Food and Drug Laboratory Branch

Microbiology Section

MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSES PERFORMED:

• E. coli O157:H7 in foods, water, environmental samples
  • Detection, Isolation and Identification of E. coli O157:H7 from Foods and Environmental Sources Using the Pathatrix® Recirculating Immunomagnetic Separation (RIMS) System (PDF)
  • Detection of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) and E. coli O157:H7/NM by Multiplex Real-time PCR using the Cepheid SmartCycler II Instrument (PDF)
• Salmonella species in foods, water, environmental samples**
• Vibrio parahemolyticus in food, shellfish
• Vibrio vulnificus in food, shellfish
• Botulinum toxin
• Staphylococcal enterotoxins A and B
• Ricin
• Listeria monocytogenes in foods, and environmental samples 
• E. coli in water, foods, drugs, environmental sample, and cosmetics

• Total Coliform in water, foods, drugs, environmental samples, and cosmetics

• Serility of water, foods, drugs, and cosmetics

**Referred for complete serotyping testing.

PRODUCTS TYPICALLY ANALYZED: Water, food, drugs, cosmetics,and environmental samples

RESEARCH: Methods development, adaptation, and modification.