microisolator

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ isolator.

Noun

microisolator (plural microisolators)

1. A kind of animal cage with a filter to keep out microorganisms, used in scientific research.
   • 2015 July 14, “Defining the Roles of IFN-γ and IL-17A in Inflammation and Protection against Helicobacter pylori Infection”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     Age-matched IFN-γ-deficient (IFN-γ -/- ) mice on a C57BL/6 background [23 ] were bred at the Laboratory for Experimental Biomedicine (EBM), University of Gothenburg, and all mice were housed in microisolators for the duration of the study.