BD introduces microbiological testing system
The FACSMicroCount System is a popular microbiology enumeration platform from BD which uses liquid flow cytometry to count live, dead and total biomass from a given sample. It can address quality testing requirements for manufacturers of pharmaceutical products, personal care products, beverages and probiotics, as well as home cleaning products.
The BD FACSMicroCount System is a versatile, fully automated platform that can do the following:
- Finished product and raw material screening for bio-burden
- Stock culture enumeration
- Monitoring microbial fermentation
- Purified and process water total viable organism screening
- Microbial enumeration for probiotic manufacturing
The system detects a wide range of microbes, making it the platform of choice worldwide for rapid microbiological testing:
- Gram-positive bacteria
- Gram-negative bacteria
- Mycoplasma
- Spirochetes
- Anaerobes
- Spores – bacterial and mold
- Filamentous bacteria, yeasts and molds
Designed for ease of use and automation, the BD FACSMicroCount System runs various sample types, with correlation to traditional methods. It can provide results in minutes instead of days for most samples, compared to two to five days for a regular count with traditional methods. As an example of how fast BD FACSMicroCount is, consider the following:
- Microbial enumeration in just four minutes
- Pass / Fail results for presence / absence of microbial contamination in 24 to 48 hours
- Yeast, bacteria and mold detection in a single run
- Up to 20 samples per hour for qualitative analysis (presence / absence)
- Up to 15 samples per hour for quantitative analysis (enumeration)
- Several reagents for enumeration of live cells, dead cells or total biomass
- Graphical displays include intensity, fluorescence, side scatter and counts vs. time
- Data analysis possible while the system processes other samples
Contact Details:
http://bd.com/ds/im/microCount/index.asp
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