title: [On the revision of microbial tests in the Pharmacopoeia of Japan].
abstract: Revision of microbial tests in the Pharmacopoeia of Japan has been in progress since 1992. The affected areas include sterility tests, microbial limit tests, antimicrobial preservatives-effectiveness, and methods for strilization. Here, the revision of sterility tests, as well as of microbial limit tests, is discussed in detail. Several problems in JPXII are also described.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mise
mesh_terms: D007564:Japan; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D010602:Pharmacopoeias as Topic