By Bret T. Barnhizer
Volume 11, Issue 2 (Summer 2012)
The current gold standard for the detection and identification of microorganisms has been in place for over a century. Petri culturing has been a solid diagnostic platform and its impressive run through history has served us well. However, modern requirements are challenging this traditional technology. Pressures within clinical and industrial applications have personnel demanding faster results while labs are forced to wait lengthy periods of time for confirmation of viable bacteria growth, or no growth. Depending on the organism, typical culturing results require anywhere from 24 hours to 21 days. It is time to give our culture-based friend a modern makeover to build on its outstanding reputation and enable it to compete in the modern world…
Citation: Barnhizer BT. Advanced Culture Method Ends the Wait for Viable Microbial Detection. BioProcess J, 2012; 11(2): 48-49. https://dx.doi.org/10.12665/J112.Barnhizer
Posted online July 20, 2012