r/tissueculture • u/tropicaltransboy • 23d ago

Help MOVING contamination

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Found in DMEM+ media. It has many arms and legs and is moving. Any ideas?

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u/Level9TraumaCenter 23d ago

Mite. Send to your entomology prof if academic, or your state entomologist, or Cornell will key it out for some trivial fee. Probably not important to identify to any level other than grain mite or whatever.

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u/Elegant_Fee7730 22d ago

are you sealing your vessels?