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The term “gnotobiotic” refers to the study of organisms inoculated in a carefully controlled environment containing one or a few types of organisms to observe their influence on the body or brain (Williams, 2014). For example, germ-free (GF) animals become gnotobiotic after being inoculated with one or more specific bacterial strains. This method assists researchers in studying the interactions between microbes and hosts.
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The Center for Nutritional Psychology. (2024). Gnotobiotic. In Encyclopedia of Nutritional Psychology. The Center for Nutritional Psychology.
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