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BiosistoStandard has the answer to your practical microbiological quality issues.

BiosistoStandard is a guide that quickly helps you find the necessary Certified Reference Materials for your quality program. The website gives you also a lot of practical information, photos, tips & tricks that can help you optimize the quality of the analysis.

The recommended Certified Reference Materials for performance testing suggestions are a Biosisto interpretation of the ISO 11133 and the corresponding analysis standard. The suggested strain(s) has to be used as a minimum.

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At Biosisto, we have performed a comparative analysis of 3 suppliers of Tryptone Bile X-glucuronide (TBX) and 6 suppliers of Chromogenic Coliform Agar (CCA) for the enumeration of Escherichia coli with different Escherichia coli products of Biosisto. The following media suppliers were included in the test in random order: Tritium VWR Biotrading Merck Oxoid Xebios …

Comparison of β-glucuronidase and β-galactosidase based media TBX and CCA
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Enumeration of pathogenic Staphylococci – Method by membrane filtration …

NF T 90-412
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Selective chromogenic medium for the direct detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria spp. in food and environmental samples …

RAPID’L.mono medium, alternative method for ISO 11290
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CRM-ABR.00053MM

Enumeration of yeasts and moulds using Symphony agar. …

Symphony agar, alternative method for ISO 21527
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Detection and enumeration of intestinal enterococci – Part 1: Miniaturized method (Most Probable Number) for surface and wastewater …

ISO 7899-1
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Horizontal method for detection and enumeration of Campylobacter spp. Part 1: Detection method Part 2: Colony-count technique …

ISO 10272-1 and ISO 10272-2
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This WDCM (World Data Centre of Microorganisms) catalog was produced to enable broader and easier access to the reference strains. It fulfills a need expressed by these bodies for a unique system of identifiers for strains recommended for use in quality assurance. This collection is affiliated with the World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC), a …

Strains behind a WDCM number
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The source of the Biosisto strains is the NCCB*1 collection or the CCUG*2 collection. In addition, Biosisto will deposit the strain into the NCCB collection if the strain comes from a customer. You can find the strains we use at the culture bank websites, see related links below. The choice of strain(s) in Biosisto CRM products depends …

Origin of the strains used in Certified Reference Materials (CRM)
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Horizontal method for the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens – Colony-count technique …

ISO 7937
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For information about TSC (SC) Sometimes it is useful to know to see that media from supplier to supplier can give different results in appearance and productivity. For example, TSC (SC) medium was used to analyze Clostridium perfringens. CRM-CP batch 04P-2205 was analyzed simultaneously on TSC (SC) media of 3 different suppliers according to ISO …

TSC (SC) media supplier comparison
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Enumeration of thermophilic aerobic spore-forming bacteria …

NEN 6809
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Horizontal method for the enumeration of sulfite-reducing bacteria growing under anaerobic conditions …

ISO 15213
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Quality in Control

Microbiological laboratories should be able to receive reliable analysis without much overhead. A microbiological analyst must be able to focus on the primary activities, for example analysis of the sample material. Quality control should support the analyst in a logical and simple manner. By using modern information technology, process control and quality assurance are designed smarter and more effective.

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