Introducing COLIKAT RAPID, a rapid test for the simultaneous detection of total coliforms and Escherichia coli in a wide range of water sample matrices.
- Meets the requirements of EN ISO 9308-2:2012
- Simultaneous detection and quantification of Escherichia coli and total coliforms
- Sample evaluation after 18 hours
- Optimized workflow for the laboratory
COLIKAT RAPID uses specific characteristics of both Escherichia coli and coliform bacteria for identification of the species. The test contains MUG and ONPG, two common nutritional indicators.
COLIKAT RAPID samples are incubated overnight and are ready for reading early the next day:
- Providing significant workflow advantages
- Delivering fast, reliable and actionable results
- Testing is highly sensitive and specific
- Increased reliability of result, decreasing response times and reducing cost
With over 50 years’ experience in the manufacture and distribution of laboratory reagents, test kits and quality control reagents, TCS Biosciences Ltd are proud to be Europe’s leading provider of high quality solutions that are utilised across a broad range of applications.
Widely recognised as Europe’s foremost supplier of animal blood and sera for microbiological use, our company is a prominent player in the UK water industry as well as the European pharmaceutical market. We are committed to the needs of our customers and strive to exceed their expectations.
Some of the products and services we provide here at TCS include Bovine Serum Albumin, Donor Bovine Serum, Fetal Calf Serum, Human Serum and Plasma, Accu-Bac Quantitative Micro-Organisms, Cardinal Biologicals, Donor Animal Blood, Newborn Calf Serum, Selectrol, Human Platelet Lysate, Affinity Chromatography, Colloidal Gold, Dyes and Stains, Histopathology, Sample Collection, Colikat-Rapid, Gonochek, Serology Reagents, Crypto-Cel FITC, Giardia-Cel FITC, EasySeed, Oocysts & Cysts, ColorSeed, EasyStain, TECTA Automated Microbiology Detection System and more.
Here at TCS Biosciences, we cater primarily to the pharmaceutical, clinical, food and water industries, working with a vast array of customers throughout the UK and Europe. We employ a team of experienced and knowledgeable professionals who take great pride in their work and will ensure clients that their project will be dealt with as effectively as possible.
Whether clients are looking for animal blood products, diagnostic kits, dyes and stains, serums and plasmas, microbiological media or histology, our company is more than happy to assist.