Cell Culture Contamination and Quality Control

You're in the middle of preparing your cell cultures for an experiment but wait a minute - is that contamination? If so, who's responsible? Cell culture contamination is a pain but if it's not dealt with it can become an even bigger headache! In this video, we'll help you recognize the different calling cards left behind by the most notorious cell culture criminals: bacterial contamination, fungal and yeast contamination, mycoplasma contamination, and cell line cross-contamination. If contamination in your cell cultures is caught early, you might still be able to clean up the mess left by the culprits and save your precious cell cultures.

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[mehnazhossain]

I quite liked the who dunnit approach made it interesting,

[petevenuti]

Are there any plasmids that can induce my cell line to produce quinolones themselves?