Study on variations in the normal microflora of the pharynx and the serum immunoglobulins in members of the 21st Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition 1979-1981

• Main Authors: Ikuo Ogawa, Akira Ishibashi, Teiko Ishibashi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1983
• Subjects: Geography (General); G1-922; Antarctic; Syowa Station; South Pole; Mizuho; Mizuho Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00008337; https://doaj.org/article/842547568ffd4c60b44f3b5d5c6c1339

We examined the difference between the normal microflora in the pharynx and the levels of serum immunoglobulins of the Expedition members during their stay in Japan and at Syowa and Mizuho Stations, Antarctica. 1) There was no evidence that the bacterial species and the number of microflora in the p...