Microorganisms in industrial processes
Microorganisms can massively disrupt industrial processes, even if their influence is often not directly apparent. For example, the cause of product quality reductions due to contamination of the end product or the undesirable influence of microbial metabolic activity on chemical processes often remains hidden. The search for the needle in the haystack often does not lead to the desired success with conventional means.
This is where VIT® Profiling comes in. This solution concept uniquely combines state-of-the-art microbiology with data from process technology and thus enables a holistic understanding of the overall system. The use of VIT® gene probe technology ensures independence from the cultivability of the microorganisms. On this basis, individual strategies can be developed to combat and prevent disorders.
Conventional methods | VIT® Profiling | ||
in many samples only 1% of all bacteria can be cultivated | Cultivation-independent; detects up to 100% of all bacteria | ||
indirect approach | Detection using VIT® gene probe technology in situ, directly in the sample | ||
1-dimensional analysis | Spatial and temporal classification possible (4D microbiology) | ||
Inflexible, limited procedure | Holistic, individually tailored microbiological solution finding | ||
Undirected, lengthy analysis methods | Targeted, fast results | ||
Holistic approach
VIT® Profiling offers you much more than just advice. Our team of microbiologists and chemists can draw on many years of experience in industrial microbiology and analyzes the technical processes involved in close cooperation with the engineers of the company concerned. Together with the microbiological findings, which are also obtained using VIT® gene probe technology, this results in a holistic picture that provides information on the individual causes of malfunctions. Complex and interdisciplinary issues in particular, where conventional methods are not effective, can be solved in this way.
Our analyses provide you with the following information:
1. Which microorganisms are responsible for the malfunctions?
2. How can the current disruption be remedied?
3. How can faults be avoided in the future?
4D microbiology
The 4D microbiology approach includes spatial analysis, temporal analysis, identification and quantification of microorganisms in samples. It is holistic, solution-oriented and successful.
4D microbiology is precisely the concept that meets the requirements of the new microbiology: powerful and future-proof.
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