentation of soyhull for the production of cellulase

KRISHNA JHA, S. K. KHARE &A. P. GANDHI (India) 323 Citric acid production from okara (soy-residue) by solid-state fermentation

S. K. KHARE, KRISHNA JHA &A. P. GANDHI (India) 327 Calendar of Events 329 Contents of Volume 54

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