Review

• Japanese Pickles “Tsukemono” and their Microorganisms......Shigeo MIYAO...... 127

Originals

• Isolation of Pathogenic Vibrios from Environmental Samples in the Tokyo Bay and the Characterization of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolates......Noriko KONISHI, Hiromi OBATA, Reiko YAKIWARA, Yukako SHIMOJIMA, Mikiyoshi SHIBATA, Kaoru HATAKEYAMA, Hiroshi SUZUKI, Yoko IKEUCHI, Tetsuya AKIBA, Chie MONMA, Kazuyoshi YANO, Akemi KAI and Satoshi MOROZUMI...... 138
• Genotypic Characterization of Clostridium botulinum Strains Producing Type A Neurotoxin Complexes by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA and PCR-RFLP Analysis......Katsuyuki ISHIMURA, Hiroyuki NAKANO, Takayuki KAYASHIMA and Takeo OGINO...... 148

Short Paper

• Development of the Quantitative Detection Method of Coxiella burnetii with Realtime PCR and the Growth of C. burnetii in Eggs......Kenji SADAMASU, Takayuki SHINKAI, Yukiko TABEI, Akihiko HIRAI, Shin-ichi KAMATA, Akemi KAI and Satoshi MOROZUMI...... 155

• Proceeding of the Society ...... 159
• Information ...... 165