Table 1 Minimum

inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of antibiotics used in this study Antibiotics Drug class MICs againstOrientia a) MICs against mycoplasmasb) Lincomycin Lincosamide No available data 0.25–2 μg/mL Ciprofloxacin New Quinolone 6.25–25 μg/mL 0.125–2 μg/ml Gentamicin SAHA HDAC cost Aminoglycoside No available MK-0518 chemical structure datac) 2.5–500 μg/mL Kanamicin Aminoglycoside No available data 2.5–500 μg/mL Minocycline Tetracycline 0.024–0.195 μg/mL 0.016–32 μg/mL MICs were obtained from previous reports. a) from [8] and b) from [5–7]. c) Gentamycin was not effective against Orinetia tsutsugamushi in a mouse model [25]. Our result of the direct sequencing showed that Ikeda and Kuroki strains of O. tsutsugamushi were contaminated with Mycoplasma hominis and M. orale respectively. M. hominis and M. orale are 10 to 30% of contaminants of cell cultures (Table 2) [11]. Previous reports showed that M. fermentas, M. hyorhinis, M. arginini and Acholeplasma laidlawii are the most common contaminants MK-2206 supplier as well as M. hominis

and M. orale. More than 90% of the contaminants were caused by these six mycoplasmas [11, 12]. The TaqMan PCR and the nested PCR can detect not only all the 6 most common contaminants also some other mycoplasmas. These facts suggested that the detection methods were very reliable 4-Aminobutyrate aminotransferase to monitor mycoplasmas-contaminations in this study. Table 2 Major mycoplasmas, and their detection and sequencing methods in this study Species   PCR for detection PCR for Sequencingd)       Frequency of contaminationa) tufgene (TaqMan PCR)b) 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic region (nested PCR)c) Match of new PCR primers Strains Sequence ID Most common contaminant

species             Mycoplasma fermentans 10%-20% + + Match human B cell lymphoma contaminants, 16054780 AY838558 Mycoplasma hyorhinis 10%-40% + + Match HUB-1 NC_014448.1 Mycoplasma orale 20%-30% + + Partial Match ATCC 23714D gi|315440428 Mycoplasma arginini 20%-30% No Data + Partial Match G230 gi|290575476 Acholeplasma laidlawii 5%-20% + + Match PG-8A CP000896 Mycoplasma hominis 10%-20% + + Match ATCC 23114 M57675 Other species             Mycoplasma arthritidis No Data + No Data Match 158L3-1 NC_011025.1 Mycoplasma bovis No Data + No Data Match PG45 NC_014760.1 Mycoplasma buccale No Data + No Data No data – - Mycoplasma faucium No Data + No Data No data – - Mycoplasma gallisepticum No Data + No Data Match PG31 X16462 Mycoplasma genitalium No Data + + Match ATCC33530 X16463 Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae No Data + No Data Match 7448 NC_007332.1 Mycoplasma penetrans No Data + No Data Match HF-2 NC_004432.