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Appendix D: Glossary
Pages 92-98

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... Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.) Axenic: Free of all microorganisms, including those that are typically found in the gut (thus truly germ free)
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... Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.) Genome: The complete set of genetic information in an organism.
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... Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.) Immunophenotype/immunophenotyping: A process that uses antibodies to identify cells based on the types of antigens or markers on the surface of the cells.
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... Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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... Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.) Metaproteomics: The large-scale characterization of the entire protein complement of environmental or clinical samples at a given point in time.
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... Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.) Specific pathogen free (SPF)
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... Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/23647.)


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