BRAZILIAN ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
An International Journal

Editor
Prof. Dr. Carlos Ricardo Soccol

Assistant to the Editor
Ana Cristina Francisco

Editorial office
Marilene Aparecida Boaron
Niuceli Aparecida Stelmak

Layout
Camila de Moraes Martins Sousa
Karana Izidoro Silva

ALFIERI, A. A. (UEL, Londrina - PR)
ALTERTHUM, F. (USP, São Paulo - SP)
ANDRIGUETTO, J. M. (UFPR, Curitiba - PR)
APPEZZATO DA GLÓRIA, B. (USP, São Paulo - SP)
AZEVEDO, J. L. (ESALQ, Piracicaba - SP)
BACILA, M. (PUC-PR, Curitiba - PR)
BERNARDO FILHO, M. (UERJ, Rio de Janeiro - RJ)
BITTENCOURT, M. L. (Mus. Nat. da PMC, Curitiba - PR)
BJÖRNBERG, T.  (CEBIMAR, São Sebastião - SP)
BRANCO, J. O. (FACIMAR/UNIVALI, Itajaí - SC)
CAVALCANTI, T. C.S. (UNICAMP, Campinas - SP)
CERVI, A. C. (UFPR, Curitiba - PR)
CHAVES, P.T.C. (UFPR, Curitiba - PR)
CHRISTEN, P. (IRD/Univ. Marseille  France)
CORDENUNSI, B. R. (USP, São Paulo - SP)
CROCOMO, O. (ESALQ, Piracicaba - SP)
DEMIATE, I. M. (UEPG, Ponta Grossa - PR)
DESTRO, D. (UEL, Londrina - PR)
DONI FILHO, L. (UFPR, Curitiba - PR)
FRANCO, T.(UNICAMP, Campinas - SP)
GALVÃO, F. (UFPR, Curitiba - PR)
GARCIA, E. J. (UFRGS, Porto Alegre - RS)
GAZZINELLI, G. (UFMG, Belo Horizonte - MG)
GNANSOUNOU, E. (EPFL – Switzerland)
GNASPINI, P. (USP, São Paulo - SP)
GOLDENBERG, S. (FIOCRUZ/IBMP, Curitiba - PR)
GREINER, R. (Karlsruhe - Germany)
HATSCHBACH, G. (Museu Botânico PMC, Curitiba - PR)
HOMMA, A. (FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro - RJ)
IDA, E. I. (UEL, Londrina - PR)
KILIKIAN, B. V. (USP, São Paulo - SP)
KLOSS, C. R. (TECPAR, Curitiba - PR)
KRIEGER, M. A. (FIOCRUZ/IBMP, Curitiba - PR)
LEBEAULT, J. M. (UTC - France)
LEON, J. R. (ICIDCA - Cuba)
MANGRICH, A. S. (UFPR, Curitiba - PR)
MOREIRA FILHO, H. (UFPR, Curitiba - PR)
MUSTAPHA, I. A.M. (RABAT, Marrocos)
NASCIMENTO, A. J. (UFPR, Curitiba - PR)

NIGAM, P. (Univ. Ulster - UK)
PACA, J. (ICT, Praga - Tcheczlovackia)
PANDEY, A. (Regional Research Lab.  Índia)
PAPAMICHAEL, E.M. (Univ. Ioannina - Greece)
PARADA, J. L. (UBA - Argentina)
PATERNIANI, E. (ESALQ - Piracicaba - SP)
PAVANELLI, G. C. (UEM - Maringá - PR)
PEREZ, R. (UCC - Chile)
PILOSOF, A. (UBA - Argentina)
PYLE, L. (University of Reading School of Food Bioscience, UK)
RAINER, J. (GBF- Germany)
RAKOTOBE, P. (Mandagascar)
REVAH, S. (UAM - México)
RODRIGUES, L. E. A. (UFBA, Salvador - BA)
ROUSSOS, S. (IRD / Univ. Marseille - France)
SANTOS, H.R. dos (UFMS, Campo Grande - MS)
SANTOS, M.B.L. dos (UFMG, Belo Horizonte - MG)
SCHERER NETO, P. (Mus. Hist. da PMC, Curitiba - PR)
SCHIMOKOMAKI, M. (UEL, Londrina - PR)
SCHMIDEL NETTO, W. (EPUSP, São Paulo - SP)
SEITZ, R. A. (UFPR, Curitiba - PR)
SENE, F. de M. (USP, São Paulo - SP)
SINQUE, C. (FURG, Rio Grande - RS)
SOUZA, C. P. de (FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro - RJ)
SZAKACS, G. (TU Budapest - Hungary)
TANNER, R. D. (Vanderbilt University - USA)
THOLOZAN, J. L. (IRD, Marseille – France)
THOMAZ-SOCCOL, V. (UFPR, Curitiba - PR)
TRAVASSOS, L. R. R. (UFSP, São Paulo - SP)
VERCESI, A. (UNICAMP, Campinas - SP)
VIEIRA, L. G. E.IAPAR, Londrina - PR)
WEBB, C. (UMIST - Reino Unido)
WENZEL DE MENEZES, E. (USP, São Paulo - SP)
WERNER, P. R. (UFPR, Curitiba - PR)
WOSIACK, G. (UEPG, Ponta Grossa - PR)
XAVIER, F. J. (UFCE, Fortaleza - CE)
YOKOTA, K. (Shimane University - Japan)
ZANETTE, F. (UFPR, Curitiba - PR)
ZANUNCIO, J. C. (UFV, Viçosa - MG)

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Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology: an international journal Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná. – v. 52, n. 5 (September/October 2009) - Curitiba: TECPAR, 2009. Former Title: Arquivos de Biologia e Tecnologia ISSN 0365-0979 Bimonthly regularity ISSN 1516-8913 1. Science and technology.  2. Biotechnology.  3. Agrarian Sciences.  4. Health human and animal.  5. Food technology.  6. Applied Sciences. 7. Biological Sciences. 8. Environmental Sciences.  I. Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná. CDD 660.6

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