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APP NOTE

Benchmarking of the Microsart® AMP Mycoplasma Kit with Products of Two Other Suppliers

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Among the world’s smallest bacteria Mycoplasmas are capable of independent reproduction and thus contamination of cell cultures remains a major problem. A sensitive routine testing for contamination of cell cultures is essential. With several different PCR kits to detect mycoplasma available, we benchmarked the Microsart® AMP Mycoplasma kit against products of two other suppliers.

This application note compares three mycoplasma detection kits, demonstrating which comes out on top by assessing important deciding factors, such as:

  • Variability
  • Reproducibility
  • Sensitivity