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. 1987 Aug;53(8):1965–1968. doi: 10.1128/aem.53.8.1965-1968.1987

Demonstration of mucosa-associated microbial populations in the colons of mice.

G W Tannock 1
PMCID: PMC204036  PMID: 3662524

Abstract

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.

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