AFL Services A-Z

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Microbiology Testing at Laboratory Services, Agriculture and Food Laboratory

Test Name	Technique	Sample Type
		Food	Water	Drinking Water	Pure Cultures	Environmental Swabs	Waste/ Sludge/ Soil	Plant Disease Diagnostics
Acidovorax avenae	Biolog							X
Acidovorax konjaci	Biolog							X
Agrobacterium tumefaciens	PCR							X
Agrobacterium vitis	PCR							X
Aerobic Colony/Total Viable Organism	Count	X	X	X		X	X
Aeromonas hydrophila	Count		X
Bacillus cereus	Detection - Culture	X	X
Bacteria	Isolation - Culture	X	X			X	X	X
	Species identification – DNA sequencing				X
	Isolation + Species identification	X	X		X	X	X
Bifidobacterium lactis	Detection - PCR	X					X
	Semi-quantitative analysis - PCR	X					X
Bifidobacterium spp.	Detection - PCR	X					X
	Semi-quantitative analysis	X					X
Burkholderia gladioli	Biolog							X
Campylobacter	Detection - Culture	X	X			X
Campylobacter spp.	MPN	X	X
	Rapid detection - PCR	X					X
Clavibacter michiganensis ss michiganensis	PCR							X
Clostridium perfringens	Detection - Culture	X
	Count	X
Coliform	Count	X	X	X		X	X
	MPN	X	X			X	X
Cryptosporidium parvum	Detection - PCR	X	X				X
	Semi-quantitative analysis - PCR	X	X				X
E. coli	Detection - PCR	X
	Count	X	X	X		X	X
	MPN	X	X			X	X
E. coli/coliform	Count	X	X	X		X	X
	MPN	X	X			X	X
Enterobacteriaceae	Count	X	X			X	X
E. coli O157:H7	Detection - Culture	X	X			X	X
	Rapid detection - PCR	X	X			X	X
Erwinia amylovora	Biolog							X
Erwinia tracheiphila	PCR							X
Giardia intestinalis/lamblia	Detection - PCR	X	X				X
	Semi-quantitative analysis - PCR	X	X				X
Lactic Acid Bacteria	Count	X					X
Lactobacillus acidophilus	Detection - PCR	X					X
	Semi-quantitative analysis - PCR	X					X
Lactobacillus delbureckii subspp. Bulgaricus	Detection - PCR	X					X
	Semi-quantitative analysis - PCR	X					X
Legionella pneumophila	Detection - PCR		X				X
	Semi-quantitative analysis - PCR		X				X
Listeria spp.	Detection - Culture	X				X
	Rapid detection - PCR	X				X
Listeria monocytogenes	Detection - Culture	X				X
	Count	X				X
	MPN	X
	Rapid detection - PCR	X				X
	Rapid subtyping - MLVA	X			X
Mold	Count	X	X
	Genus identification - Microscopy	X	X		X
	Isolation - Culture	X	X			X	X
	Species identification - DNA sequencing	X	X		X
	Isolation + Species identification	X	X		X	X	X
Pectobacterium carotovorum	Biolog							X
Pectobacterium chrysanthemi	Biolog							X
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Detection - Culture		X
	Count		X
Pseudomonas cichorii (syringae)	Biolog							X
Pseudomonas corrugata	Biolog							X
Pseudomonas fluorescens	Biolog							X
Pseudomonas marginalis	Biolog							X
Pseudomonas syringae (various pathovars)	Biolog
Pseudomonas viridiflava (syringae)	Biolog							X
Psychrotrophic Bacteria	Count	X
Ralstonia solanacearum	Biolog							X
STEC/VTEC	Detection - Culture	X
	Rapid detection - PCR	X
STEC-Top 7 Serotypes	Rapid detection - PCR	X
Salmonella Enteritidis	Rapid detection - PCR	X				X
Salmonella spp	Detection - Culture	X				X
	Rapid detection - PCR	X				X	X
	MPN	X				X
Salmonella Typhimurium	Rapid detection - PCR	X				X
Shigella spp.	Detection - Culture	X
	Rapid detection - PCR	X
Streptomyces sp	PCR							X
Staphylococcus aureus	Detection - Culture	X
	Count	X
Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin	Detection - ELISA	X	X
Streptococcus thermophilus	Detection - PCR	X					X
	Semi-quantitative analysis - PCR	X					X
Total Viable Organism/Aerobic Colony	Count	X	X	X		X	X
Unknown microorganism	Isolation - Culture	X	X			X	X
	Species identification - DNA sequencing	X			X
	Isolation + Species identification	X	X		X	X	X
VTEC/STEC	Detection - Culture	X
	Rapid detection - PCR	X
Xanthomonas campestris (various pathovars)	Biolog							X
Yeast	Count	X
	Isolation - Culture	X	X			X	X
	Species identification - DNA sequencing				X
	Isolation + Species identification	X	X		X	X	X
Yeast & Mold	Count	X
	Isolation - Culture	X	X			X	X
	Species identification - DNA sequencing				X
	Isolation + Species identification	X	X		X	X	X
Yersinia enterocolitica	Detection - PCR	X			X