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HOW TO PROPERLY COMPARE ATP TESTING AND CULTURE?

ATP testing and bacterial culture on solid agar plates are two completely different techniques. While culture method only measures culturable bacteria, i.e., the ones able to grow on a given media, ATP testing measures the quantity of ATP in a sample. As this molecule is produced and found in all living bacteria, ATP testing measures all the bacteria, culturable or not. This ...

MIDES Project

The production of low-cost drinking water from sustainable resources is still the biggest challenge facing the world. Reverse Osmosis (RO) desalination is broadly used to produce drinking water. ...

TECTA-PDS Acquired by IDEXX

We have some exciting news to share! We are pleased to announce that TECTA-PDS has been acquired by IDEXX, a leader in the field of water microbiology testing. Since 2003, TECTA-PDS has developed an effective and reliable automated water testing ...

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Automated quantification of E. coli and coliform bacteria in drinking water

Microbium® MPN Analyser is a patented, global innovation - the first automated, easy-to-use device used for the quantitative determination of waterborne pathogenic bacteria in the water (E. coli and coliforms). It brings microbiological laboratory to every drinking water utility (DWU), wastewater treatment plant, or company by automating the Most Probable Number (MPN) method, a gold standard ...