Microbiology News: Feb 2017

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Microbiology News: Feb 2017

Romer Labs Completes Successful Integration of Transia

28 Feb 2017 | Food & Beverage

Romer Labs has successfully completed the integration of Transia GmbH, acquired in 2015, securing its direct access to the German market for food and feed safety. more...

WHO Publishes List of 12 Antibiotic Resistant 'Priority Pathogens'

28 Feb 2017 | Food & BeverageClinical

World Health Organistion has published for the first time ever, a list of antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens" – a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health. The list is intended to guide and promote R&D of new antibiotics, as part of WHO’s more...

Same Shift Results for E.coli and Listeria in Leafy Vegetables

28 Feb 2017 | Food & BeverageOther

Validated by the Institute for Food Microbiology, Israel the Yarok system can provide reliable results for E. coli presence/absence assessment in 4.5 hours and for L. monocytogenes in 8-9 hours. more...

PathSensors’ CANARY® Found Best for Bacillus anthracis and Ricin Detection

28 Feb 2017 | Other

When compared against 14 other assays the CANARY® Biosensor from PathSensors was found to be four times more sensitive than any other immunoassay for Bacillus anthracis. more...

Antimicrobial Resistance Experts to Attend Superbugs & Superdrugs

27 Feb 2017 | ClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

This will be the 19th year for the well established SMi Superbugs and Superdrugs conference which will again gather together high level international experts and decision makers focusing on the future of AMR. more...

Can Your Lab Afford to Keep Using Gas Jars?

27 Feb 2017 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

Baker BugBox Anaerobic and Microaerophilic Workstation

Use this infographic to see if your lab should switch to the small footprint Baker Ruskinn Bugbox which delivers a more reliable, stable atmosphere at a lower cost per plate. more...

Why Choose the Spiral® Method?

26 Feb 2017 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

Using the world's fastest spiral plating system increases lab throughput with fast (8 secs per plate) standardized plating and no intermediary dilutions, count from 100 to 1 x 10⁷ CFU/mL on ONE Petri dish, save up to 75% on consummables. more...

FDA Clears Auto Susceptibility Test Directly from Positive Blood Cultures

25 Feb 2017 | Clinical

The Accelerate PhenoTest™ BC kit is a multiplexed in vitro diagnostic test using both qualitative nucleic acid fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) identification and quantitative antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods intended for use with the Accelerate Pheno™ system. more...

3-Minute Test Detects Beta-lactams, Sulfa Drugs, and Tetracyclines in Milk

21 Feb 2017 | Food & Beverage

A multiplex lateral flow kit for detecting Beta-lactams, Sulfa Drugs, and Tetracyclines antibiotics in milk now with AOAC RI PTM certification. more...

New Molecular Assay Developers - Visit COPAN at Molecular Med Tri-Con

21 Feb 2017 | ClinicalOther

COPAN is putting the ‘e’ in NuclEic Assay Transport with eNAT, a nucleic acid transportation and preservation medium for detecting various microbial targets in clinical specimens using nucleic acid amplification techniques (NAATs). more...

Precise, Automated Microbiology Sample Preparation

21 Feb 2017 | Food & BeverageOtherPharmaceuticalCosmetic/Personal Care

Gosselin's S-Diluter -1 and S-Blender-1 improves laboratory productivity by delivering quick and accurate dilution and homogenization of many sample types including food, agricultural, chemical and cosmetic samples. more...

Hologic's Aptima® Zika Virus Assay Gains CE Marking

21 Feb 2017 | Clinical

Designed to run on the Panther® system, that fully automates all aspects of nucleic acid amplification testing, the Aptima® Zika Virus assay can be used up to 14 days following onset of symptoms. more...

Q Labs Gains AFNOR Expert Lab Status

14 Feb 2017 | Food & BeverageWaterPharmaceutical

By acquiring AFNOR Expert Laboratory NF 102 Validation status, Q Laboratories, Inc. is one of only two labs in the world, and the only lab in the Western Hemisphere, certified by all three major certification bodies, AOAC, MicroVAL and AFNOR. more...

New Validation for Next Generation Food Pathogen Tests

14 Feb 2017 | Food & BeverageOther

Validated molecular tests for salmonella and listeria

3M™ Molecular Detection Assays for Listeria, L. monocytogenes and Salmonella now have both AOAC OMA and NF Validation demonstrating they are equivalent or better than standard reference methods for detecting pathogens in foods and environmental samples. more...

Baker Ruskinn Launches New Anaerobic and Microaerophilic Workstations

14 Feb 2017 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

Baker Rushkinn Concept Anaerobic and Microaerophilic Workstations

The Concept range has been designed to maximize productivity of systemized anaerobic or microaerophilic incubation; bringing together a host of brand new features that will deliver immediate benefits in the laboratory. more...

Whatever Your Workload or Sample Type - Make ATP Work for YOU

13 Feb 2017 | Food & BeverageOtherCosmetic/Personal Care

Promicol ATP testing solutions are suitable for rapid microbial monitoring of a wide range of products from the food, beverage or cosmetic industry, from small scale of 10 samples a day up to high throughput robotic testing during installation of aseptic filling equipment. more...

Detect Beer Spoilage Bacteria in 2 Hours with the GeneDisc® System

08 Feb 2017 | Food & BeverageOther

GeneDisc Beer Spoilage Bacteria in under 2 Hours

Speed up decision-making process in breweries : New GeneDisc® protocols for assessment of beer spoilage bacteria contamination in as fast as two hours. more...

Stackable Autoclaves from Priorclave give Labs Greater Sterilising Flexibility

07 Feb 2017 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

Get extra autoclave capacity with no addition to the footprint by using stackable autoclaves - as each chamber can run according to its own control programme, your lab will be able to sterilise media and equipment at the same time as decontaminating waste. more...

CDC and Puritan Develop Reliable Norovirus Detection Solution

02 Feb 2017 | Food & BeverageClinicalOther

An evaluation study has confirmed Puritan's new EnviroMax Macrofoam Norovirus surface sampling swab with collection tube will reliably collect and transport norovirus for detection and quantification, can be used for monitoring or to confirm surface decontamination. more...

Flu Season Still to Reach Peak

02 Feb 2017 | ClinicalOther

This year’s flu is type 1 (specifically H3N2), in the US peak flu season may still be ahead - get accurate diagnosis through better sample collection and storage with COPAN’s flocked swabs (FLOQSwabs™) and Universal Transport Medium (UTM™). more...

TECTA-B16 Gets Philippines DoH Approval for Testing Drinking Water

01 Feb 2017 | Water

Already with US EPA approval, the Tecta-PDS’s testing water samples for E.coli and coliforms quickly, accurately and remotely has now also been approved by the Philippines DoH, who have also adopted the Tecta method internally. more...

Labplas Free Trial Offer - New Twirl'Blue Sterile Sample Bags

01 Feb 2017 | Food & BeverageOtherCosmetic/Personal Care

Labplas sterile blue sample bags for food

Get free samples of LabPlas' new Twirl'Blue sterile sample bags, specifically designed for sample collection in the food industry, the blue color increases visibility and bags are suitable for solid, semi-solid and liquid samples - free from RNase, DNase and pyrogens. more...

Thermo Scientific Listeria Precis Methods next generation culture media technology

Rapid Sterility and Bioburden Testing for Pharmaceuticals

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