Microbiology News: Nov 2019

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Microbiology News: Nov 2019

CHAINBiotech’s Use of Whitley Workstations in Clostridium-assisted Drug Delivery

28 Nov 2019 | Pharmaceutical

Using Whitley workstation to grow clostridia

How could a Whitley Workstation become an asset in the field of gut microbiome research? In this video, Dr David Kirk talks about how workstations are used in the creation of Clostridium-assisted drug delivery platforms.
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High-Efficiency Air Sampler for Use with PCR

28 Nov 2019 | Food & BeverageClinicalPharmaceutical

Easily achieve same-shift microbial air sampling results with InnovaPrep’s small, portable Bobcat^™ an air sampler that can combine high-efficiency collection with rapid molecular methods such as PCR. more...

Pinpoint Secures New Investment to Develop ImpactAir^® Range

28 Nov 2019 | Pharmaceutical

Pinpoint Scientific, specialist product designers and manufacturers of environmental monitoring solutions for the pharmaceutical and related industries, have secured further investment to aid the development of their ImpactAir® range of environmental monitoring solutions. more...

How does the QUANTOM Tx™ Microbial Cell Counter Compare with Common Counting Methods?

26 Nov 2019 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal CareMicrobiome

How does the QUANTOM Tx Microbial Cell Counter compare with common bacterial detection and quantification methods? Logos Biosystems have prepared an Application Note to help you find out.
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HALIX Celebrates Opening of its State-of-the-art cGMP Facility

26 Nov 2019 | Pharmaceutical

The new building houses GMP production areas for viral and protein products and client-specific technologies, as well as associated laboratory and administration areas. more...

Mobidiag's Rapid Gastrointestinal Pathogen and Parasite Diagnostics Now Available in EE and ME

25 Nov 2019 | Clinical

Mobidiag has made exclusive agreements with importers in Poland, Ukraine, Israel and Romania to facilitate the distribution of their rapid parasite ID and gastro-intestinal pathogen platforms Novodiag® and Amplidiag®. more...

Alcami Now Provide Rapid Sterility Testing Service Usiing Milliflex®

25 Nov 2019 | Pharmaceutical

Alcami Corporation, a CMDO based in South Carolina, will now be providing rapid sterility testing from their North Carolina advanced analytical testing technology centre. Using the Miiliflex® rapid sterility test, results are available in 5 days. more...

FDA Issue Warning to Pharma Plant for Adverse Burkholderia cepacia Levels in Water System

25 Nov 2019 | Pharmaceutical

FDA has issued a warning letter to Torrent Pharma Inc after an inspection at its rectal suppositories and nasal and oral solutions manufacturing plant. The investigator's report found an inadequate water system with adverse levels of Burkholderia cepacia. more...

U.S. Patent Covers Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Sepsis-Causing Bacteria - Looking for Partners

25 Nov 2019 | Clinical

Patent uses single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the ribosomal DNA of sepsis organisms to identify Gram postive and Gram negatives in whole blood in one hour. more...

First Diagnostic Test to Detect 13 AMR-Markers in 5 Hours Granted CE-IVD

22 Nov 2019 | Clinical

T2 Biosystems receives CE-IVD mark for its T2Resistance Panel™, a diagnostics test which detects 13 of the most serious antibiotic-resistance genes in whole blood specimens in under 5 hours. more...

HIV-1 Drug-Resistant Mutations Detected by FDA Approved De Novo NGS

22 Nov 2019 | Clinical

Vela Diagnostics have received FDA De Novo authorization for its Sentosa® SQ HIV-1 Genotyping Assay. The NGS platform detects drug-resistance mutations in the virus' Pol gene and provides results in 2 days. more...

Solus from PerkinElmer Pathogen Detection System Can Help Keep Thanksgiving Safe

21 Nov 2019 | Food & Beverage

This thanksgiving Solus from PerkinElmer pathogen detection system can be used to test the components of a roast dinner to ensure they are safe.

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Romer Labs Further Expands Food Allergen Testing Solutions with Mollusk Test Kit

21 Nov 2019 | Food & Beverage

Romer Labs expands it's solutions for food allergen testing with the launch of the AgraQuant^® Mollusk ELISA test kit more...

Porvair Secures Major Contract for Pipette Tip Filters

21 Nov 2019 | Food & BeverageClinicalPharmaceuticalMicrobiome

Porvair Sciences have developed a highly reproducible filtered pipette tip with an excellent edge finish that always provides an optimum fit into the pipette tip enabling labs to routinely achieve superior liquid handling and dispensing. more...

New Web Site Features a Complete Range of Chilling/Heating Laboratory Equipment

20 Nov 2019 | Pharmaceutical

Torrey Pines Scientific has a new web site featuring its complete range of chilling/heating laboratory equipment. Offering precise temperature control products for the biotech, pharmaceutical, environmental and other types of laboratories. more...

Bio-Rad Launches iQ-Check Aspergillus Real-Time PCR Kit

19 Nov 2019 | Pharmaceutical

Bio-Rad launches iQ-Check Aspergillus Real-Time PCR kit, a fast PCR alternative for detection of Aspergillus in cannabis and cannabis-infused products.
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Design First Global Antibiotic Resistance Symbol Competition - Win 2,000 Euros!

19 Nov 2019 | Clinical

EU-JAMRAI launches, during the celebration of the European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) in Stockholm, a design contest to find the symbol that best represents the global threat of antibiotic resistance. Prize includes 2000 Euros! more...

Hygiena Offers a Cutting Edge Rapid Microbial Detection System

18 Nov 2019 | Food & Beverage

Hygiena’s Innovate system is designed to free up working capital and provide Dairy, Food, and Beverage companies with a go/no go result in under 30 minutes, following a preliminary incubation period. more...

Study Suggests You Should Be Using a Microbial Air Sampler With Three Aspirating Heads

18 Nov 2019 | Pharmaceutical

Triple Aspirating Head Microbial Air Sampler

A recent study indicates that using an air sampler with 3 aspirating heads, such TRIO.BAS TRIO, can deliver more accurate results vs a single head for monitoring airborne microbial detection in cleanrooms and isolators. more...

Detect and Differentiate KPC, OXA-48-like, VIM, IMP, and NDM Carbapenemases in 15 Minutes!

18 Nov 2019 | Clinical

NG-Test CARBA 5 is a time-saving and cost-efficient method for the detection and differentiation of the five most common carbapenemases (KPC, OXA-48-like, VIM, IMP, and NDM) from bacterial culture. more...

CDC AMR Report Highlights 5 Urgent Threats and Need for Rapid Diagnostics

18 Nov 2019 | Clinical

CDC release ‘Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States’ report classifying five superbugs, based on their clinical impact as “urgent threats” that require urgent and aggressive action to be taken to protect the public from these drug-resistant organisms. more...

RSSL Named Best Contract Research Organisation at Oxford Bioscience Network Awards

14 Nov 2019 | Food & BeveragePharmaceutical

Outstanding dedication to quality, science and customer service helped Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL) secure Best Contract Research Organisation (CRO) at this year's Oxford Bioscience Network (OBN) Awards. more...

Culture Media Experts Condalab Announce Investment

14 Nov 2019 | Food & BeverageWaterPharmaceuticalVeterinary

Condalab continues to make history as it launches its new corporate identity and website and welcomes plant refurbishment. more...

Need to Speed up Your 384 Well Pipetting?

14 Nov 2019 | Pharmaceutical

INTEGRA’s range of pipetting products offers a variety of solutions to improve productivity and reduce errors for workflows - including 384 well formats. more...

Lab Autoclaves with Eco Credentials at Medica 2019

14 Nov 2019 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalPharmaceutical

Make your microbiology lab more ecofriendly with the Priorclave QCS autoclave range with effective use of power and water plus superb operator safety standards, the QCS100 is one of the safest and most efficient autoclaves available worldwide. more...

The Fastest Way to Test for Listeria - Can it Get Any Faster?

12 Nov 2019 | Food & Beverage

Fastest ever Listeria sample to result 60mins

Pathogen testing without enrichment is here and now, Claire Chilton, Neogen Europe discusses with rapidmicrobiology the technology behind Neogen's Listeria Right Now that enables production staff to achieve a sample to result in just one hour with only a few hours on-site training. more...

Speed Up Spoilage Detection with Rapid Fluorescence Technology

12 Nov 2019 | Food & Beverage

Spot Spoilage Sooner. Speed up your beverage microbiological quality control process with fluorescence detection. Our EZ-Fluo^™ rapid detection system can detect potential contamination up to 3 times faster than traditional methods. more...

OraSure Expands with Pioneering Microbiome Companies

12 Nov 2019 | Microbiome

OraSure Technologies have acquired microbiome sequencing pioneers Diversigen for $12 million. OraSure in recent times have been building up their portfolio for clients with CoreBiome and DNA Genotek already under their belt. more...

Diversigen to Supply Metagenomics and Microbiome Analysis Services for IBD Research

12 Nov 2019 | Microbiome

Diversigen will be a central lab for the generation of high quality microbiome data for the IBD Plexus® platform, a first-of-its-kind research information exchange platform designed to centralize data and bio samples from diverse research initiatives for IBD patients. more...

FDA-Cleared Liofilchem MTS^™ (MIC Test Strip) Imipenem (IMI)

12 Nov 2019 | Pharmaceutical

Liofilchem has received clearance from the FDA to market, in the United States, the Imipenem 0.016-256 MTS^™ (MIC Test Strip), a quantitative assay for determining the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of Imipenem. more...

TTP LabTech Make Low-Volume Mosquito Genomics® More User-Friendly

12 Nov 2019 | Pharmaceutical

TTP Labtech Ltd. has released a newer version of the low-volume Mosquito Genomics pipetting instrument. New features include improved user experience with new protocol wizards and enhanced cooling, to name a few. more...

Chromacode Launch HDPCR™ Multi-Drug Resistance Panel

12 Nov 2019 | Clinical

ChromaCode, the next-generation diagnostics company, have launched a highly multiplexed real-time PCR assay, the HDPCR™ Multi-Drug Resistance Panel. more...

Mark Bamforth’s New $82m Microbiome Venture with ThermoFisher

11 Nov 2019 | Microbiome

Arranto bio have secured $82million in funding and formed a strategic partnership with ThernoFisher to become the best-in-class microbiome contract development and manufacturing organization. more...

Long-Read Sequencing Interrogates Every 16S HVR in the Microbiome

11 Nov 2019 | Microbiome

Best Price Long-read 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing Service

Loop Genomics deploys a new highly-affordable long-read sequencing service for the microbiome that interrogates single continuous 16S molecules (v1-v9). This long-read sequencing technology has applications in plant, animal and microbial genomics. more...

Eurofins Genomics NGS Services now Includes Illumina's Latest Sequencing Platform

11 Nov 2019 | Food & BeveragePharmaceutical

Next Generation Sequencing Service from Eurofins

rapidmicrobiology asks Dr. Thomas Brefort, Business Unit Manager for NGS at Eurofins Genomics, and one of the Managing Directors of Eurofins' sequencing division, about the impact that the NovaSeq6000 has had on their NGS services and what the future of this technology looks like. more...

Real-Time Urogenital Pathogen Test Results in 24 Hours

11 Nov 2019 | Clinical

NxGen MDx have launched their Urogenital Pathogen tests that includes tests for vaginosis, urinary tract infections and Group B streptococcus. The tests utilize real-time PCR technology to give a turnaround time of 24 hours. more...

Interview with Dr. Fiona Crispie of APC Microbiome Ireland

08 Nov 2019 | Microbiome

Microbiome identification contract laboratory service

Dr. Fiona Crispie runs Ireland's largest Next-Generation Sequencing platform at APC Microbiome Ireland. She talks to rapidmicrobiology.com about microbiome sequencing methods and the interesting microbiome projects her team is involved in. more...

Clinical Microbiomics A/S: Your Expert Partner for Microbiome Analysis

07 Nov 2019 | ClinicalMicrobiome

Clinical Microbiomics A/S is the world´s leading provider of advanced microbiome analysis covering the entire workflow from extracting DNA, sequencing, profiling and biostatistics linking the microbiome to relevant clinical parameters.
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Identify and Understand the Microbiome with NCIMB

07 Nov 2019 | Microbiome

NCIMB’s next generation sequencing and bioinformatics services for bacterial community analysis allow you to identify and understand the full population present within a microbiome sample. more...

Salmonella Scare Causes UK and Ireland Recall of Hummus Products

07 Nov 2019 | Food & Beverage

Humous products sold in shops and supermarkets in Ireland and the UK are being recalled due to the presence of Salmonella. The supplier of the product is blaming a third-party ingredient on the source of the contamination. more...

Cherwell's New Engineering Manager to Drive Continuous Improvements

07 Nov 2019 | Pharmaceutical

Cherwell Laboratories, specialist suppliers of environmental monitoring and process validation solutions for the pharmaceutical and related industries, has announced the appointment of Jonathan Roger as Engineering Manager and part of Cherwell’s management team. more...

How to Diagnose the Loss of Gut Bacterial Diversity?

05 Nov 2019 | ClinicalMicrobiome

The French start-up Luxia Scientific provides 1test1™, a diagnostic kit for the loss of gut microbial diversity for people with gut disorders or wishing to check their health, through the identification of bacterial dysbiosis. more...

Bio-Rad’s Listeria AFNOR Update

05 Nov 2019 | Food & Beverage

Bio-Rad’s Listeria AFNOR Update: learn more on new confirmation options for RAPID'Lmono and renewal/extension for Listeria PCR solutions. more...

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05 Nov 2019 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal CareMicrobiome

Find out why leading microbiology manufacturers advertise with rapidmicrobiology.com. Download our 2020 media kit today. more...

Next Generation Algorithim to Predict the Onset of Sepsis

05 Nov 2019 | Clinical

Beckman Coulter and Dascaena come together in US Government backed partnership to develop a next-generation algorthim to predict the onset of sepsis using data collected from a widely used hematology analyzer. more...

Foodborne Viruses - A Complete Solution from Sample to RNA Quantification

05 Nov 2019 | Food & Beverage

BioMérieux offers a full complete testing solution for Norovirus GI, Norovirus GII (NoV) and Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) in food samples, according to ISO 15216-2:2019, from extraction through to detection via the easy-to-use GENE-UP® platform, AOAC and AFNOR validated. more...

EnSURE™ Touch - Smarter Monitoring. Designed for You.

05 Nov 2019 | Food & BeveragePharmaceutical

EnSURE™ Touch is an advanced monitoring system that collects, analyses and reports from multiple quality tests such as ATP, microorganisms, and enzymes. Featuring a 5-inch touch screen, wireless sync technology, cloud-based software, and the ability to conduct a wide range of tests. more...

Growth Direct System Provides Validation to Perform Pharmaceutical In-process Bioburden Analysis

04 Nov 2019 | Pharmaceutical

Rapid Micro Biosystems breaks down how to successfully use the TR80 framework and ALCOA/ALCOA+ that helps to support the FDA’s agency stated efforts to improve drug quality through vigilant oversight of data integrity and good manufacturing practice. more...

Sense Receive £12.3m Handshake for Handheld Diagnostics Devices

04 Nov 2019 | Clinical

Bristish biotech start-up Sense Biodetection limit have raised £12.3million from venture capital and the UK Goverment's Innovation fund to develop it's portfolio of machine-free, point of care molecular tests more...

European Court Allows Use of Phage Control in Ready-To-Eat Foods

04 Nov 2019 | Food & Beverage

The European Court of Justice has issued a court order allowing food business operators to apply ListexP100 in ready-to-eat meals in order to combat the foodborne pathogen Listeria. As yet there is still no legal framework in place. more...

FDA Approve BD and Check-Point Carbapenemase PCR Assay

01 Nov 2019 | Clinical

Becton, Dickonson and Company with Check-Point Healthcare B.V have received US FDA 510(k) clearance for the BD Max™ Check-Points CPO assay. A molecular based assay that can detect the five most common carbapenemase genes in only two and a half hours from a patients sample. more...

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