Summary
A leader in microbiology culture media, reagents and identification tests, present all over the world. Sigma-Aldrich through its Fluka brand specializes in food and beverage industry other industrial applications as well as clinical microbiology. Sigma-Aldrich provides a broad range of products for microbial control in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries as well as for laboratories and companies in water control, environmental analysis, research and biotechnology.

Company Overview
Fluka-brand microbiology products from Sigma-Aldrich include:

Biochemical Reagents - Important tests for identification and confirmation of microorganisms, e.g. Kovac's reagent and many others

Discs & Strips - Convenient, user-friendly biochemical tests for rapid identification and confirmation of organisms, e.g. oxidase discs.

Kits - Immunological and biochemical-based principles, peptone and antifoam screening kit, microscopy kits.

Culture Media - including Chromogenic Media. Dehydrated powder media and ready-to-use culture media for manual pathogen detection, environmental monitoring and sterility testing.

Base Ingredients for Culture Media - Peptones, sugars, salts, indicators, selective agents, chromogenic substrates, supplements, antibiotics and more.

Microscopy Reagents - Staining kits and solutions, e.g. Gram stain and many others.

Our web site is a great place to find important information on basic microbiological theory, obtain instructions on how to select, prepare and use culture media, and stay up-to-date with our technical literature and catalogs.

We also have compiled a comprehensive bibliography on fundamental principles of microbiology, and provide useful links to key microbiological societies, databases and information sites on the Internet.

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	Clinical	Personal Care	Food	Pharma.	Water
Bacillus		-			-
Bordetella		-	-	-	-
Candida		-		-	-
Campylobacter		-		-
Clostridia		-		-
Clostridium difficile		-	-	-	-
C. sakazakii	-	-		-	-
Coliforms
E. coli		-
E. coli O157		-		-
Enterobacteriaceae		-			-
Enterococcus		-
Haemophilus		-	-	-	-
Legionella		-		-
Listeria		-		-	-
L. monocytogenes		-		-	-
Mycobacterium		-	-	-	-
Neisseria		-	-	-	-
Pseudomonas		-
Salmonella		-
Shigella		-		-
Staphylococcus		-
Staph aureus		-			-
Staph (MRSA)		-	-	-	-
Streptococcus		-	-	-
Vibrio		-		-
Yersinia		-		-	-

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