Volume 19 No. 1 January – February, 2014

ROMANIAN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL LETTERS

– an international journal –

CONTENTS

Cover: The Bucharest University Building

1.	MARIA TURTOI Inactivation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae using new non-thermal technologies. A review	……………	8901
2.	MICHEL CANUL-CHAN, NEYI ESTRELLA-GÓMEZ, ALEJANDRO ZEPEDA, DIANA CABAÑAS-VARGAS, RAFAEL ROJAS-HERRERA A protocol for Metagenomic RNA extraction from bacterial consortium in the presence of crude oil	……………	8910
3.	CORINA GAMBUTEANU, LIVIA PATRAŞCU, PETRU ALEXE Effect of freezing-thawing process on some quality aspects of pork Longissimusdorsi muscle	……………	8916
4.	GABI DUMITRESCU, LILIANA PETCULESCU CIOCHINĂ, LORENA STANA, IULIANA CREȚESCU, ROXANA POPESCU, NICOLETA MARIOARA FILIMON, OCTAVIAN SORIN VOIA Acute effects of tetrabutylammonium chloride ionic liquid on the histological structure of liver and kidney in the mouse	……………	8925
5.	DOBRIN NICOLAE, ZAMFIRESCU STELA, COPREAN DRAGOMIR, ANGHEL ANDREEA HORTANSE Effect of thawing time and temperature variation on the quality of frozen-thawed ram semen	……………	8935
6.	UGUR COMLEKCIOGLU, AHMET TUTUS, MUSTAFA CICEKLER, MERVA GUNES, ASHABIL AYGAN Application of recombinant xylanase from Orpinomyces sp. in elemental chlorine-free bleaching of kraft pulps	……………	8941
7.	SIMONA NEAGU, MĂDĂLIN ENACHE_, ROXANA COJOC Extracellular hydrolytic activities of halophilic microorganisms isolated from Balta Albă salt lake	……………	8951
8.	MILA S. GRAHOVAC, JELICA S. BALAŽ, JOVANA A. GRAHOVAC, JELENA M. DODIĆ, BRANKICA B. TANOVIĆ, JOVANA G. HRUSTIĆ, IVANA Ž. TADIJAN Screening of antagonistic activity of selected microorganisms against apple rot pathogens	……………	8959
9.	CHANTAL A. DIEMELEOU, LESSOY T. ZOUE SEBASTIEN L. NIAMKE Basella alba seeds as a novel source of non-conventional oil with beneficial qualities	……………	8966
10.	NADEM H. HAYDER, SURA ALAA, HUTAF ABDULMALIK Optimized Conditions for Bioemulsifier production by Local Streptomyces sp. SS 20 isolated from hydrocarbon contaminated soil	……………	8979
11.	ASAN-OZUSAGLAM ANDK. KARAKOCA Evaluation of biological activity and antioxidant capacity of Turkish licorice root extracts	……………	8994
12.	SITI SABRINA MOHD SUKRI‧ROSHANIDA A. RAHMAN‧ROSLI MD ILLIAS‧HARISUN YAAKOB Optimization of Alkaline Pretreatment Conditions of Oil Palm Fronds in Improving the Lignocelluloses Contents for Reducing Sugar Production	……………	9006
13.	POPESCU-MITROI, DANA RADU, FELICIA STOICA The study of glycerol metabolism in the malolactic fermentation of red wines	……………	9019
14.	HEBA I. ABO-ELMAGD Hydrolysis of galacto-oligosaccharides in soymilk by immobilized α-galactosidase from Chaetomiummadarasense AUMC 9376	……………	9028
15.	THIAGO ANDRADE MARQUES, CRISTIANI BALDO, DIONÍSIO BORSATO, JOÃO BATISTA BUZATO, MARIA ANTONIA PEDRINE COLABONE CELLIGOI Utilization of dairy effluent as alternative fermentation medium for microbial lipase production	……………	9042
16.	BOGDAN BRATICEVICI, RAZVAN PETCA, AMELIA PETRESCU, VIOREL JINGA, LUCIAN IONIŢĂ Incidentally detected prostate cancer in patients undergoing radical cystoprostatectomy	……………	9051
17.	SEYED MOHAMMAD MOUSAVI, AZARNOOSH JAFARI, SHAHLA NAJAFI Anatomical and micromorphological studies on leaves of salvia l. species in ne iran	……………	9058
18.	VALERICA DANACU, LUCIAN IONITA, CARMEN IONITA, ALICE GRIGORE, IONICA ONCIOIU, BOGDAN BRATICEVICI Research on the use of monoclonal antibodies regarding to the study of swine’s testicular parenchyma	……………	9065
19.	ALEXANDRA GHIORGHIŢĂ, GHEORGHE CÂMPEANU, MIRCEA IOAN POPESCU, VOICU BOSCAIU, GABRIELA NEAŢĂ, CARMEN CÎMPEANU, FLORENTINA ISRAEL ROMING Influence of process factors interactions in enzyme catalyzed biodiesel obtainment	……………	9075
20.	DOBROVICI PAULA ECATERINA, SIMION ANDREI IONUT, GRIGORAS CRISTINA GABRIELA, CIOBANU DOMNICA Fodder yeast development optimisation using as main carbon source barley husks hydrolysed	……………	9085