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PBR Laboratories provides microbial identification support for recovered bacteria, yeasts and moulds. Share the source of your isolate and the question you need to answer so we can confirm a suitable identification approach.
Identification can help investigate unexpected growth, compare findings within a monitoring program or provide information about a recovered isolate. The value of the result depends on the sample history and the question being investigated.
Discuss the required level of identification before submitting an isolate or requesting follow-up on growth recovered during testing. The appropriate approach and achievable identification detail depend on the organism and available methods.
Contact PBR with the source, collection date, available growth or culture, known hazards and required reporting detail. PBR will confirm acceptance, preparation, packaging and transport arrangements. Do not send an unidentified or potentially hazardous culture without prior agreement.
If your facility submits monitoring plates for incubation and growth assessment, identification can be coordinated where required. See GMP Environmental Monitoring for the plate submission workflow.
An identification result describes the recovered organism to the level supported by the analysis. It does not establish the source of contamination or the safety of a product or facility on its own. Discuss unusual or unresolved findings with PBR.
Discuss the required detail before work begins. Achievable resolution depends on the isolate and method; a species-level result cannot be assumed for every organism.
Contact PBR promptly. Follow-up depends on the availability and suitability of recovered growth and any agreed retention arrangements.
Arrange incubation and growth assessment of client-submitted monitoring plates, with identification where required.
Discuss microbial activity in industrial and environmental samples within a defined investigation.
Understand the different questions answered by growth assessment, enumeration and microbial identification.
Review the information and arrangements to confirm with the laboratory before collecting plates.
Connect routine facility monitoring and investigation needs with the appropriate laboratory service.
Plan laboratory work around environmental project objectives and sample context.
Contact PBR with your sample or product, testing objective and reporting needs. Confirm the appropriate laboratory scope and submission arrangements before sending material.