Fermentation Technology

Editorial

Probiotics, Health Claims and Consumer Needs: Do they Always Overlap?

• Giorgio Giraffa

Editorial

Fermentation Technology in the Development of Functional Foods for Human Health: Where We Should Head

• Hariom Yadav, Shalini Jain, Reza Rastamanesh, Alojz Bomba, Roberto Catanzaro and Francesco Marotta

Editorial

Oleaginous Yeasts: Biochemical Events Related with Lipid Synthesis and Potential Biotechnological Applications

• Seraphim Papanikolaou

Research Article

Purification and Biochemical Characterization of Xylanases from Bacillus Pumilus and their Potential for Hydrolysis of Polysaccharides

• Chundakkadu Asha Poorna

Research Article

Production of β-(1,3)-glucanases by Trichoderma harzianum Rifai: Optimization and Application to Produce Gluco-oligosaccharides from Paramylon and Pustulan

• Ellen C. Giese, Robert F. H. Dekker, Aneli M. Barbosa, Maria de Lourdes Corradi da Silva and Roberto da Silva

Research Article

Production of Nitrilase by a Recombinant Escherichia coli in a Laboratory Scale Bioreactor

• Deepak Jain, Vachan Singh Meena, Shubhangi Kaushik, Ashwini Kamble, Yusuf Chisti and U. C. Banerjee