Are BioVigilant’s IMD instruments different from fluorescent-antibody techniques?
Yes. BioVigilant’s IMD instruments rely on intrinsic fluorescence (also called “auto-fluorescence”) emanating from fluorophors inside microbial cells, so no sample preparation is needed to detect microbes. This is in contrast with fluorescent dye antibody based techniques, whereby, in order for the microbes to be detected, the sample needs to be treated with a reagent to give out a specific fluorescence signal.
Related Questions
- What is the chance that two or more separate microbes will pass through BioVigilant’s IMD instruments so closely together that they may inaccurately be counted as one larger particulate?
- In what ways are BioVigilant’s IMD instruments preferred to conventional plate culturing methods and "rapid methods"?
- Are there any recent technical advances that have made it possible for BioVigilant to create IMD instruments?
