Microbiology News: Jan 2013

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Microbiology News: Jan 2013

ENTEROTEST ID: 6 Reactions and Motility in One Single Tube

29 Jan 2013 | Clinical

From Condalab, the ENTEROTEST ID identifies Enterobacteriaceae using six biochemical reactions and motility all in one single tube. more...

ATCC Pneumococcal Polysaccharides in ELISA

29 Jan 2013 | Clinical

A third-generation ELISA uses 22F inhibition to improve assay specificity, particularly at low antibody concentrations, can be recommended as a reference method more...

Sponge Sampling Kits Ready for Collection

29 Jan 2013 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

Part of TSC's successful Enviroscreen Range, Sponge sampling kits have the advantage of being able to cover large surface areas, enabling the user to obtain very accurate quantitative and qualitative results. more...

FDA Clearance for Luminex xTAG® Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel

21 Jan 2013 | Food & BeverageClinical

The multiplexed nucleic acid test panel simultaneously tests for over 90% of bacterial, viral, and parasitic causes of infectious gastroenteritis more...

EndoZyme® - Enhanced Recombinant Factor C (rFC) Endotoxin Assay

21 Jan 2013 | Pharmaceutical

Measurement range 0.005 EU/ml to 50 EU/ml, excellent correlation to LAL, no false-positive glucan reaction due to endotoxin-specific recombinant technology. more...

Mast Launches New Mast Isoplex^® VTEC Kit

21 Jan 2013 | ClinicalOther

Uses novel loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), overcoming the limitations of culture, by detecting all VTEC strains expressing vtx1 and vtx2. more...

UTM™ Available This Flu Season

17 Jan 2013 | Clinical

Despite high seasonal flu levels, COPAN has plenty of UTM and it continues to work to ensure uninterrupted supply. Rely on COPAN's UTM - don't be fooled by similar products that need to be revalidated. more...

Comprehensive Bio-Imaging Service

16 Jan 2013 | Veterinary

AHVLA has over 40 years experience in complex bio-imaging and has high level containment facilities for pathogens and extensive diagnostic capabilities across a wide range of micro-organisms. more...

Puritan has UTM-RT Products Available Now for Flu Season

15 Jan 2013 | Food & BeverageClinical

Peak reporting levels of flu in the US has brought an industry-wide shortage of UTM-RT products, but Puritan Medical Products UTM-RT product line is available, in stock and orders can be shipped in 24 hours or less. more...

ID of 19 Mycobacteria Species in Quick and Simple Molecular Detection

14 Jan 2013 | Clinical

Vircell announce that they have improved their Speed-oligo® MYCOBACTERIA product and extended the number of species detected by Speed-oligo® MYCOBACTERIA. more...

NeoSEEK™ STEC Test Now ISO 17025 Accredited

14 Jan 2013 | Food & Beverage

Companies can use the NeoSEEK service to comply with the USDA's recently implemented regulation that requires the testing of raw beef trim for six new STEC serogroups. more...

AdvanDx Adds QuickFISH™ Enterococcal Bacteremia Assay

14 Jan 2013 | Clinical

Enterococcus QuickFISH BC, a new rapid molecular diagnostic test that identifies potentially life threatening bloodstream infections caused by Enterococcus. more...

NCIMB Expands Identification Services to Include qPCR

14 Jan 2013 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

Our microbial ID service provides fast, confidential and accurate identification of bacteria and some common fungi to GMP standards. more...

Neogen Launches Quicker, Easier Veratox® for Fumonisin

14 Jan 2013 | Food & BeverageWater

A quantitative test for the mycotoxin fumonisin that requires only water in the sample extraction process. more...

Handheld 96- & 384- Channel Pipetting System

14 Jan 2013 | Food & BeverageOtherPharmaceutical

INTEGRA VIAFLO 384 is a new handheld 384-channel electronic pipette that enables fast, precise and easy transfer of 384 samples simultaneously. more...

BioLumix has Over 400 Rapid Microbiology Systems in use

14 Jan 2013 | Food & BeverageOtherPharmaceutical

BioLumix automation dramatically improves turn-around time and directly impacts key profit drivers, yielding fast accurate results for raw materials, environmental samples, and finished products. more...

Lab M's New Vibrio Enrichment Medium Meets ISO Standards in Full

07 Jan 2013 | Food & BeverageWater

Intended for the selective enrichment of Vibrio spp., Lab M's new Alkaline Saline Peptone Water (ISO) is defined in the international standard ISO 21872:2007 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs: more...

HybriScan®: Easy Detection of Cronobacter

07 Jan 2013 | Food & Beverage

Rapid method based on rRNA detection screens for Cronobacter species from infant formula with common equipment (microplate reader). One assay can be done within 2.5 hours and one detection plate contains up to 96 tests. more...

EntericBio realtime

07 Jan 2013 | Clinical

Screen four faecal pathogens on one test within 3 hours. Clinical evaluation results prove that EntericBio realtime is more sensitive than standard culture tests. more...

FDA Clearance for Cepheid's Xpert CT/NG

01 Jan 2013 | Clinical

A qualitative in vitro molecular diagnostic test for the detection and differentiation of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae allowing same-day patient consultation and treatment. more...

Fijifilm Pyrostar testing critical water used in the reprocessing of medical devices

SGL Plates and Culture Media for Pharmaceutical Microbiology

QC Standards Controls and Proficiency Testing Schemes

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