Could this be a mycoplasma in cell culture? And what the other picture is?

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Ravichandran Panchanathan

Hi your image very hard to indentified the mycoplasma contamination. you can do simple test DAPI (4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) and see the diference and also see the attached ref- article may help your exp. good luck.

Samsher Singh

Please clean flask, lens and see if there is moisture inside the flask. I suspect this is kind of droplet not on the viewing surface but elsewhere. Picture is also not very clear.