Review

• Cronobacter spp. ...... Yumiko OKADA ...... 65

Symposium I: Myxozoan Genus Kudoa
—Control on Fish Farm in Japan and Korea, and Recent Topics—

• Introduction ...... Takahiro OHNISHI and Jun SUZUKI ...... 76
• The Current Status of Control Measure against Kudoa septempunctata Infection in Fish Farms of Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) in Japan ...... Koh-ichiro MORI ...... 77
• Measures against Kudoa septempunctata Infection and Improvement of the Diagnosis in Korea ...... Bongsoo LIM ...... 81 Association between Myxozoan Parasites and Fish-Borne Diseases in Tokyo, and a Survey of the Myxosporean Infections in Marine Fishes ...... Jun SUZUKI ...... 84

Symposium II: What We Can Know from the Analysis of Food Poisoning Bacteria Based on Genome Sequence

• Introduction ...... Chie MONMA and Bon KIMURA ...... 89
• Molecular Epidemiological Analysis of Shigella ...... Hidemasa IZUMIYA, Masatomo MORITA, Ken-ichi LEE and Makoto OHNISHI ...... 90
• Identification and Characterization of a New Enterotoxin, CPILE, Produced by Clostridium perfringens According to the Analyses of Its Genome ...... Yoichi KAMATA ...... 96
• Genome-based Study for Better Mechanistic Elucidation of Campylobacter Thriving and Resistance in Host and Hostile Environments ...... Hiroshi ASAKURA ...... 103

Mini Symposium: Molds, Mycotoxins and Foreign Bodies in Fungal Contamination Cases and the Prevention Measures in Foods

• Introduction ...... Maiko WATANABE and Makoto YOSHINAMI ...... 106
• Occurrence and Legislation of Mycotoxins: Occurrence of Mycotoxins in Japanese Retail Food ...... Tomoya YOSHINARI ...... 107 Practice of Classification and Identification Utilizing Morphology and Genes: Morphological Observation and Gene Analysis ...... Ruiko HASHIMOTO ...... 111
• The Cases of the Fungal Foreign Matters in Foods ...... Miyuki YANAI ...... 115

Original

• Effects of pH and Aw on Growth of Clostridium botulinum Types A and B in Tsuyu ...... Masaru KOMAKI, Ryoko OKUBO, Nozomu OGINOME, Koji IZUMO and THE LATE Norihiko MATSUDA ...... 118

Short Paper

• Characterization of Paenibacillus spp. Isolated from Spoiled Corn Paste ...... Sakiko INATSU, Saki TAKETANI and Fujihiko MATSUNAGA ...... 126

Methods

• Calculation of MPN and the Development of a Computer Program for MPN Enumeration ...... Hiroshi FUJIKAWA ...... 131
• Evaluation of Nucleic Acid Purification-Free One-Step Real-Time PCR Kit for Norovirus Infection ...... Naomi sakon ...... 135

• Book Review ...... 140
• Introduction of Members ...... 141
• Selected Paper Abstacts ...... 142
• Proceeding of the Society ...... 146
• Information ...... 148