PCR-Based Mycoplasma Detection

Mycoplasma, the smallest and self-replicating prokaryotes, are common contaminants of primary cells and cell lines. Mycoplasma contamination can affect cell growth, morphology and metabolism. Mycoplasma are able to pass through 0.2 µm filters due to their small size. Furthermore, unlike bacteria and fungi, mycoplasma contamination is resistant to commonly used antibiotics, and can not be identified visually. Due to the difficulties in detecting mycoplasma, cells should be regularly screened to control mycoplasma contamination.
Mycoplasma testing is a necessary quality control requirement to certify that dependable research is performed and to ensure that the biotechnology products produced are reliable. Detection of mycoplasma is performed using primers recognizing the typical contaminating mycoplasma species (i.e., M. hyorhinis, M. arginini, M. orale, M. fermentans , and A. laidlawi ), which account for a majority of contaminations as well as members of the genera Ureaplasma, Spiroplasma, and Acholeplasma.
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