Problems with yeast

[Hugh]

>   acohen at medmicro.uct.ac.za (Austen Cohen) writes:
>  We are having a problem with yeast contamination in our primary tissue 
>  culture. The cells we are trying to grow are Bovine testis. We have been told 
>  that by washing the monolayer with PBS may rectify the problem ???
>  
>  We would also like to know if there are any anti-yeast products which may be 
>  used. 
>  
>  Thanking you in advance
>  Austen Cohen
>  
>  University of Cape Town
>  South Africa
>  
>  
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I don't know the source of the product, but it's called Fungizone and the active 
ingredient is amphotericin which however is fungistatic and not fungicidal.

Ek hoop dit help.

Michael Kladde  
E-mail: mpk6 at psuvm.psu.edu