Description
General description
Bacillus cereus NCTC 7464 Lenticule® discs are Certified Microorganisms Standards (Certified Microbiological Reference Materials) which can be used as quantitative and qualitative control organisms. They contain colony forming units (CFUs) in the range of 500-50000 CFU per disc. The technology allows long-term conservation and renders the organisms resistant to temperature changes. They are intended to be used as daily internal quality control organisms. These microorganisms are certified according to ISO/IEC 17025 and produced under reproducible conditions compliant with ISO 17034 using authenticated strains from NCTC. These ready-to-use microbiological controls minimize the need to maintain control strains in the test laboratory and guarantee an authenticated control culture for every quality control test. Lenticule® discs are prepared from a traceable culture obtained freeze-dried from the National Collection of Type Cultures (NCTC) or National Collection of Pathogenic Fungi (NCPF) and are manufactured by Sigma-Aldrich under license from UK Health Security Agency.
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Application
Bacillus cereus NCTC 7464 Lenticule® discs are used as reference strains in routine quality control for food, beverage, water, and environmental testing. Additionally, they are excellent for use in method development and validations, as starter cultures, and for use in research studies and educational purposes.
Features and Benefits
Ready-to-use at convenient CFU ranges
No dilution required
Quick rehydration in 10 minutes
At least 16 months of shelf life in a standard -20 °C freezer
Complete with a comprehensive certificate of analysis
No maintenance of stock cultures
No recovery time or pre-enrichment step is necessary
Robust, efficient, and reliable
Easy-to-use
Cost-effective
Other Notes
Strain origin: NCTC 7464
Other cell culture collections:
DSM 9378
ATCC® 10876
CECT® 131
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Strain History - Accessioned into the NCTC in 1948 < American Type Culture Collection (as ATCC 10876) < Northern Regional Research Laboratory (US Department of Agriculture, Peoria, Illinois, USA). Isolated from contaminated flask, geographic origin unknown, before 1949.
Legal Information
ATCC is a registered trademark of American Type Culture Collection
CECT is a registered trademark of Universitat de Valencia
Lenticule is a registered trademark of The Secretary of State for Health (United Kingdom)
