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  2. Germ-free animal - Wikipedia

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    This process uses a non-germ-free mother which is sacrificed and sterilized before the pups' birth. After the cesarean birth, the pups must then be transferred to a sterile incubator with a germ-free mother for feeding and growth. [9] [10] These methods are only required for the generation of a germ-free mouse line. Once a line is generated ...

  3. Germs (band) - Wikipedia

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    The Germs performing in 2009. A film about the Germs, What We Do Is Secret, was in production for several years, and premiered June 23, 2007, at the Los Angeles Film Festival. [13] The film was theatrically released on August 8, 2008, and starred Shane West in the role of Darby Crash. Smear, Doom, and Bolles reactivated the Germs with West as ...

  4. Germ theory of disease - Wikipedia

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    A representation by Robert Seymour of the cholera epidemic depicts the spread of the disease in the form of poisonous air.. The miasma theory was the predominant theory of disease transmission before the germ theory took hold towards the end of the 19th century; it is no longer accepted as a correct explanation for disease by the scientific community.

  5. Biological hazard - Wikipedia

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    A yellow on black or white-coloured background is used behind a black biohazard symbol when integrated with a CAUTION sign, label or paragraph. A green on white or white-coloured background is used behind a black biohazard symbol when integrated with a NOTICE sign, label or paragraph. DANGER is used to identify a biohazard that will cause death.

  6. Germ - Wikipedia

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    Germ (microorganism), an informal word for a pathogen Germ cell, cell that gives rise to the gametes of an organism that reproduces sexually; Germ layer, a primary layer of cells that forms during embryonic development

  7. Mysophobia - Wikipedia

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    Mysophobia, also known as verminophobia, germophobia, germaphobia, bacillophobia and bacteriophobia, is a pathological fear of contamination and germs. [1] It is classified as a type of specific phobia, meaning it is evaluated and diagnosed based on the experience of high levels of fear and anxiety beyond what is reasonable when exposed to or in anticipation of exposure to stimuli related to ...

  8. Miasma theory - Wikipedia

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    An 1831 color lithograph by Robert Seymour depicts cholera as a robed, skeletal creature emanating a deadly black cloud.. The miasma theory (also called the miasmic theory) is an abandoned medical theory that held that diseases—such as cholera, chlamydia, or the Black Death—were caused by a miasma (μίασμα, Ancient Greek for 'pollution'), a noxious form of "bad air", also known as ...

  9. Microorganism - Wikipedia

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    A microorganism, or microbe, [a] is an organism of microscopic size, which may exist in its single-celled form or as a colony of cells.. The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from sixth century BC India.