Advances in High Pressure Bioscience and Biotechnology

Microorganisms in Food.- Pathogen Inactivation by High Pressure Treatment of Foods.- Building Fail-Safe Models To Describe the Effect of Temperature and Pressure on the Kinetics of Inactivation of Infectious Pathogens in Foods.- Advances in Bacterial Spores Inactivation in Thermal Treatments Under Pressure.- Effect of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide on Some Bacteria and Yeasts of Interest in the Food Industry.- The Effect of High Pressure on the Microbial Quality of Apple Juices.- Thermal Effect Before High Pressure Treatment on the Reduction of Enterococcus faecalis in Duck Fatty Liver.- High Pressure Inactivation and Survival of Pressure-Resistant Escherichia coli Mutants in Milk.- Membranes and Lipids.- Some Preliminary Measurements of the Effect of High Hydrostatic Pressure on the Porin Omp C from E. coli.- New Transition of Dioleoylphosphatidylcholine Bilayer Membrane Under High Pressure.- Effect of Pressure on the Phase Transitions of Dimyristoylphosphatidylethanolamine and Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine Bilayers.- Solidification and Melting of Some Edible Fats and Model Lipid Systems Under Pressure.- The Effects of High Pressure on Signal Transducing Systems of Cultural Endothelial Cells.- Thermotropic and Barotropic Phase Behavior of l-Hexadecyl-2-Palmitoylphosphatidylcholine Bilayer Membrane.- Effect of Pressure and Local Anesthetics on the Phase Transitions of Ether-Linked Dihexadecylphosphatidylcholine Bilayer Membrane.- Proteins.- Pressure-Induced Thermostabilization of Glutamate Dehydrogenase from the Hyperthermophiles Pyrococcus furiosus and Thermococcus litoralis.- High-Resolution NMR Studies of Proteins Under High Pressure.- Pressure-Temperature Induced Unfolding and Aggregation of Proteins.- Comparison of the Pressure-Temperature Behavior of Neutral Proteases from Thermophilic and Psychrophilic Bacteria.- Cold Denaturation of Proteins Under Pressure Studied by Time-Resolved Fluorescence. Application to Ribonuclease P2 from S. sofataricus.- High Pressure Fluorescence Studies of Porphyrins and Hemoproteins.- Pressure-Induced Rearrangement of Aryl-Iron Complexes in Cytochrome P-450cam: Application to Topological Mapping of the Compressed Active Site.- The Dynamics of Protein-Bound Water in the Heme Domain of P450BM3 as Compared with P450cam and P450 2B4.- Use of High Pressure To Investigate the Role of Carbohydrate Moiety in the Conformational Stability of Carboxypeptidase Y.- Complex Unfolding Events of Sso7d from S. solfataricus at High Temperature and High Pressure.- Influence of Pressure on the Reactivity of Antigens and Antibodies. Application to the Follow-up of Conformational Changes.- Cold, Heat and Pressure Denaturation of Horse Heart Metmyoglobin: A FTIR Study.- Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange Versus Conformational Changes in Proteins. A Two-Dimensional FTIR Approach.- Pressure and Temperature Stability of ?-Galactosidases: A Structural and Functional Study.- Conformational Changes of Lipoxygenase at Elevated Pressure and Temperature.- Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange of Lipoxygenase at High Pressure and Temperature.- High Hydrostatic Pressure Effect on Activity of Circulating Immune Complex Formation in Blood Serum.- Pressure Effect on the Temperature Unfolding and Gelation of Myoglobin.- The Influence of High Pressure Treatment on the Spectroscopic Properties of Ovalbumin.- Contribution of Hydrophobic Residues to the Stability of Ribonuclease A Chain Folding Initiation Site Mutants. A Comparison of Pressure and Temperature Induced Unfolding.- Pressure Effect on Hydration of Biomolecules.- Enzymes.- High Pressure Enzyme Kinetics.- The Single Cysteinyl Residue (Cys341) of Carboxypeptidase Y for Cavity Control in the S1 Substrate Binding Pocket.- Effects of Hydrostatic and Osmotic Pressures on Dealkylation (Aging) of Phosphylcholinesterase Adducts.- Post-Inactivation of Butyrylcholinesterase Following Heat and/or Pressure Treatment.- Combined Action of Temperature and Pressure on the Catalytic Activity of Wild-Type and D70G Mutant of Human Butyrylcholinesterase.- Pressure Activates Oligomeric Enzymes in Reversed Micelles by Stabilisation of Different Oligomeric Forms.- Food Proteins.- Proteolysis of Bovine ?-Lactoglobulin and Chicken Egg Ovalbumin During Treatment at High Pressure.- Pressure Stability of Lipoxygenase from Green Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) at Subzero and Elevated Temperature.- Modeling Kinetics of Pressure-Temperature Inactivation of Enzymes: A Case Study on Soybean Lipoxygenase.- Effect of pH and Antibrowning Agents on the Pressure Stability of Avocado and Mushroom Polyphenoloxidase.- Thermal and Combined Pressure-Temperature Inactivation of Orange Pectinesterase: Influence of pH and Ca2+-Ions.- Properties of a Soluble Form of High-Pressure-Treated Egg Albumen.- Nucleic Acids and Linear Polymers.- DNA Supercoiling Under High Pressure.- Pressure Effect on the Chain Shrinkage of Water Soluble Polymers Induced by Complexation with ANS.- Studies on the Mechanism of the Aminoacylation Reaction of Transfer Ribonucleic Acid at High Pressure.- High Pressure Induced Gelation of Proteins and Polysaccharides.- Formation of a Gel from ?-Lactoglobulin Under Hydrostatic Pressure.- Hydration and Pressure-Temperature Phase Diagrams of Wheat Starch.- Alterations of Calcium Alginate Gel Dispersions by High Pressure Treatment.- Development of a Cream Caramel by High Hydrostatic Pressure at Low Temperature.- Coagulation Under High Hydrostatic Pressure: Polymer Latices as a Model for Casein Dispersions.- Pressure Induced Swelling Kinetics of Starch Granules.- Carrageenan Gelification Under High Hydrostatic Pressure: Preparation and Processing of Solutions and Analysis of Gels Obtained.- Microscopic and Rheological Characterization of High Pressure Treated Starch Dispersions.- Chemical Reactions of Food Constituents at High Pressure.- Chemical Reactions of Food Components Under High Hydrostatic Pressure.- The Influence of High Pressure on the Autoxidation of Major Unsaturated Fatty Acid Constituents of Milk.- Unexpected Solvolysis of Vitamin A Acetate Under High Pressure Conditions.- High Pressure Processing of Foods and Food Related Materials.- The Relevance of Kinetic Data in High Pressure Food Processing.- Modeling Conductive Heat Transfer and Process Uniformity During Batch High-Pressure Processing of Foods.- Comparative Studies Concerning the Digestibility of Raw, Heated and High-Pressure-Treated Foods in Young Pigs and In Vitro.- High Pressure Processed Apple Desserts. Microbiological and Physicochemical Properties.- The Role of Polysaccharides and Metal Ions in the Cell Walls in the Pressure-Induced Hardening of Root Vegetables.- Influence of High Pressure on Protein-Polysaccharide Interactions.- High Hydrostatic Pressure for Preservation of Salted Tarts: Quiche Lorraine.- Effects of High Pressure on Textural Characteristics of Cod (Gadus morhua) Muscle.- Influence of High Isostatic Pressure on Muscle of Octopus (Octopus vulgaris).- Effect of a High Pressure Treatment on the Texture and Enzyme Activities of Selected Vegetables.- Release of Iron from Beef, Liver, Soya Flour and Spinach on High Pressure Treatment.- The Effects of Hydrostatic High Pressure on the Brewing Process and Beer.- A Comparison Between UHP Hydrostatic Exposure and UHP Discharge Production Methods.- Pascalisation of Delicatessen.- Effect of High Pressure Treatment on Lipoxygenase Activity in Cherry Tomatoes.- Effects of High Hydrostatic Pressure on the Aromatic Compounds of Strawberry "Coulis".- Milk and Milk Products.- Proteolysis and Viscoelastic Properties of High Pressure Treated Gouda Cheese.- Reaction Kinetics of Ultra-High Pressure Treatment of Milk.- Effect of High Pressure on Yoghurt.- Influence of Pressurization on Goat Milk and Cheese Composition and Yield.- Maturation Profiles of Goat Cheese Produced from High Pressure Treated Milk.- Goat's Milk Cheese Accelerated Ripening. Compositional Indexes.- Pressure Temperature Phase Diagrams of Some Fat Containing Foodstuffs: Milk Cream, Milk Fat.- Freezing and Thawing Under High Pressure.- Pressure Assisted Thawing of Potato Cylinders.- Thermal Behaviour of the High-Pressure-Assisted Freezing Process and Its Effect on the Quality of Large Foodstuffs.- High Hydrostatic Pressure Freezing and Thawing of Pork Meat: Quality Preservation, Processing Times and High Pressure Treatment Advantages.- Pressure-Assisted Freezing of Pork Muscle Meat vs. Ordinary Freezing: Protein Denaturation.- Texture and Structure of High-Pressure-Frozen Food Gels.- High Hydrostatic Pressure Effects on Freezing and Thawing Processes of Pork Meat.- Application of High Pressurization to Fish Meat: The Ultrastructural Changes and Nucleotide in Frozen Carp Muscle Under High Pressure Thawing.- New Experimental Methods, Applications and Equipment.- A New Application of Moderate Hydrostatic Pressure for Efficient Detection of Living Yeast by Flow Cytometry.- In Situ Viscosity Measurement During the Ultra High Pressure Treatment of Fluid Food Systems.- Sample Preparation for Molecular Diagnostics by Pressure Cycling.- An In Situ Technique To Visualize Temperature and Velocity Fields in Liquid Biotechnical Substances at High Pressure.- Transport Phenomena in Foods Under High Hydrostatic Pressure.- Engineering Solutions for Research, Pilot and Production High Pressure.- High Pressure and Preservatives for Cosmetics - New Data and First Practical Experiences.- New Technique for Kinetic Studies of Pressure-Temperature Induced Changes of Biological Materials.- High-Pressure Apparatus for Investigation of Biological Systems.- A Procedure for Minimizing Temperature Overshoots During Pressure Build-up and Release in Kinetic Experiments.- Whole Organisms and Human Cells, Deep Diving.- Reversibility of High Pressure Effects in Isolated Adult Murine Skeletal Muscle Fibres Tested at Pressures up to 600 Bar and a Temperature of +4 °C.- The Influence of Water Dissolved Argon and Nitrogen on Hydra (Hydra attenuata) Budding Activity Under Normal Ambient Pressure.- The Effects of Oxygen-Argon Gaseous Mixtures on Humans Under Long-Term Hyperbaric Condition.- Flow Cytometric Testing of Blood Platelet Activation in Diving.- Some Peculiarities of Human Microflora in Oxygen-Argon Hyperbaric Gaseous Media.- The Basic Principles of Deep Divers Anti-Infection Safety.- Effects of Thiol-Reactive Reagents on Hemolysis Under Hydrostatic Pressure of Human Erythrocytes.- Author Index.