Publications
Publications and scientific studies by vermicon AG.
Numerous publications
vermicon has numerous publications in all fields of industrial microbiology. These include scientific papers and contributions to books. Here, we will give you a quick overview over the most significant articles. You also have the opportunity to request specific articles.

Wastewater
Click here for the articles about the microbiology of wastewater.

Beverages
Click here for the articles about the microbiology of non-alcoholic beverages and soft drinks, beer and mineral and bottled water.

Microbiology in general
Click here for the articles about diverse microbiology topics and innovative detection methods.
Detecting Malfunctions in the Nitrification Stage

KA-Betriebs Info, 2018 - Raimund Schneider, wastewater manager at Stadtwerke Schramberg, reports about his experience with the use of VIT® gene probe technology for analysis and monitoring of the nitrification stage.
read moreFilamentous Bacteria Identification

IJESD, 2016 - Identification of Filamentous Bacteria Dominating in Kuwait’s Activated Sludge Systemsby Use of Molecular Biology Techniques.
read moreThe End of the Black Box

gwf Wasser-Abwasser, 2016 - Control of wastewater microorganisms with the VIT® early warning system.
read moreOne-stage deammonification

Water Science & Technology, 2016 - Rapid start-up of one-stage deammonification MBBR without addition of external inoculum.
read moreDeammonification process: impact of biofilm seeding

Environmental Technology, 2014 - Impact of seeding on the start-up of one-stage deammonification MBBRs.
read moreTreatment of paper mill deinking wastewater

Bioresource Technology, 2012 - Lab scale experiments using a submerged MBR under thermophilic aerobic conditions for the treatment of paper mill deinking wastewater.
read moreMicrobiology of Anaerobic Sludges in the Paper Industry

Special Sewage Sludge, wwt, 2011 - Prevention of pellet floating and pellet degradation in anaerobic plants: analysis of anaerobic sludges with the help of modern gene probe technology.
read moreNitrifying bacteria biofilm

Cemosphere, 2010 - Monitoring structure and activity of nitrifying bacterial biofilm in an automatic biodetector of water toxicity.
read moreMonitoring of the Microbiology of Wastewater

gwf Wasser-Abwasser, 2010 - Complete Control of the Plant by Targeted Microbiological Monitoring.
read moreSaving Precipitants

gwf Wasser-Abwasser, 2004 - Precipitant savings on a large wastewater treatment plant by monitoring of filamentous bacteria with gene probes.
read moreMolecular monitoring of bulking sludge

Water Sci Technology, 2002 - Molecular monitoring of bulking sludge in industrial wastewater treatment plants.
read moreOn-Site Detection of Nitrifying Bacteria

wlb – Wasser, Luft und Boden, 2001 - On-site detection of nitrifying bacteria in wastewater samples using highly specific gene probes.
read moreAutomated rapid detection of Alicyclobacillus

BREWING AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY INTERNATIONAL, issue 6/2018 - Dr. Claudia Beimfohr, An Innovative Combination. Fast, specific and automated microbiological detection of the beverage-spoiling organism Alicyclobacillus.
Read moreAnalysis of Beverage Spoiling Bacteria

HYGIENE Report, 2008 - A little more safety? Microbiological analysis services for beverage producers.
read moreObligate Beer-spoiling Bacterium

Monatsschrift für Brauwissenschaft, 2006 - Description of Lactobacillus backi sp. novel, an obligate beer spoilage bacteria.
read moreFruit Juice Analysis Methods

drinks Technology + Marketing, 2006 - A comparison of VIT® Alicyclobacillus and cultural methods for the detection of Alicyclobacillus in fruit juice products.
read moreFrequency of Different Beer-Spoiling Bacteria

MBAA, 2006 - Evaluation Study of the Frequency of Different Beer-Spoiling Bacteria Using the VIT® Analysis.
read moreMikrobiological Quality Control

BBII 2/2006 - Reliable analysis of E. coli, coliform bacteria and fermentative yeasts.
read moreDirect microbiology in environmental analysis

LABO, 2017 - In the article "What is real? Direct microbiology in environmental analysis" Dr. Jiri Snaidr answers this question and describes several analysis methods that provide a realistic image of the microbial composition of a sample.
read moreFor a changing world of microbial detection

forum news 27/2004 - After the impressive advances in the nineteenth century a new era of microbiology began and has lasted almost one century - the era of cultivation. Now a new era is about to start.
read moreGene Probes for Detection of Microorganisms

LaborPraxis, 2001 - There is a huge variety of microorganisms and can hardly be detected with conventional methods. For the first time, a new analysis method allows to detect any species or group of of bacteria – quickly, specificly and directly in the sample examined.
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