Microbiology News: Jul 2021

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Microbiology News: Jul 2021

Study Finds Improved Method for Prevention and Control of Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreaks

30 Jul 2021 | Water

IDEXX Legiolert Compared to ISO 11731 method

A study carried out by a PHL in Spain which compared IDEXX Legiolert® with the ISO 11731 method found that the IDEXX test detected more positives and was more sensitive than the ISO method for the detection and enumeration of Legionella pneumophila. more...

INTEGRA Low Retention GripTips Now Available in Environmentally Friendly ECO Racks

29 Jul 2021 | Laboratory Equipment

ECO Racks contain 60% less plastic, while maintaining the high standards that customers expect from INTEGRA products, they can also be paired with the company’s one-of-a-kind, reusable PopTop Base for the most convenient pipetting experience. more...

How Oxygen Sensing Technology Can Deliver Faster Test Results for Food and Beverage Microbiology

29 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

This article explores how oxygen sensors can be used for rapid microbiology testing and when used in the Oculer Rapid 930 system it can offer substantial advantages for commercial sterility testing, both in terms of speed and sensitivity. more...

RapidChek™ Total Protein: Verify Your Cleaning Now With a Free Sample

27 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

Detect the food residues that your cleaning programme missed in 30 seconds with RapidChek™ Total Protein. But don’t take our word for it! Get your free sample now and find out how fast cleaning verification can be. more...

Compact Dry®, No Media Prep, No Sterilization - Save Time and Money!

27 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

Ready to rehydrate dry film plates Compact Dry

CompactDry® is a ready-to-use test method for easy microbiological testing in food and water laboratories, validated by international organisations including AOAC, MicroVal and NordVal. more...

Rapid Test Ensures Safety at Olympics Open-Water Events - a rapidmicrobiology Podcast

27 Jul 2021 | Food & BeverageWater

Tecta PDS rapid automated water test for e coli enterococcus and total faecal coliforms

In this episode, our guest Tim Adams from Tecta-PDS talks about the success of the Tecta B16, the world's only approved portable rapid automated test for water, and explains how its user-friendly design and testing capabilities are knocking everything else out of the water. more...

AOAC Certification Mark for the Legionella pneumophilia SG1 DETECT Kit

26 Jul 2021 | Water

rqmicro Legionella pneumophilia is an AOAC PTM

With the Legionella pneumophila (L.p.) SG1 DETECT Kit rqmicro AG presents a new, externally validated technology for environmental monitoring of L.p. SG1 with faster time to result resolution and a high sensitivity of single-cell counting. more...

Video Explains How R-CARD™ Detects and Enumerates Targeted Organisms in a Single Test

26 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

Take two minutes to watch this short video and find out why R-CARD™ makes the detection and enumeration of targeted organisms easy in one test. more...

Introducing BactiscanPRO by EIT International, Leaders in Biofilm Detection Technology

26 Jul 2021 | Food & BeveragePharmaceutical

Identifying clusters of bacteria and biofilms instantaneously on a surface has never been easier. Following the successful launch of Bactiscan in July 2020, EIT International is releasing the next generation BactiscanPRO which incorporates stills and video capture capability. more...

Toxinometer® & QC8 - Advanced Technology for Bacterial Endotoxin Testing

26 Jul 2021 | Pharmaceutical

The Toxinometer® ET-7000 is a kinetic incubating tube reader that can perform all three LAL testing methodologies. With the Toximaster® QC8 software program, this system offers excellent audit trail capabilities and robust data processing functions. more...

TECTA-PDS Has Been Chosen as the Testing Solution for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Open-water Events

26 Jul 2021 | Water

2021 Tokyo Olympics knows that when every second counts, TECTA-PDS is the only solution to keeping you safe. more...

First Reporter-Labeled Total QC Diagnostic Line for Food Pathogens

21 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

Our a new breakthrough qPCR diagnostic product line, Total QC-qPCR, simultaneously detects the target food pathogens along with the reporter-labeled quality control strain. more...

Autoclavable Stomacher® Bag Can Reduce Plastic Lab Waste by up to 50%

20 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

Seward has launched the first paddle blender bag that can also be autoclaved. By avoiding the need for double-bagging, trials have shown that the new bags can reduce the amount of plastic waste by 50%, as well as saving time and cost. more...

TECTA-PDS Has Been Chosen as the Testing Solution for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Open-water Events

20 Jul 2021 | Water

Fast. Simple. Effective. Tokyo 2021 Olympics trusting TECTA-PDS for water testing. more...

Bioperfectus' COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test Added to EU Common List

19 Jul 2021 | Clinical

Bioperfectus Rapid Antigen Test for COVID-19

The Bioperfectus Novel Corona Virus (SARS-CoV-2) Ag Rapid Test Kit has been added to the EU's common list of rapid antigen tests for use within the European Union. The test has also been validated for the detection of common SARS-CoV-2 variants. more...

Plate & Count System and Automatic Bacterial Enumeration - The Winning Team from Sample to Result

16 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

With Plate & count and the Spiral method, increase your analysis capabilities: without intermediate dilutions, perform standardized automatic plating with a counting range from 100 to 1 x 10⁷ CFU/mL on 1 single Petri dish & then get full automatic, traceable colony counts. more...

Come Discover What's New at IAFP 2021 at Bio-Rad’s Booth 318

15 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

BioRad food safety solutions will be showcased at IAFP 2021

Drop by Bio-Rad’s booth 318, for a meet and greet and learn all about our newest offerings in food pathogen diagnostics. more...

Copan Microbiology Quality Control Solutions at IAFP 2021

15 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

At IAFP 2021, Copan's team of experts will be available to talk about Cyclone™ and SRK®, the company's solutions for microbiology quality control testing in the industry. more...

Special Focus on What's on Show at IAFP 2021

14 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

Browse this 'What's on Show at IAFP' special focus to plan your visit and discover the latest food safety solutions. more...

Microbiologics Expands its Line of GFP Marked Microbial Controls for Food Safety

14 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

Petri dish with bright green fluorescent colonies

Microbiologics have expanded their line of green fluorescent protein marked microbial controls for food safety allowing laboratories to quickly and reliably differentiate QC cultures from contaminants. more...

Test Method Validation That Can be Trusted - On Demand Webinar Series

13 Jul 2021 | Food & BeverageWater

Campden BRI Webinar on MicroVal Validation ISO 16140-2

Nissui Pharmaceutical offer the Nissui CompactDry™, a ready to use culture media plate certified by MicroVal according to ISO16140-2, as an alternative method. Find out in these short webinars exactly what that means for your method validation. more...

TECTA-PDS Has Been Chosen as the Testing Solution for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Open-water Events

13 Jul 2021 | Water

Automated in-field testing water for E coli and coliforms

Welcome to the safe world of TECTA technology, keeping participants, staff and athletes safe at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. more...

Tradition With Innovation Makes New Things Possible - Including New Cheese Specialties

12 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

The Glauser family are delighted with the Nemis N-Light™ rapid test for Listeria monocytogenes which has facilitated the commercialisation of a new raw milk soft cheese. more...

Rapid, On-Site COVID-19 Wastewater Testing Solution

12 Jul 2021 | Water

Wastewater epidemiology provides rapid, non-invasive insight into the health of large or targeted populations. LuminUltra’s COVID-19 wastewater testing solution is faster, cheaper and eliminates the need for additional specialized equipment. more...

Hygiena Scoop IAFP Innovation Award for Rapid Pathogen Enumeration Method

12 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

Congratulations to Hygiena, recipients of IAFP's innovation award for the development of the, AOAC approved, SalQuant™ rapid pathogen enumeration system. more...

PREvalence ddPCR SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Quantification Kit Launched

12 Jul 2021 | Water

The PREvalence™ ddPCR® SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Quantification Kit includes all reagents needed to detect the virus in wastewater along with software for automated analysis. more...

bioMérieux to Distribute Specific Diagnostics’ REVEAL Rapid AST System in Europe

12 Jul 2021 | Clinical

Based on Specific Diagnostics' unique, patented metabolomic signature technology, the REVEAL Rapid AST system provides actionable results for bloodstream infections (in an average of 5 hours) directly from positive blood culture. more...

NEOGEN’s New and Emerging Methods in Microbiology Virtual Workshop

12 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

Watch our virtual workshop on-demand to hear about the latest microbiology advances, news, and trends from industry experts. Register today to learn about a range of topics including ISO 16140-3 method verification and the latest regulation changes. Find out more and register here. more...

Applied Food Diagnostics Validates First Multiplex Alicyclobacillus Suite of qPCR Assays

09 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

Applied Food Diagnostics announces Alicyclobacillus (ACB) assays. ACB presence is a known source of spoilage & product loss in fruit products. Our ACB suite offers results in 90 mins. post-enrichment. more...

Rapid AST Direct from Positive Blood Culture Guidelines in BIOMIC V3

09 Jul 2021 | Clinical

BIOMIC V3 Rapid AST from Giles Scientific

BIOMIC V3 provides automated reading, interpreting, and expert review of EUCAST rapid AST (RAST) and CLSI direct from positive blood culture bottles for selected organisms. more...

Win a VIAFLO Electronic Pipette and More From INTEGRA

07 Jul 2021 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalPharmaceuticalCosmetic/Personal Care

Win an INTEGRA VIAFLO electronic pipette

Find out how you can win one of 20 INTEGRA Biosciences multichannel pipettes and increase your lab productivity. more...

The Tasty Tech That Ensures QC in Beer Brewing

07 Jul 2021 | Food & BeverageWater

Sartorius solutions for brewing quality control

Breweries, whether they are large or small, share a common need for quality control (QC) to ensure the consistency and safety of end products. Both subjective and objective QC tests and evaluations can be performed throughout the brewing process. more...

Burkholderia cepacia Selective Agar & Supplement acc. to the New USP <60>

06 Jul 2021 | ClinicalPharmaceutical

BCSA medium to detect the B. cepacia complex is a new addition to Merck’s powdered NutriSelect^® prime culture media that offer compliance with pharmaceutical standards, and QC based on the Growth Promotion Test acc. to USP. more...

European Pharmacopoeia to Put an End to the Rabbit Pyrogen Test

05 Jul 2021 | Pharmaceutical

At its 170th session in June 2021, the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) Commission took the decision to engage on a path that should ultimately lead to the complete replacement of the rabbit pyrogen test (RPT) in the Ph. Eur., within approximately 5 years. more...

Copan's Engaging Events at ECCMID 2021

05 Jul 2021 | Clinical

Copan will showcase their clinical microbiology expertise at ECCMID

Copan will participate in ECCMID 2021 with a flash session exploring its latest releases and an integrated symposium on molecular biology lab automation, held by Dr. Paolo Gaibani and chaired by Professor David Hawkes. more...

TECTA-PDS Has Been Chosen as the Testing Solution for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Open-water Events

05 Jul 2021 | Water

TECTA-PDS Testing for E coli and coliforms at Tokyo Olympics

TECTA-PDS has been chosen as the testing solution for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic open-water events. more...

Fijifilm Pyrostar testing critical water used in the reprocessing of medical devices

SGL Plates and Culture Media for Pharmaceutical Microbiology

QC Standards Controls and Proficiency Testing Schemes

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