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Save 15 % We recommend a standing order for the series to ensure you automatically receive all volumes and all supplements and save 15 % on the list price. Contents Perspectives for Anaerobic Digestion B. K. Ahring ................................... Metabolic Interactions Between Methanogenic Consortia and Anaerobic Respiring Bacteria A. J. M. Stams, S. J. W. H. Oude Elferink, P. Westermann ........... 31 Kinetics and Modeling of Anaerobic Digestion Process H. N. Gavala, I. Angelidaki, B. K. Ahring .................... 57 Molecular Biology of Stress Genes in Methanogens: Potential for Bioreactor Technology E. Conway de Macario, A. J. L. Macario .................... 95 Molecular Ecology of Anaerobic Reactor Systems J. Hofman-Bang, D. Zheng, P. Westermann, B. K. Ahring, L. Raskin ..... 151 Author Index Volumes 51-81 ......................... 205 Subject Index .................................. 217 Contents of Volume 82 Biomethanation II Volume Editor: Birgitte K. Ahring Applications of the Anaerobic Digestion Process I. Angelidaki, L. Ellegaard, B. K. Ahring Anaerobic Granular Sludge and Biof'dm Reactors I.V. Skiadas, H. N. Gavala, J. E. Schmidt, B. K. Ahring Potential for Anaerobic Conversion of Xenobiotics A. S. Mogensen, J. Dolfing, E Haagensen, B. K. Ahring Monitoring and Control of Anaerobic Reactors P. F. Pind, I. Angelidaki, B. K. Ahring, K. Stamatelatou, G. Lyberatos