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NUMEROUS reports have been published concerning the necessity of testing for the presence of mycoplasmas before the interpretation of experiments performed in cell cultures1–3,6. Such tests are especially important when the presence of viruses is suspected, since recent evidence indicates that some mycoplasmas are capable of eliciting a transmissible cytopathic effect4–7.
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GIRARDI, A., HAYFLICK, L., LEWIS, A. et al. Recovery of Mycoplasmas in the Study of Human Leukæmia and Other Malignancies. Nature 205, 188–189 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205188a0
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