Microbiology News: Feb 2023

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Microbiology News: Feb 2023

Condagene^® Listeria monocytogenes: the Best qPCR Solution for L. mono

28 Feb 2023 | Food & Beverage

Listeria monocytogenes is a very important microorganism to monitor within the food industry. With the new Condagene^® L. mono qPCR detection kit, you’ll be able to detect and quantify this pathogen in your food samples quickly and effortlessly! more...

Maximize Productivity and Reliability With Visibly Simple Foodborne Pathogen Detection

28 Feb 2023 | Food & BeverageWaterLaboratory Equipment

SureTect PCR System instruments and tools

Following consultation with customers, Thermo Fisher Scientific’s innovative enhancements to its Thermo Scientific SureTect food pathogen PCR system include the use of ergonomic tools and color-coded plates and reagents to drive confidence in right-first-time results. more...

How to Avoid Contamination in Pipetting

28 Feb 2023 | Laboratory Equipment

Preventing contamination in pipetting is paramount to achieving reliable results.Download the application note with strategies for avoiding the types of contamination which can originate from pipetting here. more...

Eliminate the Need for Serial Dilutions, Facilitate Colony Counting

28 Feb 2023 | Food & BeverageLaboratory EquipmentPharmaceutical

Now is the time to eliminate serial dilutions with WASP Touch^® spiral plater and speed up enumeration of organisms, whilst saving money on consumables. more...

Soleris^® Next Generation, A Rapid, Automated Microbial Testing System

28 Feb 2023 | Food & Beverage

Our rapid microbial testing platform for spoilage and indicator organisms offers fast and reliable detection of a wide range of microorganisms including TVC, Yeasts and Moulds and many others, allowing for faster QC processes and time to release. more...

A Revolution in the Preparation of Enrichment Culture Media for Food Testing

28 Feb 2023 | Food & Beverage

The ReadyStream^® system is set to change forever how pre-enrichment culture media are prepared for microbiological food testing. The new media preparation system addresses a number of pain points and limitations of the currently used methods for media preparation. more...

More Accurate Results Needed? Fast Pathogen Detection Without Compromise

28 Feb 2023 | Food & Beverage

Meet today’s food and environmental testing challenges with faster and more accurate detection of pathogens. Even in more challenging sample matrices, the Assurance^® GDS, combining advanced molecular detection technology and food microbiology, reliably detects common pathogens. more...

Droplet Digital PCR for STEC Testing

28 Feb 2023 | Food & Beverage

Don't miss this rare opportunity to interact with experts on STEC testing and learn about new technologies. more...

Faster Microbial Product Release for Food and Beverages - a rapidmicrobiology Special Focus

28 Feb 2023 | Food & Beverage

How to achieve faster microbiology results

Rapid microbiological testing reduces the time to result when compared to traditional culture-based tests. Other benefits can often include automation - discover various solutions for upgrading your microbiology test methodologies. more...

ELISA Antibody Test Helps Surveillance and Vaccine Compliance Testing of Poultry Flocks

28 Feb 2023 | Veterinary

flocktype AIV Ab ELISA for Avain Flu Antibodies

INDICAL offer a comprehensive flocktype poultry ELISA portfolio, offering reliable, consistent results with excellent sensitivity and specificity. more...

Identifying Antimicrobial Resistance with INTEGRA Biosciences’ Pipetting Solutions

28 Feb 2023 | Clinical

INTEGRA Biosciences pipetting solutions for AST

INTEGRA’s user-friendly pipetting platforms can simplify liquid handling steps for a streamlined molecular testing workflow. Results are consistent, accurate, and reliable, enabling clinicians to prescribe the correct treatment sooner, and potentially improving recovery times and overall patient outcomes. more...

New Canine Coronavirus Antibodies From ViroStat

28 Feb 2023 | Veterinary

Canine Coronavirus Antibodies for Immunoassay Developers

ViroStat has just released a number of monoclonal antibodies to the Canine Coronavirus. These new antibodies are specific to the nucleocapsid of the virus and do not cross react with other Canine viruses. These antibodies form pairs for the rapid detection of the virus by immunoassay.

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Research Panel Detects Four of the Most Common STI Pathogens With One Panel

28 Feb 2023 | Clinical

The Applied Biosystems TrueMark STI Select Panel, PCR research use only test is designed to detect Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Trichomonas vaginalis and Mycoplasma genitalium in one test, as well as RNase P, included as a human internal control. more...

Sample for Safety with Puritan^® EnviroMax^®, EnviroMax Plus^® & ESK^®

27 Feb 2023 | Food & Beverage

Environmental monitoring of food production area using a Puritan swab

Sampling surfaces, tools, and equipment is a must in any food, beverage, pharmaceutical, or cosmetic manufacturing environment to ensure the safety of the product and the end user of the product. Puritan sampling kits are made for your convenience. more...

Selective Medium for Enumeration of Yeasts and Moulds

24 Feb 2023 | Food & BeverageWaterOther

Rapid Y/M Agar is a medium used for selective isolation and enumeration of yeasts and moulds from food, animal foodstuffs, water and environmental samples. more...

Innovate Autosampler III Named Product of the Year at Applied Microbiology International Awards 2022

24 Feb 2023 | Food & Beverage

The Innovate Autosampler III is a high-volume automated sampling solution for high throughput bottling and aseptic packaging facilities. It streamlines product sampling from any style carton to testing plate, increasing efficiency and consistency. more...

Are You Confident in Your Lab's Ability to Help Elevate the Standard of Care in Women's Health?

21 Feb 2023 | Clinical

Woman in a yoga pose on a beautiful jetty overlooking a lake

Focused on providing accurate, reliable results that enable clinicians and labs to elevate patient care, ZeptoMetrix offers a variety of controls and panels for women’s health and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for your routine QC testing. more...

Plant-Based Infant Formula Recalled Due to Possible Cronobacter sakazakii

21 Feb 2023 | Food & Beverage

Cronobacter sakazakii plant-based infant formula

Select batches of Simply Plant-Based Infant Formula has been recalled due to a possibility of cross-contamination with Cronobacter sakazakii. All product distributed went through extensive testing and tested negative for the bacteria. more...

Fully Automated Cell Culture System For Biotherapeutics

20 Feb 2023 | Laboratory EquipmentPharmaceutical

Fully Automated Cell Culture System for Cell and Gene Therapies

Thermo Fisher and Celltrio collaborate to bring a first-in-kind automation platform to meet significant unmet market demand for high-throughput automated cell line culturing and maintenance. more...

COVID-19 PCR Test Specifically Detects XBB.1.5 Omicron Sub-variant

20 Feb 2023 | Clinical

This new test currently for research use only specifically targets the XBB.1.5 Omicron sub-variant and runs on the real-time PCR platforms LightCycler® 480 II* and cobas® z480. more...

Host Immune Response Diagnostic Distinguishes Between Bacteria and Viral Infections

17 Feb 2023 | Clinical

Distinguish Between Bacteria and Viral Infection

MeMed BV test uses machine learning to integrate measurements of three key host-immune proteins (TRAIL, IP-10, and CRP) into a score indicating the likelihood of bacterial or viral infections. more...

Introducing the Next Chapter in the Evolution of the Baker Brand

16 Feb 2023 | Pharmaceutical

Baker, Baker Ruskinn, and CleanAir have a combined 150 years of serving customers around the world and across all fields of science. Baker are now merging the three brands into one group. Be sure to follow the journey. more...

INTEGRA’s MINI 96 and VIAFLO 96 for Precise and Flexible Pipetting

16 Feb 2023 | Laboratory Equipment

MINI 96 and VIAFLO 96 Precise and Flexible Pipetting

Scientists at Microsynth are taking advantage of the remarkable liquid handling capabilities of INTEGRA’s MINI 96 and VIAFLO 96 handheld electronic pipettes in workflows ranging from nucleic acid isolation to sequencing and different types of PCR. more...

INTEGRA Introduces New 8 Row and 12 Column Automation Friendly Reagent Reservoirs

16 Feb 2023 | Laboratory Equipment

INTEGRA Biosciences has expanded its range of products to include 8 row and 12 column automation friendly reagent reservoirs, offering a greater variety of reservoir dimensions to suit the increasing diverse applications of automated workstations. more...

Rapid Micro Biosystems^® Growth Direct^® System Detects Mold in as Little as 1 Day

14 Feb 2023 | Pharmaceutical

Rapid Micro Biosystems® empowers your QC program with automated microbial detection of bacteria, yeast, and mold. The Growth Direct® System fully automates and accelerates compendial micro test methods to yield faster time to results, reduce human error, enhance data integrity more...

FDA Clearance and CLIA-waiver for Fast and Innovative BIOFIRE^® SPOTFIRE^®POC System

14 Feb 2023 | Clinical

Diagnose respiratory tract infections in 15 mins near patient

BIOFIRE® SPOTFIRE® R Panel detects 15 of the most common bacteria, viruses, and viral subtypes that cause respiratory tract infections in near-patient settings. more...

iQ-Check Kits Receive AOAC & AFNOR Validation for Use With the CFX Opus Deepwell Real-Time PCR System

09 Feb 2023 | Food & Beverage

Bio Rad CFX Opus Deepwell Real Time PCR System

A powerful alternative to reference methods, iQ-Check Real-Time PCR Kits are designed for fast, qualitative detection of major pathogens in food and environmental samples. more...

VR Education Platform Becomes Part of Sterile Manufacturing Training at Boehringer Ingelheim

09 Feb 2023 | Pharmaceutical

Virtuosi is the world's first and only comprehensive multi-language immersive training platform for pharmaceutical manufacturing operators in aseptic processing, microbiology, and cell and gene therapy processing. more...

Steam Control GST E6 SS (BA coupons)

07 Feb 2023 | Pharmaceutical

USP (United States Pharmacopoeia) and EP (European Pharmacopoeia) standards, recommend the use of bioindicators during steam sterilization processes of pharmaceuticals, drugs in vials, culture media, medical instruments and more. more...

Change in Board of Directors of MBV AG

07 Feb 2023 | Pharmaceutical

Hans Zingre is retiring at the age of 70 and will resign as Chairman of the Board of MBV AG in January 2023. Daniel Weltin was unanimously elected as his successor. more...

Environmental Swabbing Assay That Simultaneously Detects Both Salmonella and Listeria in One Test

06 Feb 2023 | Food & Beverage

PCR Salmonella and Listeria from Enviromental Swabs

With GENE-UP® ENVIROPRO™, users can test environments for both Salmonella and Listeria through one swab, one enrichment and one sample prep, including PCR confirmation - improving overall sampling efficiencies and sustainability.

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