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Better purification of GST-tagged proteins

Medium will enable scientists from a wide range of disciplines to increase the resolution of the purification processes without losing chemical or physical stability

News from GE Healthcare (formerly Amersham BioSciences) ( 2 March 2004)

Chromogenic agar is more sensitive

Study shows chromogenic bacillus cereus agar to be more sensitive and selective than traditional bacillus media, and superior to another commercially produced chromogenic medium  Brochure available  

News from Oxoid (25 February 2004)

Animal free chromatography media

Millipore has taken its high capacity chromatography media a step further by eliminating the use of mammalian derived materials  Brochure available  

News from Millipore (UK) ( 4 September 2003)

How to have stronger gels

Polyacrylamide gel strengthener makes gels stronger and more resistant to tearing without compromising electrophoretic performance

News from Cambridge BioScience (31 July 2003)

Salmonella isolation from food and feedstuffs

Two new culture media for the isolation of salmonella from food and animal feed complete the range of required to follow the methods specified in ISO 6579:2002  Brochure available  

News from Oxoid (22 July 2003)

Cultured new look

Following the acquisition of Fred Baker last year, Biotrace International has re-branded its environmental monitoring pre-prepared media as Biotrace PPM

News from Biotrace International ( 4 July 2003)

Meat-free, GMO-free vegetable peptones

Alternatives to conventional culture media are ideal for fermentations and other pharmaceutical processes where genetically modified or animal-based products are to be avoided  Brochure available  

News from Oxoid (24 January 2003)

Microbiological testing of beer

We're big fans of testing beer here at Laboratorytalk, although we've never used this range of culture media for the microbiological analysis of the liquid and its raw materials  Brochure available  

News from Oxoid (12 September 2002)

Improved detection of Clostridium perfringens

Oxoid has extended its range of products for testing the microbiological quality of water with the addition of new m-CP Medium  Brochure available  

News from Oxoid (14 August 2002)

Expanding prepared media production

Completed expansion of state of the art clean room and cold room areas to accommodate increasing production levels of prepared culture media for environmental monitoring

News from Biotrace International (29 July 2002)

Medium shows advantages in MRSA detection

Oxacillin resistance screening agar base is shown to have advantages over mannitol salt agar for the isolation of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from clinical specimens  Brochure available  

News from Oxoid (11 June 2002)

Selective base for aflatoxin

A new selective base medium for the rapid detection and enumeration of aflatoxin-producing Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus species  Brochure available  

News from Oxoid ( 8 May 2002)

Gamma-irradiated tryptone soya broth

This specialist sterile medium is particularly suitable for sterility testing and for the validation of aseptic media filling procedures  Brochure available  

News from Oxoid ( 6 May 2002)

'Meat-free' culture media

Prepared entirely from vegetable protein - and certified GM-free - this range of culture media should present zero risk of TSE prion contamination  Brochure available  

News from Oxoid ( 5 April 2002)

Selective medium improves detection of E coli O157

New culture medium improves differentitation of O157 from other strains of E coli and allows laboratories to avoid the difficulties of making their own CR-SMAC  Brochure available  

News from Oxoid (21 March 2002)

Ensuring quality of brewery water

Oxoid provides a complete range of culture media for the microbiological examination of brewery water supplies as recommended in Public Health and Safety Matters Report 71  Brochure available  

News from Oxoid (25 January 2002)

Simplifid liquid media preparation

Oxoid Prepared Media Service offers pre-prepared 3l volumes of broth media and diluents supplied in compact plastic pouches for enhanced safety and convenience  Brochure available  

News from Oxoid (24 January 2002)

Rapid visual identification of MRSA

Oxacillin resistance screening agar base (Orsab) is a new medium from Oxoid that uses aniline blue to detect mannitol fermentation in Staphylococci; free poster offered  Brochure available  

News from Oxoid (23 January 2002)

New media for VRE screening

Oxoid has launched a range of products for the isolation and presumptive identification of vancomycin resistant enterococci and high level aminoglycoside resistant enterococci  Brochure available  

News from Oxoid (22 January 2002)

Culture medium for water quality monitoring

Oxoid has launched its water plate count agar, a medium to permit the enumeration of culturable micro-organisms from water using a colony count technique  Brochure available  

News from Oxoid (21 January 2002)

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