In this weeks microbiology newsletter, find:

• ATP Test Kits - there's a new kid on the global block, BC launches its well established SensiLux^® kits internationally.


• Using magnetic beads to clean up nucleic acid preparations now a whole lot easier with INTEGRA's range of pipetting solutions, multi step protocols done quickly and efficiently.


• A new clause has been introduced by BRCGS requiring food packaging manufacturers to implement microbiological environmental monitoring - are you compliant?


• bioMérieux's GENE-UP EHEC detection method is now MicroVal validated as an equivalent alternative method to ISO/TS 13136 standard reference method to detect STEC plus O26, O103, O111, O145 and O157 serogroups in raw meat (except poultry), raw milk and raw milk cheeses.


• Updated BIOFIRE® blood culture identification 2 (BCID2) panel includes several additional pathogens and expanded list of antimicrobial resistance genes has been submitted for FDA clearance

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