Neal Parker (Industrial Account Manager)

Ann Krywiuk (Molecular Microbiology Specialist)

Microbiology Division

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Agenda

• Oxoid and Remel, a brief introduction

• Bugs to barcodes in 8 hours

• Advances in culture media design

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Oxoid – A brief history

• In mid 1800’s Mr. von Leibig concerned about malnutrition in Europe• Using left over cattle meat he began to produce a concentrated meat

extract for the masses.• Opened first factory in 1861, LEMCO Company registered in London in

1865. (Liebig Extract of Meat Company)• First LEMCO by-product was corned beef!• Second by-product for the English market was……..

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Oxoid – A brief history

• In 1924, OXO Limited was formed to sell medical products to doctors

• In 1930 the famous OXO tower was built, the first form of advertising on the Thames.

• Outbreak of WW2 emphasised the importance of culture media for bacterial identification and treatment.

• In 1965 Oxoid was created as a sub of LEMCO.

• The company has since changed hands several times until in 2004 purchased by Fisher Scientific.

• Since merger of Thermo and Fisher, now part of ThermoFisher Scientific

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Dehydrated Culture Media and Supplements

• Manufactured at Basingstoke UK and Lenexa USA

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Prepared Media

•Manufactured in Adelaide, Lenexa, Ontario, Perth, Malaysia, and Wesel

•Media which has been rehydrated, sterilised, dispensed and quality control

tested, and is ready-to-use

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Diagnostic Reagents (DR’s)

• DrySpot™ • PathoDx™ • Staphaurex™ • Staphytect Plus™ • Streptex™ • Wellcogen™

                            

Diagnostic Regent reactionsTest 1: negative, with no clumpingTest 2, positive, the granular appearance of the clumps is clearly visible

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Microbial Identification

Microbact™ Remel RapID™

                                     

Oxoid Biochemical Identification System (O.B.I.S)

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Antibiotic Sensitivity

•Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) discs small paper discs impregnated with an antibiotic                     

Minimum Inhibitor Concentration (MIC) Evaluators™ (M.I.C.E™) Strips M.I.C.E. strips give the minimum inhibitor concentration of an

antibiotic

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New Technologies

Over to Ann…….