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Supplier: Merck

Dehydrated media are used for a wide variety of applications. To minimise the risks associated with powdered culture media, the majority of Merck's dehydrated culture media is produced in granular form. Merck uses ingredients of non animal origin to minimise the potential risk of transmissible spongiform encephalitis (TSE). When there is no alternative, only ingredients which are recommended by EDQM, and belonging to TSE category B or C are used. This ensures that the product is of the highest quality and in compliance with the standards for food control, microbiological testing on finished products and starting materials, and quality control in the pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industries. Custom-made media can be prepared to meet individual customer specifications. The formulation is kept confidential via a Non Disclosure Agreement. Please enquire for further details. Advantages of granulated Merck media.

Supplier: Merck

MQuant® (MQ) test strips can be considered as a mobile laboratory on a few square millimeters of plastic strip. As a screening method they provide the user with a rapid overview of the situation, which helps in making the choice of what, and perhaps if, further analysis is required, thereby leading to potentially substantial savings in time and analytical resources. The strip is a biologically-degradable polyester foil and the low reagent content, in the reaction zones, assists problem-free waste disposal.

Supplier: Merck

This medium conforms to the ALOA (agar Listeria acc. to Ottaviani and Agosti) medium, a selective medium for the isolation of Listeria monocytogenes in food (AFNOR-validated method). It also enables the testing, sampling and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria spp. in foodstuffs and other source materials. The rich base of the Chromocult® Listeria selective agar encourages excellent growth. The supplement of inhibitors stops most of the bacteria, yeast and fungi from growing. In contrast, Listeria is uninhibited in its growth, producing blue-green colonies; L. monocytogenes also form an opaque halo.

Supplier: Merck

Nuclear staining in cytology

Supplier: Shimadzu Diagnostics Europe

Ready to use dehydrated film media in rigid plastic with lid for cultivating and counting microorganisms in food, for monitoring product quality and potential contamination. These plates can be used to test raw material as well as finished products. Microorganisms are identified by the colours that are developed by chromogenic substrates and redox indicators.

Supplier: INTERSCIENCE

easySpiral Dilute® is a 2-in-1 equipment: automatic diluter and plater. It allows to do 5 x serial 1/10 dilutions and automatic plating on 1 single Petri dish, with a countable range of 30 to 10¹² CFU/ml.Controlled by microprocessor it is possible to use Petri dishes with diameter: 55, 90 and 150 mm.With sample mixing before dilution/plating and monthly cleaning program. Successive plating capacity with the same sample: 20 Petri dishes (50 μl).

Supplier: Merck

Readybag® gamma-irradiated and pre-weighed granulated media pouches for fast, flexible and easy pathogen testing. Readybag® media pouches speed up and simplify food pathogen testing routines: All media preparation steps are eliminated from workflow. Just add sterile water before incubation. Readybag® series includes Salmonella (Buffered Peptone Water) and Listeria (Half Fraser Broth).

Supplier: Merck

Gram-colour staining kit, containing 500 ml each of crystal violet solution, Lugol's solution stabilised, Safranin solution and 2×500 ml decolourisation solution.

Supplier: Merck

For use in hematology and clinical cytology

Supplier: VWR Chemicals

Microbiological laboratories need a simple procedure to maintain important microorganisms rather than repetitive sub-culturing, which results in contaminated cultures, loss of viability and, even more importantly, loss of original characteristics by introducing biochemical and genetic changes. Cryoinstant consists of 25 porous beads in a vial filled with a broth containing glycerol. Microorganisms will bind to the porous surface of the beads. The excess broth is aspirated, and the vials stored at temperatures down to –70 °C in a freezer.

Supplier: Merck

For aviation fuel used in civilian air transport. Aviation fuel contains small quantities of water, so it is vulnerable to microbiological attack. Microbiological contamination in fuel can lead to operational problems, e.g. clogged filters or corroded tanks. This test is an alternative for anyone who monitors or deals with aviation fuel. Previously, test results were only available after three days. With the HY-LiTE® test, results are returned in just 10 minutes. This test is recommended in the IATA (International Air Transport Association) Directive.

Supplier: Merck

Chromogenic media offer a method for rapid identification of characteristic bacterial enzymes. Merck offers a wide range of solid and liquid culture media that also permits the fluorescence detection of E. coli under the trade name Fluorocult®. Fluorocult® culture media have the same components as the standard media and additionally the substrate MUG. Some of the media also contain tryptophan as the substrate for a possible indole reaction to further confirm E. coli presence. The Fluorocult® method can produce a positive result within just 24 to 48 hours. In the case of the chromogenic media, a direct identification, using the characteristic colony colouring on the culture medium itself is possible without the application of further additives. A differentiation of positive single colonies is possible, even when high microbial counts are present.

Supplier: Bertin Instruments

Coriolis® μ is a portable biological air sampler for indoor or outdoor air bio-contamination monitoring. The equipment concentrates airborne particles in a liquid sample that can be analysed afterwards using microbiological techniques.

Supplier: VWR Chemicals

Real-Time PCR kit for detection and quantification of Salmonella spp. in food samples. Kit that contains all necessary reagents for 100 reactions. This product provides rapid and efficient detection and quantification of Salmonella spp.

Supplier: Merck

Counterstain for Gram staining

Supplier: Merck

A need producing food, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics for Muslim consumers is that not only the products themselves must be 'halal' (lawful); also everything used inside the production area must be halal-certified. Merck halal-certified dehydrated culture media for microbiological QC for environmental monitoring and aseptic process simulation are in compliance with this need.