microisolator

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

micro- +‎ isolator

Noun[edit]

microisolator (plural microisolators)

  1. A kind of animal cage with a filter to keep out microorganisms, used in scientific research.
    • 2015 July 14, “Defining the Roles of IFN-γ and IL-17A in Inflammation and Protection against Helicobacter pylori Infection”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Age-matched IFN-γ-deficient (IFN-γ -/- ) mice on a C57BL/6 background [23 ] were bred at the Laboratory for Experimental Biomedicine (EBM), University of Gothenburg, and all mice were housed in microisolators for the duration of the study.