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Optimized PCR-based Detection of Mycoplasma
Published on: June 20, 2011
Diagnosis and treatment of Mycoplasma-contaminated cell cultures
Helena Harlin1, Thomas F Gajewski
1University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Current Protocols in Microbiology
|September 5, 2008
Abstract:
Mycoplasma contamination is a serious and frequent problem in the culture laboratory. Although mycoplasma contamination may be suspected by the failure of cells to thrive, the formal diagnosis rests on the detection of adenosine phosphorylase secretion by infected cell lines. This appendix describes how to test for mycoplasma contamination, and also presents methods for antibiotic treatment of infected cultures.

