Best practices for germ-free derivation and gnotobiotic zebrafish husbandry

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 138, Issue , 2017, Pages 61-100

  Melancon, E ^a   Gomez De La Torre Canny, S ^b   Sichel, S ^a   Kelly, M ^a   Wiles, T J ^a   Rawls, J F ^b   Eisen, J S ^a   Guillemin, K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axenic; Bacterial colonization; Germ free; Gnotobiotic; Husbandry; Microbiome; Microbiota; Sterile; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAMMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GERM-FREE LIFE; MAMMALS; MICROBIOTA; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 85020431385     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2016.11.005     Document Type: Article

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