Many manufacturing materials may require antibacterial or antifungal properties for their intended use or to provide additional benefits. Some examples are footwear materials that may have the property of inhibiting bacteria from preventing odors. Other items such as sportswear can also configure this property. These properties are imparted to the material by a technical finish and need to be tested to ensure that the marketing claims meet consumer expectations.
The microbiology testing laboratory offers a series of tests to verify the effectiveness of these finishes through a wide range of microbiological tests that comply with international or customer standards. To provide a complete assessment, we offer the industry’s most accepted and accepted test methods for antibacterial and antifungal assessments.
Microbiological tests are tests of microorganisms in food. These organisms can be unicellular, plural, or cell-free. Microbiology includes several sub-fields such as virology, mycology, parasitology, and bacteriology. Like all humans, plants, and animals, microorganisms play an essential role in our environment and are probably the enormous mass of organisms on our planet.
These diversified organisms can grow in extreme conditions where other organisms cannot survive. For example, they can grow at temperatures such as boiling point and grow and survive in extreme freezing conditions such as -20 ° C and -30 ° C.
The microbiology testing laboratory has the necessary location adaptations, equipment, and equipment to carry out research activities related to the participation of microorganisms in the sugar and ethanol production process.
The institute has the appropriate personnel to carry out these activities within the policies of Good Laboratory Practices.
The main analyzes performed by the institute are as follows.
Microbiological analysis
In the laboratory, traditional methodologies such as quantification of key microbial group indicators of hygiene, testing for pathogenic microorganisms in foods, microbial isolation, morphological and biochemical characterization have been developed.
Traditional microbial identification tests have drawbacks such as high uncertainty in results and high cost. However, by applying molecular biology techniques, you can get more accurate results about the identity of microorganisms.
The microbiology testing laboratory has built a reputation for microbiological testing with a team of the industry’s most experienced microbiological testing professionals. We provide highly specialized microbial testing and analysis services in a variety of fields, including:
Antibacterial test for
- Textiles
- Metalworking liquid
- plastic
- Legionella test
- Bacterial identification
- Painting
- Mycobacterial test
- adhesive
- Refrigerant and lubricant
- Hydraulic fracturing
ASTM E 1428: Standard test method for evaluating the antibacterial performance of polymer solids against reticulated staining of Streptoverticillium
ASTM test
ASTM E2149: Standard test method for determining the antibacterial activity of immobilized antibacterial agents under dynamic contact conditions.
- AATCC 100: Antibacterial finish of textile material: Rating
- ISO test
- ISO 21702
- ISO 18184
