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Based on your specific needs, the team of trained microbiologists at BioLabTests will provide you with complete support as you navigate the world of microbiology testing, whether it be to help direct your product performance claims, give you specific data about your hygiene levels, or make sure you pass audits with flying colours.
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“BioLabTests conducted environmental testing for us by carrying out a swab analysis and follow-up reporting. I was very satisfied with the staff’s attentiveness, their ability to understand our requirements and the timely delivery on their commitment. We will almost certainly return to BioLabTests if we ever require laboratory-based technical assistance again.”
“We contacted BioLabTests to aid us in determining the antibacterial activity on our products using tests based on ISO 22196. We can highly recommend the very professional, fast and uncomplicated service that was offered to us by BioLabTests.”
“We used BioLabTests’ services for the first time to prove efficacy of our cleaning and sanitising agents through swab testing. The team were friendly, knowledgeable and professional. We were very pleased with the prompt, polite and efficient service we received.”
BioLabTests Blog
Radiation-Eating Bacteria: Deinococcus Radiodurans.
The world’s toughest bacterium, Deinococcus Radiodurans can survive extreme radiation, and has been found thriving in many places - including the inside of nuclear reactor walls. This unique microbe is a type of ancient bacteria, surviving with no clear genetic affinity with any other bacterial lineage.
The Origin of Mueller-Hinton Agar
Jane Hinton is the woman to whom we owe the discovery of the Mueller-Hinton agar used in the Kirby-Bauer test method. She assisted John Howard Mueller, with whom she developed the Mueller-Hinton agar medium at the age of just 20 years old.
Metal-eating bacteria: Aboard the Titanic
The RMS Ttitanic was the largest liners ever built between 1911 and 1912; she was 269 meters long and 28 meters wide made of 1-inch-thick steel and iron. When the wreck was later discovered in 1985 on the ocean floor, it was able to shed light on the details of the sunken ship.
