MycoScope™ PCR Mycoplasma Detection Kit utilizes PCR to detect the presence of mycoplasma contamination in cultured cells in less than three hours.

• Detection of less than 5 mycoplasma genomes per microliter of sample making it sensitive
• All important strains of mycoplasma can be detected with the same primer set
• Fast and easy PCR reaction without the need of labeling probes

The primers used in this kit anneal to the highly conserved 16S rRNA coding region in the mycoplasma genome, allowing detection of all important species of mycoplasma (see table below)

The MycoScope kit has been tested for use with a variety of commercially available DNA polymerases. The kit contains a positive control DNA, and a successfully performed reaction is indicated by a distinct 500 bp band on the agarose gel. The same band also indicates the possible presence of mycoplasma species in the cell culture.

Mycoplasma contaminants can be detected simply by running amplified fragments on an agarose gel.