Several different types of microbes can contaminate cell culture, including bacteria, fungi, viruses and Mycoplasma. Some of these, such as mold contamination, can be obvious, and therefore caught ...

Microbial contamination from bacteria, viruses, and fungi can spread among experiments and workflows—wasting time, resources, and precious cell lines. These unwanted organisms can change the growth ...

We wanted to see if it can also be used to mitigate fungal contamination." Conventional 254-nanometer light disinfection works by damaging cells' DNA, whereas the shorter 222-nanometer wavelength ...

Two hundred years later, biology professor Manuel Ospina-Giraldo is still thinking about the Irish Potato Famine. Or, the ...

"One of the key challenges is that contamination can be present with no visible signs of fungal infection ... in Frontiers in Microbiology and plant pathologist at the USDA Agricultural Research ...

Martinelli’s is recalling more than 170,000 apple juice bottles over possible contamination from patulin, a toxic substance produced by fungi ... the DNA in some body cells.” ...