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The Development of a Microbial Challenge Test with Acholeplasma laidlawii To Rate Mycoplasma-Retentive Filters by Filter Manufacturers

Martha Folmsbee, Kerry Roche Lentine, Christine Wright, Gerhard Haake, Leesa Mcburnie, Dilip Ashtekar, Brian Beck, Nick Hutchison, Laura Okhio-Seaman, Barbara Potts, Vinayak Pawar and Helena Windsor
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology May 2014, 68 (3) 281-296; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2014.00976
Martha Folmsbee
aPall Corporation, Port Washington, NY;
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Kerry Roche Lentine
bEMD Millipore, Billerica, MA;
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Christine Wright
bEMD Millipore, Billerica, MA;
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Gerhard Haake
cSartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH, Göttingen, Germany;
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Leesa Mcburnie
dMeissner Filtration Products, Inc. Camarillo, CA;
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Dilip Ashtekar
ePAREXEL International, Upland, CA;
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Brian Beck
fMicrobiologics, St. Cloud, MN;
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Nick Hutchison
gParker Hannifin Manufacturing Ltd, Durham, United Kingdom;
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Laura Okhio-Seaman
hSartorius Stedim Biotech, Bohemia, NY;
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Barbara Potts
iFDA, Silver Spring, MD; and
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Vinayak Pawar
jMycoplasma Experience, Reigate, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Helena Windsor
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