Depositional processes of travertine developed at Shionoha hot spring, Nara Prefecture, Japan

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

Depositional facies and aqueous-solid geochemistry of travertine-depositing hot springs (Angel Terrace, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, U.S.A.).

Petrographic and geochemical analyses of travertine-depositing hot springs at Angel Terrace, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, have been used to define five depositional facies along the spring drainage system. Spring waters are expelled in the vent facies at 71 to 73 degrees C and precipitate mounded travertine composed of aragonite needle botryoids. The apron and channel facies ...

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...

An influenza AH3 outbreak in a hospital, Nara Prefecture, Japan, in summer 2005.

*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Virology and Bacteriology Division, Nara Prefectural Institute for Hygiene and Environment, Ohmori-cho, Nara 630-8131, Japan. Tel: +81-74220-2887, Fax: +81-742-27-0634, E-mail: [email protected]. nara.jp An influenza outbreak occurred in summer, a non-epidemic season, in a hospital in the northern area of Nara Prefecture, Japan. The outbreak occurred in...

Raman and SEM analysis of a biocolonised hot spring travertine terrace in Svalbard, Norway

BACKGROUND A profile across 8 layers from a fossil travertine terrace from a low temperature geothermal spring located in Svalbard, Norway has been studied using both Raman spectroscopy and SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy) techniques to identify minerals and organic life signals. RESULTS Calcite, anatase, quartz, haematite, magnetite and graphite as well as scytonemin, three different carot...