The microbiological test is one of the essential tests in determining the safety and quality of food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic products. For safety issues, microbiological tests are usually used to check for microbes in products, both disease-causing and spoilage, or functional microbes, so this test is a popular requirement in determining the quality of a food product. In addition, microbiological tests can also be used to test the efficacy of some products (e.g., disinfectant and antiseptic products).

How SIG can help

SIG labs can help with microbiological analysis of various matrices and microbes including SWAB processes for microorganisms:

Pathogenic Bacteria

• Bacillus cereus
• Campylobacter jejuni
• Clostridium perfringens
• Listeria monocytogenes
• Salmonella
• Shigella
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Vibrio cholerae
• Vibrio parahaemolyticus
• Yersinia enterocolitica

Other Microbes

• Aspergillus
• Alicyclobacillus
• Lactobacillus
• Bifidobacterium
• Coliform
• Enterococci
• Enterobacter
• Escherichia coli
• Legionella
• Pseudomonas
• Saccharomyces
• Streptococcus
• Yeast & Moulds

Microbes Identification

• Isolate Purity Test
• Gram-staining
• Identification of Microbial Species (PCR & Sequencing)

Antimicrobial Test

• Bacillus
• Bacillus cereus
• Bacillus subtilis
• Pseudomonas
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Shigella
• Shigella sonnei
• Salmonella
• Salmonella typhimurium
• Streptococcus
• Streptococcus pyogenes
• Lactobacillus
• Enterobacter aerogenes
• Enterococcus faecalis
• Enterococcus hirae
• Escherichia coli
• Klebsiella pneumoniae
• Listeria monocytogenes
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Staphylococcus epidermidis
• Vibrio cholerae
• Candida albicans
• Aspergillus niger / Aspergillus brasiliensis

Virucidal Activity Test/Anti-Virus Claims

• Poliovirus type 1, strain LSc2ab

• Adenovirus type 5, strain adenoid 75

• Murine Norovirus

• Vaccinia virus, strain MVA

• Human coronavirus, strain 229E

• Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), strain NADL 

• Feline coronavirus, strain Munich 

• Human cytomegalovirus, strain AD-169

• Human herpesvirus 1, strain F

• Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), strain long

• Human simplex virus 2, strain G

• Influenza A virus (H1N1), strain A/Swine/1976/31

• Influenza A virus (H3N2), strain Hong Kong

• Influenza B virus, strain B/Hong Kong/5/72

• Measles virus, strain Edmonston

• Adenovirus type 5, strain adenoid 75

• Bovine enterovirus type 1 (ECBO), strain LCR-4 

• Hepatitis A virus, strain HM 175

• Human coxsackievirus A6, strain Gdula

• Human enterovirus 71, strain H

• Human rhinovirus 37, strain 151-1 

•  Murine norovirus, strain S99 Berlin

• Poliovirus type 1, strain LSc2ab

• Porcine parvovirus , strain NADL-2

• protaparvovirus 1 / Murine parvovirus, strain prototype (p)