Microbiology News: Apr 2022

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Microbiology News: Apr 2022

Automation and LIMs Integration Improve QC Micro Data Integrity

29 Apr 2022 | Pharmaceutical

The highest levels of data integrity are increasingly essential to patient safety, regulatory compliance, and commercial success. Central to this effort is the reliable integration of key automated workflows and instrumentation with laboratory information management systems (LIMS). more...

Clinical Data Presented at ECCMID 2022

29 Apr 2022 | Clinical

Results from five studies consistently demonstrated the excellent performance of the APAS Independence artificial intelligence algorithms to interpret microbial growth for a variety of clinical applications. more...

Culture As Nature Intended

28 Apr 2022 | Pharmaceutical

A Baker gas-controlled and economical hypoxia cell culture chamber

Designed for in vitro cell culture experiments PhO₂ Box is an easy-to-use and economical Physoxia/Hypoxia system packed with new, innovative features that allow you to study even the most complex cell interactions under perfect physiological oxygen conditions. more...

Win 1 of 10 INTEGRA VOYAGER Pipette Kits!

28 Apr 2022 | Pharmaceutical

To enter the competition and be in with a chance of winning one of the 10 VOYAGER pipette kits, all you need to do is complete INTEGRA’s questionnaire about your pipetting experience. more...

Condalab, Your ISO 11133 Partner for Your QC Procedures

28 Apr 2022 | Food & BeveragePharmaceutical

ISO 11133 is key to have reliable results of your microbiological analysis. At Condalab, all of our culture media quality assurance is tested and validated according to this standard to make your own QC procedures easier. more...

Creative Diagnostics Introduces New Nipah Virus Antigens and Antibodies

28 Apr 2022 | Pharmaceutical

Creative Diagnostics recently launches a series of NiV recombinant antigen and antibody pairs. more...

Rapid, Reliable Test for Salmonella in Low-Moisture Foods and Ingredients

28 Apr 2022 | Food & Beverage

The Thermo Scientific™ SureTect™ Salmonella Species PCR Assay is a rapid and efficient solution for testing foods, the environment, and large portions of low-moisture foods of up to 375 g validated according to ISO 16140-2 and AOAC-OMA requirements. more...

INTERSCIENCE Invests $6.8M in its Factory and R&D Site in Puycapel, France

27 Apr 2022 | Pharmaceutical

Since the launch of ScanStation, the company has equipped more than 100 sites with one of the three available versions spread across 23 countries worldwide. more...

MicrobioSeq Division Releases Viral Metagenomics Services to Study Viruses

26 Apr 2022 | Microbiome

MicrobioSeq has recently announced viral metagenomics services, which can help scientists study viruses efficiently and easily. more...

Fungal Whole-Genome De Novo Sequencing Platform to Facilitate Microbial Research

26 Apr 2022 | Microbiome

To help scientific researchers better understand fungal biodiversity, physiology, metabolism and function, CD Genomics MicrobioSeq has launched the fungal whole-genome de novo sequencing service. more...

Microbiologics Acquires Cryologics

26 Apr 2022 | Pharmaceutical

Scientist in white lab coat plates out bacteria onto culture media

The procurement of Cryologics, leader in the cryopreservation of environmental isolates for use as quality control microorganisms, will extend Microbiologics capacity to serve QC Microbiologists concerned with the safety of pharmaceutical and personal care products. more...

Data Shows Rapid and Accurate Results from Simplied MALDI Prep for Positive Blood Cultures

26 Apr 2022 | Clinical

Simple MALDI sample prep for positive blood cultures

Data presented at ECCMID 2022 showed the Accelerate Arc System enables automated and rapid sample preparation that yields robust reportability and accurate microbial identification for positive blood cultures using MALDI when compared to conventional MALDI methods. more...

NEOGEN^®’s New and Emerging Methods in Microbiology Virtual Workshop

25 Apr 2022 | Food & Beverage

NEOGEN^®’s virtual microbiology workshop is back for 2022. Join us on 17th May for another dynamic virtual event focusing on the latest developments in food testing technology, industry news and trends. more...

First Breath Based COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Receives EUA

25 Apr 2022 | Clinical

The InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer is a portable, rapid, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) test for the in vitro qualitative detection of five Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in the ketone and aldehyde families associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in exhaled breath from individuals, more...

CE Marked RT-PCR Test Detects Omicron BA.x, BA.2 and Delta variants of SARS-CoV-2

25 Apr 2022 | Clinical

A routine COVID screening test, EBX SARS-CoV-2 Fast-SVT simultaneously detects and identifies the presence of Omicron BA.x, Omicron BA.2 and screens for other Delta variants, requiring only one reaction and delivering a result in 45 minutes. more...

OMNIgene^®·GUT Dx Preseves and Stabilizes Microbiome Samples

25 Apr 2022 | Microbiome

OMNIgene®·GUT Dx allows for the non-invasive collection of human fecal samples and the stabilization of DNA from the bacterial community for subsequent assessment of the microbiome profile by an assay validated for use with OMNIgene®·GUT Dx. more...

2022 EUCAST & CLSI Guidelines in BIOMIC V3 Software

22 Apr 2022 | Clinical

Updates in the 2022 BIOMIC V3 software, the digital imaging system for automating the reading and interpretation of AST and ID tests from various manufacturers, with the current 2022 CLSI and EUCAST guidelines. more...

Is a Quantitative Lateral-Flow Test an Option in Histamine Testing?

21 Apr 2022 | Food & Beverage

Symmetric Histamine is a fully quantitative lateral-flow test, using distilled water for extraction, the easy protocol delivers results in only 3 minutes. It is suitable for testing at the lab, at the port or factory, or at any reception point. more...

IDEXX EasyDisc^TM YEA Receives AFNOR 'NF Validation' Certification for HPC Testing

20 Apr 2022 | Water

EasyDisc^TM YEA from IDEXX, used for the enumeration of heterotrophic plate counts (HPC) at 22°C and 36°C in drinking water, has been granted the NF Validation by AFNOR Certification more...

HiMIC^TM Plate Kit: MIC Made as Easy as A..B..C..D..

19 Apr 2022 | Clinical

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing is crucial in the fight against antimicrobial resistance and patient treatment. HiMIC^TM Plate Kit is a broth microdilution assay for accurate, easy MIC evaluation. No more need for media and antimicrobial preparations, just add the culture, incubate and read. more...

What's on Show at ECCMID 2022 - a rapidmicrobiology Special Focus

18 Apr 2022 | Food & BeverageClinicalPharmaceutical

Latest products for clinical microbiology diagnostics

Bringing together over 14,000 delegates ECCMID 2022 is an important congress in the field of infection control. Explore this rapidmicrobiology special focus and find out What's on Show in the exhibition halls. more...

An Easy and Rapid Solution for Bioburden Testing of Non-Sterile Pharmaceutical Products

14 Apr 2022 | Pharmaceutical

Red One™ counts fluorescence-stained microbial cells (solid-phase cytometry) with a fully automated workflow. The platform is ideal for easy and rapid bioburden enumeration for non-sterile pharmaceutical products. more...

Rapid and Accurate Microbial Identification for Positive Blood Cultures

14 Apr 2022 | Clinical

Accelerate Arc Instrument for Microbial Id from blood cultures

Designed for research labs with MALDI the Accelerate Arc system cuts hours of wait time and numerous manual steps to deliver Identification (ID) results from positive blood cultures. more...

Seward Offers Free Trial for New Autoclavable Stomacher® Paddle Blender Bag

14 Apr 2022 | Food & Beverage

Free trial offer: Microbiology laboratories invited to see how they can eliminate risk of sample bags leaking and bursting during disposal more...

Hygiena^TM Launches New Innovate RapiScreen^TM Beverage Kit

13 Apr 2022 | Food & Beverage

The user-friendly, rapid, microbial screening system provides high-performance testing for low pH beverages and quality control results within 30 minutes more...

Screening Poultry for Avian Influenza: How Thermo Fisher Can Help

12 Apr 2022 | Veterinary

Two chickens are held by gloved hands as a swab is taken from one of them

Thermo Fisher Scientific can help in the avian influenza emergency, with products such as Brain Heart Infusion Broth and sampling swabs for the collection and transport of samples, according to the official testing protocols for screening birds. more...

Copan’s Workflow-Integrated System Environment

08 Apr 2022 | Clinical

From sample collection to image analysis and data interpretation: Copan’s WISE approach brings any sample to improved diagnostics. more...

What Do You Need From Your Microbiological Incubators?

08 Apr 2022 | Food & BeverageClinicalLaboratory EquipmentOtherPharmaceutical

The marketplace for microbiological analysis equipment can be confusing with so much choice on offer – so how do you know which microbiological incubator is best for your company? What key attribute should you consider? more...

Let's Meet at ECCMID

08 Apr 2022 | Clinical

Learn more about the latest releases in antimicrobial susceptibility testing devices. more...

New Lyo-Ready PCR Reagents Unlock Lower Detection Limits in Lyophilised Assays

08 Apr 2022 | Clinical

PCR Biosystems has expanded its comprehensive range of diagnostic reagents with the launch of the Lyo-Ready Probe 1-Step Kit, a lyophilisable 4x RT-qPCR reagent mix designed for ultra-sensitive high-throughput detection of RNA sequences. more...

Why R-Card Coliform Testing is Making a Splash at Zoo Atlanta

06 Apr 2022 | Food & BeverageWaterVeterinary

R Card coliform testing method and photo of seals at the zoo

With everything you need to produce rapid and accurate test results in a single test card it is easy to see why Veterinary Technicians at Zoo Atlanta love the patented R-CARD^®Coliform testing method. more...

BIPEA Offers a New Proficiency Test in the Field of Food Microbiology

06 Apr 2022 | Food & Beverage

BIPEA is launching a new interlaboratory test (PTS 111) that will allow laboratories to detect Staphylococcal enterotoxins type SEA to SEE in food. more...

NGS-based SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance Has Never Been Simpler and Safer!

06 Apr 2022 | WaterMicrobiome

NimaGen offers a validated protocol for generating cDNA libraries from wastewater SARS-CoV-2 RNA extracts, using an adapted EasySeq™ SARS-CoV-2 Protocol v4.01 for NGS Library Prep by RC-PCR. more...

EasySeq™ 18S and Cyp51A rRNA Fungal ID Kit. NGS Library Prep by Reverse Complement PCR

06 Apr 2022 | ClinicalMicrobiome

Discover the NimaGen EasySeq™ 18S rRNA - Cyp51A Fungal ID NGS Library Prep at ECCMID 2022. more...

Creating the Right Atmosphere at ECCMID 2022

05 Apr 2022 | Pharmaceutical

Working with a Whitley A35 Anaerobic Workstation

The Whitley IncuBox will be launched at ECCMID 2022. The IncuBox is a new rectangular, transparent, and stackable anaerobic ‘jar’ that can be used to create environmental conditions for the isolation and cultivation of anaerobic and microaerobic organisms. more...

Puritan^® HydraFlock^® and PurFlock Ultra^{® -}Fibers Make the Difference

05 Apr 2022 | Food & Beverage

Little girl having her nose swabbed and examples of Puritan flocked swabs

Puritan’s patented HydraFlock^® and PurFlock Ultra^® flocked swabs, with their unique fiber structures, provide higher specimen collection and elution properties. Available in many tip shapes and sizes as well as different breakpoint configurations. more...

Fast Forward to Actionable Results With Rapid AST

05 Apr 2022 | Clinical

Join Thermo Fisher Scientific as we empower your expertise with innovative solutions for sepsis diagnosis and treatment, infectious disease testing, and environmental sustainability, as well as the NEW Q-linea ASTar^® System for rapid AST. more...

Complete Test Portfolio for Differentiated Lyme Disease Diagnostics

04 Apr 2022 | Clinical

A comprehensive range of Borrelia antibody test systems from EUROIMMUN enables two-step Lyme disease diagnostics according to current recommendations. Tests are based on optimised combinations of native and recombinant antigens and are automatable. more...

Visit Booth D37 at ECCMID to meet the MWE Team

Showcasing molecular diagnostic kits for clinical and food labs

Water Microbiology a rapidmicrobiology special focus

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