by Microbiologics | Aug 5, 2021 | Food
Operating within a narrow window of time for identifying pathogens, food safety microbiologists have the added uncertainty of cross-contamination from control strains, a common cause of false positives. The USDA Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook (MLG) and the FDA...
by Microbiologics | Jul 2, 2020 | Food, Quizzes
by Laurie Kundrat | Sep 23, 2019 | Food, Pharmaceutical, Water
Several factors can influence the accuracy of aerobic plate counts used to estimate the number of microorganisms in food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and household products. Below are a few best practices we recommend for achieving consistent and accurate counts. 1. ...
by Cait Laudenbach | Aug 22, 2019 | Cannabis, Clinical, Food, Pharmaceutical, Water
Gram staining is an important procedure all microbiologists should master. A laboratorian performs a Gram stain for many reasons – from screening the quality of a sputum sample to rapid presumptive diagnosis of an illness like bacterial meningitis. How to...
by Cait Laudenbach | Aug 8, 2019 | Cannabis, Clinical, Food, Pharmaceutical, Quizzes, Water
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by Laurie Kundrat | Jul 18, 2019 | Clinical, Food, Molecular, Pharmaceutical, Water
In 2016, two biologists from Indiana University estimated that there are about a trillion species of bacteria on earth.1 With so many choices, how can a teacher select the best strains for her microbiology class? Below are a few tips for choosing and using...
