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. 2008 Jul 7;74(17):5383–5391. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00720-08

TABLE 2.

Results of biological enrichment of Mycoplasma species by use of ATCC cell cultures

Species Lowest concn (CFU/ml) or serial dilution (M. hyorhinis only) detectable by PCRa
Vero cells
MDCK (NBL-2) cells
MDBK (NBL-1) cells
R9ab cells
293 (HEK-293) cells
Hep-G2 cells
3 dpi 7 dpi 3 dpi 7 dpi 3 dpi 7 dpi 3 dpi 7 dpi 3 dpi 7 dpi 3 dpi 7 dpi
A. laidlawii 0.5 0.025 0.25 0.05 0.25 0.1 0.25 0.1 10 0.25 0.25 0.2
M. arginini 0.5 0.25 0.25 0.1 0.5 0.25 0.5 0.25 ND ND 0.25 0.25
M. hyorhinis 10−4 10−5 10−4 10−6 10−3 10−6 10−3 10−3 10−3 10−4 10−4 10−5
M. fermentans ND 0.25 ND 0.025 ND 0.25 ND ND ND 2.5 ND ND
M. salivarium NG 1.0 1.0 0.25 0.25 0.5 NG 0.5 NG NG NG NG
M. orale 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.05 NG 0.1 1.0 0.05 NG 0.05 1.0 0.05
M. hominis 0.25 0.25 0.1 0.1 1.0 0.25 0.5 0.01 NG 0.5 0.1 0.1
M. gallisepticum 0.5 0.05 0.25 0.05 1.0 0.25 NG 0.5 NG 0.1 NG 0.1
M gallinaceum 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 1.0 0.5 0.25 0.25
M. bovis 0.05 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.25 0.1 0.1 0.1 NG 0.05 0.1 0.05
M. synoviae NG NG 0.5 0.05 NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG
a

NG, no growth; ND, not done.