Mycoplasma Contamination: Where Does It Come From and How to Prevent It
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Blog Post
Published
Oct. 8, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
...sterilization as mycoplasma can even escape 0.2-micron filters.
Figure 1: Contamination! Tissue culture...shortly. Once they are present in the laboratory environment, they are difficult to eradicate. You can suppress...maintenance of the cell lines. Providing such an environment for the lab facility will not only reduce mycoplasmas... you are careful enough to provide a sterile environment for work, it will soon become a habit before ...separate footwear for the lab to avoid bringing in environmental contaminants.
Figure 2: An Addgenie...lines for assay or analytical purposes.
Use 0.1-micron filters as are they are a better way of avoiding...avoiding mycoplasma, rather than using 0.2-micron filters, for media filtration. There is no 100% assurance...