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Home and Beauty Products - Rapid Micro Methods

Rapid microbiological methods for personal care, home and beauty products

Lateral Flow Immunoassays

Strip Based Immunoassays Key Points Simple to use Results can be available within 15 minutes Low cost with no requirement for additional equipment Stable and robust in storage While rapid methods have made a major impact on microbiological testing over the last twenty years or so, only a handful of

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Legionella in Water: Detection and Identification Methods

Test kits for detection of Legionella in water and clinical specimens.

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Listeria Detection and Identification Methods in Foods

How do I Detect Listeria in Foods and Environmental Samples?

MALDI-TOF MS Rapid Identification for Food Microbiology

Discusses the advantages of MALDI-TOF use in Food Microbiology and provides a list of instrument suppliers and contract laboratories.

Media Fill Trials for Aseptic Production

Microbiological media specifically designed for Media Fill Trials are available, ingredients are from non-animal origin, irradiated making them suitable for introduction into compounding areas.

Microbial Identification and Strain Typing Using Molecular Techniques

How to identify and strain type microbial isolates with list of instrument providers and contract service test labs including cGMP

Molecular Testing of Food Pathogens

A review of molecular based kits such as PCR, for routine detection of food pathogens

MRSA Detection

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Detection and Identification Methods Key Points Gram +ve coccus Grape like clusters of cells Resitant to methicillin and other penicillins May also be referred to as ORSA [oxacillin resistant] Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were first reported in the early 1960's and are now regarded as

Mycoplasma Detection in Cell Cultures

Mycoplasmas are common contaminants of cell cultures in the biopharmaceutical industry this review looks at detection techniques for rapid results in mycoplasma detection.