A Single-Tube Real-Time PCR Assay for Mycoplasma Detection as a Routine Quality Control of Cell Therapeutics
Author(s) -
Karin Janetzko,
Gabi Rink,
Andrea Hecker,
Karen Bieback,
Harald Klüter,
Peter Bugert
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
transfusion medicine and hemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.971
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1660-3818
pISSN - 1660-3796
DOI - 10.1159/000357096
Subject(s) - mollicutes , taqman , microbiology and biotechnology , serial dilution , polymerase chain reaction , real time polymerase chain reaction , biology , mycoplasmataceae , bacteria , dna , mycoplasma , medicine , genetics , gene , alternative medicine , pathology
Contamination of cell culture and biological material by mollicute species is an important safety issue and requires testing. We have developed a singletube real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for rapid detection of Mollicutes species stipulated by the European Pharmacopeia.
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