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New LuminUltra DNA Tools Provide Rapid Screening and Identification of Microbes

Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) and Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) can rapidly screen for and identify nearly all types of microbes present.... Read More

What Can 2nd Generation ATP^® Do for an Operator or Field Technician?

Does your current (microbial) testing program, give you all the answers you need? Find out how a new generation of ATP testing can provide... Read More

Mitigating Reservoir Souring through Biological Monitoring

Professionals in the upstream oil and gas production industry have been aware of sulfate-reducing prokaryotes (SRP) in oilfield fluids since the early 1900’s however,... Read More

LuminUltra continues to grow with acquisition of aqua-tools’ Rapid Microbial Solutions division

LuminUltra has acquired aqua-tools’ Rapid Microbial Solutions division, including its B-QUA™ product line for ballast water compliance monitoring.... Read More

Rapid microbial assessment following case of Legionellosis

Learn how LuminUltra's ATP testing solutions helped a nursing home take quick action after Legionella bacteria was found in water systems.

Sequencing Your Bioreactor – Who’s Doing the Work?

Metagenomics through the incorporation of next generation sequencing (NGS) is changing the way wastewater treatment plants are monitored and understood. NGS can be... Read More

One-stop microbiology management now available as LuminUltra acquires InstantLabs

The aquisition enables one-stop microbiological management using a new combination of technologies and expertise. Learn more.... Read More

Most Wanted Microbes – Methanogens

From the editor: This is the thirteenth post in an ongoing series profiling microorganisms of particular significance in water and wastewater systems. In... Read More

Cocktail Party Examples – Microbiologically Induced Corrosion

Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) causes billions of dollars in damage annually. MIC affects diverse industries including marine transportation and shipping, chemical and oil processing,... Read More

Most Wanted Microbes – Bacillus

From the editor: This is the twelfth post in an ongoing series profiling microorganisms of particular significance in water and wastewater systems. In this series we will cover microorganisms... Read More

Most Wanted Microbes – Candidatus Accumulibacter

From the editor: This is the eleventh post in an ongoing series profiling microorganisms of particular significance in water and wastewater systems. In this series we will cover microorganisms... Read More

Am I Missing Something? A Look into the Dangers of Viable but Nonculturable Cells (VBNC)

The significance of viable but non-culturable (VBNC) cells is becoming increasingly evident. We revisit the importance of measuring them.... Read More

Most Wanted Microbes – Coliforms

From the editor: This is the ninth post in an ongoing series profiling microorganisms of particular significance in water and wastewater systems. In this... Read More

Maximize ATP Test Result Accuracy with Our Pipetting Tips and Tricks!

If you purchased one of our portable equipment sets, you received a set of fixed-volume pipettes. These pipettes allow you to run ATP... Read More

Most Wanted Microbes – Cyanobacteria (a.k.a. Blue Green Algae)

An image search for the term “algae” quickly reveals a page filled with photos of green-colored surface water. Many of these green blooms... Read More

Smelly Paint: Why We Must Keep Microbes out of Chemical Products

Painting is a hobby for some and a tortuous task for others. Regardless of where you fall on that spectrum, nobody likes it when... Read More

Hurricane Season

With the start of the 2018 hurricane season right around the corner, many people living in the Caribbean and along the Gulf of... Read More

Optimizing Tank Flushing Using a Rapid Decision-Making Framework

Water treatment plant performed ATP tests on new elevated tank to determine the microbial growth - avoided a costly drain and cleaning of the tank.

Most Wanted Microbes – Brain-Eating Amoeba

From the editor: This is the seventh post in an ongoing series profiling microorganisms of particular significance in water and wastewater systems. In... Read More

Hidden in Plain Sight – Nitrifying Bacteria in Monochlorinated Distribution Systems

If you are using heterotrophic plate counts (HPCs) to identify nitrifying bacteria – you won’t find them. As it mentions in the name,... Read More

Most Wanted Microbes: Cryptosporidium

From the editor: This is the sixth post in an ongoing series profiling microorganisms of particular significance in water and wastewater systems. In... Read More

Most Wanted Microbes – Nitrifiers (a.k.a. Nitrosomonas)

From the editor: This is the fourth post in an ongoing series profiling microorganisms of particular significance in water and wastewater systems. In... Read More

Using ATP to Troubleshoot Bioreactor Stress Mechanisms

Discover upsets in your activated sludge bioreactor with ATP. Understand the systems mechanisms to ensure proper nitrification and biomass concentration

Early Detection of a Bulking Event Using Rapid Microbial Tools

A pulp and paper wastewater treatment plant implemented fbATP as a bulking indicator - identified tens of thousands in savings over 5 months.

Most Wanted Microbes – Sulfate Reducing Prokaryotes

From the editor: This is the third post in an ongoing series profiling microorganisms of particular significance in water and wastewater systems. In... Read More

Day Zero: When the taps run dry

May 11, 2018: The current estimate (as of February 7) for Day Zero for Cape Town, South Africa, when the municipal water distribution... Read More

Cutting back on chocolate this Easter? Here’s one more reason why you should

Just one week ago, on March 22nd, we celebrated World Water Day, where organizations, companies, and individuals from around the globe drew attention... Read More

The Five Step Guide to Cleaning Your Luminometer, and Why It Matters

One of the key components of any analytical method is the detector. In the case of ATP testing, that detector is a photomultiplier tube... Read More

Most Wanted Microbes – Kouleothrix (a.k.a. Roseiflexus)

From the editor: This is the second post in an ongoing series profiling microorganisms of particular significance in water and wastewater systems. In... Read More

Paper and Microbiological Growth Don’t Mix: What You Need to Know about Paper Breaks

Water is an instrumental ingredient in the manufacture of paper products. When wood products are broken down into pulp, water is used to... Read More

Biomass Inventory Management Using 2nd Generation ATP^®

Discover how ATP testing can provide accurate data in real time for better calculations to optimize the efficiency of activated sludge processes.

Most Wanted Microbe – Escherichia coli

From the editor: This is the inaugural post in an ongoing series profiling microorganisms of particular significance in water and wastewater systems. In... Read More

Hydroelectric power: Challenges in the 21^st Century

Hydroelectric power has been around for a long time. You might say that, along with windpower, it’s one of the original sources of... Read More

Identifying Biological Excursions

ATP testing saved a WWTP thousands in monthly chlorination costs due to fecal coliform exceedances. Tests identified the root issue in a single day.

Clean-In-Place Optimization in the Food & Beverage Industry

Optimize food & beverage clean-in-place programs, production processes, and quality checks with rapid 2nd generation ATP testing and monitoring.

Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal – Who’s doing the work?

Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) was first documented in the early 1970’s. Traditionally it has been understood that EBPR requires a first stage... Read More

Thank You, Amazing Vietnam!

In November, as part of my role in developing the LuminUltra business in the Asia Pacific Region, I ventured off to Vietnam alongside... Read More

How Do Microorganisms Impact Oil & Gas Extraction?

People are often surprised to learn that water is a very important part of oil and gas extraction. Sure, there is an obvious... Read More

Dual Membrane Plant System Audit

An audit performed with rapid ATP testing determined chemical treatment (ie. HCl, sodium hypochlorite) and system performance for microbial monitoring.

Sewage Treatment Plants – Bug Farms and their Farmers

A colleague recently conveyed a conversation he’d had with an operator at a sewage treatment plant. Society tends to have an unfounded stigma... Read More

Why won’t total microbial content decrease after UV treatment?

UV treatment only recently became widely adopted in the water and wastewater treatment industries but the benefits of sun exposure for water purification... Read More

How Using ATP to Identify Sludge Bulking – What is the benefit?

What is sludge bulking? Sludge bulking is a severe problem that can plague activated sludge wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). It’s been estimated that... Read More

Monitoring Biological Growth in Membrane Filters

ATP tests to monitor microbial growth in membrane filtration systems like desalination and industrial water treatment provides list of benefits.

“Clean vs. Compliant… What’s the difference?”

Water quality regulators do their best to set policies to ensure the public has access to safe water to drink in terms of microbiological... Read More

What Is ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) and What Does It Do?

Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) is the primary energy carrier in all living organisms on earth. But why does it matter? Learn more in this popular article.

ATP-metry technology for cooling circuits

Discover how cooling towers and circuits benefitted from switching to 2nd Generation ATP® tests to monitor for Legionella and other microbial growth.

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Identifying Cross Connections

ATP tests detected an old line with stagnant water contaminating municipal drinking water. Resolution to eliminate further biological contamination.

Deposit & Surface Analysis (DSA)

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