Mollicutes contamination: A new strategy for an effective rescue of cancer cell lines

Biologicals

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-91

  Mariotti, Elisabetta ^a   D'Alessio, Francesca ^a,b   Mirabelli, Peppino ^a,b   Di Noto, Rosa ^a,b   Fortunato, Giuliana ^a,b   Del Vecchio, Luigi ^a,b  

^a CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic treatment; Cancer cell lines; Mycoplasma eradication; MycoZap

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; MYCOZAP; TIAMULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CANCER CELL CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLLICUTES; MOUSE; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS;

MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 84856500713     PISSN: 10451056     EISSN: 10958320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biologicals.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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