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R-CARD KwikCount EC
An R-CARD® modification of the USEPA-approved KwikCount® EC MF method that gives same-day results on E.coli testing in ambient waters more...
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Water is essential for life – but also a frequent source of bacterial infections. If Legionella bacteria grow in water pipes, it can lead to serious diseases. Read more here to answer the most important questions on Legionella. more...
KwikCount MF EC
This method describes a membrane filter (MF) procedure for the rapid detection and enumeration of Escherichia coli (E. coli). As early as 7-9 hours of incubation E.coli colonies will fluoresce under UV light and after about 14-16 hours, E.coli colonies will also appear as blue/purple colonies in ambient light. more...
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Legionella monitoring by traditional methods - i.e., culture media - is laborious and complex. Condagene® Legionella is a qPCR kit developed to allow agility and simplicity in your analysis and is an ideal complement for obtaining quick results. more...
Learn more about the Liofilchem solutions for microbiology
Water Detect Coliforms is a chromogenic medium used for the simultaneous detection of total coliforms and Escherichia coli in the microbiological monitoring of water quality. more...
MICA Legionella enumeration in 48 hours
As the importance of water quality monitoring continues to grow, so does the need for fast and robust detection methods to detect waterborne pathogens such as Legionella pneumophila. Check out how to optimize your laboratory workflow with MICA Legionella.  more...

SGL Helping Laboratories Cut Costs 

13 Mar 2023 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalPharmaceuticalVeterinary

Cut Costs on your Pre-Poured Culture Media
SGL is helping many customers reduce their laboratory costs without compromising on quality by supplying our pre-poured culture media solutions. Is it time to get a comparison quote from SGL and see what saving you can make?   more...
SureTect PCR System instruments and tools
Following consultation with customers, Thermo Fisher Scientific’s innovative enhancements to its Thermo Scientific SureTect food pathogen PCR system include the use of ergonomic tools and color-coded plates and reagents to drive confidence in right-first-time results. more...

Selective Medium for Enumeration of Yeasts and Moulds

24 Feb 2023 | Food & BeverageWaterOther

Rapid YM Agar
Rapid Y/M Agar is a medium used for selective isolation and enumeration of yeasts and moulds from food, animal foodstuffs, water and environmental samples. more...

Microbiology Product Launches Made Easy on rapidmicrobiology

23 Jan 2023 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalLaboratory EquipmentPharmaceuticalMicrobiome

Need to introduce a new product to microbiology labs? Now it's easier than ever to get a rapidmicrobiology client account and book your promotional schedule on-line in jsut a few clicks. more...
MICA Legionella provides equivalent or better results than ISO 11731 in 48 hours
Using its intelligent colony counter MICA Legionella, Diamidex solutions provide results for Legionella pneumophila (all serogroups) equivalent or better than the one obtained with the ISO 11731:2017 method. The MICA Legionella method has been compared to ISO 11731 by independent laboratories.   more...
 LuminUltra has partnered with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) to implement a cutting-edge, on-site laboratory to perform wastewater surveillance testing at Pearson International Airport. more...
Legiolert
Legiolert has been extensively compared to traditional culture methods. All of the peer-reviewed research showed Legiolert to be at least as sensitive as BCYE solid culture methods, with 9 of the 11 studies showing it to be statistically more sensitive. more...
CompactDry
CompactDry™ “Nissui” TCR is an easy-to-use, ready-to-rehydrate, dry medium that can deliver Total Viable Counts (TVC) or Aerobic Counts after only 24 hours of incubation for rapid results. more...

A Galaxy of Colonies With a Clear View

15 Nov 2022 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalLaboratory EquipmentOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

Scan 50 pro Manual colony counter with HandPad
Scan 50 pro is a manual colony counter with HandPad and multiple ergonomic supports for improved posture, vision and hearing. It offers contrasted lighting of the colonies while protecting the eyes. The export of the counting result, by USB to a computer, ensures the traceability of the data. more...
rapid microbiology for water testing
IDEXX has acquired Tecta-PDS, a Canadian company that has introduced automation to water microbiology testing for parameters including E. coli and total coliforms. more...
Congrats to the nobel prize of chemie and Legionella enumeration is using their technology
Using click-chemistry and bio-orthogonal Chemistry, Diamidex has created a specific solution for enumerating pathogens bacterium Legionella pneumophila in 48 hours instead of 10 days as with standard culture methods. more...
Laboratory Staff using TRIOBAS AIRBIO ONE RAPID VIRUS
Staff in wastewater treatment plants may be exposed to pathogenic viruses. Aerosol testing is necessary to ensure their safety. The AIRBIO ONE RAPID-VIRUS is an innovative instrument for airborne viable particle sampling, designed to use with PCR testing or with traditional culture media techniques. more...

High Quality Pre-Poured Culture Media Solutions for All Microbiology Applications

20 Oct 2022 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

SGL Prepoured Culture Media
Offering standard pre-poured media as well as bespoke pre-poured media solutions across a broad range of industries, SGL continues to grow its business by offering flexible service and cost effective, high quality products to its customers. more...

MBS-HACCP&WATER Easy Test - A Lab in a Vial

11 Oct 2022 | Food & BeverageWaterLaboratory EquipmentOtherVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal CareMicrobiome

Total Count test for HACCP and Water
MBS ( micro biological survey) method is a validated tool for enumeration of bacterial parameters like TVC, coliform, e coli, listeria ,salmonella, S. aureus sensitivity 1 cfu/ ml. more...
Pseudomonas and Legionella QC monitoring from Diamidex
Drinking water, cooling tower water or wastewater, this rapidmicrobiology special focus on products for water testing discover the latest products for water testing including near real-time TVC, Legionella, E.coli and Coliforms, Pseudomonas and coliphage. more...
Colonies on an Agar Plate
Bio-Rad’s RAPID'E.coli ™2 Agar for water testing has received approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for testing treated and untreated drinking water for Escherichia coli (E. coli) and total coliforms. more...
Southern Group pre poured culture media for water testing
SGL is one of the largest providers of pre-poured microbiological culture media for all water testing applications, from the estimation of overall numbers of culturable micro-organisms through to highly sensitive detection of waterborne contamination and specific isolation of Legionella pneumophila. more...
IDEXX Products
IDEXX water testing solutions protect billions of people daily, delivering easy, rapid, accurate and cost-effective information on water quality, and are backed up by comprehensive technical and customer support. more...
rqmicro COUNT high precision Legionella detection
Naturally occurring Legionella in water and artificial water systems, combined with inefficient water treatment, can provide a niche for Legionella growth. This is where the fast and reliable rqmicro method comes in, enabling operators to understand their water systems. more...
Bluephage Easy Kit 1604
The new Drinking Water Directive (EU) 2020/2184 in January 2023, will require coliphage analysis. Bluephage supports water testing laboratories for a new approach to water analysis, transforming and upgrading their laboratories to analyze samples easily and within hours for accurate results. more...
BIPEA Water tests
BIPEA interlaboratory comparisons can help laboratories to identify sources of analytical error, take corrective actions and improve the analytical performance on a short, medium, and long-term basis. Our tests can also be used for training, in order to check employees’ technical skills. more...

Materials and Reagents for Diagnostic Kit Developers - a rapidmicrobiology Special Focus

16 Sep 2022 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

Sino Biological RSV reagents
The COVID-19 pandemic has driven super fast development of diagnostic kits, having the highest quality raw materials is essential for producing robust molecular and immunoassays, browse through these suppliers who are able to deliver antigens, antibodies, consultancy and OEM manufacture. more...
MICA Pseudomonas
MICA Pseudomonas gives you results in 24 hours and in CFU. A new tool to improve responsiveness and performance now available for microbiological quality control in water. 99% similarity with ISO 16266 & easy to implement. more...
Detect and Count E coli and Coliforms in 100ml Water
Water testing ensures a safe supply of drinking and industrial water protecting public health and infrastructure integrity. AquaCHROM™ ECC has been validated by the AOAC for the detection/enumeration of E. coli and other coliforms in water samples. more...