// July, 2024
Read the following article to delve into essential Gnotobiotic and Germ-Free glossary!
- Conventional: An animal with normal, indigenous, but undefined microflora.
- SPF: Specific Pathogen Free. SPF animals are free from specified pathogens but have an undefined microflora.
- SOPF: Specific Opportunistic Pathogen Free. SOPF animals are free from any opportunistic or pathogenic microorganisms.
- Germ-Free: Animals that are free of all foreign life forms, apart from the animal itself
- Gnotobiotic: Animals with a known and defined microbiota.
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