by Laurie Kundrat | Apr 27, 2017 | Pharmaceutical
Pluralibacter gergoviae can cause big headaches in cosmetic industry laboratories. It is an opportunistic pathogen that has repeatedly been isolated from personal care products. Most recently, this environmental isolate is the cause of a recall of involving flushable...
by Laurie Kundrat | Feb 20, 2017 | Clinical, Food, Molecular, Pharmaceutical, Water
“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” – Oscar Wilde Microbiologists have an insatiable thirst for knowledge. Keep learning after you leave the lab by reading a book from this list curated by our...
by Microbiologics | Sep 22, 2016 | Clinical, Pharmaceutical
For years, health organizations including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have warned that antibiotic resistance is a major global threat. The Review on Antimicrobial Resistance estimates that at least...
by Laurie Kundrat | Jul 21, 2016 | Clinical, Pharmaceutical
In 1950, a United States Navy ship spent six days spraying Serratia marcescens into the air two miles off the coast of San Francisco. The spraying was part of a biological weapon test called Operation Sea Spray. Prior to the 1950s, S. marcescens was considered to be a...
by Laurie Kundrat | May 12, 2016 | Pharmaceutical
If your manufacturing processes utilize purified water or highly purified water, Ralstonia pickettii should be on your list of microorganisms to control. In fact, it has become a microorganism of concern to sterile drug manufacturers because it is capable of passing...
by Laurie Kundrat | Apr 14, 2016 | Pharmaceutical
If you have isolated Bacillus cereus in your pharmaceutical manufacturing environment, you are not alone! Bacillus is one of the most common microorganisms cited in U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning letters associated with contamination in pharmaceutical...
