Demonstration of mucosa-associated microbial populations in the colons of mice.
Gram-stained sections prepared in a microtome-cryostat and examined by light microscopy confirmed the observation with scanning electron microscopy made by other workers that microbes inhabit a zone adjacent to the mucosal surface of the proximal colon of mice. Microbes in the midcolon, in contrast, are restricted to the fecal pellets occupying the intestinal lumen.
Tannock
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Department of Microbiology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003106:Colon / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051379:Mice; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning