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Microbiology News: Feb 2016

Rapid Sample Prep for RMMs in Pharmaceutical Production

24 Feb 2016 | ClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

To fully realize the promise of RMM’s, new collection and sample prep technologies are needed, this whitepaper gives an overview of InnovaPrep's innovative technologies for the front-end collection and concentration of microorganisms. more...

New Tacta Pipettes Ensure Optimal Care for You and Your Science

22 Feb 2016 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

The Tacta Pipette range comes with Optiload spring-loaded tip cones for perfect tip seal with minimal force very low aspiration and dispensing forces and the new Optiject soft release - autoclavable without taking apart. more...

Biosynth Expands to Meet Demand for Diagnostic Biochemicals

22 Feb 2016 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinary

Biosynth expands biochemicals for diagnostics business
Biosynth and its collaborators are especially successful in developing reagents for use in chromogenic culture media for the detection of pathogens with the resulting technology being made available for licensing to customers. more...
Benefiting from a 508 x 508 mm base the Pro Z provides a stable platform to view large samples which are normally difficult to mount under conventional microscope systems. more...
Application note available from INTEGRA shows how the VIAFLO 96 electronic pipette was used to simultaneously extract 96 samples and prep ready for LC-MS/MS analysis in less than ten minutes eliminating the need for a time-consuming evaporation step. more...
Automatic MRSA reading on chromogenic media
In a Multi-centre study of >57,000 samples, the COPAN WASPLab™ Chromogenic Detection Module (CDM) was found to automatically read positive and negative MRSA plates with 100% sensitivity. more...
Listeria Results in 23 hours - AFNOR app
Based on an isothermal DNA amplification process, the ANSR® delivers DNA-definitive results on Listeria within 23 hours including enrichment. The NF study showed the ANSR for Listeria was more sensitive than the EN ISO 11290-1:2004 reference method. more...
Following up on unusual test results from six patients with suspected Lyme disease, the CDC working in collaboration with Mayo Clinic and health officials have found a new bacteria to be the causative agent of Lyme disease in humans - provisionally named Borrelia mayonii  the new species is more...

Easy to Autoclave - Sartorius’ New Tacta Premium Mechanical Pipettes

16 Feb 2016 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

Autoclaveable without disassembly, Tacta is the new premium, mechanical pipette range from Sartorius, featuring superb comfort and reliability. The Tacta range makes pipetting effortless and safe, while producing consistent, accurate and reliable results. more...
The GenArraytion MultiFLEX™ Bioassay panel targets viruses that can be carried by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and includes - Zika, chikungunya, dengue and yellow fever. more...
Cherwell will be attending two Pharmig events in March 2016 at the Oxfordshire Hotel, Oxford. The meetings will cover aspects of pharmaceutical cleanroom sporicidal disinfection and environmental monitoring best practice during manufacture of pharmaceuticals. more...
Slide Stainer for TB specimens
The new Aerospray® TB series2 is a dual purpose stainer/cytocentrifuge using either carbol fushsin or fluoresence. Delivering fast, fully traceable, consistent results with no cross contamination it's also easy to use and economical. more...

New aCOLyte 3 HD Colony Counter Combines Accuracy with Affordability

11 Feb 2016 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

Accurately count colonies of all sizes and colours with the next generation aCOLyte 3 HD automated colony counter for microbiologists that demand a sensitive, budget system. more...
Cosmetics testing with Compact Dry
Application note details how the Compact Dry system can be used to test for Total Counts, E.coli/Coliforms, Coliforms and Staphylococcus aureus , in cosmetics and personal care products. more...

Download Latest INTERSCIENCE Microbiology Catalog

10 Feb 2016 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

Interscience Microbiology Catalogue
The new INTERSCIENCE catalog contains the latest products for the microbiology laboratory including bags, gravimetric dilutors and blenders for sample preparation and automated diluter, spiral plater and colony counters for microbiological analysis. more...
Abbott have acquired Alere making it the market leader in point of care diagnostics. more...

BAX® System X5 Receives AOAC-RI for Listeria

09 Feb 2016 | Food & BeverageOther

Listeria Spp AOAC
Providing an automated PCR based pathogen testing solution for food microbiology laboratories, the BAX® X5 can test up to 32 samples at once. Now a AOAC-RI PTM method for Salmonella, Listeria and L.monocytogenes. more...

CosmosID Partners with QIAGEN for Metagenomics and Microbiome Analysis

09 Feb 2016 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

CosmosID will enable QIAGEN’s customers to employ shotgun metagenomics and microbiome analysis for fields such as infectious disease, animal health, agriculture, environmental, and food safety. more...
Fast-track Diagnostics have developed a one tube multiplex Real Time PCR assay for Zika virus detection. more...

IAFP 2016 Registration Now Open

08 Feb 2016 | Food & Beverage

Attracting over 3,000 food safety professionals, this years IAFP annual meeting is in St.Louis, MO and registration is now open. more...
Cassette based diagnostics
Fast-track diagnostics will be manufacturing qualitative multiplex panels for use on the fully automated cassette-based ELITe InGenius™, expanding their portfolio of infectious disease assays. more...
High Throughput ATP Testing
Using the PROMICOL ATP assay together with the M4 luminometer, a lab can run up to 700 dairy or beverage commercial sterility test samples in one day, based on a 96 well design. more...
Autoscribe's Matrix Gemini LIMs system was implemented at NationWide Laboratory Services, a multi–disciplinary veterinary laboratory providing diagnostic and clinical pathology services for veterinary surgeons throughout the UK, Europe and beyond. more...
Fast-track diagnostics's top sellers were their respiratory, gastroenteritis, meningitis, immunocompromised and STI real time PCR kits. more...
Scan 4000
Never count an artefact again - the high resolution camera together with 360° lighting ensures you only count colonies and on 100% of the plate! more...
For food manufacturers it is vital to have complete confidence in their sanitation monitoring program. Charm's new video on ATP testing with Peel Plate and novaLUM II explains why sensitivity really does matter. Watch the video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbVJhXtc-mg more...
These kits are for research use only and are not licensed for diagnostic procedures. Primerdesign have a range of real-time PCR kits for the detection and simultaneous quantification of Zika Virus.Range includes Easy, Standard and Advanced depending on the skill level of the laboratory. The more...
With the search underway for alternative biocides, Campden BRI has launched a new service to evaluate their effectiveness in the microbial decontamination of food contact services. Campden BRI’s experts will simulate real-life scenarios in their microbiology process hall to test the more...
The RealStar® Zika Virus RT-PCR Kit 1.0 is an in vitro diagnostic test based on real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technology for the identification of Zika virus. RealStar® Kits are CE-IVD marked test systems for the detection and quantification of viruses, more...
Download brochure presenting the Copley range equipment for testing pharmaceuticals for safety, quality and efficacy. more...
Results of a recent evaluation of the APAS (Automated Plate Assessment System) shows the system delivered results compatible with those from conventional plate reading methods. more...
Vela Diagnostics has launched the CE-IVD Sentosa® SA Chikungunya RT-PCR Test and Sentosa® Dengue I-IV RT-PCR Test as part of the Tropical Infections Panel. more...