MICA Legionella
MICA Legionella enumerates Legionella pneumophila in water (Domestic Water, Cooling Tower Water, Sanitary Water…) in CFU/liter and after only 48 hours of incubation.
MICA Legionella requires only 1 plate and 4′ of labor time per sample compared to several plates and 25′ on average for the standard ISO 11731:2017 method.
Présentation
Easy
- Result after only 48 hours of incubation
- Automatic enumeration
- User-friendly Interface
- No confirmation required
Cost saving
- Reduction in labor costs : 4′ technician time only per sample against 25′ on average with standard method
- 1 GVPC Plate only per analysis
- No skills required
- Up to 500 tests per 8 hours
Reliable
- Cultural method (CFU/liter)
- Same procedure as ISO 11731:2017
- Detects all serogroups of L. pneumophila
- LOD 1 CFU/L for sanitary water
- LOD 100 CFU/L for cooling tower water
- AOAC Certified
- Evaluated by the European Union (Water Test Network)
Protocol
Step 1
Filtration
Step 2
Culture medium drop on agar
Step 3
Membrane on agar
Step 4
Culture incubation
Step 5
Tagging medium drop
Step 6
Tagging incubation
Step 7
Membrane washing
Step 8
Membrane on cassette
Step 9
Reading of the result
Testimonials
Being able to enumerate this pathogenic bacterium in only two days is a major step forward in the fight against such microbiological risk.
A method very reliable, suitable and comfortable to use for all, and most important a rapid proven test for the enumeration of Legionella pneumophila.
The program is intuitive and really well explained with explanatory videos at key moments of the analysis
Applications
Cooling tower
Contract laboratories
Wastewater
Recreational
Drinking water
Sanitary water
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