RiboPrinter® System Application Profiles

A producer of infant formula learned that accurate, detailed microbial information from the RiboPrinter® System can be a manufacturer's best tool for combating unwanted organisms.

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When a pharmaceutical company discovered a tough-to-identify organism in their formulation for a new asthma inhaler, their only choice was to halt the trials until definite answers could be found. The RiboPrinter® System had those answers.

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When spoilage organisms such as Bacillus are to blame for problems in food and pharmaceutical ingredients, a genetic fingerprint produced by the RiboPrinter®  System can be used to track down the source of contamination.

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A study used genetic fingerprinting by the RiboPrinter®  System to show the variability variability of biochemical results between labs and confirm the reproducibility of the RiboPrinter® System.

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Organisms can look different depending on their environment and fool even expert eyes. They cannot, however, fool genetics-based tests. This pharmaceutical company used the RiboPrinter®  System to help rid its product of an unwanted organism and resume production.

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The quality control laboratory of a food processing facility used the RiboPrinter® System to identify a suspected Salmonella strain and determine where it had come from in a matter of hours. 

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A food processing plant used the RiboPrinter® System to characterize bacteria below the species level from several areas of a Staphylococcus contamination and determine which location was the source of the problem.

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The RiboPrinter® System technology allowed investigators of a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak to prove that isolates from food and clinical samples were not the same, exonerating this food manufacturer's product as the causative agent of a patient's Listeriosis.

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Routine or sporadic contamination of product with bacteria such as Listeria frustrates most food manufacturers. Accurate, reproducible data from the RiboPrinter® System can direct effective decontamination. 

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This start-up company used the RiboPrinter® System to determine the true source of Listeria monocytogenes isolated by health inspectors, saving their relationship with valued suppliers.

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By establishing the microbial profile of beer samples with the RiboPrinter® System before shipments left the brewer's control, this company helped pinpoint the source of Lactobacillus contamination to minimize the problem for customers and save its repuation.

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Maintaining a custom identification library of Pseudomonas strains for the RiboPrinter® System helps a specialist laboratory better prevent outbreaks in the mushroom industry.

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When four different biochemical tests suggested a Salmonella contamination in meat-and-vegetable salads, the RiboPrinter® System correctly identified the organism as the mimicker Citrobacter freundii and saved the company nearly $350,000 in lost product costs.

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Microbiologists at a company for high-quality eye care products compared the RiboPrinter® System to traditional, biochemical methods and demonstrated the accuracy and dependability of genetics-based testing with the RiboPrinter® System.

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A producer of ready-to-eat foods used the RiboPrinter® System to  establish a database as a due-diligence defense to monitor high-risk products for Listeria, E. coli, Salmonella and Staphylococcus aureus.

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Japanese brewers conducted a survival study of Lactobacillus using the RiboPrinter® System and other molecular methodologies. The company now uses information from the RiboPrinter®  System to control costs, target decontamination and manage their inventory. 

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A study by a leading research institute demonstrated the ability of the RiboPrinter® System to provide the needed sub-species information on Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, an important probiotic organism. 

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Using discriminatory strain typing by the DNA-based RiboPrinter® System as part of an investigation of animal listeriosis improves the chances of discovering the contamination source. 

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Epidemiologists and hospital investigators used the RiboPrinter® System to identify and track the source of septicemia in babies placed in new incubators.

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