Mycoplasma Control for Cell Culture Survey

Tell us about your experience with mycoplasma

In an effort to continuously improve our products, we kindly ask you to complete this short survey on your experience with mycolplasma.

This survey contains 7 questions and will take approximately 3 minutes to complete. The survey is anonymous, however, if you would like to be entered in the drawing to win one of three bottles of Mycoplasma Removal Agent, (MRA, SKU 093050044, 5 mL, $294 value), please enter your contact information in the last survey question.

Thank you for your participation and for driving industry advancement.

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* 1. Mycoplasma contamination constitutes a serious concern for cell culturists as it is a common cause of cell line contamination, affecting 15-35% of cell cultures. Does your lab have, or has it previously had, any mycoplasma contamination issues for cell culture?

Yes

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* 2. If your lab regularly examines mycoplasma contamination in the cell culture media, what testing methods are used?

Agar-and-Broth Procedure

PCR Method

DNA Detection with a Fluorescence Dye, such as Hoechst Stain

ELISA

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Once mycoplasma contamination is confirmed in your cell culture media, what do you do with your cell culture?

Throw away the cells and restart the culture process

Use anti-mycoplasma chemicals to rescue the cells, such as mycoplasma removal agent (MRA)

Do nothing as mycoplasma does not seem to interfere with the experiment

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Does your lab test for mycoplasma contamination of the cell culture environment, such as incubator, apparatus, hood, etc.?

Yes

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* 5. If mycoplasma contamination exists in your cell culture environment, what do you usually do to handle the situation?

Clean with a commercial available mycoplasma control spray

Clean with a mild detergent without special chemicals

Clean by sterilization

Nothing

Other (please specify)

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* 6. If you are using a commercial mycoplasma spray to control mycoplasma in your lab environment (incubator, apparatus, hood etc.), how effective is it?

Extremely effective

Very effective

Somewhat effective

Not so effective

Not at all effective

I do not use any commercial mycoplasma spray

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* 7. Thank you for answering all of the questions on this survey! To thank you, we would like to offer you a chance to win a bottle of Mycoplasma Removal Agent (MRA SKU 093050044, 5 mL, $294 value). Please complete the fields below to be entered in the drawing for one of three bottles of MRA.

Name

Company

Email Address