Treatment of Mycoplasma Contamination in Cell Cultures with Plasmocin

A high percentage of cell lines are chronically infected with various mycoplasma species. The addition of antibiotics that are particularly effective against these contaminants to the culture medium during a limited period of time is a simple, inexpensive, and very practical approach for decontamina...

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Main Authors: Cord C. Uphoff, Sabine-A. Denkmann, Hans G. Drexler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/267678