Thermo Scientific™ Mycoplasma Broth Base (Dehydrated)

Description

• Isolate and cultivate mycoplasmas from clinical specimens with Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid™ Mycoplasma Broth Base (Dehydrated) when supplemented with Supplement- G Selective Supplement SR0059
• Mycoplasma Broth Base complements Mycoplasma Agar Base CM0401
• Mycoplasma are a mollicute genus of bacteria that lack a cell wall around their cell membranes
• This characteristic makes them naturally resistant to many common antibiotics such as penicillin or other beta-lactam antibiotics that target cell wall synthesis
• They can be parasitic or saprotrophic
• They are mainly parasites on the surface of human and animal epithelium cells
• Mycoplasma Broth Base is formulated as a basal medium to be enriched with any satisfactory supplementary factors used for the growth of mycoplasmas
• Most strains of mycoplasmas are encouraged by growth in a biphasic medium in which a layer of Mycoplasma Broth Base covers a basal layer of Mycoplasma Agar Base CM0401
• The majority of mycoplasma require media enriched with serum for good growth
• Also antibacterial agents are necessary to prevent overgrowth of the slow-growing mycoplasmas by contaminating organisms
• Mycoplasma Supplement-G SR0059 is a general supplement that when added to Mycoplasma Broth Base provides the necessary factors for growth and prevents overgrowth of slow-growing contaminating organisms
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