Accession Number:

AD0839627

Title:

GERMFREE LIFE

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY FOREIGN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER CHARLOTTESVILLE VA

Personal Author(s):

• Podoprigora, G. I.

Report Date:

1968-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

9.0

Abstract:

Germfree living seemed to be an impossibility until 1885 when Louis Pasteur conceived the idea of artificial production of germfree animals. The first such animals were obtained by German Scientists in 1895, the birthyear of gnotobiology. Since then, life without microbes has been a possibility, and the technology of gnotobiosis advanced rapidly. Research on germfree life is conducted now in all countries of the world in view of the great importance of this biological field for medicine, biology, and cosmic science. The first Soviet gnotobiotic isolator, which is now in operation, was manufactured in 1966.

Descriptors:

• *GERM FREE ANIMALS
• *GERM FREE ATMOSPHERES
• USSR
• TRANSLATIONS
• LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
• LAMINATED GLASS
• BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES
• LAMINATED PLASTICS

Subject Categories:

• Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine
• Medical Facilities, Equipment and Supplies

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE