When microbial contamination is detected, quickly and accurately identifying the organism is essential for determining the source of contamination, assessing risk, and implementing effective corrective actions.
Innovotech Labs now offers rapid microbial identification using the Bruker MALDI Biotyper® (MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry), one of the most advanced and widely accepted technologies for bacterial and fungal identification.
Our microbial identification services support pharmaceutical manufacturers, medical device companies, compounding pharmacies, biotechnology organizations, cosmetics manufacturers, food processors, and healthcare facilities with timely, reliable organism identification.
Knowing the identity of a microorganism helps organizations:
Whether organisms are recovered from environmental monitoring, sterility testing, water systems, product testing, or manufacturing investigations, rapid identification provides valuable information for quality assurance teams.
MALDI-TOF (Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight) Mass Spectrometry identifies microorganisms by analyzing their unique protein profile. The profile is compared against an extensive reference database to rapidly identify bacteria and yeasts with a high degree of accuracy.
Our MALDI Biotyper identifies a broad range of Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, yeasts, and many microorganisms commonly recovered during pharmaceutical environmental monitoring, contamination investigations, and routine microbiological testing.
We can identify microorganisms isolated from environmental monitoring plates, contact plates, air samples, swabs, water samples, sterility testing, bioburden testing, product investigations, and other microbiological cultures. Pure isolates generally provide the most reliable identification.
Microbial identification helps determine the source of contamination, supports root cause investigations, evaluates cleaning and disinfection effectiveness, identifies recurring contaminants, and assists with regulatory compliance and quality improvement initiatives.
MALDI-TOF technology provides faster turnaround times, greater accuracy for many organisms, lower cost per identification, and improved reproducibility compared with many traditional biochemical identification methods. It has become the preferred technology for microbial identification in pharmaceutical, clinical, and industrial microbiology laboratories.
