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Keeping Tabs on Cultured Cells
Mycoplasma detection kits keep your cultures – and your data – above reproach
Email: Lissa Harris - lharris@the-scientist.com The Scientist 2005, 19(5):28
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Mycoplasmas have been called the crabgrass of cell cultures.[1]
Hard to detect, and even harder to eliminate, these simple intracellular bacteria frequently contaminate cell culture lines, wreaking havoc on cell function and metabolism without raising obvious warning flags such as changes in turbidity or pH.
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