Happy National Beer Day!
With society returning to a bit of normality, beer gardens and pubs have opened their doors for us again, just in time for National Beer Day. To mark the [...]
8 Jun 2021
27 May 2021
Bringing the flavours: microbes in cheese production
Who doesn’t love cheese? If ever you need an excuse to whip out the cheese board and all the trimmings, today is that day. National Cheese Day is celebrated [...]
7 May 2021
Is Bacteria the Key to Life on Mars?
In recent years bacteria have proven their ability to survive in the harsh environment of outer space. NASA has conducted many experiments after finding the presence of bacteria on [...]
11 Mar 2021
Another successful day in the office…errm lab
Here at BioLabTests we love microbiology, so much so that we do it everyday for our jobs. However, not everyone knows what microbiology entails . To mark British Science [...]
17 Nov 2020
Microbial Top Facts: Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Continuing our blog series of microbial top facts, today we feature Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa), a bacterium cultured frequently at our laboratory. It was discovered in 1882 by Carle [...]
12 Nov 2020
Microbial Top Facts: Shigella
With a type of the bacteria used in our laboratory for testing, we wanted to shine a light on Shigella in our microbial top facts blog series. Named after [...]
12 Nov 2020
Microbial Top Facts: E. coli
In our blog series about microbial top facts, we feature bacteria that we frequently use at our laboratory for testing. Today we are taking a closer look at Escherichia [...]
12 May 2020
Test Method ASTM E2149-13a Explained
Continuing with our blog series of explaining the different testing methods we employ here at BioLabTests to carry out microbiological testing for our clients, today we focus on ASTM [...]
21 Apr 2020
Test Method ISO 22196 Explained
Our BioLabTests team often get enquiries about the testing standards we employ to carry out efficacy microbiological testing against bacteria and fungi. This is why we decided to introduce [...]