Invitrogen Products, Filta-Max® and Filta-Max xpress®

Process Cryptosporidium and Giardia samples from start to finish!

 

IDEXX and Invitrogen are collaborating to deliver a full suite of water microbiology detection and research solutions. Invitrogen's line of advanced tools for microbiology research complements the IDEXX broad portfolio of trusted water testing products, such as the Filta-Max® and Filta-Max xpress® systems.

 

IDEXX and Invitrogen's environmental detection products achieve the specific capture, enrichment and detection of microbial pathogens—bacteria, yeast, protozoa and viruses—from a wide range of samples. Expect IDEXX and Invitrogen to develop and introduce more high-performing solutions in the near future.

Invitrogen Products

Filta-Max xpress® and Dynabeads® let you easily and reliably isolate specific biological entities from complex matrices

 

Versatile Dynabeads® immunomagnetic separation (IMS) technology:

  • Targets common contaminants present in water, food and environmental samples
  • Is widely accepted and routinely used in environmental microbiology laboratories around the world

 

Dynabeads IMS Products
Dynabeads coated with affinity-purified antibodies against specific surface markers on microbial pathogens, which are common contaminants of food, water and environmental samples.

 

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Dynabeads Products
Item
QuantityCatalog Number
Dynabeads®: Cryptosporidium/Giardia
Combo Kit		1 mL (10 tests)
5 mL (50 tests)		 73002
 73012
Dynabeads® Cryptosporidium Kit1 mL (10 tests)
5 mL (50 tests)		 73001
 73011

Invitrogen MX7 Mixer

Semi-automated Immunomagnetic Separation (IMS)

 

The Invitrogen MX7 Mixer, recently U.S. EPA-approved for Method 1623* (PDF, 92 KB), automates the steps of the Cryptosporidium and Giardia magnetized mixing isolation protocols, creating a semi-automated IMS method.

 

The only protocol change from your existing method is the use of a rotator instead of manual rocking, making it easy to incorporate the Invitrogen MX7 Mixer into your workflow. The same magnetic separators are used, but the MX7 Magnetic Mixer significantly reduces the risk of repetitive strain injuries. In parallel studies performed by independent laboratories, data produced using the MX7 Mixer were equivalent to those obtained following the standard IMS method.

 

*Approved November 2007

 

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Semi-automated IMS Products
Item
QuantityCatalog Number
Dynabeads®: Cryptosporidium/Giardia
Combo Kit		1 mL (10 tests)
5 mL (50 tests)		 73002
 73012
Dynabeads® Cryptosporidium Kit1 mL (10 tests)
5 mL (50 tests)		 73001
 73011
IVGN MX1 Mixer1 unit 15907
IVGN L10 Tubes5 tubes 74003
IDEXX SingleSpot® Slides100 slides 30201
IVGN MX7 Mixer1 unit 15915D
IVGN MPC®-1 Magnet1 ea (owv 5–15 mL) 12002D
IVGN MPC®-S Magnet1 ea (owv 20 µL–2 mL) A13346
12-tube mixing wheel  15903
Mixing wheel turret for MX1  15906

Invitrogen Magnets and Mixers

Manual Immunomagnetic Separation (IMS) Using Invitrogen Products

 

Immunomagnetic separation is a regulatory agency-approved method used for the concentration and isolation of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in water. Accurately performing this task provides valuable information, giving an indication of public health significance. By utilizing IDEXX-provided IVGN products to execute the IMS method, the separation and isolation of such pathogens can be easy, rapid and accurate.

 

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Manual IMS Products
Item
QuantityCatalog Number
Dynabeads®: Cryptosporidium/Giardia
Combo Kit		1 mL (10 tests)
5 mL (50 tests)		 73002
 73012
Dynabeads® Cryptosporidium Kit1 mL (10 tests)
5 mL (50 tests)		 73001
 73011
IVGN L10 Tubes5 tubes 74003
IDEXX SingleSpot® Slides100 slides 30201
IVGN MX1 Mixer1 unit (5-mL and L10 tubes) 15907
IVGN MPC®-1 Magnet1 ea (owv 5–50 mL) 12001D
IVGN MPC®-6 Magnet1 ea (owv 5–15 mL) 12002D
IVGN MPC®-S Magnet1 ea (owv 20 µL–2 mL) A13346
IVGN Sample Mixer*1 unit 94701
IVGN Sample Mixer Rod*1 unit 94702
IVGN Sample Mixer Platform*1 unit 94703

Note: MPC®-6 is an alternative to MPC®-1 as both are not required.

 

*
U.S. Only