Volume 15 No. 5 September – October, 2010

ROMANIAN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL LETTERS

– an international journal –

CONTENTS

1.	SIMONA OANCEA, MIHAELA STOIAAntibiotic resistance of bacterial pathogens: the magnitude of the problem from two perspectives – Romanian and worldwide	……………	5519
2.	M.B. HASSANPOURAGHDAM, S. J. TABATABAEI, M.A. AAZAMI and F. SHEKARISoilless Culture Production of Alecost [Chrysanthemum balsamita (L.) Baill.]: A Preliminary Study	……………	5530
3.	CEREMPEI ANGELA, CIOBANU LUMINITA, EMIL MURESAN, MĂLUŢAN CORINA and ROMEN BUTNARUTextile materials functionalised with natural biologically active compounds	……………	5537
4.	CARMELLINA DANIELA BĂDICEANU, ALEXANDRU-VASILE MISSIR, MARIANA CARMEN CHIFIRIUC, OLGUTA DRACEA, IULIANA RAUT, CRISTINA LARION, LIA MARA DITU, GRIGORE MIHAESCUAntimicrobial activity of some new 2-thiophene carboxylic acid thioureides	……………	5545
5.	CARMEN ZAHARIA, DANIELA SUTEU and MATEI MACOVEANUEnvironmental impact assessment for a unit of food aromas and essences production using the global pollution index	……………	5552
6.	JOVANKA LEVIC, OLIVERA DJURAGIC, SLAVICA SREDANOVICUse of new feed from brewery by-products for breeding layers	……………	5559
7.	NATALIA ROŞOIU, ROXANA NIŢĂ, DIANA MANUELA ENE, MARIANA CONSTANTINOVICI, LAURA OLARIUCertain bioactive effects of complexes rich in glycosaminoglycans obtained from small sea fish	……………	5566
8.	MOHAMMAD ALI AAZAMI, MOHAMMAD BAGHER HASSANPOURAGHDAMIn Vitro Micro-Grafting of Some Iranian Grapevine Cultivars	……………	5576
9.	STEF LAVINIA, DRINCEANU DAN, CORCIONIVOSCHI NICOLAE, SIMIZ ELIZA, STEF DUCU, JULEAN CĂLINEvaluating the anti-nutritive effect of non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) correlated with the nutritional, digestive and productive performance indices in broilers	……………	5581
10.	VELI  ERDOGAN, A. ILHAMI KOKSAL, AHMET AYGUNAssessment of Genetic Relationships among Turkish hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) cultivars by RAPD markers	……………	5591
11.	CARMEN MADALINA CISMASIUThe acidophilic chemolithotrophic bacteria involved in the desulphurization process of lignite and pit coal from Halanga, Mintia and Petrila mines	……………	5602
12.	ŞTEF D. S., GERGEN I., TRAŞCĂ T. I., ŞTEF LAVINIA, RIVIS A., HEGHEDUŞ M. G., BORDEAN DESPINAThe influence of level and source of microelements on the antioxidant activity of medicinal herbs	……………	5611
13.	MINODORA LECA, LUMINIŢA TCACENCO, MARIN MICUTZ, TEODORA STAICUOptimization of biodiesel production by transesterification of vegetable oils using lipases	……………	5618
14.	LUMINIŢA TCACENCO, ANA AURELIA CHIRVASE, CAMELIA UNGUREANU, ELENA BERTEANUThe preparation and immobilization of some yeast lipases for rapeseed oil transesterification to biodiesel	……………	5631
15.	MIHAIL KANTOR, RADU SESTRAS and KAMAL CHOWDHURYIdentification of the most organogenic-responsive variety of tomato using the variety x medium interaction	……………	5640
16.	MERAL KEKECOGLU,  M. IHSAN SOYSALGenetıc Diversity of Bee Ecotypes in Turkey and Evidence for Geographical Differences	……………	5646
17.	IONELA DANIELA POPESCU, RADU ALBULESCU, ELENA RADUCAN ANCA DINISCHIOTU, CRISTIANA TANASEApplications of Seldi-Tof technology in cancer biomarkers discovery	……………	5654
18.	ANA ROSU, MIHAELA-CARMEN EREMIA, MARIA SPIRIDON, SILVANA GUIDEA, IRINA LUPESCU, STEFANA JURCOANEIn search of plant sources for serine protease inhibitors: I. Detection of serine protease inhibitors in calluscultures induced from somatic explants of flax (Linum usitatissimum L.)	……………	5668

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