Plant and Insect Fossils found in the Mikasayama Area, Nara Prefecture

Serotyping of human group A rotaviruses in Nara Prefecture, Japan.

Fossils and plant phylogeny.

Developing a detailed estimate of plant phylogeny is the key first step toward a more sophisticated and particularized understanding of plant evolution. At many levels in the hierarchy of plant life, it will be impossible to develop an adequate understanding of plant phylogeny without taking into account the additional diversity provided by fossil plants. This is especially the case for relativ...

Detection and genetic characterization of sporadic noroviruses in Nara Prefecture between April 2006 and September 2007.

*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Virology and Bacteriology Division, Nara Prefectural Institute for Hygiene and Environment, 57-6 Ohmori-cho, Nara city, Nara 630-8131, Japan. Tel: +81-742-20-2887, Fax: +81-742-27-0634, E-mail: y.kitahori @ihe.pref.nara.jp Norovirus (NoV) is usually prevalent in the early winter season and causes symptoms of acute gastroenteritis such as diarrhea or vomit...

Plant Fossils in the Clarno Formation, Oregon

The Clarno formation was originally described by Merriam (1901) from outcrops at Mitchell and Clarno's Ferry, Oregon. Since that time the formation has been found to be very widely distributed throughout central Oregon (Wilkinson, 1959). It is composed of an unknown thickness of volcanic rocks and interfingering terrestrial sediments which contain a newly discovered vertebrate fauna and an abun...

Rare group a rotavirus P[9]G3 isolated in Nara Prefecture, Japan.

*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Virology and Bacteriology Division, Nara Prefectural Institute for Hygiene and Environment, Ohmori-cho 57-6, Nara 630-8131, Japan. Tel: +81742-20-2887, Fax: +81-742-27-0634, E-mail: [email protected]. nara.jp The serotypes of rotavirus are determined by neutralization epitopes in their outer capsid proteins, VP4 and VP7. In the past 5 years, we have conduc...