ADVISORY BOARD
Mamoru ARAI, Teruhiko BEPPU, Arnold DEMAIN, Jerald ENSIGN, Toru HASEGAWA, Yuzuru IWAI, Romano LOCCI, Yoshiro OKAMI, Toshikazu OKI, Satoshi OMURA, Akio SEINO, Takashi SHOMURA, Masa HAMADA, Seiya OGATA and Tatsuji SEKI
EDITORIAL BOARD
BIBB, Mervyn J. John Innes Centre, Norwich, U.K.	IKEDA, Haruo Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan	NATSUME, Masahiro Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
DAIRI, Tohru Toyama Prefectural University, Toyama, Japan	KATO, Fumio Toho University, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan	OCHI, Kozo National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
FURUMAI, Tamotsu Toyama Prefectural University, Toyama, Japan	KIZUKA, Masaaki Sankyo Co. Ltd., Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan	OSADA, Hiroyuki RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan
GOODFELLOW Michael University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.	KOBAYASHI, Michihiko The University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan	SHINKAWA, Hidenori Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University, Hiroshima, Japan
GYOBU, Yasuhiro Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan	KUDO, Takuji RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan	STACKEBRANDT, Erko Deutsche Sammlung yon Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany
HATANO, Kazunori NITE Biological Resource Center, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan	KUZUYAMA, Tomohisa University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan	SUZUKI, Shin-ichi Tanabe Seiyaku Co. Ltd., Toda, Saitama, Japan
HAYAKAWA, Masayuki University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan	LABEDA, David P. Northern Regional Research Laboratory, Peoria, U.S.A.	TAKAHASHI, Yoko Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan
HAYGOOD, Margo G. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, U.S.A.	MIKAMI, Yuzuru Chiba University, Chiba, Japan	TAMURA, Tomohiko National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan
HORINOUCHI, Sueharu University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan	MIYADOH, Shinji National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan	UEDA, Kenji Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
HOTTA, Kunimoto Functional Water Foundation, Tokyo, Japan	MURAMATSU, Hideyuki Astellas Pharma Inc., Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan	WELLINGTON, Elizabeth M.H. University of Warwick, Conventry, U.K.
IGARASHI, Masayuki Microbial Chemistry Research Center, Tokyo, Japan	NAKAJIMA, Mutsuyasu Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan	YOKOTA, Akira University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
	Editor-in-Chief:	TAMURA, Tomohiko
	Associate Editors:	DAIRI, Tohru