September 1, 2007 (Vol. 27, No. 15) Assay Enables the Testing of Cultures to Detect Infections at an Early Stage Winthin the class of Mollicutes, there are Mycoplasmas, Ureaplasmas, and ...

The microbes are mollicutes, extremely small parasitic organisms that exist symbiotically with their hosts. They have no cell walls and, in this case, have extremely tiny genomes.

Mollicutes removal is most commonly accomplished by filtration with 0.1 µm rated membrane filters. This filtration step requires process validation to assure the 0.1 micron rated filter ...