Volume 20 No. 2 March – April, 2015

ROMANIAN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL LETTERS

– an international journal –

CONTENTS

Cover: The Bucharest University Building

1.	LUCIA YÉPEZ, GABRIELA N. TENEA Genetic diversity of lactic acid bacteria strains towards their potential probiotic application	……………	10191
2.	ANCA MANOLE, CRISTIAN BANCIU Optimization of shoot multiplication in Ruscus aculeatus L. from long term cultures	……………	10200
3.	ESTEFANÍA LÓPEZ, KARINA PROAÑO, MÓNICA JADÁN, RALUCA MIHAI Callus tissue induction and analysis of GUS reporter gene expression in tomato (SolanumlycopersicumL.) transformed with Agrobacterium tumefaciens.	……………	10205
4.	BAHACIU GRATZIELA VICTORIA, SEGAL RODICA, NICOLAE CARMEN GEORGETA Improvement of the antioxidant activity of soybean (Glycine max.) by biotechnological processing	……………	10212
5.	DUMITRU MILITARU, VIRGILIA POPA, DANIELA BOTUS, BEATRICE STIRBU, EDUARD MARIUS CAPLAN In vitro evaluation of the potential antibacterial effect of artemisinin on Campylobacter jejuni	……………	10221
6.	FARHOUSH KIANI, SASAN SHARIFI, ELHAM HEIATIAN, AZAR BAHADORI, FARDAD KOOHYAR Complexes of thallium (i) ion with adenine and adenosine at different temperatures and constant ionic strength	……………	10228
7.	IULIA V. IANCU, ANCA BOTEZATU, ADRIANA PLESA, IRINA HUICA, DEMETRA SOCOLOV, GABRIELA ANTON Histone lysine demethylases as epigenetic modifiers in HPV-induced cervical neoplasia	……………	10236
8.	MEHMET KALENDER, CEVDET AKOSMAN Removal of chlorinated volatile organic compounds by fixed bed adsorption technique: Adsorption equilibrium and breakthrough analyses	……………	10245
9.	WITOLD MUSIAŁ, EWA SZEWCZYK, KATARZYNA KARŁOWICZ-BODALSKA, STANISŁAW HAN Surface active agents as excipients in semi-solid dosage forms	……………	10257
10.	CAMELIA-ECATERINA PAVLUSENCO, NICOLETA CONSTANTIN, GEORGIANA DUȚĂ-CORNESCU, DANIELA POJOGA, VIOREL RAȚI, LUMINIȚA RAȚI, TATIANA VASSU-DIMOV, ALEXANDRA SIMON-GRUITA The efficiency of the genetic markers in the characterization of sea buckthorn varieties	……………	10269
11.	BUBUEANU GEORGE, BUBUEANU CORINA, CÂMPEANU GHEORGHE Antioxidant activity of Humulus lupulus and Vaccinium myrtillus extracts and a combined extract obtained from the two species	……………	10277
12.	WENBING MENG, LIDAO BAO, CHANGQING LI, XIANHUA REN, QIN SI, JIANJUN REN, AGULA B. Extraction of starch and proteins from the tubers of large-grain Cyperus esculentus L.	……………	10287
13.	ELENA LILIANA CHELARIU, LUCIA DRAGHIA, ADRIAN ASĂNICĂ, BOGDAN VLAD AVARVAREI Behaviour of Miscanthus sinensis varieties in pedo-climatic conditions from North-East of Romania	……………	10294
14.	ELISABETA ELENA TĂNASE, MONA ELENA POPA, MARIA RÂPĂ, OVIDIU POPA Preparation and characterization of biopolymer blends based on polyvinyl alcohol and starc	……………	10306
15.	MIHAELA MARILENA STANCU Isolation and characterization of new marine oil-degrading bacteria	……………	10316
16.	SABINA VALEANU, DAN DRUGOCIU, PETRU ROSCA Effect of Single layer centrifugation using Bovipure on frozen-thawed bovine sperm during a 6 hours survival test	……………	10327
17.	MARINA CRISTINA GIURGIU, STANA PAUNICA, HORIA TRAIAN DUMITRIU, ANCA SILVIA DUMITRIU The place of Azithromycin in the treatment of periodontal disease	……………	10334
18.	FELICIA STOICA, CAMELIA MUNTEAN, C. BĂDUCĂ, I. POPESCU MITROI Differences in muscat wine aroma composition depending maceration and fermentation processes	……………	10343
19.	CRINA LAURA MOȘNEANG, ADRIAN GROZEA, EUGENIA DUMITRESCU, FLORIN MUSELIN, ROMEO T. CRISTINA A correlation between two different species of fish embryos used in a freshwater qualitative pollution test	……………	10352
20.	YOUNG MIN KANG, DONG JIN PARK, DONG GI LEE, HYUN JIN SONG, SEUNG MI KANG, JI YUN MIN, BYEONG CHEOL MOON, CHONG KYU LEE, KWON SEOK JEON, CHANDRAKANT SHIVAPPAKARIGAR, MYUNG SUKCHOI Overexpression of ipp isomerase and limonene synthase enzymes in menthaspicataand their influence on the terpenoid metabolism	……………	10358