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Microbiology Methods

At Thermo Fisher Scientific we are committed to helping you achieve your goals. With expertise in product applications, we can support your microbial analysis and enable you to obtain more accurate, reliable results.

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Step 1: Sample Collection

Sample collection, maintaining microbial viability during transport, aliquoting, and other sample preparation requirements are important for successful cultures for pathogens and contamination. Find swabs and transport media, sample containers and bottles, and other essential products for collecting, transporting, and maintaining the integrity of your samples.

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Thermo Scientific™ Nalgene™ Labware Smart Note

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Thermo Scientific™ Nalgene™ General Labware Smart Note

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Step 2: Inoculation and Plating

Properly inoculating culture media is key to growing organisms. Shop for an assortment of inoculating loops and needles, dehydrated and prepared media, Petri dishes, microbiological filters, and other products for inoculating broths and agar plates.

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Thermo Scientific™ Smart Notes Best Way to Clean Safety Cabinets

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Thermo Scientific™ Bagged Enrichment Media

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Thermo Scientific™ Culti Loops

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Thermo Scientific™ Drinking Water Testing Brochure

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Thermo Scientific™ Prepared Media Guide

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Thermo Scientific™ Understand Calibration of Lab pH Systems

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Step 3: Identification

Once your microbes have grown sufficiently, identification of their genus and species can help you determine the source of the contamination and appropriate treatment or remediation. Choose reagents, rapid test kits, and, stock cultures for quality control, and microplates and readers for automated analysis.

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Microplate Instruments, Assays, and Accessories Guide

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Thermo Scientific™ Microbact Range Product Overview

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Thermo_Scientific_Manual_Microbial_Identification_Made_Easy.pdf
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Thermo Scientific™ Guanidinium Thiocyanate

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Thermo Scientific™ Smart Note Filtration

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Step 4: Incubation

Proper incubation, including continuous mixing, can be critical to microbial cultures, especially when culturing more fastidious organisms. Multiple standard and CO₂ incubators, environmental chambers, temperature and humidity dataloggers, and other laboratory equipment can help you produce the right conditions to optimize microbial growth.

 

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TechNotes: CO₂ Incubators + Aqua-Tec Water Preservation Cell

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Thermo Scientific™ Aqua-Tec Water Preservation Cell

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Thermo Scientific™ Heratherm Refrigerated Incubators

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Thermo Scientific™ Smart Note Peltier Refrigerated Incubators

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Step 5: Counting

Determining growth, enumerating CFUs, and testing staining characteristics are key procedures for evaluating your cultures. Shop for colony counting products, microscopes, slides, and stains to assess culture growth and conditions.

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Agilent BioTek Life Science Instrumentation and Software

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Benchtop Instrument Portfolio

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Step 6: Storage

Sample and slide storage and wipes, as well as disinfectants, are needed in every microbiology lab. Keep your lab clean and organized with refrigerators, freezers, slide storage cabinets, and hand soaps and sanitizers.

Step 7: Sterilisation and Destruction

Following microbiological research it is important to sterilize laboratory supplies and destroy waste materials. We offer the full range of autoclaves, sterilizers, wipes, and containers to keep your laboratory clean and ready for your next experiment.

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