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9 Tips for Growth Promotion Testing on Selective Media

9 Tips for Growth Promotion Testing on Selective Media

by Laurie Kundrat | Dec 14, 2017 | Pharmaceutical

The U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) created quite the challenge when it designed the growth promotion test (GPT) for selective media. Laboratories not only need to test new batches of media with less than 100 colony-forming units (CFU), the colonies must also grow on agars...
Hurricane Aftermath: 8 Pathogens that Pose Health Risks

Hurricane Aftermath: 8 Pathogens that Pose Health Risks

by Laurie Kundrat | Sep 14, 2017 | News

Over the past few weeks, the United States has endured back-to-back Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes. Hurricane Harvey hit first in Texas on August 25th, followed just 16 days later by Hurricane Irma making landfall in the Florida Keys on September 10th. This marks the...
Water Quality Quiz: How Well Do You Know Waterborne Pathogens?

Water Quality Quiz: How Well Do You Know Waterborne Pathogens?

by Laurie Kundrat | Aug 24, 2017 | Water

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated August as National Water Quality Month.1 Thankfully, tap water in the United States is safe to drink because water utilities are required to meet the standards set by the EPA. Many people in developing...
Environmental Isolate Case File: Cladosporium cladosporioides

Environmental Isolate Case File: Cladosporium cladosporioides

by Laurie Kundrat | Jul 20, 2017 | Pharmaceutical

Cladosporium cladosporioides, although generally nonpathogenic, can cause illness. This species, along with Exserohilum rostratum and Aspergillus fumigatus, was one of the pathogens isolated during a multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis due to contaminated sterile...
7 Reasons Why Your Lab Should Perform Growth Promotion Testing

7 Reasons Why Your Lab Should Perform Growth Promotion Testing

by Laurie Kundrat | Jun 22, 2017 | Pharmaceutical

Growth Promotion Test (GPT) – this combination of words might make you wince, but the test is essential for labs following pharmacopeia guidelines. GPT is more challenging than a qualitative or ecometric test. It is deemed successful if a small number of cells (100...
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