About this series

Advisory board

Prof. Dr. M. J. Beker Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology University of Lativa Riga, Latvia	Prof. Dr. C. L. Cooney Department of Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA, USA	Prof. Dr. H. W. Doelle Department of Microbiology University of Queensland St. Lucia, Australia
Prof. Dr. J. Drews Hoffmann-La Roche Basel, Switzerland	Prof. Dr. A. Fiechter Institut für Biotechnologie Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland	Prof. Dr. T. K. Ghose Biochemical Engineering Research Centre Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi, India
Prof. Dr. I. Goldberg Department of Applied Microbiology The Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel	Prof. Dr. G. Goma Departement de Génie Biochimique et Alimentaire Institut National des Sciences Appliquées Toulouse, France	Sir D. A. Hopwood Department of Genetics John Innes Institute Norwich, UK
Prof. Dr. E. H. Houwink Organon International bv Scientific Development Group Oss, The Netherlands	Prof. Dr. A. E. Humphrey Center for Molecular Bioscience and Biotechnology Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA, USA	Prof. Dr. I. Karube Research Center for Advanced Science University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan
Prof. Dr. M. A. Lachance Department of Plant Sciences University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada	Prof. Dr. Y. Liu China National Center for Biotechnology Development Beijing, China	Prof. Dr. J. F. Martin Department of Microbiology University of Leòn Leòn, Spain
Prof. Dr. B. Mattiasson Department of Biotechnology Chemical Center University of Lund Lund, Sweden	Prof. Dr. M. Roehr Institut für Biochemische Technologie und Mikrobiologie Technische Universität Wien Wien, Austria	Prof. Dr. H. Sahm Institut für Biotechnologie Forschungszentrum Jülich Jülich, Germany
Prof. Dr. K. Schügerl Institut für Technische Chemie Universität Hannover Hannover, Germany	Prof. Dr. P. Sensi Chair of Fermentation Chemistry and Industrial Microbiology Lepetit Research Center Gerenzano, Italy	Prof. Dr. Y. H. Tan Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology National University of Singapore Singapore
Prof. Dr. D. Thomas Laboratoire de Technologie Enzymatique Université de Compiègne Compiègne, France	Prof. Dr. W. Verstraete Laboratory of Microbial Ecology Rijksuniversiteit Gent Gent, Belgium	Prof. Dr. E.-L. Winnacker Institut für Biochemie Universität München München, Germany