Reliable and sensitive service for the detection of all relevant
mycoplasma contaminations for close quality control of cell cultures.
Uphoff, C.C., Drexler, H.G. «Detection of
mycoplasma contaminations.»
For cell lines, one might report the source, authentication, and
mycoplasma contamination status.
To ensure the best possible results for any tissue culture - based experiment, labs should routinely test for
mycoplasma contamination.
One problem that often plagues labs and hinders experiments is
mycoplasma contamination.
Mycoplasma contamination has been shown to arise from a variety of sources such as serum, other cell lines, or infected personnel and can persist undetected; unlike infections with larger microbes such as yeast, fungi, or bacteria, mycoplasma can be extremely hard to detect with levels reaching 108 cells per ml before the media becomes cloudy.
Drexler, H.G., Uphoff, C.C. «
Mycoplasma contamination of cell cultures: Incidence, sources, effects, detection, elimination, prevention.»