Mycoplasma contamination of cell cultures: Incidence, sources, effects, detection, elimination, prevention

Cytotechnology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 75-90

  Drexler, Hans G ^a   Uphoff, Cord C ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Cell lines; Contamination; Detection; Elimination; Incidence; Mycoplasma; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BM CYCLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ENROFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SPARFLOXACIN; TIAMULIN;

ACCURACY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HYBRIDOMA; INCIDENCE; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMATALES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037883756     PISSN: 09209069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022913015916     Document Type: Conference Paper

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