Culture Contaminants Reference Card

Something looks off in your flask…but you’re not sure which of the six contaminants you’re looking at and whether this culture is worth saving.

This single-page reference card walks you from bench-visible signature to confirmation test to a defensible triage decision in under sixty seconds.

Download now to:

• Identify bacteria, yeast, mould, virus, mycoplasma, and cell-line cross-contamination from their bench-visible signatures
• Match each contaminant to the test that actually confirms it — light microscopy, PCR, ELISA, or STR profiling
• Decide when to discard immediately, when to investigate the source, and when treatment is worth attempting
• Compare four published mycoplasma treatment protocols and their reported eradication rates side by side