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Recent Articles Utilizing Gnotobiotes

� Mariana Gontijo Ramos, Eduardo Alves Bambirra, Jacques Robert Nicoli, Denise Carmona Cara, Enio Cardillo Vieira, and Jacqueline Alvarez-Leite Protection by Short-Chain Fatty Acids against 1--D-Arabinofuranosylcytosine-Induced Intestinal Lesions in Germfree Mice Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 950-953.

� Camilla U. Rang, Tine Rask Licht, Tore Midtvedt, Patricia L. Conway, Lin Chao, Karen A. Krogfelt, Paul S. Cohen, and S�ren Molin Estimation of Growth Rates of Escherichia coli BJ4 in Streptomycin-Treated and Previously Germfree Mice by In Situ rRNA Hybridization Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 1999 6: 434-436.

� Gwen L. Talham, Han-Qing Jiang, Nicolaas A. Bos, and John J. Cebra Segmented Filamentous Bacteria Are Potent Stimuli of a Physiologically Normal State of the Murine Gut Mucosal Immune System Infect. Immun. 1999 67: 1992-2000.

� Hilde E. Smith, Marloes Damman, Joeke van der Velde, Frans Wagenaar, Henk J. Wisselink, Norbert Stockhofe-Zurwieden, and Mari A. Smits Identification and Characterization of the cps Locus of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2: the Capsule Protects against Phagocytosis and Is an Important Virulence Factor Infect. Immun. 1999 67: 1750-1756.

� Edward T. Ryan, Thomas I. Crean, Manohar John, Joan R. Butterton, John D. Clements, and Stephen B. Calderwood In Vivo Expression and Immunoadjuvancy of a Mutant of Heat-Labile Enterotoxin of Escherichia coli in Vaccine and Vector Strains of Vibrio cholerae Infect. Immun. 1999 67: 1694-1701.

� Art Donohue-Rolfe, Ivanela Kondova, Jean Mukherjee, Kerry Chios, David Hutto, and Saul Tzipori Antibody-Based Protection of Gnotobiotic Piglets Infected with Escherichia coli O157:H7 against Systemic Complications Associated with Shiga Toxin 2 Infect. Immun. 1999 67: 3645-3648.

� D. C. Hodgins, S. Y. Kang, L. deArriba, V. Parre�o, L. A. Ward, L. Yuan, T. To, and L. J. Saif Effects of Maternal Antibodies on Protection and Development of Antibody Responses to Human Rotavirus in Gnotobiotic Pigs J. Virol. 1999 73: 186-197.

� Yoshinori Umesaki, Hiromi Setoyama, Satoshi Matsumoto, Akemi Imaoka, and Kikuji Itoh Differential Roles of Segmented Filamentous Bacteria and Clostridia in Development of the Intestinal Immune System Infect. Immun. 1999 67: 3504-3511.

� Heiko C. Rath, Kenneth H. Wilson, and R. Balfour Sartor Differential Induction of Colitis and Gastritis in HLA-B27 Transgenic Rats Selectively Colonized with Bacteroides vulgatus or Escherichia coli Infect. Immun. 1999 67: 2969-2974.

� Paula J. Crowley, L. Jeannine Brady, Suzanne M. Michalek, and Arnold S. Bleiweis Virulence of a spaP Mutant of Streptococcus mutans in a Gnotobiotic Rat Model Infect. Immun. 1999 67: 1201-1206.

� Karsten R. O. Hazlett, Joseph E. Mazurkiewicz, and Jeffrey A. Banas Inactivation of the gbpA Gene of Streptococcus mutans Alters Structural and Functional Aspects of Plaque Biofilm Which Are Compensated by Recombination of the gtfB and gtfC Genes Infect. Immun. 1999 67: 3909-3914.

� Perry J. Riggle, Karl A. Andrutis, Xi Chen, Saul R. Tzipori, and Carol A. Kumamoto Invasive Lesions Containing Filamentous Forms Produced by a Candida albicans Mutant That Is Defective in Filamentous Growth in Culture Infect. Immun. 1999 67: 3649-3652.

Books

� Wostmann, B.S. 1996. Germfree and Gnotobiotics Animal Models: Background and Applications, 208 pp. CRC Press, Inc.: Boca Raton, FL.

� Monastersky, G.M., and J.M. Robl. 1995. Strategies in Transgenic Animal Science. ASM Press: Washington, D.C.

� Svedsen, P., and J. Hau 1994. Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science. Vol. I: Selection and Handling of Animals in Biomedical Research, 448 pp. CRC Press, Inc.: Boca Raton, FL.

� Svedsen, P., and J. Hau. 1994. Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science. Vol. II: Animal Models, 224 pp. CRC Press, Inc.: Boca Raton, FL.

� Heidt, P.J. 1989. Gnotobiotics and Bone Marrow Transplantation: Experimental and Clinical Studies. Radiobiological Institute of the Div. for Health Research TNO: The Netherlands.

� Wostmann, B.S. 1984. Germfree Research Microflora Control and Its Application to the Biomedical Sciences, Vol. 181. Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, NY.

� Inglis, J.K. 1980. Introduction to Laboratory Animal Science and Technology. Pergamon Press, Elmsford, NY.

� Pleasants, J.R. 1974. Gnotobiotics. In, Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science, Vol. I. Melby, Jr., E.C., and N.H. Altman.[editors] pp:119-174. CRC Press, Cleveland,OH.

� Porter, G. 1971. Notes for Breeders of Common Laboratory Animals. Lane-Petter, W. (ed.), Academic Press, New York, NY.

� Coates, M.E. 1968. The Germ-Free Animal in Research. Academic Press: London and New York.

� Luckey, Thomas D. 1963. Germfree Life and Gnotobiology. Academic Press, New York and London.

Proceedings of the International
Symposiums on Gnotobiology
[International Meetings are held every 3 Years]

� Hashimoto, K., B. Sakakibara, S. Tazume, and K. Shimizu. Germfree Life and Its Ramifications. Proc. of the XIIth International Symposium on Gnotobiology, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 24-28, 1996. XII ISG Publishing Committee, Shiozawa, Japan, 1996.

� Nicoli, J.R., E.C. Vieira, P.J. Heidt, and V. Rusch. Microecology and Therapy Vol. 24 - 1996. Proc. of the XIth International Symposium on Gnotobiology, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, June 6-10, 1993. Institut f�r Mikro�kologie, Herborn-Dill, Germany.

� Heidt, P.J., J.M. Vossen and V.C. Rusch. Microecology and Therapy Vol. 20 - 1990. Experimental and Clinical Gnotobiology. Proc. of the 10th International Symposium on Gnotobiology, Leiden, The Netherlands, June 17-21, 1990. Institut f�r Mikro�kologie, Herborn-Dill, Germany.

� Gnotobiology and Its Applications. Proc. of the IXth International Symposium on Gnotobiology, Versailles, France, June 21-26, 1987. Edition Fondation Marcel M�rieux: Lyon, France, 1987.

� Wostmann, B.S. Progress in Clinical and Biological Research, Vol. 181. Germfree Research: Control and its Application to the Biomedical Sciences. Proc. of the VIIIth Intl. Symposium on Germfree Research, Notre Dame, IN, June 17-22, 1984. Alan R. Liss,. Inc., New York. 1985.

� Sasaki, S., A. Ozawa, and K. Hashimoto. Recent Advances in Germfree Research. Proc. of the VIIth International Symposium on Gnotobiology, Tokyo, Japan, June 29-July 3, 1981. Tokai University Press, Japan, 1981.

� Fliedner, T., H. Heit, D. Niethammer, and H. Pflieger Clinical and Experimental Gnotobiotics. Proc. of the Sixth Intl. Symposium on Gnotobiology, Ulm, West Germany, June 6-10, 1978. Zentrablatt f�r Bakteriologie, Suppl. 7, Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart and New York, 1979.

� Proc. of the Vth International Symposium on Gnotobiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden, June 9-12, 1975.

� Heneghan, James B. Germfree Research: Biological Effect of Gnotobiotic Environments. Proc. of the IVth International Symposium on Germfree Research, New Orleans, LA, April 16-20, 1972. Academic Press: New York and London 1973.