Biotest Microbiology has started a global sales cooperation with Biotecon Diagnostics in Potsdam, Germany.
In October 2009 Biotest Microbiology will start to sell the system for rapid identification of microorganisms from hygiene monitoring samples.
Corynebacterium, Staphylococcus, Micrococcus, Kocuria and Kytococcus can be detected in a simple procedure starting from a single bacterial colony.
Biotecon developed the Hygiene Screening System to meet the need for a fast and specific method for environmental monitoring in the pharmaceutical industry.
A monitoring study with several pharmaceutical companies revealed that up to 80 per cent of the microorganisms isolated from samples derived from the pharmaceutical environment (personnel, air and surface) belong to the genera Staphylococcus, Micrococcus and Corynebacterium.
The method is based on a fast real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) technology.
A stepwise assignment to one of the mentioned genera is possible within a single PCR reaction in less than two hours.
