title: Assessing and controlling microbial contamination in cell cultures.
abstract: This unit describes how to detect and recognize bacterial, fungal, or mycoplasma contamination and how to verify the presence of mycoplasma. Strategies are described for dealing with culture contamination, if necessary.
authors.affiliation: Becton Dickinson Microbiology Systems, Sparks, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Coté
mesh_terms: D001207:Asepsis / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004340:Drug Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D009181:Mycoses / Q000517:prevention & control; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards