gno·to·bi·ot·ics

(nō′tō-bī-ŏt′ĭks)

n. (used with a sing. verb)

The study of organisms or environmental conditions that have been rendered free of bacteria or contaminants or into which a known microorganism or contaminant has been introduced for research purposes.

[Greek gnōtos, known; see gnō- in Indo-European roots + biotics, study of living organisms.]

gno′to·bi·ot′ic adj.

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gnotobiotics

(ˌnəʊtəʊbaɪˈɒtɪks)

(Biology) (functioning as singular) the study of organisms living in germ-free conditions or when inoculated with known microorganisms

[C20: from Greek, from gnōtos, from gignōskein to know + bios known life]

ˌgnotobiˈotic adj

ˌgnotobiˈotically adv

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gnotobiotics

a branch of biology that studies animals under germ-free conditions.

See also: Biology

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References in periodicals archive

(12.) Phillips BP, Zierdt CH.: Blastocystis hominis: Pathogenic potential in human patients and in gnotobiotics. Exp Parasitol 1976;39: 358-64.

INFLAMATUAR BARSAK HASTALIGI OLAN HASTALARDA BLASTOCYSTIS SPP.'NIN FARKLI TANI YONTEMLERI ILE ARASTIRILMASI VE GENOTIPLENDIRILMESI/EVALUATION OF BLASTOCYSTIS SPP. AMONG INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT DIAGNOSTIC METHODS AND SUBTYPE ANALYSES

* 1957 A new field called gnotobiotics, "the study of animals in a germ-free or germ-controlled environment," is described (1/26/57, p.

Prescient prognostications

He presented papers at a number of conferences sponsored by: the National Institutes of Health (1952), the World Health Organization (1954), the American Society for Microbiology (1956, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976-1978, and 1980), the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (1967, 1969, and 1971 - 1979), the American Association of Blood Banks (1967), the 13th International Congress of Blood Transfusions (1972), the 3rd International Congress of Immunology (1977), the U.S.-Japan Intersociety Microbiology Congress (1979), and the Association for Gnotobiotics (1980).

Obituaries of the members of the Ohio Academy of Science Report of the Necrology Committee, 2007

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