Mycoplasma contamination is prevalent in cell culture labs: in one study, researchers identified mycoplasma contamination in 11% of the 10,000 cell lines they tested (Olarerin-George et al. 2015).

While mycoplasma are somewhat commensal in nature, they can have severe effects on cell proliferation and culture health. This, in turn, affects the experimental results and can skew scientific ...

Avoiding contamination is a serious and continual challenge across all cell culture processes. In a previous article, we examined ways of minimizing the impact of chemical contamination resulting from ...

An interview with Patrick Swan, COO of Gold Biotechnology, discussing the effects of mycoplasma contamination on cell cultures and the development of rapid detection kits that provide answers in just ...

Mycoplasmas are among the smallest free-living microorganisms, but the consequences of a mycoplasma contamination in a cell batch during bioprocessing can be huge. The presence of mycoplasmas can ...

After a microbiology-filled academic and research career, Diana Patzelt became the Global Project Manager for Microbial Enumeration Products at Sartorius (Göttingen, Germany), earning her the title of ...

Mycoplasmas, Acholeplasmas, and Ureaplasmas all belong to the Mollicutes class—small prokaryotes that do not have a rigid cell wall. Contamination of cell culture media by these organisms has become a ...

The Global Mycoplasma Testing Market is expected to witness a high growth rate of 11% from 2022 to 2027. Growing R&D activities & investments, government initiatives with regards to funding, rapid ...

A large variety of techniques for the detection of mycoplasma contamination of cell cultures have been described (reviewed in Ref. 1). Many of these methods are lengthy, complex and subjective and ...

Preventing mycoplasma contamination in the cell-culture lab can be a challenge. However, you can significantly reduce the risk of mycoplasma contamination and spread in your lab by implementing good ...