Volume 20 No. 3 May – June, 2015

ROMANIAN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL LETTERS

– an international journal –

CONTENTS

1.	ANA ELISABETA (OROS) DARABAN, ȘTEFANA JURCOANE, IULIAN VOICEAMiscanthus giganteus – an overview about sustainable energy resource for household and small farms heating systems	……………	10369
2.	DOBRIN NICOLAE, ZAMFIRESCU STELA, ANGHEL ANDREEA HORTANSE, TOPOLEANU IRINA, NICOLAIA IAFFALDANO, GIANLUCA PAVENTI, COPREAN DRAGOMIRStudy on the effects of exposure to different doses of energy generated by a He-Ne laser on the quality of frozen-thawed semen of ram	……………	10381
3.	CLAUDIA POPA (UNGUREANU), TIBERIUS BALAES, LIDIA FAVIER,CĂTĂLIN TĂNASE, GABRIELA BAHRIMWhite-rot fungus implications In clofibric acid biodegradation	……………	10388
4.	MARIA LIDIA IANCUSolid State Fermentation application in the study of peculiarities biotechnological potato used in panification	……………	10396
5.	GABRIELA NEATA,GHEORGHE CÂMPEANU, MIRCEA IOAN POPESCU, OVIDIU POPA, NARCISA BABEANU, ADRIAN BASARABA,  DAN D. POPESCULignin Extraction from Corn Biomass Using Supercritical Extraction	……………	10406
6.	STEPHANY TOINGA, RALUCA MIHAI, KARINA PROAÑO, MÓNICA JADÁNThe establishment of an in vitro culture protocol for Calamagrostis intermedia (J. Presl) Steud. starting from meristems	……………	10413
7.	ABDUL REHMAN, MUHAMMAD GULFRAZ, GHAZALA KAUKAB RAJA, MUHAMMAD INAM UL HAQ, ZAHID ANWARA Comprehensive Approach to Utilize an Agricultural Pea peel (Pisum sativum) Waste as a Potential Source for Bio-ethanol Production	……………	10422
8.	MARIA CIOROI, COSTINELA GEORGESCU, DANA TUTUNARUThe Quantification of Menadione as Nutritional Supplement in Feedingstuffs	……………	10431
9.	MARIOARA NICOLETA FILIMON, SORIN OCTAVIAN VOIA, ROXANA POPESCU, GABI DUMITRESCU, LILIANA PETCULESCU CIOCHINA, MIHAI MITULETU, DALIBORCA CRISTINA VLADThe effect of some insecticides on soil microorganisms based on enzymatic and bacteriological analyses.	……………	10439
10.	RADMILA PIVIĆ, MIRA STAROVIĆ, DUŠICA DELIĆ, NATAŠA RASULIĆ, ĐORĐE KUZMANOVIĆ, DOBRIVOJE POŠTIĆ, DRAGANA JOŠIĆBacterial antagonists Bacillus sp. Q3 and Pseudomonas chlororaphis Q16 capable to control wheat powdery mildew in wheat	……………	10448
11.	MIRELA ARDELEAN, DORINA CACHIŢĂ-COSMA, AUREL ARDELEAN, SEPTIMIU TRIPONParticular changes produced by aphids in wild sedum telephium ssp. Maximum l plants: morphological and anatomical aspects	……………	10461
12.	DIANA IONESCU, MARIANA CARMEN CHIFIRIUC, BOGDAN IONESCU, VIOLETA CORINA CRISTEA, BOGDAN SACAGIU, MARIA DUTA, GABRIELA NEACSU, RAMONA GILCA, CORALIA BLEOTU, EUGENIA BEZIRTZOGLU, VERONICA LAZARFrequency and phenotypic virulence features of Streptococcus pyogenes strains isolated from throat carriage in Romanian population	……………	10470
13.	BOGDAN-IOAN COCULESCU, ANDI-MARIAN PALADE, CRISTINA DELCARU, GRATIELA PIRCALOBIORU,ȘERBAN BERTEȘTEANUPhenotypic and genotypic characterization of salmonella typhimurium strains producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (esbls) isolated from children (under 4 years of age) with diarrhea in Romania	……………	10478
14.	FILIPESCU GEORGE ALEXANDRU, IONESCU CAMELIA, ARSENE COSMIN, LILIANA BURLIBASA, TALMACI RODICA, ONISEI MINODORA, LYGIA ALEXANDRESCU, RADU URSU, CLAUDIA MEHEDINTU, CUCU NATALIANEDELCU DANIELAGenetic and biochemical thrombosis risk markers in pregnancy. II. Homocysteine metabolism	……………	10486
15.	IOAN PĂCEŞILĂBenthic microbial biomass dynamics in aquatic ecosystems of the Danube Delta	……………	10496
16.	CRISTINA MAMBET, LAURA G. NECULA, ANA I. NEAGU, IOANA M. ALDEA, LILIA MATEI, DENISA DRAGU, MIRELA LIVADARIU, MIHAELA CHIVU ECONOMESCU, CORALIA BLEOTU, DANIELA ION, CARMEN C. DIACONUHOX genes, reviewing the molecular bridges between developmental anomalies and cancer	……………	10504
17.	ALEXANDRU AL. ECOVOIU, ATTILA CRISTIAN RATIUDrosophila melanogaster – an eukaryotic model for assessing the effects of transposon-mediated lateral transfer of bacterial quorum sensing genes	……………	10512
18.	PETRUŢA STOICA, MARIANA CARMEN CHIFIRIUC, MARIA RÂPĂ, CORALIA BLEOTU, LILIANA LUNGU, GRIGORE VLAD, RALUCA GRIGORE, ȘERBAN BERTEȘTEANU, ELISAVET STAVROPOULOU,  VERONICA LAZĂRFabrication, characterization and bioevaluation of novel antimicrobial composites based on polycaprolactone, chitosan and essential oils	……………	10521
19.	BOGDAN IONESCU,DIANA IONESCU, IRINA GHEORGHE, CARMEN CURUȚIU, OTILIA BANU, CORALIA BLEOTU, GRIGORE MIHAESCU, VERONICA LAZAR, RALUCA GRIGORE, EUGENIA BEZIRTZOGLOU, ȘERBAN BERTEȘTEANUVirulence patterns of Staphylococcus aureus hospital strains isolated in Bucharest, Romania	……………	10536
20.	ORTANSA CSUTAK*, ILEANA STOICA, TATIANA VASSULipolytic activity of a new yeast strain Candida rugosa CMGB-CR6 isolated from oil-polluted soil	……………	10547

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