Normalization of Reproductive Function in Germfree Mice Following Bacterial Contamination

Experimental Animals

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 151-158

  Shimizu, Keiko ^a   Muranaka, Yohko ^a   Fujimura, Ryuko ^a   Ishida, Hiroshi ^b   Tazume, Seiki ^a   Shimamura, Tadakatsu ^c  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteroides; Clostridium; Germfree mice; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COPULATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; BACTEROIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COPULATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GERM-FREE LIFE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; REPRODUCTION; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 0032116032     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.47.151     Document Type: Article

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