How Microbial Communities are an Ocean of Possibilities
The oceans of the world have been a source of mystery and wonderment for humans since the beginning of recorded history. They have served as a method of transportation... Read More
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Food Safety Regulations Gets Tighter, Food Testing Gets Easier
Analyzing The Global Food Market Bananas from Ecuador, cashews from Ghana, and rice from India. What do these products have in common? They’ve all traveled thousands of miles... Read More
How Cape Town’s Successful Water Conservation Measures Created Unexpected Problems
Water conservation will be among the most critical issues that mankind faces in the future, and nowhere has this been clearer than Cape Town, South Africa. ... Read More
Microbe Discovery Shows New Branch on the ‘Tree of Life’
Thanks to a bit of luck and lots of dedicated work, researchers at a Canadian university recently stumbled upon two species of a rarely-seen organism. The discovery by a... Read More
Easier ID Amps Up Potential for Power-Generating Bacteria
A new process for identifying bacteria that can produce electricity has been created by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Certain types of bacteria living in oxygen-deprived... Read More
Understanding Net Zero Energy in Wastewater Treatment
Water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs) are among the most common pieces of municipal infrastructure. It’s accepted practice for communities of all sizes to treat wastewater in some way before... Read More
The Benefits of 2nd Generation ATP for a Manager
LuminUltra’s 2nd Generation ATP testing can help operators and field technicians by delivering rapid microbiological water quality data for immediate action, but it’s also an integral tool to help... Read More
Over-allocated: The story of the Colorado River
The Colorado River rises high into the Rocky Mountains and cuts a 2,300 kilometre course southwest to the Gulf of California. It passes through five U.S. (Colorado, Utah, Arizona,... Read More
Why it’s important to measure backgrounds in ATP samples
For those familiar with 2nd Generation ATP testing, it’s clear that the luminometer is a critical piece of equipment in the testing procedure. It allows us to quantify ATP... Read More
Gut bugs affect overall health, and serve as individual microbial fingerprints
The microbial population of our gastrointestinal tracts is a hot topic these days, with researchers regularly making new discoveries as to how the state of the bugs in our... Read More