Microbial Identification Services

Microbial identification, of both bacteria and fungi, is an increasingly important component in any food safety and quality program.

Our experts use state-of-the-art Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology and bioinformatics analysis to deliver WGS solutions to the industry. We offer many strain differentiation and organism typing services including:

• Pathogen serotyping
• Ribotyping
• Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)

Our GMP-certified identification lab and molecular teams can support your identification needs using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry system, Vitek-MS, and Sanger Sequencing capabilities.

Importances of Microbial Identification

WGS provides in-depth DNA sequence information that allows for enhanced resolution of the entire genome and thus offers better discrimination between similar organisms than other identification or sub-typing methods. This can be important for root-cause investigations to correctly identify the source strain.

WGS and ribotyping can be effective tools for the industry when developing facility-specific environmental monitoring programs to determine if there are persistent or transient contaminating strains in their environment and to deep-dive into any problem areas. In addition, WGS can be used to monitor starter cultures for quality control.

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