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Scientists scramble to understand the invisible creatures around us before it’s too late

Researchers are uncovering the importance of the trillion-plus kinds of microbes on the planet — even as they worry the richness could be disappearing. In southwestern Africa, a dozen scientists dig in the dirt. In a week, they’ve transected 100 miles of shifting sand dunes and flat gravel plains across the Namib Desert, one of the driest places on Earth. They’ve filled ...

Serial dilution: the impact on waste generation

One of the unsolved environmental problems of the microbiology labs is the huge amount of Petri plates waste generation every day. Serial Dilution requires using an important number of Petri dishes, ...

Single-Use Microbial Impactor for Active Air Sampling

More than a century ago, Julius R. Petri introduced the Petri plate while collaborating at Robert Koch’s lab. This simple yet iconic device remains widely employed for microbiological environmental monitoring, evolving from early glass ...

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Legionella Laboratory Testing

Biosan Laboratories specializes in independent Legionella testing for cooling towers, evaporative condensers, spas, fountains and other water sources. In addition to over 40 years of lab experience in environmental microbiological testing, we are also certified by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Environmental Legionella Isolation Techniques Evaluation (ELITE) Program and by New York State ...