Differential effect of phenethyl alcohol on mycoplasmas and enveloped viruses.
Mycoplasmas are totally inactivated by a 20-min treatment with 1% phenethyl alcohol, whereas suspensions of enveloped viruses resist the same treatment. This treatment has proved successful in eliminating mycoplasma contamination of a virus suspension.
D000128:Acholeplasma laidlawii / Q000187:drug effects; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000187:drug effects; D003666:Decontamination; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D000431:Ethanol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009052:Leukemia Virus, Murine / Q000187:drug effects; D008217:Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus / Q000187:drug effects; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000187:drug effects*; D012136:Respiratory Syncytial Viruses / Q000187:drug effects; D018108:Respirovirus / Q000187:drug effects; D012190:Retroviridae / Q000187:drug effects; D014776:Virus Cultivation; D014780:Viruses / Q000187:drug effects*
D000431:Ethanol