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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 9.
Published in final edited form as: Bio Protoc. 2016 Sep 20;6(18):e1936. doi: 10.21769/bioprotoc.1936

Figure 1. Intestinal contents collection.

Figure 1

A. Opening the skin of the abdomen without disrupting the peritoneum. B. Opening peritoneum to expose intestine. C. Isolation of complete small and large intestine. D. Large intestine. E and F. Flushing out cecum (E) and colon (F) contents with PBS. G. Dispersing intestinal contents by using a plunger. H. Transfer contents into a 50 ml tube. I. Pellet contents after centrifugation.