Bacteria early detection in cell cultures represents the only reasonable solution and control measure against a frequent problem for life sciences laboratories: bacteria contaminations in cell cultures.

Up to 5 % of all cell cultures are contaminated by bacteria but lack visual signs of bacterial contamination, such as turbidity, sudden medium color change (phenol red), or microscopic particles. Also, bacteria can show resistance or lack of sensitivity to standard antibiotics (e.g. penicillin/streptomycin) and directly impact the cell metabolism, growth, and differentiation.

We offer rapid, sensitive, and robust PCR- and qPCR-based Bacteria Detection Kits for detection a multitude of bacteria species, many of them usually found as contaminants in cell cultures for example: