Author: jscott

This test determines the presence of culturable thermophilic actinomycetes in bulk and swab samples. Test results are provided semiquantitatively as 1+, 2+, 3+, etc., where the number preceding the “plus sign” indicates the order of magnitude of colonies observed. Actinomycetes are a large and diverse group of Gram-positive bacteria that have growth habits similar to […]

This test determines the presence of culturable psychrophilic actinomycetes in bulk and swab samples. Results of this test are provided semiquantiatively, as 1+, 2+, 3+, etc., where the numeral preceding the “plus sign” indicates the order of magnitude of colonies recovered in culture. Actinomycetes are a large and diverse group of Gram-positive bacteria that have […]

This test determines the presence of culturable mesophilic actinomycetes in bulk and swab samples. Test results are provided semiquantitatively as 1+, 2+, 3+, etc., where the number preceding the “plus sign” indicates the order of magnitude of colonies observed. Actinomycetes are a large and diverse group of Gram-positive bacteria that have growth habits similar to […]

This test measures total culturable bacteria contained in a swab collected without consideration to a specific surface area. For swabs collected from a specific surface area, please use test HPC-Q). The swab is cultured on Tryptic Soy Agar and incubating at 35 °C for a minimum of 48 hr prior to analysis. At the end […]

This test measures total culturable bacteria contained in a sample of bulk material, fluid or area-based swab by culturing a measured amount of the sample on Tryptic Soy Agar and incubating at 35 °C for a minimum of 48 hr prior to analysis. At the end of the incubation period, bacterial colonies are counted and […]