Significant enhancement of T-strain mycoplasmal growth on supplemented Shepard's A6 differential agar.
Growth of T-strain mycoplasmas was significantly improved by supplementing Shepard's A6 medium with sodium thioglycolate, cysteine hydrochloride, mercaptoethanol, or dithiothreitol.
D000362:Agar; D003545:Cysteine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004229:Dithiothreitol / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008623:Mercaptoethanol / Q000494:pharmacology; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013864:Thioglycolates / Q000494:pharmacology
D013864:Thioglycolates; D008623:Mercaptoethanol; D000362:Agar; D003545:Cysteine; D004229:Dithiothreitol