microisolatorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

microisolator (複数形 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”^[1], PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0131444: 

     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.