Rapid Pathogen Identification System Evaluated for Food Industry Testing
PathoGenetix, Inc., developer of an automated system for bacterial strain typing, and Marshfield Food Safety, LLC, a full-service microbiology and chemistry contract testing laboratory, announced Dec. 17 that Marshfield will evaluate PathoGenetix’s RESOLUTION™ Microbial Genotyping System. Per the agreement, Marshfield will conduct independent testing of the RESOLUTION instrument, assays and database in its corporate laboratory, and provide feedback on the system's speed, utility and ease-of-use for food industry applications.
The RESOLUTION system provides confirmation for presumptive positive screening tests and rapidly identifies molecular serotype and strain type information of foodborne pathogens. Based on PathoGenetix’s Genome Sequence Scanning™ (GSS) technology, the system isolates and analyzes microbial DNA directly from enriched food samples, without a cultured isolate, to type target bacteria in just five hours — even when multiple serovars are present, according to the company.