Table of Contents

Mo0lecular mechanisms regulating the catechol and chlorocatechol biodegradative operons; biotreatment of phenolic waste of a typical pharmaceutical plant; genes for pentachlorophenol degradation and the bacteria that contain them; toxic metal resistances - molecular biology and the potential for bioremediation; characterizations of copper and chromate resistant bacteria isolated from karachi tanneries effluents; microbial processes for solubilization or immobilization of metals and metalloids and their potential for environmental bioremediation; resistance and accumulation of heavy metals by indigenous bacteria - bioremediation; application of microorganisms to the decontamination of heavy metal-bearing wastes; microbial transformation of morphine alkaloids - biological routes for the production of semisynthetic opiate drugs; influence of ammonium concentration on citric acid and biomass production from sugarcane molasses by 2-deoxy-D-glucose-resistant mutant strain of aspergillus niger; tissue and cell culture for sugarcane improvement; seed potato production strategy through tissue culture; applications of molecular methods by typing bacteria; plasma protein studies of patients with mental disorders and normal individuals.