by Microbiologics | Dec 27, 2018 | Clinical, Food, Molecular, Pharmaceutical, Water
Our team of writers kicked it up a notch in 2018 to create a steady stream of fun and informative posts for our readers. The best of the best from 2018 are listed below. We hope these posts help you grow as a microbiologist and bring a smile to your face. 1. Research...
by abrickmicrobiologicscom | Nov 26, 2018 | Pharmaceutical
Pharmaceutical microbiologists have the great responsibility of ensuring their products are free of harmful contaminants and safe for consumers. Earlier this month at the Pharmaceutical Microbiology Fall Forum in Philadelphia, Microbiologics Vice President of Research...
by abrickmicrobiologicscom | Nov 8, 2018 | Clinical, Pharmaceutical
Moraxella osloensis isn’t a well-known bacterium outside the laboratory, but this opportunistic human pathogen has been found to cause life-threatening diseases such as endocarditis, osteomyelitis, central venous catheter infection and meningitis.1 M. osloensis is...
by microbiologics | Sep 27, 2018 | Pharmaceutical
“What you see is that the most outstanding feature of life’s history is a constant domination by bacteria.” – Stephen J. Gould. Preservation capacity is a central element of consumer product quality. Though necessary to any microbiological risk assessment,...
by microbiologics | Sep 6, 2018 | Pharmaceutical
Performing growth promotion testing (GPT) on new batches of media is an essential task for all sterile and non-sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing laboratories. Your laboratory performs GPT regularly, but are you certain of what best practices auditors will look for...
by Stanley Staphylococcus | Aug 23, 2018 | Clinical, Food, Pharmaceutical, Water
Dear Stanley, When performing growth promotion with Microbiologics products, do you recommend testing in parallel with a previously approved media? The USP, EP, and JP don’t require testing in parallel. They only state “Test each batch of ready-prepared medium and...
