Recovery of the germfree status of rats and mice monocontaminated with Aspergillus species.
The decontamination of monocontaminated rats and mice is reported in this paper. The monocontaminant micro-organism was an Aspergillus species, and the decontamination was applied with success using nystatin and phenol solutions for animals and materials respectively.
Nicoli
J R
JR
Departamento de Bioquímica-Imunologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Silva
M E
ME
Moraes-Santos
T
T
Vieira
E C
EC
D000818:Animals; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D005856:Germ-Free Life; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C / Q000382:microbiology*; D009761:Nystatin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010636:Phenols / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains / Q000382:microbiology*
D010636:Phenols; D009761:Nystatin