Microbial Monitoring News & Blog

Four Important Guidelines for Getting the Most out of your Metagenomics Data

Metagenomics is an emerging field. Metagenomics is a quickly evolving field, with new papers being published and new products and services being offered each year. Since metagenomics analysis is a relatively... Read More

Test Your Knowledge: Drinking Water & Lead

Drinking water and lead is not a new topic of discussion for us. Recently, we’ve looked at the issue of lead toxicity in municipal drinking water systems. We’ve touched on several... Read More

A primer on Legionella: how Legionella-specific tests can be used in the monitoring tool kit

A synopsis on Legionella Legionella, the bacteria responsible for causing Legionnaire’s disease, is one of the most significant sources of waterborne disease outbreaks in the U.S. Investigations by the... Read More

The Effects of Lead in Drinking Water, and a Few Recent Examples

Exposure to lead has long been understood to have serious impacts on human health. Ingesting lead can have a wide range of effects including: learning problems, increased blood pressure,... Read More

Three Breweries Doing Their Part in Water Conservation

Raise a glass… for water! People have been brewing beer for a long time. The general consensus among archeologists was that beer, and the knowledge to produce it, has... Read More

Invasive Marine Species and Ballast Water Management: The Past and Future

Understanding the microbial content of a ship’s ballast water is critical. As the guidelines laid out in the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention are widely adopted, having a keen... Read More

International Maritime Organization Answers Questions About The Ballast Water Management Convention

The Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) entered into force globally on September 8, 2017. In a recent document, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) responded to frequently asked questions about... Read More

Milestones in Water Treatment

For as long as humans have existed, water has been a central force in the development of civilization. Across the planet we can see the proof that many diverse... Read More

Q&A with Dr. Ian Pepper on Innovative Uses for LuminUltra’s ATP Technology

Dave Tracey, LuminUltra’s Director of Strategic Sales Channels, sat down with Dr. Ian Pepper, Professor of Environmental Microbiology at the University of Arizona, to talk about how he’s taken... Read More

Microbiology and Climate Change: Small Ways to Fight a Big Problem

Climate change is an issue that affects every person on the planet. Whatever continent or country we’re talking about, people around the globe will face or are already facing... Read More

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