Microbiology News: Jan 2020

JAVASCRIPT DISABLED - This site works best with JavaScript enabled.

Microbiology News: Jan 2020

NATtrol MRSA Positive Control

30 Jan 2020 | Clinical

Vials of NATtrol™ S. aureus (MRSA). controls are supplied in a purified protein matrix that mimics the composition of a true clinical specimen. more...

Microbial Identification - a rapidmicrobiology Special Focus

28 Jan 2020 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalPharmaceutical

Special focus on microbial identification, explore contract identification providers, proficiency tests ID, how a water lab implemented MALDI-TOF, plus summaries of recent identification seminar, plus take our quiz - are you a MALDI expert? more...

How Charles River Accugenix^® Identification Service Can Tailor For Your Needs

28 Jan 2020 | ClinicalPharmaceutical

Jessica Rayser (Product Manager) and Morgan McCarraher (Associate) at Charles River Microbial Solutions talk to rapidmicrobiology.com on why Accugenix^®Microbial Identification Service stands out from the rest and how they can help meet your regulatory requirements. more...

Meridian's 1-Step RT-qPCR Mix Used in Screening for Coronavirus

28 Jan 2020 | Clinical

Meridian Biosciences has announced there has been a huge demand for their Lyo-Ready 1-Step RT-qPCR Mix in screening patients for the Wuhan Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). more...

Genesig Coronavirus RT-qPCR Kit Available Now Worldwide

28 Jan 2020 | Clinical

Primerdesign have developed a genesig RT-qPCR kit for the novel coronavirus strain 2019-CoV. The kit will be made officially available as of next week with the facility to pre-order now. more...

Lyse in 1-minute with Bertin's Homogenizer to Obtain an Unbiased Look at the Microbiome

28 Jan 2020 | Microbiome

Bertin Instruments illustrate how their one-minute Precellys Evolution Homogenizers outperforms standard lysing methods and opens up an unbiased look at the microbiome's population. more...

Welsh Water Invests in MALDI-TOF Technology

27 Jan 2020 | Water

In this article, Matthew Jones, Technical Development Manager at Welsh Water, explores all aspects of introducing MALDI-TOF into a UK water company; from procurement to validation and accreditation to standardisation and his on-going work with SCA to establish a MALDI-TOF Blue Book.

more...

How to Use The MALDI-TOF Biotyper for Food Microbiology - Video

27 Jan 2020 | Food & Beverage

The MALDI Biotyper is validated by MicroVal according to the ISO 16140 part 6 standard and is an approved official method of analysis by AOAC international, the confirmation and identification results are provided directly with no need for additional data interpretation. more...

One Health Initiative Recruits Noscendo's DISQVER Bioinformatics Platform

27 Jan 2020 | Clinical

Noscendo's CE-certified DISQVER sequencing and bioinformatics platform has been adopted by a One Health Working Group in the University Hospital Bonn. This collaboration aims to speed up the identification of pathogens and resistances to improve antibiotic treatment and hygiene measures. more...

Rapid Microorganism Identification with MALDI Biotyper

27 Jan 2020 | Food & Beverage

ultra-rapid identification with MALDI-ToF

For identifying microorganisms, the advanced MALDI-ToF system rivals the traditionally used culture-based methods which industry is still heavily dependent on. With laser technology to ID species in a few minutes, find out how this system can help you. more...

Accredited Confirmation & Identification Proficiency Testing Scheme

22 Jan 2020 | Food & Beverage

The LGC CONF-IDENT proficiency testing scheme enables laboratories to confirm and/or identify strains isolated from a sample using various techniques, from traditional biochemical/serological tests to more advanced genomic or molecular techniques. more...

Latest Microbiology Newsletter - 21 January 2020

22 Jan 2020 | Food & BeverageClinicalPharmaceutical

Latest products for your microbiology lab

New ATP test kit supplying globally, easier pipetting protocols using magnetic beads to clean up nucleic acid preparations, new BRCGS environmental monitoring standards for food packaging manufacturers, GENE-UP EHEC gains MicroVal validation. more...

BC Launches its Sensilux^® ATP Product Range

21 Jan 2020 | Food & Beverage

Sensilux^® offers a range of kits and products, for quality control in the food industry, based on ATP-bioluminescence. With tailored control software and sampling automation solutions Sensilux^® brings you the highest quality at the most competitive price. more...

Charles River Aquires Hemacare

21 Jan 2020 | Pharmaceutical

Charles River has completed its acquisition of HemaCare Corporation, a leader in the production of human-derived cellular products for the cell therapy market. more...

EFSA ask Stakeholders for Input on New WGS Requirements

21 Jan 2020 | Food & Beverage

EFSA is asking for public consultation on a new document which will give guidance to applicants wishing to introduce microorganisms into the food chain. The document will instruct applicants to carry out WGS on the microorganisms in order to provide EFSA with a risk assessment. more...

Creative Diagnostics Launches New ASFV Antigens and Antibodies for Research

21 Jan 2020 | Pharmaceutical

Creative Diagnostics launches a large range of p30 antigens and antibodies for ASFV detection. more...

Training in Aseptic Techniques Helps Those Working on Missions Keep Space Clean

21 Jan 2020 | Pharmaceutical

Alan Dawson, Laboratory Manager at the European Space Agency (ESA), says the training on aseptic techniques received from the Honeyman group have provided ESA staff the with necessary skills to explore other planets without leaving any microbial trace behind. more...

Enhanced BIOFIRE® Blood Culture Identification 2 (BCID2) Panel Submitted for FDA Clearance

21 Jan 2020 | Clinical

The BIOFIRE^® Blood Culture Identification 2 (BCID2) panel includes several additional pathogens, an expanded list of antimicrobial resistance genes, and many revised targets compared to the existing BIOFIRE^® BCID Panel. more...

Need a Fast Turnaround Microbial Identification with Great Customer Service?

21 Jan 2020 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalPharmaceuticalVeterinaryMicrobiome

NCIMB offers fast turnaround on microbial identification. Discounted rates are available for large numbers of samples. We identify both bacteria and fungi at our Aberdeen laboratories. more...

Coronavirus Outbreak sees Airports Screening Travellers From Wuhan Province

20 Jan 2020 | Clinical

A novel coronavirus has the potential to spread in China with the upcoming New Year's celebrations. Chinese Authorities report that transmission is not sustained and mild symptoms are most likely. However immunocompromised people are on high-risk in this highly polluted region. more...

BrandTech's Pipettes can now be Wirelessly Charged

20 Jan 2020 | Food & BeverageClinicalPharmaceuticalVeterinaryMicrobiome

Brandtech Scientific have launched an inductive charging stand to work with its BRAND® HandyStep® touch and HandyStep® touch S repeating pipettes. more...

Fagron Recalls 30 Lots of Anaesthetic Due to Bacillus spp. Contamination

17 Jan 2020 | ClinicalPharmaceutical

Fagron Inc. a pharmaceutical compounding company has voluntarily recalled over 30 lots of a topical anaesthetic after the FDA identified Bacillus fortis/Geobacillus toebii, Bacillus spp, and Bacillus circulans as contaminants in a non-sterile ingredient packaged with the anaesthetic. more...

Reproducibly Improve Magnetic Bead DNA Clean-Up with INTEGRA’s Pipetting Solutions

16 Jan 2020 | Pharmaceutical

INTEGRA Biosciences’ innovative pipetting solutions are the perfect partner for magnetic purification protocols more...

Caring for Your Pipettes and Your Science

16 Jan 2020 | Pharmaceutical

In partnership with Sartorius, Alpha Laboratories now brings you a choice of, internationally recognised, expert pipette calibration services that you can trust and rely on. more...

Priorclave Shows Autoclave Range at Medlab 2020

16 Jan 2020 | Pharmaceutical

Priorclave are exhibiting at this year’s Medlab exhibition in Dubai from 3rd to 6th February 2020. Find out why you should visit their stand. more...

Improve Safety With The New Short Needle Sterility Testing Device

14 Jan 2020 | Pharmaceutical

Sterility testing for cartridges can pose a risk. Increase safety with our new short needle device. Improve dexterity and security when piercing cartridges, or soft single-use plastic containers with our new short 20 mm length needle. Watch our video! more...

Hull Hospitals Invest in New Environmental Monitoring Systems for Operating Theatres

14 Jan 2020 | Clinical

Operating theatres demand enhanced microbiological monitoring and infection control. Hull University Teaching NHS Trust have selected SAS Super air samplers, from Cherwell Laboratories. more...

MicroVal Issues First Certificate for STEC Detection Method

14 Jan 2020 | Food & Beverage

MicroVal has approved the issuing of its first certificate for a Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) detection method, based on the validation of bioMérieux GENE-UP EHEC. more...

Latest Microbiology Newsletter - 14 Jan 2020

14 Jan 2020 | Food & BeverageClinicalPharmaceutical

A better way to take sterility testing samples from single use containers, PathogenDx technology may soon be applied to food pathogen detection, SAS air sampler for operating theatres, MIC strip for Ampicillin-sulbactam, why flow cytometry is so good for probiotics. more...

FDA-Cleared Liofilchem MTS^™ (MIC Test Strip) Ampicillin-Sulbactam (AMS)

14 Jan 2020 | Clinical

Liofilchem has received clearance from the FDA to market in the United States the Ampicillin*-Sulbactam (2/1) 0.016-256* MTS^™ (MIC Test Strip), a quantitative assay for determining the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of Ampicillin-sulbactam. more...

Ziath to Showcase New 2-D Barcoded Tube ID Product at SLAS 2020

13 Jan 2020 | Other

Ziath has announced that it will launch a revolutionary web-based 2D-barcoded tube identification product - Datapaq 5 at SLAS 2020 in San Diego, USA. more...

Environmental Monitoring – Are You Complying with BRCGS Issue 6?

13 Jan 2020 | Food & Beverage

A new clause has been introduced by BRCGS requiring food packaging manufacturers to implement microbiological environmental monitoring. In this informative document, Campden BRI provides guidance in meeting the new criteria, best sampling procedures and the services they offer. more...

Ultra-Fast Cannabis Pathogen Test Has Potential to Disrupt Gold-Standard Food Testing

10 Jan 2020 | Food & Beverage

PathogenDx is an ultra-fast pathogen test that will only identify and quantify live cells and currently in routine use in the emerging cannabis testing industry. CEO Milan Patel talks to rapidmicrobiology on how this disruptive technology can revolutionize the food safety testing industry. more...

QxP Proud to Annouce UK GMP Compliance Body Beta-Tests and Adopts VR Learning Tool

10 Jan 2020 | Pharmaceutical

QxP's Virtuosi® is an interactive GMP learning tool, beta-tested and adopted by the UK GMP Compliance Body for the pharmaceutical industry. Created at QxP by 25 experts in Microbiology and VR tech among others and independently reviewed by former FDA expert. more...

Applied BioCode's Respiratory Pathogen Panel Receives FDA Approval

10 Jan 2020 | Clinical

Applied BioCode has received FDA 510(k) clearance on the BioCode Respiratory Pathogen Panel (RPP) for use on its high-throughput multiplex BioCode MDx-3000 molecular diagnostic system. more...

Latest Microbiology Newsletter - 7 Jan 2020

08 Jan 2020 | Food & BeverageClinicalPharmaceutical

Solve PCR positive, culture negative food samples, new formulations of enrichment media, MALDI-TOF identification is it for your lab? more...

The Advantages of Flow Cytometry for Counting Bacteria in Probiotics

08 Jan 2020 | Food & BeveragePharmaceuticalMicrobiome

Plate counts are not the best way to count probiotics

Flow cytometry beats the traditional plate count when it comes to probiotics, reports Marco Pane, R&D manager of Probiotical, a manufacturer of probiotics. more...

Burkholeria cepacia Contamination Results in Total Recall of Mavidon Products

06 Jan 2020 | ClinicalCosmetic/Personal Care

Mavidon, the medical device manufacturer, has informed all of its customers, hospitals and clinics to stop using and quarantine all of its products immediately because of possible contamination with Burkholderia cepacia more...

Ramboldi^® Consumables for Clinical Applications

06 Jan 2020 | Clinical

Disposable plastics for microbiology samples

Scilabware is pleased to offer the Ramboldi range of single use plastic products for use in general microbiology and life science applications. Specifically aimed at customers within the healthcare sector we offer a range of sterile products suitable for the management of patient samples. more...

Pharmig Open Discussion Workshops - An Invaluable Learning Tool

06 Jan 2020 | Pharmaceutical

Microbial Identification Workshop - Highlights

This live report is on the 'Microbial Identification Discussion Session' workshop hosted by Dr Anna Lovatt at Pharmig's 27th Annual Pharmaceutical Microbiology in Nottingham, UK. more...

South Africa’s Listeria Outbreak: Bio-Rad’s Customer Testimonial (video)

02 Jan 2020 | Food & Beverage

During the 2017 Listeria outbreak in South Africa, Bio-Rad provided Microchem Lab Services (MLS) support with their wide-range of prepared Listeria media. Ilse Liedemann, Microbiology Lab manager at MLS, gives a first-hand account on the vital support from Bio-Rad in those challenging times. more...

BARDA gives MultiPath™ Another Boost in Breakthrough Diagnostics

02 Jan 2020 | Clinical

First Light Diagnostics has announced the authorization of additional funding from BARDA of $4.3 million to develop its MultiPath™ platform. This additional funding from the US Government's biomedical research grant authority given to First Light Diagnostics brings the total... more...

Thermo Scientific Listeria Precis Methods next generation culture media technology

Rapid Sterility and Bioburden Testing for Pharmaceuticals

Get our eNewsletter

Microbiology News: Jan 2020

Over 7,000 microbiology professionals get our weekly eNewsletter - subscribe now and find out why!

LATEST MICROBIOLOGY NEWS

MICROBIOLOGY EVENTS

Get the latest microbiology news every week - straight to your inbox !

Don't miss out!

Get the latest microbiology updates every week.