Antimicrobial surfaces and uses thereof in cell cultures
AssigneeThe Cultivated B. GmbH
InventorHamid R. NOORI
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a cell culture vessel characterized in that it comprises an inner surface on which one or more lectins suitable for binding to one or more species of microorganisms are immobilized. Furthermore, the invention refers to a method for cultivating cells comprising contacting the cell culture medium comprising the cells with a surface that bears immobilized lectin and to the use of immobilized lectin for reducing the microorganism contamination in a cell culture contacted with such surface.
Claims21
1-15. (canceled)
A cell culture vessel comprising an inner surface, wherein one or more lectins suitable for binding to one or more species of microorganisms are immobilized on the inner surface.
A method for cultivating cells comprising:
- (i) providing cells in a cell culture medium;
- (ii) contacting the cell culture medium comprising the cells with a surface on which one or more lectins suitable for binding to one or more species of microorganisms are immobilized;
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- (iii) cultivating the cells in the cell culture medium in contact with the surface.
A method for reducing a microorganism contamination in a cell culture contacted with a solid surface, comprising the step of immobilizing a lectin suitable for binding to one or more species of microorganisms on the solid surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.