Editors & Contributors

Editor in Chief

Prof. Dr. Alexander Steinbüchel
Institute for Microbiology
University of Münster
Corrensstrasse 3
D-48149 Münster
Germany
Subject Editors
  Dr. Sophie De Baets
Laboratory of Industrial
Microbiology and Biocatalysis
Gent University
Coupure links 653
B-9000 Gent
Belgium

- Polysaccharides -

   Prof. Dr. Yoshiharu Doi
Polymer Chemistry Laboratory
RIKEN
Hirosawa
Wako-shi
Saitama 351-0198
Japan

- Polyesters-

 Dr. Stephen R. Fahnestock
DuPont Central Research
P.O. Box 80 328
Wilmington, DE 19880-0328
USA



- Polyamides and Complex Proteinaceous Materials -
 
Dr. Martin Hofrichter
Department of Applied Chemistry and
Microbiology
Helsinki University
P.O. Box 56, Biocenter 1A
FIN-00014 Helsinki
Finland

- Lignin, Humic Substances and Coal -

 Prof. Dr. Tanetoshi Koyama
Tohoku University
Institute for Chemical Reaction Science
Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku
Sendai 980-8577
Japan


- Polyisoprenoids -

 Prof. Dr. Shuichi Matsumura
Faculty of Science and Technology
Department of Applied Chemistry
Keio University
3-14-1, Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku
Yokohama 223-8522
Japan

- Miscellaneous Biopolymers and Biodegradation of Synthetic Polymers -
 
  Prof. Dr. Erick Vandamme
Laboratory of Industrial 
Microbiology and Biocatalysis
Gent University
Coupure links 653
B-9000 Gent
Belgium

- Polysaccharides -