title: Effect of a Mycoplasma hominis-like Mycoplasma on the infection of HEp-2 cells by the TW-183 strain of Chlamydia pneumoniae.
abstract: We isolated a Mycoplasma hominis-like mycoplasma from a stock culture of Chlamydia pneumoniae TW-183 obtained from the American Type Culture Collection and eradicated the contaminant by treating the stock suspension with a nonionic detergent, Igepal CA-630. The M. hominis-like mycoplasma neither inhibits nor enhances the infectivity of C. pneumoniae for HEp-2 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Castilla
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Wadowsky
mesh_terms: D016993:Chlamydophila pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D003902:Detergents / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D019535:Mycoplasma hominis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development*; D017830:Octoxynol; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D003902:Detergents; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D017830:Octoxynol; C010615:Nonidet P-40