Papers published in 2002

Papers published in 2002

CONTENTS OF VOLUME 81

Number 1

1 The root growth of Salix viminalis and Eucalyptus nitens in response to dairy farm pond effluentirrigationR. J. HEATON (UK), R. E. H. SIMS & R. O. TUNGCUL (New Zealand)

7 Composting of de-inking paper sludge with poultry manure at three nitrogen levels using mechanicalturning: behavior of physico-chemical parametersM.-H. CHAREST & C. J. BEAUCHAMP (Canada)

19 Two-stage anaerobic fermentation of organic waste in CSTR and UFAF-reactorsC. HELD, M. WELLACHER, K.-H. ROBRA & G. M. G€UUBITZ (Austria)

25 Bioremediation of gasoline contaminated soil by a bacterial consortium amended with poultry litter,coir pith and rhamnolipid biosurfactantK. S. M. RAHMAN, I. M. BANAT, J. THAHIRA (UK), THA. THAYUMANAVAN& P. LAKSHMANAPERUMALSAMY (India)

33 A comparison of liquid hot water and steam pretreatments of sugar cane bagasse for bioconversion toethanolM. LASER, D. SCHULMAN, S. G. ALLEN, J. LICHWA, M. J. ANTAL JR. & L. R. LYND (USA)

45 Activated carbons prepared from phosphoric acid activation of grain sorghumY. DIAO, W. P. WALAWENDER & L. T. FAN (USA)

53 Effect of sulphur inoculated with Thiobacillus on soil salinity and growth of tropical tree legumesN. P. STAMFORD, A. J. N. SILVA, A. D. S. FREITAS & J. T. ARA�UUJO FILHO (Brazil)

61 Slaughterhouse wastewater treatment: evaluation of a new three-phase separation system in a UASBreactorC. E. T. CAIXETA, M. C. CAMMAROTA & A. M. F. XAVIER (Brazil)

71 Microbial, chemical and physical aspects of citrus waste compostingI. VAN HEERDEN, C. CRONJ�EE, S. H. SWART & J. M. KOTZ�EE (South Africa)

Short Communications

77 Effect of the vesicular–arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungus Glomus fasciculatum on the essential oilyield related characters and nutrient acquisition in the crops of different cultivars of menthol mint(Mentha arvensis) under field conditionsM. L. GUPTA, A. PRASAD, M. RAM & S. KUMAR (India)

81 Nutrient recovery from swine lagoon water by Spirodela punctataJ. CHENG, B. A. BERGMANN, J. J. CLASSEN, A. M. STOMP & J. W. HOWARD (USA)

87 Activated carbon prepared from biomass as adsorbent: elimination of Ni(II) from aqueous solutionK. KADIRVELU, P. SENTHILKUMAR, K. THAMARAISELVI & V. SUBBURAM (India)

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Number 2

91 Plant growth-promoting oligosaccharides produced from tomato wasteT. SUZUKI, K. TOMITA-YOKOTANI, H. TSUBURA, S. YOSHIDA, I. KUSAKABE, K. YAMADA, Y. MIKI& K. HASEGAWA (Japan)

97 Chemical characteristics of Malian and Belgian solid waste compostsM. SOUMAR�EE, A. DEMEYER, F. M. G. TACK & M. G. VERLOO (Belgium)

103 The influence of earthworm-processed pig manure on the growth and productivity of marigoldsR. M. ATIYEH, N. Q. ARANCON, C. A. EDWARDS & J. D. METZGER (USA)

109 Simulation of a cross-flow shrinking-bed reactor for the hydrolysis of lignocellulosicsA. O. CONVERSE (USA)

117 Relative efficacy of different distillery effluents on growth, nitrogen fixation and yield of groundnutS. RAMANA, A. K. BISWAS, A. B. SINGH & R. B. R. YADAVA (India)

123 The effect of aeration on the biotransformation of lignocellulosic wastes by white-rot fungiM. J. L�OOPEZ, M. A. ELORRIETA, M. C. VARGAS-GARC�IIA, F. SU�AAREZ-ESTRELLA & J. MORENO (Spain)

131 Optimization of urease immobilization onto non-porous HEMA incorporated poly(EGDMA)microbeads and estimation of kinetic parametersF. AYHAN, H. AYHAN, E. PIS�KIN & A. TANYOLAC� (Turkey)

141 Preliminary studies on TCF bleaching of Pinus pinaster acetosolv pulpsG. V�AAZQUEZ, J. GONZ�AALEZ-�AALVAREZ, E. M. RODR�IIGUEZ, S. FREIRE & G. ANTORRENA (Spain)


151 Petiolar felt-sheath of palm: a new biosorbent for the removal of heavy metals from contaminatedwaterM. IQBAL, A. SAEED & N. AKHTAR (Pakistan)

155 Decolourisation of the textile dye Astrazon Red FBL by Funalia trogii pelletsO. YESILADA, S. CING & D. ASMA (Turkey)

159 Utilization of waste materials for outdoor wintering of Apis mellifera L. coloniesD. P. ABROL (India)

163 Bioconversion of eucalyptus bark waste into soil conditionerK. R. YADAV, R. K. SHARMA & R. M. KOTHARI (India)


Number 3

167 Biosorption of heavy metals using whole mold mycelia and parts thereofW. Y. BAIK, J. H. BAE, K. M. CHO (South Korea) & W. HARTMEIER (Germany)

171 Process balance and product quality in the production of natural indigo from Polygonum tinctoriumAit. applying low-technology methodsT. BECHTOLD, A. TURCANU, S. GEISSLER & E. GANGLBERGER (Austria)

179 Composting of fish offal and biosolids in northwestern PatagoniaF. LAOS, M. J. MAZZARINO (Argentina), I. WALTER (Spain), L. ROSELLI, P. SATTI & S. MOYANO(Argentina)

II Papers published in 2002

187 Experimental studies for levulinic acid production from whole kernel grain sorghumQ. FANG & M. A. HANNA (USA)

193 Chemi-refiner mechanical pulping of flax shives: refining energy and fiber propertiesM. SAIN, D. FORTIER & E. LAMPRON (Canada)

201 Uptake and recovery of gold ions from electroplating wastes using eggshell membraneS.-i. ISHIKAWA, K. SUYAMA, K. ARIHARA & M. ITOH (Japan)

207 Inhibition of nitrate consumption by nitrite in entrapped Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cellsI. GARBAYO, R. LE�OON, J. VIGARA & C. V�IILCHEZ (Spain)

217 Lactic acid production from wheat straw hemicellulose hydrolysate by Lactobacillus pentosus andLactobacillus brevisA. GARDE, G. JONSSON, A. S. SCHMIDT & B. K. AHRING (Denmark)

225 The effect of kaolin particles on the behavior of nitrifying activated sludge unitsJ. L. CAMPOS, J. M. GARRIDO, R. M�EENDEZ & J. M. LEMA (Spain)

233 Pigs as recyclers for nutrients contained in Bermuda grass harvested from spray fieldsT. A. T. G. VAN KEMPEN (USA), I. KIM (USA, Republic of Korea) & E. VAN HEUGTEN (USA)

241 Parameters for the recovery of proteases from surimi wash waterC. A. MIRELES DEWITT & M. T. MORRISSEY (USA)

249 Cadmium removal using Cladophora in batch, semi-batch and flow reactorsS. P. K. STERNBERG & R. W. DORN (USA)

Short Communicatons

257 Lanthanum(III)-catalyzed degradation of cellulose at 250 �CK.-i. SERI, T. SAKAKI, M. SHIBATA, Y. INOUE & H. ISHIDA (Japan)

261 Solid-state production of biopulp by Phanerochaete chrysosporium using steam-exploded wheatstraw as substrateH. CHEN, F. XU & Z. LI (China)

265 Nutritive value of melon husk in the diet of chickensS. S. ABIOLA & A. O. ADEKUNLE (Nigeria)


III Contents of Volume 81


Number 1

1 Effects of SO2 and NO on growth of Chlorella sp. KR-1J.-S. LEE, D.-K. KIM, J.-P. LEE, S.-C. PARK, J.-H. KOH, H.-S. CHO & S.-W. KIM (Republic of Korea)

5 Energy evaluation of forest residues originated from Eucalyptus globulus Labill in GaliciaL. N�UU~NNEZ-REGUEIRA, J. PROUPIN-CASTI~NNEIRAS & J. A. RODRIGUEZ-A~NN�OON (Spain)

15 Characterization of degradation products from alkaline wet oxidation of wheat strawH. B. KLINKE, B. K. AHRING, A. S. SCHMIDT & A. B. THOMSEN (Denmark)

27 Growth rate of Ulva rigida in different Mediterranean eutrophicated sitesM.-L. DE CASABIANCA, N. BARTHELEMY, O. SERRANO (France) & A. SFRISO (Italy)

Papers published in 2002 III

33 Solid state fermentation of broiler litter for production of biocontrol agentsT. T. ADAMS, M. A. EITEMAN & B. M. HANEL (USA)

43 Lipid production by Yarrowia lipolytica growing on industrial glycerol in a single-stage continuouscultureS. PAPANIKOLAOU & G. AGGELIS (Greece)

51 Production of carboxylic acids from hydrolyzed corn meal by immobilized cell fermentation in afibrous-bed bioreactorY. L. HUANG, Z. WU, L. ZHANG, C. M. CHEUNG & S.-T. YANG (USA)

61 Pigeon pea waste as a novel, inexpensive, substrate for production of a thermostable alkaline proteasefrom thermoalkalophilic Bacillus sp. JB-99B. JOHNVESLY, B. R. MANJUNATH & G. R. NAIK (India)

65 Effects of temperatures and organic loading rates on biomethanation of acidic petrochemicalwastewater using an anaerobic upflow fixed-film reactorH. PATEL & D. MADAMWAR (India)

73 Persistence of immobilised and total urease and phosphatase activities in a soil amended with organicwastesJ. A. PASCUAL, J. L. MORENO, T. HERN�AANDEZ & C. GARCIA (Spain)

79 Invertase and urease activities in the carotenogenıc yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous(formerly Phaffia rhodozyma)D. S. PERSIKE, T. M. B. BONFIM, M. H. R. SANTOS, S. M. O. LYNG, M. D. CHIARELLO& J. D. FONTANA (Brazil)

87 Effect of pH on hydrogen production from glucose by a mixed cultureH. H. P. FANG & H. LIU (Hong Kong)


95 Effect of natural rubber processing sludge on the degradation of crude oil hydrocarbons in soilC. O. OKIEIMEN & F. E. OKIEIMEN (Nigeria)

99 Quality of paper boards from arecanut leaf sheathR. RAGHUPATHY, R. VISWANATHAN & CT. DEVADAS (India)

101 Letter from the Editor


Number 2

103 Use of wastewater as a nutrient solution in a closed gravel hydroponic culture of giant reed(Arundo donax)G. MAVROGIANOPOULOS, V. VOGLI & S. KYRITSIS (Greece)

109 Improving laccase production by employing different lignocellulosic wastes in submerged cultures ofTrametes versicolorM. LORENZO, D. MOLDES, S. RODR�IIGUEZ COUTO & A. SANROM�AAN (Spain)

115 Anaerobic digestion of alcohol sulfate (anionic surfactant) rich wastewater – batch experiments.Part I: influence of the surfactant concentrationH. FEITKENHAUER & U. MEYER (Switzerland)

123 Anaerobic digestion of alcohol sulfate (anionic surfactant) rich wastewater – batch experiments.Part II: influence of the hydrophobic chain lengthH. FEITKENHAUER & U. MEYER (Switzerland)

IV Papers published in 2002

131 Bio-degradation of lignin in olive pomace by freshly-isolated species of BasidiomyceteM. S. HADDADIN, R. AL-NATOUR, S. AL-QSOUS (Jordan) & R. K. ROBINSON (UK)

139 Dye biosorption sites in Aspergillus nigerY. FU & T. VIRARAGHAVAN (Canada)

147 Capacity of various experimental diets to support biomass and reproduction of Perionyx excavatusP. S. CHAUDHURI & G. BHATTACHARJEE (India)

151 Anaerobic removal of linear alcohol ethoxylatesV. MEZZANOTTE, E. BOLZACCHINI, M. ORLANDI, A. ROZZI & S. RULLO (Italy)

157 Enhancement of proteolytic enzyme activity excreted from Bacillus stearothermophilus for athermophilic aerobic digestion processY.-K. KIM, J.-H. BAE, B.-K. OH, W. HONG LEE & J.-W. CHOI (South Korea)

165 Vermicomposting of different forms of water hyacinth by the earthworm Eudrilus eugeniae, KinbergS. GAJALAKSHMI, E. V. RAMASAMY & S. A. ABBASI (India)

171 Effect of temperature, anaerobiosis, stirring and salt addition on natural fermentation silage of sardineand sardine wastes in sugarcane molassesM. ZAHAR, N. BENKERROUM, A. GUEROUALI, Y. LARAKI & K. EL YAKOUBI (Morocco)

177 High-temperature alcoholic fermentation of whey using Kluyveromyces marxianus IMB3 yeastimmobilized on delignified cellulosic materialY. KOURKOUTAS, S. DIMITROPOULOU, M. KANELLAKI (Greece), R. MARCHANT, P. NIGAM,I. M. BANAT (UK) & A. A. KOUTINAS (Greece)

183 The evaluation of enhanced nitrification by immobilized biofilm on a clinoptilolite carrierS. J. PARK, H. SOOL LEE & T. IL YOON (Republic of Korea)

191 Preparation and characterisation of gelatine from the skin of harp seal (Phoca groendlandica)J. A. ARNESEN & A. GILDBERG (Norway)

195 Rose hip (Rosa canina L.) oil obtained from waste hip seeds by different extraction methodsK. SZENTMIH�AALYI, P. VINKLER, B. LAKATOS, V. ILL�EES & M. THEN (Hungary)


203 Larvicidal efficacy of Pavonia zeylanica L. and Acacia ferruginea D.C. against Culex quinquefasciatusSay.R. VAHITHA, M. R. VENKATACHALAM, K. MURUGAN & A. JEBANESAN (India)

205 The effects of certain antibiotics on biogas production in the anaerobic digestion of pig waste slurryA. LALLAI, G. MURA & N. ONNIS (Italy)


Number 3

209 Selective production of organic acids in anaerobic acid reactor by pH controlJ.-I. HORIUCHI, T. SHIMIZU, K. TADA, T. KANNO & M. KOBAYASHI (Japan)

215 Effect of synthetic and natural culture media on laccase production by white rot fungiS. S. KAHRAMAN & I. H. GURDAL (Turkey)

219 Influence of type and concentration of flavinogenic factors on production of riboflavinby Eremothecium ashbyii NRRL 1363A. E. KALINGAN & C.-M. LIAO (Taiwan)

Papers published in 2002 V

225 Anaerobic decolorisation of simulated textile wastewater containing azo dyesB. MANU & S. CHAUDHARI (India)

233 Low temperature pre-treatment of domestic sewage in an anaerobic hybrid or an anaerobic filterreactorT. A. ELMITWALLI (The Netherlands), V. SKLYAR (Russia), G. ZEEMAN& G. LETTINGA (The Netherlands)

241 Physico-chemical and chemical properties of some coconut coir dusts for use as a peat substitute forcontainerised ornamental plantsM. ABAD, P. NOGUERA, R. PUCHADES, A. MAQUIEIRA & V. NOGUERA (Spain)

247 Removal of cadmium and mercury ions from aqueous solution by sorption on treated Pinus pinasterbark: kinetics and isothermsG. VAZQUEZ, J. GONZALEZ-ALVAREZ, S. FREIRE, M. LOPEZ-LORENZO & G. ANTORRENA (Spain)

253 Isolation of a biodegradable sterol-rich fraction from industrial wastesA. C. P. DIAS, P. FERNANDES, J. M. S. CABRAL & H. M. PINHEIRO (Portugal)

261 Chloride, sodium, potassium and faecal bacteria levels in surface runoff and subsurface percolatesfrom grassland plots amended with cattle slurryA. NUNEZ-DELGADO, E. LOPEZ-PERIAGO & F. DIAZ-FIERROS VIQUEIRA (Spain)

273 Effect of distillery effluent on seed germination in some vegetable cropsS. RAMANA, A. K. BISWAS, S. KUNDU, J. K. SAHA & R. B. R. YADAVA (India)

277 Oyster mushroom cultivation with rice and wheat strawR. ZHANG (USA), X. LI (People’s Republic of China) & J. G. FADEL (USA)

285 Biosorption of monovalent and divalent ions on baker’s yeastP. VASUDEVAN, V. PADMAVATHY & S. C. DHINGRA (India)

291 Aquacultural and socio-economic aspects of processing carps into some value-added productsH. S. SEHGAL & G. K. SEHGAL (India)

295 Pilot plant recovery of catheptic proteases from surimi wash waterC. A. M. DEWITT & M. T. MORRISSEY (USA)


303 Fatty acid compositions of seed oils of Haematostaphis barteri and Ximenia americanaC. O. EROMOSELE & I. C. EROMOSELE (Nigeria)

305 Book review


II Contents of Volume 82


Number 1

Reviews Issue

1 Hydrylosis of lignocellulosic materials for ethanol production: a reviewY. SUN & J. CHENG (USA)

13 Anaerobic digestion of organic solid poultry slaughterhouse waste – a reviewE. SALMINEN & J. RINTALA (Finland)

VI Papers published in 2002

27 Advances in poultry litter disposal technology – a reviewB. P. KELLEHER, J. J. LEAHY, A. M. HENIHAN, T. F. O’DWYER, D. SUTTON & M. J. LEAHY (Ireland)

37 Energy production from biomass (part 1): overview of biomassP. McKENDRY (UK)

47 Energy production from biomass (part 2): conversion technologiesP. McKENDRY (UK)

55 Energy production from biomass (part 3): gasification technologiesP. McKENDRY (UK)

65 An economic analysis of biomass gasification and power generation in ChinaC. Z. WU, H. HUANG, S. P. ZHENG & X. L. YIN (China)


Number 2

71 Performance comparison of experimental constructed wetlands with different filter media andmacrophytes treating industrial wastewater contaminated with lead and copperM. SCHOLZ (UK) & J. XU (PR China)

81 Growth of ornamental plants in two composts prepared from agroindustrial wastesA. GARCIA-GOMEZ, M. P. BERNAL & A. ROIG (Spain)

89 SCP and crude pectinase production by slurry-state fermentation of lemon pulpsA. DE GREGORIO, G. MANDALARI, N. ARENA, F. NUCITA, M. M. TRIPODO & R. B. LO CURTO (Italy)

95 Arundo donax cane as a precursor for activated carbons preparation by phosphoric acid activationT. VERNERSSON (Sweden), P. R. BONELLI, E. G. CERRELLA & A. L. CUKIERMAN (Argentina)

105 Production and characterization of a thermostable glucoamylase from Streptosporangium sp.endophyte of maize leavesT. L. M. STAMFORD, N. P. STAMFORD, L. C. B. B. COELHO & J. M. ARA �UUJO (Brazil)

111 Optimisation of biodiesel production by sunflower oil transesterificationG. ANTOLIN, F. V. TINAUT, Y. BRICE~NNO, V. CASTA~NNO, C. P�EEREZ & A. I. RAMIREZ (Spain)

115 The yield and composition of switchgrass and coastal panic grass grown as a biofuelin Southern EnglandD. G. CHRISTIAN, A. B. RICHE & N. E. YATES (UK)

125 Immobilized Candida antarctica lipase-catalyzed alcoholysis of cotton seed oil in a solvent-freemedium€OO. K€OOSE, M. T€UUTER & H. AYS�E AKSOY (Turkey)

131 Operational factors and nutrient effects on activated sludge treatment of Pinus radiata kraft millwastewaterM. C. DIEZ, G. CASTILLO, L. AGUILAR, G. VIDAL & M. L. MORA (Chile)

139 Ethanol–acetone pulping of wheat straw. Influence of the cooking and the beating of the pulps on theproperties of the resulting paper sheetsL. JIM�EENEZ, I. P�EEREZ, F. L�OOPEZ, J. ARIZA & A. RODRIGUEZ (Spain)

145 Wastewater sludge as a substrate for growth and carrier for rhizobia: the effect of storage conditionson survival of Sinorhizobium melilotiF. BEN REBAH, R. D. TYAGI & D. PR�EEVOST (Canada)

153 Sugarcane bagasse as alternative packing material for biofiltration of benzene polluted gaseousstreams: a preliminary studyL. SENE (Brazil), A. CONVERTI (Italy), M. G. A. FELIPE (Brazil) & M. ZILLI (Italy)

Papers published in 2002 VII

159 Calcium interference with continuous biosorption of zinc by Sargassum sp. (Phaeophyceae) in tubularlaboratory reactorsF. PESSOA DE FRANC�A, A. P. MORA TAVARES & A. C. AUGUSTO DA COSTA (Brazil)

165 Diffusion of sulfuric acid within lignocellulosic biomass particles and its impacton dilute-acid pretreatmentS. B. KIM & Y. Y. LEE (USA)


Number 3

173 The influence of biomass temperature on biostabilization–biodrying of municipal solid wasteF. ADANI, D. BAIDO, E. CALCATERRA & P. GENEVINI (Italy)

181 Fractionation and characterisation of dissolved organic matter from composting green wastesA. DE GUARDIA, S. BRUNET, D. ROGEAU & G. MATEJKA (France)

189 Effect of carbon source on compost nitrogen and carbon lossesS. BARRINGTON, D. CHOINI�EERE, M. TRIGUI & W. KNIGHT (Canada)

195 A new procedure to produce lignocellulosic anion exchangers from agricultural waste materialsU. S. ORLANDO, A. U. BAES, W. NISHIJIMA & M. OKADA (Japan)

199 Effect of UV radiation on thermotolerance, ethanol tolerance and osmotolerance of Saccharomycescerevisiae VS1 and VS3 strainsM. SRIDHAR, N. KIRAN SREE & L. VENKATESWAR RAO (India)

203 Stratification of solids, nitrogen and phosphorus in swine manure in deep pits under slatted floorsP. M. NDEGWA, J. ZHU & A. LUO (USA)

213 Nitrogen mineralisation potential in calcareous soils amended with sewage sludgeT. HERN�AANDEZ, R. MORAL, A. PEREZ-ESPINOSA, J. MORENO-CASELLES, M. D. PEREZ-MURCIA& C. GARCIA (Spain)

221 Microbial detoxification of waste rubber material by wood-rotting fungiK. BREDBERG, B. E. ANDERSSON, E. LANDFORS & O. HOLST (Sweden)

225 Nitrogen transformations during biological aerobic treatment of pig slurry: effect of intermittentaeration on nitrous oxide emissionsF. B�EELINE & J. MARTINEZ (France)

229 Microbial production of extra-cellular phytase using polystyrene as inert solid supportP. GAUTAM, A. SABU, A. PANDEY (India), G. SZAKACS (Hungary) & C. R. SOCCOL (Brazil)

235 High-rate composting–vermicomposting of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes, Mart. Solms)S. GAJALAKSHMI, E. V. RAMASAMY & S. A. ABBASI (India)

241 Long term effect of municipal waste disposal on soil properties and productivity of sites used for urbanagriculture in Abakaliki, NigeriaM. A. N. ANIKWE & K. C. A. NWOBODO (Nigeria)


251 Use of waste Chinese cabbage as a substrate for yeast biomass productionM. H. CHOI, G. E. JI, K. H. KOH, Y. W. RYU, D. H. JO & Y. H. PARK (Republic of Korea)

255 Effect of potassium salts and distillery effluent on carbon mineralization in soilS. CHANDRA, H. C. JOSHI, H. PATHAK, M. C. JAIN & N. KALRA (India)

VIII Papers published in 2002

259 Effect of thermal and chemical pretreatments on anaerobic ammonium removal in treating septageusing the UASB systemC.-Y. LIN & Y.-S. LEE (Taiwan)

Letters to the Editor

263 Comment on ‘‘Influence on different natural zeolite concentrations on the anaerobic digestion ofpiggery waste’’ [Bioresource Technology, 80 (2001) 37–43]H. S. LEE, S. J. PARK & T. I. YOON (South Korea)

267 Reply to the comments made by H.S. Lee et al. to the Paper: ‘‘Influence on different natural zeoliteconcentration on the anaerobic digestion of piggery waste’’ [Bioresource Technology, 80 (2001) 37–43]Z. MILAN, E. SANCHEZ (Cuba), P. WEILAND (Germany), R. BORJA, A. MARTIN (Spain)& K. ILANGOVAN (Mexico)

Erratum

271 Erratum to ‘‘Enhancement of proteolytic activity excreted from Bacillus stearothermphilus for athermophilic aerobic digestion process’’ [Bioresource Technology, 82 (2002) 157–164]Y.-K. KIM, J.-H. BAE, B.-K. OH, W. H. LEE & J.-W. CHOI (South Korea)


III Contents to Volume 83


Number 1

1 Effectiveness of algae in the treatment of a wood-based pulp and paper industry wastewaterE. TARLAN, F. B. DILEK & U. YETIS (Turkey)

7 The influence of humic acids derived from earthworm-processed organic wastes on plant growthR. M. ATIYEH, S. LEE, C. A. EDWARDS, N. Q. ARANCON & J. D. METZGER (USA)

15 Anaerobic biodegradation of spent sulphite liquor in a UASB reactorT. G. JANTSCH (Sweden, Denmark), I. ANGELIDAKI, J. E. SCHMIDT (Denmark),B. E. BRA~NNA DE HVIDSTEN (Norway) & B. K. AHRING (Denmark)

21 A dual purpose packed-bed reactor for biogas scrubbing and methane-dependent water qualityimprovement applying to a wastewater treatment system consisting of UASB reactor and tricklingfilterY. TANAKA (Japan)

29 Intracellular alkaline proteases produced by thermoacidophiles: detection of protease heterogeneityby gelatin zymography and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)S. KOCABIYIK & B. ERDEM (Turkey)

35 Effect of amino acids and vitamins on laccase production by the bird’s nest fungus Cyathus bulleriS. DHAWAN & R. C. KUHAD (India)

39 Effects of soil amendment on gas depth profiles in soil monoliths using direct mass spectrometricmeasurementS. K. SHEPPARD & D. LLOYD (UK)

49 Sulfur-free lignins from alkaline pulping tested in mortar for use as mortar additivesA. NADIF, D. HUNKELER & P. K€AAUPER (Switzerland)

Papers published in 2002 IX

57 The thermal inactivation of E. coli in straw and pig manureC. TURNER (UK)

63 Process development for heme-enriched peptide by enzymatic hydrolysis of hemoglobinM.-J. IN, H. J. CHAE & N.-S. OH (Republic of Korea)

69 Anaerobic biotransformation of carbon tetrachloride under various electron acceptor conditionsR. BOOPATHY (USA)

75 Rapid thermogravimetric measurements of boiling points and vapor pressure ofsaturated medium- and long-chain triglyceridesJ. W. GOODRUM & D. P. GELLER (USA)

81 Recovery of dairy manure nutrients by benthic freshwater algaeA. C. WILKIE & W. W. MULBRY (USA)


93 Extraction of lipids from Mortierella alpina and enrichment of arachidonic acid from the fungal lipidsM. ZHU, P. P. ZHOU & L. J. YU (People’s Republic of China)

97 Attempts at improving citric acid fermentation by Aspergillus niger in beet-molasses mediumN. Z. ADHAM (Egypt)

101 Long-term operation of slurry bioreactor for decomposition of food wastesJ. I. PARK, Y.-S. YUN & J. M. PARK (Republic of Korea)


Number 2

105 Attenuation of groundwater contamination caused by cattle slurry: a plot-scale experimental studyE. LOPEZ PERIAGO, A. NUNEZ DELGADO & F. DIAZ-FIERROS (Spain)

113 The use of ultrasound and c-irradiation as pre-treatments for the anaerobic digestion of wasteactivated sludge at mesophilic and thermophilic temperaturesS. LAFITTE-TROUQ�EE & C. F. FORSTER (UK)

119 Recovery of resources for advanced life support space applications: effect of retention time onbiodegradation of two crop residues in a fed-batch, continuous stirred tank reactorR. F. STRAYER, B. W. FINGER, M. P. ALAZRAKI, K. COOK & J. L. GARLAND (USA)

129 Assessment of the influence of media particle size on the biofiltration of odorous exhaust ventilationair from a piggery facilityB. A. SHERIDAN, T. P. CURRAN & V. A. DODD (Ireland)

145 Degradation of 4-chlorophenol by the white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium in free andimmobilized culturesH. ZOUARI (Tunisia), M. LABAT (France) & S. SAYADI (Tunisia)

151 Studies on thermal degradation and termite resistant properties of chemically modified woodM. DEKA, C. N. SAIKIA & K. K. BARUAH (India)

159 Effect of long-term application of oil refinery wastewater on soil health with special reference tomicrobiological characteristicsS. HAYAT, I. AHMAD, Z. M. AZAM, A. AHMAD, A. INAM & SAMIULLAH (India)

165 Differential stabilities of alkaline protease inhibitors from actinomycetes: effect of various additives onthermostabilityJ. PANDHARE, K. ZOG & V. V. DESHPANDE (India)

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171 Growth and productivity of different Pleurotus ostreatus strains on sunflower seed hullssupplemented with N–NHþ

4 and/or Mn(II)N. R. CURVETTO, D. FIGLAS, R. DEVALIS & S. DELMASTRO (Argentina)

177 Physical and chemical properties of selected agricultural byproduct-based activated carbonsand their ability to adsorb geosminC. NG, J. N. LOSSO, W. E. MARSHALL & R. M. RAO (USA)

187 Biosolubilization of poorly soluble rock phosphates by Aspergillus tubingensis and Aspergillus nigerM. S. REDDY, S. KUMAR, K. BABITA (India) & M. S. REDDY (USA)


191 The effects of feeding broiler litter on microbial contamination of beef carcassesJ. R. DAVIS, J. K. APPLE, D. H. HELLWIG, E. B. KEGELY & F. W. POHLMAN (USA)

197 Nutrient availability and maize growth in a soil amended with earthworm casts from a South Africanindigeneous speciesS. A. MATERECHERA (South Africa)

203 Effect of ambient temperature on losses of volatile nitrogen compounds from stored laying henmanureE. V. PRATT, S. P. ROSE & A. A. KEELING (UK)


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207 Production of a Pseudomonas lipase in n-alkane substrate and its isolation using an improvedammonium sulfate precipitation techniqueL. KANWAR, B. K. GOGOI & P. GOSWAMI (India)

213 Effects of anaerobic/aerobic incubation and storage temperature on preservation and deodorization ofkitchen garbageQ. WANG (China, Japan), J.-y. NARITA (Japan), W. XIE (China), Y. OHSUMI, K. KUSANO, Y. SHIRAI& H. I. OGAWA (Japan)

221 Phytoremediation of subarctic soil contaminated with diesel fuelM. R. T. PALMROTH (Finland), J. PICHTEL (USA) & J. A. PUHAKKA (Finland)

229 Pollution attenuation by soils receiving cattle slurry after passage of a slurry-like feed solution.Column experimentsA. N�UU~NNEZ-DELGADO, E. L�OOPEZ-PERIAGO & F. DIAZ-FIERROS-VIQUEIRA (Spain)

237 Improvement of the composting time for household waste during an initial low pH phase bymesophilic temperature controlS. SM�AARS, L. GUSTAFSSON, B. BECK-FRIIS & H. J€OONSSON (Sweden)

243 Water soluble fractions of rose-scented geranium (Pelargonium species) essential oilB. R. R. RAO, P. N. KAUL, K. V. SYAMASUNDAR & S. RAMESH (India)

247 The utilization of alkali-treated melon husk by broilersS. S. ABIOLA, A. C. AMALIME & K. C. AKADIRI (Nigeria)

251 Phenolic removal in olive oil mill wastewater by strains of Pleurotus spp. in respect to their phenoloxidase (laccase) activityA. TSIOULPAS, D. DIMOU, D. ICONOMOU & G. AGGELIS (Greece)

259 Production of laccase by a newly isolated strain of Trametes modestaG. S. NYANHONGO (Austria, Zimbabwe), J. GOMES, G. G€UUBITZ (Austria), R. ZVAUYA, J. S. READ(Zimbabwe) & W. STEINER (Austria)

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265 Cadmium removal by living cells of the marine microalga Tetraselmis suecicaM. PEREZ-RAMA, J. A. ALONSO, C. H. L�OOPEZ & E. T. VAAMONDE (Spain)

271 Effect of brewery sludge amendments on some chemical properties of acid soil in potexperimentsN. ERDEM & S. S. OK (Turkey)

275 The performance and potential of faecal separation and urine diversion to recycle plant nutrientsin household wastewaterB. VINNER�AAS & H. J€OONSSON (Sweden)

283 Determination of degradation of radioactivity and its kinetics in aerobic compostingU. _IIPEK, E. €OOBEK, L. AKCA, E. I. ARSLAN, H. HASAR, M. DO�GGRU & O. BAYKARA (Turkey)

287 Flocculation properties of pectin in various suspensionsH. YOKOI, T. OBITA, J. HIROSE, S. HAYASHI & Y. TAKASAKI (Japan)


291 Removal of Ni(II) from aqueous solution by adsorption onto hazelnut shell activated carbon:equilibrium studiesE. DEMIRBAS� , M. KOBYA, S. €OONCEL & S. S�ENCAN (Turkey)

295 Effect of distillery effluents on some physiological aspects in maizeS. RAMANA, A. K. BISWAS & A. B. SINGH (India)

299 Studies on desorption of individual textile dyes and a synthetic dye effluent from dye-adsorbedagricultural residues using solventsT. ROBINSON, B. CHANDRAN & P. NIGAM (UK)

Book Review

303 Handbook of Poultry Feed from Waste. Processing and Use (Published by Kluwer AcademicPublishers, ISBN 0-7923-6465-1, Price NLG 400 USD 196 GBP 124)A. SMITH (UK)


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1 Bio-degradation of olive mill wastewater sludge by its co-composting with agricultural wastesC. PAREDES, M. P. BERNAL, J. CEGARRA & A. ROIG (Spain)

9 The effectiveness of lime, chicken manure and leaf litter ash in ameliorating acidity in a soil previouslyunder black wattle (Acacia mearnsii) plantationS. A. MATERECHERA & T. S. MKHABELA (South Africa)

17 Duckweed (Lemna polyrhiza) leaf meal as a source of feedstuff in formulated diets for rohu(Labeo rohita Ham.) fingerlings after fermentation with a fish intestinal bacteriumA. BAIRAGI, K. SARKAR GHOSH, S. K. SEN & A. K. RAY (India)

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25 Biosynthesis of L-DOPA by Aspergillus oryzaeIKRAM-UL-HAQ, S. ALI & M. A. QADEER (Pakistan)

31 Fermentation of enzymatically saccharified sunflower stalks for ethanol production and its scale upS. K. SHARMA, K. L. KALRA & H. S. GREWAL (India)

35 Palm oil mill effluent treatment by a tropical marine yeastN. OSWAL, P. M. SARMA, S. S. ZINJARDE & A. PANT (India)

39 Properties and application of a partially purified alkaline xylanase from an alkalophilic fungusAspergillus nidulans KK-99K. TANEJA, S. GUPTA & R. C. KUHAD (India)

43 Studies on the removal of dyes from a synthetic textile effluent using barley husk in static-batch modeand in a continuous flow, packed-bed, reactorT. ROBINSON, B. CHANDRAN (UK), G. SATHYA NAIDU (USA) & P. NIGAM (UK)

51 Evaluation of straw as a biofilm carrier in the methanogenic stage of two-stage anaerobic digestion ofcrop residuesJ. ANDERSSON (Sweden) & L. BJ€OORNSSON (Sweden, Australia)

57 Biodegradation of potato slops from a rural distillery by thermophilic aerobic bacteriaE. CIBIS (Poland), C. A. KENT (UK), M. KRZYWONOS, Z. GARNCAREK, B. GARNCAREK& T. MI�SSKIEWICZ (Poland)

63 Assessing changes in Cd phytoavailability to tomato in amended calcareous soilsR. MORAL, A. CORT�EES, I. GOMEZ & J. MATAIX-BENEYTO (Spain)

69 Enhanced production of itaconic acid from corn starch and market refuse fruits by geneticallymanipulated Aspergillus terreus SKR10C. S. K. REDDY & R. P. SINGH (India)

73 New approaches to establish optimum moisture content for compostable materialsE. MADEJ�OON, M. J. D�IIAZ, R. L�OOPEZ & F. CABRERA (Spain)

79 Totally chlorine-free bleaching of flax pulpP. KHRISTOVA, J. TOMKINSON (UK), I. VALCHEV (Bulgaria), I. DIMITROV (UK, Bulgaria)& G. L. JONES (UK)

87 Optimization of protease activity of alkaliphilic bacteria isolated from an alkaline lake in IndiaP. P. KANEKAR, S. S. NILEGAONKAR, S. S. SARNAIK & A. S. KELKAR (India)


95 Characterisation and some possible uses of Plukenetia conophora and Adenopus breviflorus seedsand seed oilsE. T. AKINTAYO & E. BAYER (Germany)

99 Characterization of carex peat using extinction values of humic acidsA. BARAN (Turkey)

103 Cadmium biosorption by Sphingomonas paucimobilis biomassJ. TANGAROMSUK, P. POKETHITIYOOK, M. KRUATRACHUE & E. S. UPATHAM (Thailand)

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107 Composting of a crop residue through treatment with microorganisms and subsequentvermicompostingA. SINGH & S. SHARMA (India)

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113 Production and characterization of pyrolysis liquids from sunflower-pressed bagasseH. F. GERC�EL (Turkey)

119 Effect of pretreatments of three waste residues, wheat straw, corncobs and barley husks ondye adsorptionT. ROBINSON, B. CHANDRAN & P. NIGAM (UK)

125 Single-cell protein production from ram horn hydrolysate by bacteriaE. B. KURBANOGLU & O. F. ALGUR (Turkey)

131 Freundlich adsorption isotherms of agricultural by-product-based powdered activated carbonsin a geosmin–water systemC. NG, J. N. LOSSO, W. E. MARSHALL & R. M. RAO (USA)

137 Growth and yield functions for irrigated plantations of Eucalyptus camaldulensis in the hot desert ofIndiaV. P. TEWARI, A. VERMA & V. S. K. KUMAR (India)

147 Nitrogen transformations during aerobic/anoxic sludge digestionI. AL-GHUSAIN, M. F. HAMODA & M. A. El-GHANY (Kuwait)

155 Biosorption of chromium(VI) from aqueous solution by cone biomass of Pinus sylvestrisH. UCUN, Y. K. BAYHAN, Y. KAYA, A. CAKICI & O. F. ALGUR (Turkey)

159 Utilization of the coconut shell of babac�u (Orbignya sp.) to produce cement-bonded particleboardR. R. ALMEIDA, C. H. S. DEL MENEZZI & D. E. TEIXEIRA (Brazil)

165 Biosorption of phenol from an aqueous solution by Aspergillus niger biomassJ. R. RAO & T. VIRARAGHAVAN (Canada)

173 Effect of some pulverised plant materials on the developmental stages of fish beetle, Dermestesmaculatus Degeer in smoked catfish (Clarias gariepinus) during storageE. A. FASAKIN & B. A. ABEREJO (Nigeria)

179 Characteristics, and carbon and nitrogen dynamics in soil irrigated with wastewater for differentlengths of timeE. RAMIREZ-FUENTES, C. LUCHO-CONSTANTINO, E. ESCAMILLA-SILVA & L. DENDOOVEN(Mexico)

189 Separation efficiency and particle size distribution in relation to manure type and storageconditionsH. B. MØLLER, S. G. SOMMER (Denmark) & B. K. AHRING (Denmark, USA)


197 Effect of the application of water hyacinth compost/vermicompost on the growth and flowering ofCrossandra undulaefolia, and on several vegetablesS. GAJALAKSHMI & S. A. ABBASI (India)

201 Moisture excluding efficiency and dimensional stability of wood improved by acylationH.-T. CHANG & S.-T. CHANG (Taiwan)

205 Activated parthenium carbon as an adsorbent for the removal of dyes and heavy metal ions fromaqueous solutionRAJESHWARISIVARAJ & V. SUBBURAM (India)

207 Optimisation of a culture medium containing fish silage for L-lysine production by CorynebacteriumglutamicumN. COELLO, E. MONTIEL, M. CONCEPCION (Venezuela) & P. CHRISTEN (France)

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213 Effects of root-dip treatment with certain phosphate solubilizing microorganisms on the fusarial wilt oftomatoM. R. KHAN & S. M. KHAN (India)

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217 Carbon and nitrogen mineralization in soil amended with phenanthrene, anthracene and irradiatedsewage sludgeM. BARAJAS-ACEVES, E. VERA-AGUILAR (Mexico) & M. P. BERNAL (Spain)

225 Optimal conditions for bio-oxidation of ferrous ions to ferric ions using Thiobacillus ferrooxidansS. MALHOTRA, A. S. TANKHIWALE, A. S. RAJVAIDYA & R. A. PANDEY (India)

235 Kinetics of anaerobic treatment of slaughterhouse wastewater in batch and upflow anaerobic sludgeblanket reactorJ. RODRIGUEZ-MARTINEZ, I. RODRIGUEZ-GARZA, E. PEDRAZA-FLORES, N. BALAGURUSAMY,G. SOSA-SANTILLAN & Y. GARZA-GARCIA (Mexico)

243 Effect of hydraulic retention time on inorganic nutrient recovery and biodegradable organics removalin a biofilm reactor treating plant biomass leachateV. KRUMINS, M. HUMMERICK, L. LEVINE, R. STRAYER, J. L. ADAMS & J. BAUER (USA)

249 Studies on mediators of manganese peroxidase for bleaching of wood pulpsH. BERMEK (Turkey), K. LI (USA) & K.-E. L. ERIKSSON (Sweden)

253 Experimental evaluation of the transesterification of waste palm oil into biodieselM. I. AL-WIDYAN & A. O. AL-SHYOUKH (Jordan)

257 Towards efficient crude oil degradation by a mixed bacterial consortiumK. S. M. RAHMAN, J. THAHIRA-RAHMAN (UK), P. LAKSHMANAPERUMALSAMY (India)& I. M. BANAT (UK)

263 A potential resource for bioconversion of domestic wastewater sludgeA. H. MOLLA, A. FAKHRU’L-RAZI, S. ABD-AZIZ, M. M. HANAFI (Malaysia), P. K. ROYCHOUDHURY(India) & M. Z. ALAM (Malaysia)

273 Biomass production and nutrient cycling in Eucalyptus short rotation energy forests in New Zealand.I: biomass and nutrient accumulationL. B. GUO, R. E. H. SIMS & D. J. HORNE (New Zealand)

285 An improved method for production of silica from rice hull ashU. KALAPATHY, A. PROCTOR & J. SHULTZ (USA)

291 Super blue box recycling (SUBBOR) enhanced two-stage anaerobic digestion process for recyclingmunicipal solid waste: laboratory pilot studiesG. M. VOGT, H. W. LIU, K. J. KENNEDY, H. S. VOGT & B. E. HOLBEIN (Canada)

301 A survival model for unthinned loblolly pine plantations that incorporates non-planted treecompetition, site quality, and incidence of fusiform rustY.-J. LEE (South Korea) & D. W. COBLE (USA)

309 Efficacy of water hyacinth compost in nursery ponds for larval rearing of Indian major carp, LabeorohitaA. K. SAHU, S. K. SAHOO & S. S. GIRI (India)

313 Impact of fly ash and phosphate solubilising bacteria on soybean productivityS. GAIND & A. C. GAUR (India)

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317 Influence of poultry manure on phosphorus availability and the standard phosphate requirement ofcrop estimated from quantity–intensity relationships in different soilsG. S. BAHL & G. S. TOOR (India)


323 Effect of wood ash application on soil solution chemistry of tropical acid soils: incubation studyJ. C. V. NKANA (Germany, Cameroon), A. DEMEYER & M. G. VERLOO (Belgium)

327 Three phase partitioning for extraction of oil from soybeanA. SHARMA, S. K. KHARE & M. N. GUPTA (India)

331 The removal of Cu(II) from aqueous solutions by Ulothrix zonataY. NUHOGLU, E. MALKOC, A. G€UURSES & N. CANPOLAT (Turkey)

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