Several different types of microbes can contaminate cell culture, including bacteria, fungi, viruses and Mycoplasma.Some of these, such as mold contamination, can be obvious, and therefore caught ...

Mycoplasma and other bacterial contaminations have ruined many cell culture experiments. To avoid wasting time and materials, researchers need to take a closer look at the source of the spread of ...

When carrying out cell culture in the lab, contamination from microbial agents such as bacteria and fungus can occur and have disastrous effects on ongoing experiments and cell expansion plans.

Contamination is a common problem in cell culture, and contaminants include mycoplasma, yeast, bacteria, and chemicals. Image Credit: Anamaria Mejia / Shutterstock Origins of cell culture ...

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Mycoplasmas are small, prokaryotic organisms and the most common contaminants found in cell cultures. Contamination by mycoplasma continues to be a major issue in cell culture as it can cause drastic ...

Mycoplasma is a common bacterial contaminator in cell culture laboratories. Mycoplasma contamination has been shown to induce cellular changes, e.g. susceptibility to drugs, which could render any ...

Ensuring cell culture sterility is essential in small and large bioprocesses. Microbial contamination from bacteria, viruses, and fungi can spread among experiments and workflows—wasting time, ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created nanostructured alumina surfaces which are strongly antibacterial but can be used to culture cells. They found that anodic porous alumina ...

We studied the incidence of bacterial contamination in autologous peripheral ... 11 When microbial contamination occurs in red blood cells, ... and patients with the same bacteria in blood culture.