Microbiology
In addition to catalogue products in multiple sizes & forms, we provide customized services and innovative solutions.
Due to our expertise and together with our partners, we are able to support you in your daily challenges.
Culture Media
- DCM (Dehydrated Culture Media and Ingredients)
We offer a broad range of standard and chromogenic media in different formats, which correspond to the requirements of EP/USP and ISO.
See more information on the chromogenic media flyer from Pronadisa and Liofilchem
- Ready to use media
- Extensive portfolio of aseptic plates (EP/USP and/or ISO) with a shelf life of 6 months from production and storage at room temperature for most of them.
- Wide range of bottled and tubed media (EP/USP and/or ISO) with the highest quality, long shelf life and flexible storage temperature. We offer customized media for different quantities of bottles.
- Sterile IC-XT plates are designed to meet the needs of the pharmaceutical microbiologists for monitoring isolators, cleanrooms and personal training.
See more information on the BD product flyer for bottled media and IC-XT plates flyer
- Available in 90mm and Rodac plates
- 3x wrapped, VHP resistant and are GS1 barcoded (and colour coded)
- locking lid for Rodac and 90mm plates offers security during sampling and handling.
These plates have a flexible storage temperature range of 2-25°C. We offer these products with the common combination of neutralizers.
- Biochemicals, kits, reagents & stains: for microbial identification.
- Miscellaneous: Gas Generating Systems, NEW microbial air samplers (PMS) for environmental monitoring.
- We offer a large choice of Swabs and Kits that cover a wide range of applications throughout pharmaceutical, cosmetics & food manufacturing and processing industries.
Sponge swabs, Polywipes, Sterikits and Steriswabs are designed for the microbiological detection and control of surfaces and the ability to identify bacteria and localise any source of the contamination.
Reference strains
- QC-microorganisms, over 1000 Strains (from ATCC, NCTC, NCIMB) in multiple user-friendly formats for industrial applications.
Our partner Microbiologics is the world’s leading supplier focused exclusively on commercial QC microorganisms. No other provider can rival the scope and quality of Microbiologics’ product offering.
We provide a unique customized service for your house strains. This solution is very effective and cost-saving to perform the QC of your environmental isolates.
See more information on the complete Microbiologics product range and the product list for ordering in our webshop
- MicrobankTM system for the long term storage and retrieval of bacterial and fungal cultures, also with 2D data matrix GS1 compliant barcode.
see more information on the Microbank flyer and the product list for ordering in our webshop.
Biological & Chemical Indicators
Well recognized for their consistent and reliable performance, they are used by pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, contract sterilisers, and other related industries.
- wide range of indicators for corresponding decontamination methods, conform to EP/USP and can be used according the requirements of FDA.
- Available as SCBIs, ampoules, strips, discs, spore suspensions, Dry Heat Ampoules, Bowie-Dick Tests, indicator tapes and ISO conform indicator strips.
Labware
- Liquid handling consumables like pipette tips, microtubes, centrifuge tubes, serological pipettes…
- Inoculating loops
- Plastic containers and bottles (with sodium thiosulfate for water testing)
- Storage plates and microplates
- Sterile membrane and syringe filters
See more information on the complete Axygen, Corning and Corning Equipment product range here
Benchtop Equipment
- Pipettors (mono & multichannel) and pipette controller
- Vortex mixers and Magnetic stirrers
- Centrifuges (also with cooled rotor)
- Benchtop incubators
- Water bath, heaters and more
see more information on the Corning Equipment Product Selection Guide and Capp Rondo Benchtop Catalogue
Services
NCIMB related services:
Microbial Sequencing and Identification Services (GMP compliant):
- 16S ribosomal DNA gene sequencing, with 500 BP or full gene options
- D2 LSU and ITS fungal sequencing
- MLST or NGS for comparison of closely related strains
- qPCR service
- Phenotypic testing
See more information on the next generation Sequencing and Microbial Sequencing flyer
Biological Storage Services (cGMP and/or high security storage options):
- Vapour phase liquid nitrogen: <-140°C
- Ultra low temperature: -70° to -90°C
- Low temperature: -15° to -20°C
- Refrigerated storage: 2° to 8°CSee more information on the
NGS and Bioinformatics Services for Industry and R&D:
- 16S metagenomics
- Whole-genome sequencing
- Shotgun metagenomics
- Comparative genomics
- Food additive testing
- Tailored bioinformatics solutions
Environmental monitoring Software:
Innovative solution for reliable and effective management of EM, with the purpose of helping pharmaceutical companies improve their processes by reducing risks in decision-making. It improves the quality of the EM process and saves a lot of time by generating EM reports instantly.
-> Complete data integrity
-> Compliance with FDA CFR21 Part 11 and EU GMP Annex
See more information on the SherpaPharma Manual or watch the video
Auf dem Wolf 10
CH-4052 Basel
Tel +41 61 308 91 11