A QUICK DETECTION OF MYCOPLASMA IN CONTAMINATED-CELL CULTURE BY DAPI STAINING METHOD / 解剖学报

ABSTRACT

With the method of specific binding of DAPI and DNA, the mycoplasma contamination cell cultures are sensitively detected. In this way, the monolayer cells can be determinated if a certain cell culture has been contaminated by some mycoplasma. The process is simple and can be done within thirty minutes. This method can be widely applied as a routine determination for detecting mycoplasma contamination in laboratory cell cultures.