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Abstract

The effects of the following changes throughout the association of germ-free mice with increasing numbers of anaerobic bacteria were studied: (i) elution patterns obtained by gel-filtration chromatography of caecal diffusates; (ii) concentration of -aspartylglycine in caecal and faecal contents; (iii) polypeptide patterns obtained by sodium dodecyl sulphatepolyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of caecal supernatants; (iv) free amino acid content of caecal supernatants; (v) faecal bile acids, analysed by gas-liquid chromatography; (vi) colonization-resistance. The results indicate that monitoring the normalization (association) process can be accomplished in several ways, but the level of colonization-resistance is most easily measured by high-voltage paper electrophoresis of faecal supernatants to determine the concentration of -aspartylglycine. During association, the concentration of -aspartyl-glycine decreased and became undetectable after association with 40 to 50 different strains of bacteria. There was a good negative correlation between the level of colonization-resistance and the concentration of -aspartylglycine.

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