Y Ochiai   C Takada   M Hosaka   
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 71(2) 898-903 2005年2月 [査読有り]
Cryptosporidium parvum and C. hominis have been the cause of large and serious outbreaks of waterborne cryptosporidiosis. A specific and sensitive recovery-detection method is required for control of this pathogen in drinking water. In the present...
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 42(5) 1869-1874 2004年5月 [査読有り]
Herpes B virus DNA was specifically amplified by PCR, targeting the regions that did not cross-react with herpes simplex virus (HSV). The amplified products, which were shown to be highly genetic polymorphisms among herpes B virus isolates, were i...
Y Ochiai   H Fukushi   C Yan   T Yamaguchi   K Hirai   
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE 62(9) 941-945 2000年9月 [査読有り]
The nucleotide sequences of the gene encoding chlamydial heat shock protein 60 (cHSP60) of 7 Chlamydia psittaci strains were determined. Comparison of sequences of the cHSP60 gene among chlamydiae showed high identities of the nucleotide sequences...
Y Ochiai   H Fukushi   Y Cai   T Yamaguchi   K Hirai   
MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 43(5) 419-424 1999年 [査読有り]
A highly conserved 40-nucleotide sequence was identified. Two completely conserved sequences, TAGATT and TAAACT, separated by 17 nucleotides resemble the consensus sequence recognized by the Escherichia coli major sigma factor and sequence found i...