Minerva Biolabs GmbH products

Conventional PCR assay for fast mycoplasma detection in cell cultures and biological samples in research applications. Venor GeM OneStep is a kit for direct detection of mycoplasma contaminations in cell cultures, cell culture media, and other biological matrices by conventional PCR. Designed to require minimal pipetting, the kit includes all reagents required for PCR: primers, nucleotides, polymerase and the internal amplification control, which are provided in a ready-to-use lyophilized reaction mix. Upon rehydration with the included buffer, the mix is ready to be dispensed into the reaction tubes according to the sample number. Only samples or controls need to be added prior to PCR.

PCR kit for conventional, endpoint PCR of bacteria in various in situ biologicals including cell cultures and virus stocks. The kit can detect more than 45 bacteria genera, based on alignment analysis.

All-in-one cell-culture medium additive that protects cultures from bacterial, mycoplasmal, fungal, and yeast contamination. ZellShield protects cell cultures from a variety of known contaminants. The extremely effective combination of natamycin, ciprofloxacin and clindamycin inhibits bacterial DNA synthesis, protein biosynthesis or exhibits macrolide properties. These bactericidal and fungicidal properties enable the permanent removal of microbial contaminants from the culture. The use of conventional antibiotics such as penicillin/streptomycin, nystatin or amphotericin B is no longer necessary and is replaced by innovative antibiotics and antimycotics!

Antifungal culture-medium additive designed to protect cell cultures from fungal and yeast contamination. Fungal contamination may severely affect cell metabolism, growth and viability, as well as decrease transfection efficiency, thereby affecting the reproducibility of the results.