Volume 23 No. 1 January – February, 2018

ROMANIAN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL LETTERS

– an international journal –

CONTENTS

Cover: The Bucharest University Building

1.	MEHMET KARATAŞ, MUHAMMAD AASIM, MURAT DAZKIRILI Efficacy of Light Emitting diodes (LEDs) Lighting System for In vitro Shoot Regeneration of Medicinal Water hyssop (Bacopa monnieri L. PENNEL)	……………	13197
2.	DANIEL MIERLIȚĂ Effect of diets containing essential fatty acids-rich oil calcium soaps on functional lipid components of lamb tissues	……………	13205
3.	FLORINA CSERNATONI, RALUCA MARIA POP, FLORINA ROMACIUC, FLORINELA FETEA, OANA POP, CARMEN SOCACIU Sea buckthorn juice, tomato juice and pumpkin oil microcapsules/ microspheres with health benefit on prostate disease – obtaining process, characterization and testing properties	……………	13214
4.	MIHAELA RALUCA MIHALACHE (RADU), ATTILA CRISTIAN RATIU, ALINA NEAGU, VERONICA LAZAR, MARIANA CARMEN CHIFIRIUC, ALEXANDRU AL. ECOVOIU Expression profiles of genes involved in mannose metabolism are modulated during experimental infection of Drosophila melanogaster males with Pseudomonas aeruginosa	……………	13225
5.	ZELIHA LEBLEBİCİ, MUSA KAR, VESILE YALÇIN Comparative Study of Cd, Pb, and Ni removal potential by Salvinia natans (L.) All. and Lemna minor L.: Interactions with Growth Parameters	……………	13235
6.	YAVUZ BÜLENT KÖSE, MEHMET BURÇIN MUTLU, SEVIM KÜÇÜK Phylogenetic Relationships of Some Ajuga L. Taxa Based on the Ribosomal DNA Internal Transcribed Spacer Region	……………	13249
7.	ELENA-CARMINA DRĂGULESCU, IRINA CODIŢĂ, IRINA NISTOR, ILEANA LUMINIŢA COLDEA, ROXANA ŞERBAN Linezolid resistant Staphylococcus hominis isolated in a paediatric Romanian hospital	……………	13255
8.	PARDEEP KUMAR, MEENU GOYAL, KHAZAN SINGH BOORA, SANTOSH DHILLON Molecular characterization and identification of unique alleles for thermo-tolerance in wheat varieties	……………	13264
9.	NISHU RAGHAV, RAJENDER SINGH, DAVINDER SHARMA, RAMAN KUMAR, RAJENDER SINGH CHHOKAR Molecular analysis for target site resistance in isoproturon resistant littleseed canarygrass (Phalaris minor Retz.)	……………	13271
10.	F. TULAY TUGCU, KADIR TURHAN, MEHMET KARADAYI, MEDINE GULLUCE Synthesis of 4-thiazolidinone derivatives and assessment of their toxicological properties	……………	13276
11.	AYHAN TOZLUOĞLU Bioethanol production from common reed (Phragmites australis): Biological and chemical pretreatments	……………	13287
12.	IOANA SUCIU, VIORICA TARMURE, ECATERINA IONESCU, ILEANA SUCIU, MIHAELA CHIRILA, IRINA GHEORGHE, MARCELA POPA, ANCA DUMITRIU, HORIA URSU Possible interaction between carious lesions, chronic marginal periodontitis, periapical pathology and salivary iodine level –preliminary results	……………	13297
13.	S. ROLJEVIĆ NIKOLIĆ, D. KOVAČEVIĆ, G. CVIJANOVIĆ, Ž. DOLIJANOVIĆ, J. MARINKOVIĆ Grain yield and rhizosphere microflora of alternative types of wheat in organic production	……………	13301
14.	DIANA K. ORTEGA-GONZÁLEZ, JUAN C. CANCINO-DIAZ, DIEGO ZARAGOZA, CESAR M. FLORES-ORTIZ, JUAN A. CRUZ-MAYA, JANET JAN-ROBLERO Ochrobactrum anthropi BPyF3: Naphthalene biodegradation and the involvement of dioxygenase	……………	13310
15.	SANJA LAZIĆ, DRAGANA ŠUNJKA, PAVLE JOVANOV, SLAVICA VUKOVIĆ, VALÉRIA GUZSVÁNY LC-MS/MS determination of acetamiprid residues in sweet cherries	……………	13317
16.	ANDREI MUREŞAN, IONELA SÂRBU, DIANA PELINESCU, ROBERTINA IONESCU, ORTANSA CSUTAK, ILEANA STOICA, TATIANA VASSU-DIMOV In vitro selection of some lactic acid bacteria strainswith probiotic potential	……………	13327
17.	ORSOLYA BORSAI, MOHAMAD AL HASSAN, MONICA BOSCAIU, RADU E. SESTRAS, OSCAR VICENTE Effects of salt and drought stress on seed germination and seedling growth in Portulaca	……………	13340
18.	ELENA TOMA, CRISTEA STELICA, CARINA DOBRE, ION DONA From bio-based products to bio-based industries development in an emerging BioEconomy	……………	13350
19.	ROXANA SPULBER, MUHSIN DOĞAROĞLU, NARCISA BĂBEANU, OVIDIU POPA Physicochemical characteristics of fresh bee pollen from different botanical origins	……………	13357
20.	IONICA ONCIOIU, CARMEN MIHAELA BOTEANU, DELIA MIOARA POPESCU, MIRCEA DUICĂ Sustainability of wheat crops in organic management systems	……………	13366