SGL supplies ready-to-use Legionella testing media to many large water testing laboratories. Our experience supplying these laboratories means we understand the requirements of a high sample throughput environment, where fast, reliable results and consistent product quality are primary concerns.

• GVPC Agar – Now has 6 months shelf life
• BCYE Agar
• BCYE-cys Agar
• Legionella Acid Buffer

GVPC Agar (Glycine Vancomycin Polymyxin Cycloheximide) is a medium recommended by ISO 11731:2017 for the isolation of Legionella and the estimation of their numbers in water samples.

SGL’s laboratory is accredited by UKAS for compliance with ISO/IEC 17025, and all media conforms to the formulation and performance requirements of ISO 11731:2017 Water quality - Enumeration of Legionella.

SGL offers large single batches for reduced release testing as well as flexible deliveries to meet changes in demand. Most importantly, we give the commercial advantage of a low cost per test with competitively priced testing media.

SGL also supplies a rapid Legionella latex confirmation assay for the identification of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 and serogroups 2-15, and non-L.pneumophila species of clinical significance grown on selective media.

• E.coli & Coliforms (such as MLGA Agar)
• Pseudomonas (such as Pseudomonas CFC and CN Agar)
• Enterococci (such as Slanetz & Bartley Agar)
• Clostridium Perfringens (such as Perfringens TSC agar and Acid Phosphatase)
• General Recovery (such as R2A Agar)

All media conforms to the formulation and performance requirements of ISO 11731:2017 Water quality – Enumeration of Legionella

Culture media test methods are accredited by UKAS for compliance with ISO/IEC 17025

On a cost-per-test basis, we think we will better any other supplier and would recommend contacting 
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