Etymology
Origin of germfree
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If you take mice that are germfree, those that have a sterile gut with no commensal bacteria, the phenomenon of oral tolerance does not occur.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 23, 2015
"The use of germfree animals as a tool in biological and medical research will be as natural in the future as the use of the microscope and carbon 14," says Bacteriologist James A. Reyniers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Small animals such as rats, mice and guinea pigs will breed in the germfree tanks, so that once the line has been established, generation after generation is born germfree.
From Time Magazine Archive
Examples: perfect ball bearings, formed outside the distorting pull of gravity; mixing pure Pharmaceuticals in the germfree vacuum of space.
From Time Magazine Archive
Explains the center's Co-Director Dr. Harry B. Benaron: "We don't say that newspapers are germfree, but they are certainly cleaner than the sheets we find in the average home."
From Time Magazine Archive
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