Lab M has added Captivate O45 to its range of Captivate immunomagnetic separation (IMS) products.
Captivate O45 is the eighth product in the range range for the isolation of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains associated with foodborne infection.
Captivate products already cover most of the requirements in pending European regulation and the addition of O45 means the company can fully meet the needs of ‘Big Six’ testing for meat products in the USA.
Captivate O45 comprises magnetic particles coated with specific antibody and is intended for the concentration of Escherichia coli O45 from food, animal feed, beverages, pharmaceutical or environmental samples.
IMS is the only specific E. coli O45 isolation process in which a microbiological culture is obtained.
The highly selective O45 separates E. coli O45 from background flora in a sample, ensuring that only organisms having O45 antigens are captured.
Particle-organism complexes are then easily inoculated to specific microbiological culture media.
