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Journal of Microorganism Control

Instructions for Authors
1. General Introduction
Subm ission of a paper to the Journal of Microorganism Control im plies that it has notpreviously been published and is not b eing consid ered for pub lication elsew here. Them anuscrip t should be carefully w ritten follow ing this Instruction for the authors, otherw ise, it w ill be returned to the author. At least one of the authors or a ﬃliated institution
m ust be a m em ber of the Society for Antib acterial and Antifung al Ag ents, Jap an. For
overseas authors, no such restriction is applied.

2. Types of papers
There are several types of papers as follow s. These are subjected to peer review, except for Editorial.
1） Review : A subject overview presents developm ents and concepts of a topic ﬁeld toreaders and covers relating references. The Editorial Board m ay som etim es invitescientists to w rite a review article.
2） Minireview : A com pact review of ﬁnd ing s and ideas in a topic ﬁeld rather than asum m ary or reference list. It m ay also be com m issioned from the Editorial Board.
3） Original（ full-leng th paper）: The study, results, and theory of orig inal research.
4） Note: An alternative to the orig inal full-leng th paper for describing sm aller but concentrated pieces of not prelim inary ﬁnding s but com pleted research w ork.
5） Com m unication: A concise and deﬁnitive paper reporting new ﬁnding s and theories
th a t d eserve ra p id p u b lica tio n . This a lso inclu d es scientific o p in io n s a n d
perspectives.
6） Ed itorial: Com m unications and Inform ation from the Editors-in-Chief and Editorial
Board of the journal or the Society.

3. Format and structure of papers
Authors should w rite their m anuscript in Eng lish using a w ord processor and create 25lines per pag e in a font size of 10.5 or 11 w ith a 2.5 cm w ide m arg in on A4 size paper.
Three pag es of the m anuscript are equivalent to about one print pag e. The consecutive
num b ers of p ag es and lines m ust b e includ ed in the b ottom and left m arg ins of them anuscript, respectively. The m anuscript should be w ritten w ith Microsoft Word, using astandard typeface such as Tim es New Rom an, Arial, or Calibri. W hen referring to ﬁg uresand tab les in the text, fig ures should b e ab b reviated to Fig .（ i.e., Fig . 1） b ut tab lesshould not be abbreviated（ i.e., Table 1）.
The default pag e lim its and the structure of each type of paper are:
1） Review s and m ini-review s: Do not exceed 12 and 8 pag es, respectively, including
the space required for the ﬁg ures and tables. W rite an abstract of up to 200 w ords
at the b eg inning of your m anuscrip t, follow ed b y a freestyle text w ith several
heading s.
2） Original（ full-leng th paper）: Do not exceed 8 printed pag es in total. The text shouldvb e d ivid ed into Introd uction, Theory（ if necessary）, M aterials and M ethod s,
Results, and Discussion（ Results and Discussion, if necessary）, after an abstractof up to 200 w ord s.
3） Note and com m unication: Do not exceed 4 printed pag es in total. An abstract of
up to 150 w ords is required to be described before the text. The text should not be
divided into the sections described in the above Orig inal.
For all types of paper, if the m anuscript exceed s the above lim itations of pag es, anadditional fee is charg ed . See below（ no. 33） for the publication fee.

4. Manuscript submission
Manuscripts should be subm itted to the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Microorganism

Control as an attachm ent of their ﬁles to the e-m ail（ subm ission procedures are subject
to chang e）. See the m ailing add ress below for sending the m anuscrip t（ see no. 35）.
The corresponding author m ust also conﬁrm that all co-authors ag ree on the content
and subm ission of the m anuscript and that they ag ree to publish the m anuscript if accepted, and m ust include this inform ation in the cover letter.
If the m anuscript contains inform ation ab out individuals（ e.g ., p ersonal com m unica-tion）, authors m ust retain evidence of w ritten inform ed consent for the release of thosedetails. Since the journal does not have an online support system and supplem entary inform ation cannot b e published separately, authors m ay ad d and present additional results and data in the text by bracketing them w ith （" data not show n）".

5. Cover letter including the manuscript information
The authors should prepare the cover letter for subm ission of the m anuscript. The letter corresponds to the title pag e, w hich includes the follow ing m anuscript inform ation.
1） Article title: The title should be inform ative and concise（ w ithin 30 w ords）.
2） Authorsʼ nam es: The nam e of each author should be w ritten in the full ﬁrst nam e
and last nam e in capital letters. Each nam e should be follow ed b y a superscript
num ber 1, 2, etc. to desig nate the institution w here the study w as perform ed. The
nam e of the corresponding author should be follow ed by an asterisk, ＊, after thesuperscript num ber.
3） Nam e of the institute w here the study w as held: The institution nam e w ith its postal
address should be preceded by the superscript num ber.
4） Telephone num ber, Fax num ber, and E-m ail address of the corresponding author.
5） Present address, if any, of the authors have m oved to a diﬀerent institute6） Keyw ords: Authors need to select ﬁve or few er appropriate keyw ords.
7） Running head: This should be g iven as a com pact headline w ithin ﬁve w ords in all
capital letters.
In the case of the Jap anese corresp ond ing author, the Jap anese inform ation on thefollow ing item s is also required to be presented all in Japanese.
8） Article title.
9） Authorsʼ nam es.
10 ） Nam es of the institute w here the study w as held.
11 ） Postal present address if the author has m oved.

vi12 ） Nam e and com plete address of the corresponding author

6. Author statements（ outline）
Authors are required to p resent the statem ents including declarations in the m anuscrip t, b efore REFERENCES. They includ e the follow ing b ut are not com p ulsory fornum bers 3 to 6, if not ap plicable. See below（ nos. 14 to 20） in detail.
1） Author contributions
2） Conﬂicts of interest
3） Funding inform ation
4） Ethical approval5） Acknow ledg m ents
6） Data availability

7. Dates of reception and acceptance of the manuscript
The date of the reception of the m anuscript is the day w hen the Editorial Board recognized its subm ission. And after review ing , if the m anuscript is conﬁrm ed by the Editorial
Board to be accepted for publication, the acceptance day is noted.

8. Abstract and keywords
The abstract should b e w ritten on pag e 2. Althoug h the w ord“ ABSTRACT” itself is
not necessary, it is recom m ended to w rite w ith a bracket for recog nition, i.e.,（ Abstract）.
The content should be in one parag raph w ithout breaking the line w ithin the lim ited number of w ords used（ see no. 3）.
Keyw ords m ust be provid ed a m axim um of six, each of w hich should b e separated
w ith a slash（ / ）. General nam es such as‘ m em b rane’‘, enzym e’‘, inactivation’, etc.
should not be used, instead, m ore concrete expressions such as‘ m em brane structure’

and‘ enzym e inactivation’are preferab le. In a keyw ord, the uses of‘ of’and‘ and’should
be avoided. The initial alphabet of each w ord should not be in capital, except for proper
nouns.

9. Introduction
The backg round of the study should be presented. Neither the sum m ary of the results
nor a review of the references should be w ritten. Do not use subtitles.

10. Materials and Methods
It m ust be described concisely and com pactly using sub titles. The standard and alrea d y p ub lished m eth o d q uo te the references and d escrib e the necessary itemm inim ally.

11. Results
The results m ust be d escribed speciﬁcally and consisted log ically using subtitles. Theym ust be w ritten eﬀectively using ﬁg ures and tables, and also take notice of redundant
and unclear explanations. Fig ures and tables should be of m inim al necessity. The sim ple
results m ust be described in the text.

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12. Discussion
Authors should avoid the repeat of results and m ust lim it the descriptions relating to
the fact and interpretation of obtained results as m uch as possible w ith citation of closely
relating references. The use of subtitles should be avoided. If necessary, a ﬁg ure or table
can be used for explaining any authorʼ s concept as a m odel or a conclusion.

13. Theory
If the m anuscrip t contains a theoretical concept, this title can be inserted in the text
p referab ly b etw een IN TRODUCTION and M ATERIALS AN D M ETHODS or b etw een
MATERIALS AND METHODS and RESULTS. For a description of the extensive theory,
subtitles can be used.

14. Author statements including declarations
The authors are required or encourag ed to present the follow ing statem ents including
declarations relating to the subm itted m anuscript. They are author contributions, conﬂicts of interest, funding inform ation, ethical approval, acknow ledg m ents, and data availability. Each of these is com m ented on below.

15. Author contributions
The authorʼ s contributions are required for the authors to be described . W e recom m end including authorship and contributions using the CRediT taxonom y from CASRAI（ https://casrai.org /credit/）, w hich aim s to provide transparency to the contributors of researchers to the published study, im proving attribution, credit, and accountability. The
roles included in the taxonom y are conceptualization, data curation, d raft preparation,
form al analysis, funding , investig ation, m ethodolog y, project adm inistration, resources,
softw are, supervision, valid ation, visualization, w riting -orig inal creation, w riting -the initial
draft, w riting -review, and editing . Additional roles can also be described.
16. Co nﬂ icts o f interes t
Authors m ust disclose any substantial or potential conﬂict of interest including ﬁnancial, personal, or other issues w ith other persons or institutes that could im properly inﬂuence their w ork. Even if authors have no conﬂict of interest, they are required for thisstatem ent in the“ Conﬂict of interest”.

17. Funding information
The authors need to state in detail the funding sources that support this study. It includ es the nam es of funding org anizations and g rant num b ers. Any authors relating to
the special funding should be described . If authors received no special funding for the
study, it is preferable to state that.

18. Ethical approval
If any, authors should describe the ethical m atter. The code of Ethics of the Society for
Antibacterial and Antifung al Ag ents, Japan is as follow s.
The papers intended for the hum an body shall be the studies conducted w ith respectviii
fo“r th e D ecla ra tio n o f H els in k i”（ 1 9 6 4 , revis ed 2 0 0 8 ）“, E th ica l G u id e lin es fo r
Epidem iolog ical Studies”and“ Ethical Guidelines for Clinical Studies”b y the Ministry of
Education, the Ministry of Health, Labor and W elfare,“ Ethical Guidelines for Studies on
the Hum an Genom e and Gene Analyses”by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technolog y, the Ministry of Health, Labor and W elfare, and the Ministry of
Econom y, Trade, and Ind ustry, in Japan and other sim ilar ethical g uidelines.
The papers dealing w ith anim als shall also be the studies that have been conducted
to follow the g uideline for anim al experim ents speciﬁed by an ethical review board of thea ﬃliated org anization based on the intention of the“ Act on W elfare and Manag em ent ofAnim als”“, Basic G uid elines for Cond ucting Anim al Exp erim ents in the Org anization
Under the Justiﬁcation of the Ministry of Health, Lab or and W elfare”, and“ Standard for
Breeding , Safekeeping of Anim als for Experim ents and Reduction of Pain”by the Ministryof the Environm ent, in Japan. The statem ent is required for authors that the study has
been conducted w ith the approval of an ethical review board of the a ﬃliated org anization.
All authors are recom m end ed to consult the relevant EQUATOR g uidelines（ https://w w w.eq uator-netw ork.org /） for the study relating to hum ans and anim als. Even if noethical m atter is involved , the authors are recom m ended to state that.

19. Acknowledgments
Authors can state acknow ledg m ents of persons, org anizations, etc. in the m anuscript.
For those relating to funding , describe it in the Funding inform ation.

20. Data availability
If authors have any tool for interlinking to a data repository, the published results data
can b e op ened to read ers for a b etter und erstand ing of the research rep orted . The
statem ent of data availability is not com pulsory.

21. References
Reference citation in the text should follow the system denoted as follow s. The articles
that have been published or are“ in press”can be included in the reference list placed in
the ﬁnal part of the m anuscript. Unpublished or subm itted studies should be cited in the
text using parentheses, for exam ple,（ T. Bokin, unpublished）. Personal com m unication
also can be cited in the text but not in the reference list, like,（ H. Bobai, personal com m unication）, providing that the authors should g et perm ission from the person or org anization concerned.
In the text, references should be noted in parentheses in date order as follow s,（ Bokin
2003; Sakkin and Shodoku 2010; Bobai et al. 2022）, except for the citation of the authorʼ s nam e in the sentence, for w hich only a g iven year is parenthesized, like‘ Bokin（ 2003） has reported that …’, etc. Multiple references from the sam e author（ s） in thesam e year should b e d isting uished b y the letters,‘ a’, and‘ b’, etc. after the year, like
‘ Saw ai et al.（ 2013a）’. W eb references can also be in the reference list and the URL
and other inform ation should b e g iven w ith the d ate w hen the reference w as lastaccessed. See an exam ple presented below. If authors intend to cite a speciﬁc softw areor database, its nam e and the w ebsite w ith the accessed date in parenthesis should beix
referred to.
The reference list should be in alphabetical order according to the ﬁrst author. The order of description is the author（ s） nam e（ s）, year in parentheses, title, journal nam e, volum e in boldface, and initial and last pag e num bers. Articles w ith tw o authors should follow those of the ﬁrst author, arrang ed in alphabetical order according to the nam e of thesecond author. Articles w ith m ore than tw o but up to seven authors should do those of
the ﬁrst author in chronolog ical order. In articles w ith m ultiple references from the sam e
ﬁrst author in a g iven year, authors should arrang e those in chronolog ical order. For articles w ritten by eig ht or m ore authors, the ﬁrst seven authors should b e listed and follow ed by“ et al.”In the REFERENCES section, if any author has（ a） m iddle nam e（ s）, no
space should be placed betw een the initial capital follow ed by a dot for the ﬁrst or last
nam e and m iddle nam e（ s）.
‘ DOI’can be described but not com pulsory, p roviding that the authors should follow
the sam e citation style for all references. If authors cite a non-Eng lish w ritten paper, thelang uage nam e should be identiﬁed with parentheses after the title of the paper cited, e.g .,（ in Japanese）. The authors should use the standard abb reviation of a journalʼ s nam e
according to the ISSN List of Title W ord Abbreviations（ ISSN-LTW A, https://w w w.issn.
org /services/online-services/access-to-the-ltw a/）. The abbreviation of our journal is“ J.

Microorg. Control ”. See the follow ing exam ples for citations in diﬀerent cases.
◆Exam ples of papers:
Urano, H., and Fukuzaki, S.（ 2005） The m ode of action of sodium hypochlorite in thecleaning process. Biocontrol Sci., 10, 21-29.
Furuhata, K.（ 2019） Occurrence prevention and rem oval technolog y of bioﬁlm form ed invarious environm ents（ in Jap anese） . J. Antibact. Antifungal Agents, Jpn.（ Bokin-

Bobai-shi）, 47, 395-405.
Miyoshi, S., Kum ag ai, M., Tanid a, R., Soda, K., Yoshim oto, Y., and Mizuno, T.（ 2022）
Inhibitory eﬀects of polym yxin B and hum an LL-37 on the ﬂag ellin expression in Vibrio

vulniﬁcus. Biocontrol Sci., 27, 57-64.
Gonçalves, A. P., Heller, J., Daskalov, A., Videira, A., and Glass, N. L.（ 2017） Reg ulated
form s of cell death in fung i. Front. Microbiol., 8, 1837. doi:10.3389/fm icb.2017.01837.
◆Exam ples of books（‘ Japan’is not necessary, if published in Japan）,
Tsuchid o, T. , Kourai, H . , M atsuoka, H. , and Koizum i, J.（ 2000） Biseibutsu Seigyo,

Kagaku- to- Kougaku（ Microorganism Control. Science and Engineering ）（ inJapanese）, pp. 112-129, Kodansha Scientiﬁc, Tokyo.
Holdsw orth, S. D., and Sim pson, R.（ 2016） Safety aspects of therm al processing . In

Thermal Processing of Packaged Foods, 3rd ed., p p . 149-158, Sp ring er Intl. Pub .
Sw itzerland.
Setlo w , P. , and Jo hnso n, E. A. （ 2 0 1 3 ） S p o res a nd their sig n ifica nce. In Food

Microbiology: Fundamentals and Frontiers, 4th ed.（ Doyle, M. P. and Buchanan, R. L.,ed.）, pp. 45-79. ASM Press, W ashing ton, D. C., USA.
◆Exam ple of a dissertation,
Vo, C.K.（ 2021） Conditional g eneration and its m echanism of oxidative injury in heated

and irradiated Escherichia coli cells. Dissertation, Osaka Prefecture University.

x◆Exam ple of a patent,
Shim am ura, T. and Hara, Y.（ 2001） Com positions and m ethods of potentiating antibiotics w ith polyphenols. EP0761226B1.
◆Exam ple of a w ebsite,
W orld Health Org anization（ 2022） W orld health statistics 2021: A visual sum m ary. W orld
Health Org anization, Geneva, Sw itzerland . http s://w w w.w ho. int/d ata/stories/w orld health-statistics-2021-a-visual-sum m ary/（ accessed 2022/05/08）.

22. Tables
Tab les are p resented consecutively in turn after REFERENCES, as TABLE 1, etc.
Authors are required for preparation of those on（ a） separate page（ s） w ith the notationof the ﬁrst authorʼ s nam e and table num ber in the top rig ht corner of each pag e. Eachtable should have a concise title. Vertical lines betw een colum ns should be avoided. The
ﬁrst letter of each item should be capitalized. The content and experim ental conditions
should be described su ﬃciently to be understood w ithout reading the text w ith the supportive explanations in the footnote referred to in the table, using superscript italic alphabets in turn（ a, b, c, etc.）.
23. Leg end s to ﬁ g ures
Each ﬁg ure should have a concise leg end d escribing precisely w hat the ﬁg ure indicates and explaining essential experim ental conditions w ithout reading the text. Leg ends
to fig ures should b e includ ed in the text of the m anuscrip t on a sep arate p ag e after
TABLEs. The title and the leg ends are indicated in turn, starting from FIG. 1.

24. Figures and photographs
Fig ures should be subm itted separately from the m ain m anuscript ﬁle. They are m ade
in turn using a TIFF form at preferably but Pow erPoint is also availab le. As for the fontused in the ﬁg ures, Arial or Helvetica is preferable. Com posite ﬁg ures are recom m ended
to be presented using capitalized alphabets, like FIGs. 1A, 1B, and 1C. The ﬁrst authorʼ s
nam e and the ﬁg ure num ber m ust be indicated in the rig ht top m arg in of each pag e. All
fig ures should b e orig inal but, if the author cites fig ures already published elsew here,
perm ission from the copyrig ht ow ner is required based upon the authorʼ s responsibility.
Photog rap hs m ust b e of g ood q uality and have hig h contrast. The m ag nification
should be indicated w ith a bar displaying a unit leng th.
The author can use color art for ﬁg ures and photog raphs w ith a charg e of ¥40,000
per pag e and m ust indicate that.

25. Abbreviations and units
Abbreviations can be available for g eneral nam es such as the scientiﬁc nam e, physicalquantity, elem ents, and com p ounds ʼ nam es, and com m only used international w ords
（ see TABLEs 1 and 2）. The authors need to use SI units. W hen using non-SI units, theequivalent in SI units m ust also be g iven at the ﬁrst appearance.
Latin w ords in current use, for exam ple, in vitro, in vivo, and in situ, and abbreviations
for expressions, for exam ple, et al., e.g ., i.e., and cf. are g iven in Rom an.

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For other nam es used in the m anuscript, as a rule, authors can use an abbreviation if
it w ill appear m ore than three tim es in the text. Authors m ust deﬁne the abbreviations at
the ﬁrst appearance in the Abstract and in the text of the pap er includ ing ﬁg ures andtables.
If the authors use equations w ith m any param eters, abbreviations, or units in the text,
the section of NOMENCLATURE is recom m ended to be set up（ see no. 26）.

26. Nomenclature
For m icroorg anism s, p lants, and anim als, the Latin nam es of Genus and species m ust
be described at ﬁrst appearance in the text and thereafter the g eneric nam e should be
ab b reviated . Fo r o rg a nism s w ith g enera b eg inning w ith the sam e letter such as

Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, and Streptomyces, authors should avoid using confusing abbreviations. Subspecies are italicized and g roups and types are in Rom an anddesig nated by initial cap ital letters.
For chem icals, authors should follow the recom m endations of the International Union
of Pure and Applied Chem istry（ IUPAC）, and for biochem icals, should do those of the
Nom enclature Com m ittee of the International Union of Biochem istry and M olecular
B io lo g y（ IU B M B ） a n d th e IU PAC -IU B M B Jo in t C o m m is s io n o n B io ch em ica l
Nom enclature. In this journal, com m only used com p ound s listed in TABLE 3 can b e
abbreviated.
In m athem atical and g raphical expressions of the param eters, abbreviations, and units（ see no. 25）, if they exceed over ten, authors are recom m ended to g ive those as the
NOMENCLATURE just b efore REFERENCES.

27. Japanese digest for Japanese authors
Jap anese authors are req uired for w riting a Jap anese d ig est of the m anuscrip t forsubm ission w ithin 2,000 Japanese characters for Review, Minireview and Orig inal papers
and w ithin 1,000 characters for Note and Com m unication, respectively. Tables and ﬁg ures cannot be included in the dig est. The dig est text should be attached to the m aterials subm itted to the Journal of Microorganism Control. It w ill be published in the Journalof Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents, Japan, w hich is another official Journal of theSociety. W riting of the dig est text should follow the Instruction for Authors of the above
Japanese Journal. The author can dow nload the tem plate located in the subsite of the

Journal of Microorganism Control on the Society w ebsite（ https://w w w /saaaj.jp） to w rite
the dig est text.
28. Peer review
The subm itted m anuscript is review ed carefully by at least tw o review ers chosen b y
the Editor-in-Chief or Editor-in-Vice Chief. The authors can recom m end several possible
review ers to Editor to enhance the editing process. The m anuscript authored by Editorsand Ed itorial Board m em b ers is sent to unrelated review ers affiliated w ith d ifferent
institutions.

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29. English editing before submission
Authors are recom m end ed to have the m anuscript p rofessionally edited before subm ission to im prove the Eng lish su ﬃciently for understanding by review ers. If the content
of the m anuscript cannot be und erstood w ell by review ers or have m any g ram m aticalm istakes, the m anuscrip t m ay be returned to the author w ithout review.

30. Revision
The article sent back to the authors for revision m ust be returned to the Editor w ithinfour w eeks. A letter describing all m odiﬁcations w ritten in both replies to the review ersʼand editorʼ s com m ents, item by item , should b e attached to the revised m anuscript.
Otherw ise, it w ill be dealt w ith as a new subm ission. If the additional period is necessary,
the author can contact the editor. If any editing problem is found in the m anuscript, theEditor or Editorial O ﬃce m ay ask the author to resolve it even after its acceptance.

31. Proofs and reprints
Proofs are sent to the corresponding author. The author should correct them carefully
and send them back to the Editorial O ﬃce w ithin 6 days. If there is no response until thetim e lim it, the author m ust accept that the ﬁnal proofreading m ay be perform ed by the
Editorial Board. Authors cannot insert or elim inate a sentence or w ord at this stag e, except for m istakes in printing . If the author needs such a m odiﬁcation, its cost is charg ed
to the author.
The reprint order form is sent to the author tog ether w ith proofs. Reprints are oblig ed
to purchase by the author at least 50 copies at a m inim um . Authors can purchase additional copies of reprints for the Society, using the form at. The reprint has no title cover
pag e. See the Publication and reprint fees item for reprint fee.

32. Erratum and correction after publication
If authors ﬁnd an error in a paper after its printing for publication, and if it is due to a
printing error, an erratum w ill be inserted into a proxim ate issue. If the error is m ade by
the author, how ever, the author is responsible for the charg e.

33. Publication and reprint fees
The charg e for pub lication is ¥30,000 plus tax for orig inal full-leng th papers, m inireview, and review papers and ¥15,000 plus tax for Notes and Com m unications w ithin thelim ited pag es described above. There w ill be a charg e of ¥18,000 plus tax for each pag e
exceeding the lim its. If the paper contains color art or photog raphs, a fee of ¥40,000 w ill
be charg ed per pag e to the corresponding author, as also described in item no. 24.
The reprint fees are tabulated below（ see TABLE 4）.

34. CopyrightThe cop yrig ht of the m aterial p ub lished in the journal b elong s to the Society for
Antibacterial and Antifung al Ag ents, Japan.

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35. Mailing addresses（ at submission, after revision, and after acceptance ）◆For subm ission of the m anuscript,
Editorial Board of Journal of Microorganism Control.
E-m ail: biocontrol-sci@ saaaj.jp（ subject to chang e）◆For the ﬁnal accepted m anuscript,
Editorial O ﬃce
The Society for Antibacterial and Antifung al Ag ents, Japan
E-m ail. hensyu.saaaj@ nifty.com

36. Online access to published paper（ J-Stage）
Papers published in the Journal of Microorg anism Control appear on the J-Stag e site
（ https://w w w.jstag e.jst.g o.jp/brow se/-char/ja）.

37. Contacts
For further inform ation relating to the subm ission of the article or editing process andpublication, please contact us below.
Editorial O ﬃce:
The Society for Antibacterial and Antifung al Ag ents, Japan
Shin-Kosan Bldg .
1-13-38 Nishi-Honm achi, Nishi-Ku, Osaka, Japan
550-0005（ zip code）
E-m ail: hensyu.saaj@ nifty.com ; boukin@ nifty.com
Tel.:+ 81-6-6538-2166; Fax:+ 81-6-6538-2169.

Aug ust 1, 2022
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TABLE 1. Selected quantities, abbreviations, and units.
Quantity

Abbreviation

Unit

Time

t

Leng th

l

Area

A

VolumeMassConcentration
Amount of substance
Molecular mass
Relative molecular mass
Molar m ass
Temperature
Heat
Electricity and m ag netism
Electric current
Potential diﬀerence
Capacitance
Mag netic ﬁeld streng thResistance
Conductivity
Force
Pressure
Sedimentation coeﬃcient
Density
Relative density
Viscosity
Frequency
W avelength
AbsorbanceTransmittance
Molar absorption coeﬃcient
Ionic streng th
Energ yGibbs free energy
Equilibrium constantMichaelis constantInhibition constant
Rate constant
Rate of reaction
Other units
Absorption dose
Dose equivalentRadioactivity
Acceleration of gravity

V
m
C
N
m
Mr
M
T
q, Q

yr（ not year）, mo（ not month）, w k（ not w eek）,
d（ not day）, h（ not hour）, m in, s（ not second）,
m s, µs, ns
2
2
2
2
2
m , mm, µm（ not µ）, nm m , cm , m m , µm , nm ,
3
3
3
3
3
3
m , dm , cm , m m , µm , nm
nm, m 2 , cm 2 , mm 2 , µm 2, nm 2 m 3 , dm 3, cm 3 , mm 3,µm 3 , nm 3
kL, L, m L, µL, nL
kg , mg , µg（ not γ）, ng
M, mM, µM, nM
m ol, mmol, µmol, nm ol
Da（ dalton）
dim ensionlessg･mol－1
K, ℃
kJ, J（ not cal）

（ contʼ d）

I
V
C
H
R
k
F
P
s
ρ
d
η
V, f
λ
A
T
ε
I
E
G
K
Km
Ki
k

A, m A, µA
V, mV, µV
F（ farad）
G（ gauss）
ΩS（ Ω－1）
N（ kg･m ･ s－2 ）－22
Pa（ N･m ）, atm, bar, m bar, torr, kg/cm , mm Hg
13
S（ = 10 s）
g･cm －3
dim ensionless
P（ = 0.1 Pa･ s）
Hz
nm（ not mµ）dimensionlessdimensionless
M －1･cm －1－1
M（ m ol･ l ）, mM
J（ not cal）
J（ not cal）
dim ensionless
M, mM
M, mM
s－1, M･ s－1－1－1
m ol･ s , m mol･ s
Gy
Sv
Bq

g

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（ contʼ d）
Preﬁxes for units
E, exa（ 10 18 ） ； P, peta（ 10 15 ） ： T, tera（ 10 12 ） ； G, giga（ 10 9 ） ； M, m eg a（ 10 6 ） ； k, kilo
（ 10 3 ） ； h, hector（ 10 2 ） ； da, deca（ 10 1 ） ； d, deci（ 10 －1 ） ； c, centi（ 10 －2 ） ； m , m illi
（ 10 －3 ） ； µ, m icro（ 10 －6 ） ； n, nano（ 10 －9 ） ； p, pico（ 10 －12 ） ； f, fem to（ 10 －15 ） ； a, atto
（ 10 －18 ）.

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TABLE 2. Abbreviations for w ords other than units, quantities, or chem ical com pounds.
Abbreviation
BOD
b.p.
calc.
cf.
COD
conc.
concn
cpm
dil.
dpm
e.g.
et al.
Expt.（ pl. Expts.）
Fig .（ pl. Fig s.）
i.e.
m ax.
m in.
m-, p-, om .p.
n%p.（ pl. pp.）
ppb
ppm
ppt
ref.（ pl. refs.）
Rf
rpm
SD
SE
secspec. act.
tem p.
tert-（ t-）UVvol.（ pl. vols.）
vs.
v/v
vvm
w t.
w /v
w /w

W ord
biolog ical oxyg en dem andboiling point
calculated
com parechem ical oxyg en dem andconcentrated
concentration
counts per m inute
dilutedisinteg ration per m inutefor exam ple
et alia（ and others）
Experim ent（ s）
Fig ure（ s）
that ism axim um
m inim um
m eta- para- orthom elting point
norm alpercent
page（ s）
parts per billion
parts per m illion
precipitatereference（ s）
distance traveled by zone, divided by distance traveled by thesolvent front
revolusions per m inutestandard deviation
standard error
secondaryspeciﬁc activity
tem peraturetertiary
ultraviolet
volum e（ s）
versusvolum e per volum e
volum e per volum e per m inutew eig ht
w eig ht per volum e
w eig ht per w eig ht

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TABLE 3. Abbreviations for chem ical com pounds（ these abbreviations can be used
w ithout deﬁnition）.
Abbreviation
ADP
AMP
ATP
ATPase
CoA
DNA
cDNA
DNase
EDTA
FAD
FMN
NAD, NAD ＋
NADH＋
NADP, NADP
NADPH
RNA
m RNA
rRNA
tRNA
RNase
SDS
Tris

Chem ical com pound
adenosine 5 ʼ -diphosphateadenosine 5 ʼ -m onophosphateadenosine 5 ʼ -triphosphateadenosine triphosphatasecoenzym e A
deoxyribonucleic acidcom plem entary DNA
deoxyribonuclease
ethylenediam inetetraacetic acidﬂavin adenine dinucleotide
ﬂavin m ononucleotide
nicotinam ide adenine dinucleotide
reduced NAD
nicotinam ide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
reduced NADPribonucleic acidm esseng er RNA
ribosom al RNA
transfer RNA
ribonucleasesodium dodecyl sulfate
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