Template - Current Biotechnology

Current Biotechnology, 2015, 1 1 Title (The Title Should Contain No More Than 120 Characters Excluding Spaces)

Author1, Co-author1,2, Co-author3 and Corresponding Author (include a portrait where indicated)1*

1Department, Faculty, University, P.O. Box, City, Country.

2 Department, Faculty, University, P.O. Box, City, Country. P l e a s e p r o v i d e c o r r e s p o n d i n g a u t h o r ( s ) 3Company, P.O. Box, City, Country. p h o t o g r a p h

Abstract Background: Brief context of the study. Objective: The main purpose of the study. Methods: For original and methodological articles. Results: The main findings of the study. Conclusion: Brief conclusion and potential implications. Keywords: 6 to 8 keywords must be provided.

1. INTRODUCTION It is imperative that before submission, authors should carefully proofread the files for special characters, The Introduction section should include the background mathematical symbols, Greek letters, equations, tables, and aim of the study in a way that is accessible to researchers references and images, to ensure that they appear in proper without specialist knowledge in that area. format. 1.1. Section Headings References, figures, tables, chemical structures etc. Section headings should be numbered sequentially, left should be referred to in the text at the appropriate place aligned and have the first letter capitalized, starting with the where they have been first discussed. Figure legends/ introduction. Sub-section headings however should be in captions should also be provided. lower-case and italicized with their initials capitalized. They 1.3. Figures/Illustrations should be numbered as 1.1, 1.2, etc. A page break may be All authors must strictly follow the guidelines below for inserted to keep a heading along with its text. preparing illustrations for publication. If the figures are 1.2. General Guidelines for the Preparation of your Text found to be sub-standard, then the manuscripts will be rejected/ and the authors offered the option of figure Please provide soft copies of all the materials (main text improvement professionally by Eureka Science. The costs in MS Word or Tex/LaTeX), figures/illustrations in TIFF, for such improvement will be charged to the authors. PDF or JPEG, and chemical structures drawn in ChemDraw (CDX)/ISISDraw (TGF) as separate files, while a PDF Illustrations should be provided as separate files, version of the entire manuscript must also be included, embedded in the text file, and must be numbered embedded with all the figures/illustrations/tables/chemical consecutively in the order of their appearance. Each figure structures etc. It is advisable that the document files related should include only a single illustration which should be to a manuscript submission should always have the name of cropped to minimize the amount of space occupied by the the corresponding author as part of the file name, i.e., “Cilli illustration. MS text.doc”, “Cilli MS Figure 1” etc. If a figure is in separate parts, all parts of the figure must be provided in a single composite illustration file. *Address correspondence to this author at the Department, Faculty, University, P.O. Box: 0000-000, City, Country; Tel/Fax: ++0-000-000- Photographs should be provided with a scale bar if 0000, +0-000-000-0000; E-mail: Institutional email. appropriate, as well as high-resolution component files. 1.3.1. Scaling/Resolution

Line Art image type is normally an image based on lines d) Graphics that are disproportionately large for the and text. It does not contain tonal or shaded areas. The content. preferred file format should be TIFF or EPS, with the color mode being Monochrome 1-bit or RGB, in a resolution of 1.3.3. Image Conversion Tools 900-1200 dpi. There are a number of software packages available, many Halftone image type is a continuous tone photograph of them freeware or shareware, capable of converting to and containing no text. It should have the preferred file format from different graphics formats, including PNG. TIFF, with color mode being RGB or Grayscale, in a General tools for image conversion include Graphic resolution of 300 dpi. Converter on the Macintosh, Paint Shop Pro, for Windows, Combination image type is an image containing halftone, and ImageMagick, available on Macintosh, Windows and text or line art elements. It should have the preferred file UNIX platforms. format TIFF, with color mode being RGB or Grayscale, in a Bitmap images (e.g. screenshots) should not be converted resolution of 500-900 dpi. to EPS as they result in a much larger file size than the 1.3.2. Formats equivalent JPEG, TIFF, PNG or BMP, and poor quality. EPS should only be used for images produced by vector-drawing Illustrations may be submitted in the following file applications such as Adobe Illustrator or CorelDraw. Most formats: vector-drawing applications can be saved in, or exported as, EPS format. If the images were originally prepared in an  Illustrator Office application, such as Word or PowerPoint, original  EPS (preferred format for diagrams) Office files should be directly uploaded to the site, instead of being converted to JPEG or another format of low quality.  PDF (also especially suitable for diagrams) 1.3.4. Color Figures/Illustrations  PNG (preferred format for photos or images) Color figures publication in the journal: The cost for each  Microsoft Word (version 5 and above; figures must individual page of color figures is US$ 950. be a single page) Color figures should be supplied in CMYK not RGB  PowerPoint (figures must be a single page) colors.  TIFF 1.3.5. Chemical Structures  JPEG (conversion should be done using the original Chemical structures MUST be prepared in ChemDraw/ file) CDX and provided as a separate file.  BMP 1.4. Tables  CDX (ChemDraw) Tables should be embedded in the text exactly according  TGF (ISISDraw) to their appropriate placement in the submitted manuscript. Table number in bold font i.e. Table 1, should follow a title. Bentham Science does not process figures submitted in The title should be in small case with the first letter in caps. GIF format. Data Tables should be submitted in Microsoft Word table For TIFF or EPS figures with considerably large file size format. restricting the file size in online submissions is advisable. Authors may therefore convert to JPEG format before 1.5. Construction of References submission as this result in significantly reduced file size and All references should be numbered sequentially [in upload time, while retaining acceptable quality. JPEG is a square brackets] in the text and listed in the same numerical ‘lossy’ format, however. In order to maintain acceptable order in the reference section. The reference numbers must image quality, it is recommended that JPEG files are saved be finalized and the bibliography must be fully formatted at High or Maximum quality. before submission. Zipit or Stuffit tools should not be used to compress files Sample references are provided at the end of this template prior to submission as the resulting compression through in the reference section. Correct reference format and list these tools is always negligible. must be provided in the manuscript. Please refrain from supplying: 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS a) Graphics embedded in word processor (spreadsheet, presentation) document. This section should provide details of the methods used along with information on any previous efforts with b) Optimized files optimized for screen use (like corresponding references as well as a clear description of all GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG) because of the low comparisons and the type of analysis used, to enable resolution. replication. c) Files with too low a resolution. Short Running Title of the Article Journal Name, 2015, Vol. X, No. X 3

2.1. Standard Protocol on Approvals, Registrations, [1] Bergquist PL, Morgan HW, Saul D. Selected enzymes from extreme Patient Consents and Animal Protection thermophiles with applications in biotechnology. Curr Biotechnol 2014; 3(1): 45-59. All clinical investigations must be conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki. Authors must comply with the [2] Gygli G, van Berkel WJH. Oxizymes for biotechnology. Curr guidelines of the international committee of medical journal Biotechnol 2015; 4(2): 100-110. editors (www.icmje.org) with regard to the patient's consent for research or participation in a study. More than Six Authors

3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION [3] Lanfranchi E, Köhler EM, Darnhofer B, et al. Bioprospecting for hydroxynitrile lyases by blue native PAGE coupled HCN detection. Curr Results and Discussion may be presented individually or Biotechnol 2015; 4(2): 111-117. combined in a single section (for shorter articles), ideally with short and informative headings. Edited Book

4. CONCLUSION [4] Blaxter PS, Farnsworth TP. Social health and class inequalities. In: Carter C, Peel JR, Eds. Equalities and inequalities in health. 2nd ed. This should state clearly the main conclusions of the London: Academic Press 1976; pp. 165-78. manuscript and give a clear explanation of their importance and relevance. Chapter in a Book

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS [5] Phillips SJ, Whisnant JP. Hypertension and stroke. In: Laragh JH, If abbreviations are used in the text either they should be Brenner BM, Eds. Hypertension: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management. 2nd ed. New York: Raven Press 1995; pp. 465-78. defined in the text where first used, or a list of abbreviations can be provided. Patent CONFLICT OF INTEREST [6] Larsen CE, Trip R, Johnson CR. Methods for procedures related to the Financial contributions and any potential conflict of electrophysiology of the heart. US Patent 5529067, 1995. interest must be clearly acknowledged under the heading ‘Conflict of Interest’. Authors must list the source(s) of Conference Proceedings funding for the study. This should be done for each author. If there is no conflict of interest, authors should state "The [7] Kimura J, Shibasaki H, Eds. Recent advances in clinical authors declare that there is no conflict of interest." neurophysiology. Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of EMG and Clinical Neurophysiology; 1995 Oct 15-19; Kyoto, Japan. Amsterdam: Elsevier 1996. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS All individuals listed as authors must have contributed Thesis and Dissertation substantially to the design, performance, analysis, or reporting of the work and are required to indicate their [8] Borkowski MM. Infant sleep and feeding: a telephone survey of specific contribution. Anyone Hispanic Americans. PhD dissertation. Mount Pleasant (MI): Central (individual/company/institution) who has substantially Micihigan University 2002. contributed to the study for important intellectual content, or who was involved in the article’s drafting the manuscript or Electronic Material revising must also be acknowledged. Journal Article in Electronic Format

Guest or honorary authorship based solely on position [9] Frangioni G, Bianchi S, Fuzzi G, Borgioli G. Dynamics of hepatic (e.g. research supervisor, departmental head) is discouraged. melanogenesis in newts in recovery phase from hypoxia. Open Zoo J 2009; 2: 1-7. Available SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL from: www.benthamscience.com/open/tozj/openaccess2.htm [cited: 26th Jan 2009]. Supportive/Supplementary material intended for publication must be numbered and referred to in the [10] Abood S. Quality improvement initiative in nursing homes: the ANA manuscript but should not be a part of the submitted article. acts in an advisory role. Am J Nurs [serial on the Internet]. June 2002 [cited: List all Supportive/Supplementary Material and include a 12thAug 2002]; 102(6): [about 3 p.]. Available brief caption line for each file describing its contents. from: www.nursingworld.org/AJN/2002/june/Wawatch.htm

REFERENCES Some important points to remember:  All references must be complete and accurate. Journal Reference  Date of access should be provided for online If the number of authors exceeds six then et al. will be used after three citations. names (the term “et al.” should be in italics.)” 4 Journal Name, 2015, Vol. X, No. X Principal Author Last Name et al.

 Journal names should be abbreviated according to prior permission has been obtained) should not be the Index Medicus/MEDLINE. given in the references section. The details may however appear in the footnotes.  If the number of authors exceeds six then et al. will be used after three names (the term “et al.” should be  The authors are encouraged to use a recent version in italics). of EndNote (version 5 and above) or Reference  Punctuation should be properly applied as Manager (version 10) when formatting their mentioned in the examples given above. reference list, as this allows references to be automatically extracted.  Superscript in the in-text citations and reference section should be avoided.  For more details, please visit: http://benthamscience.com/journals/current-  Abstracts, unpublished data and personal biotechnology/author-guidelines/#top communications (which can only be included if

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