Identibac

As laboratories strive to push the boundaries of pathogen testing, traditional gene screening and phenotypic methods such as PCR, biochemical and immunological marker assays are increasingly proving limiting.

Identibac ArrayTube™ and ArrayStrip™ assays utilise established immunological and nucleic acid tests in an easy to use miniaturised array-based format, making previously time consuming and costly tests simple and affordable.

Microarray Technology developed by Alere Technologies 

The first products using the Microarray Technology under the Indentibac brand evolved from the research work carried out by the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) and the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in response to the need for a simple, high throughput, single platform system for bacterial genotyping. The Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) and the Health Protection Agency (HPA) perform thousands of diagnostic tests every year, not only to confirm the identity of pathogens, but also to describe them in detail for epidemiological tracing and to observe trends and emergence of disease outbreaks.

Utilising Alere Technologies ArrayTube™ microarray technology the first Identibac arrays have been developed (E.coli,  AMR-ve). The product range has been extended by Aleres ArrayStrip™ Technology (S. aureus, Influanza A) and the Arraymate to create a broader product portfolio and to make it more convenient and user friendly for high throughput. For more information see: www.alere-technologies.com

Identibac products are now available for laboratories throughout the world to help to improve human and animal health.

Collaboration

Identibac collaborates with research institutes, universities and commercial companies to develop and validate novel assays for microbial identification and characterisation.

Identibac welcomes enquiries and proposals for the development of novel assays or the extension of current assays using the Identibac system.

Please contact us to discuss your specific interest.

Collaborators include:

• Health Protection Agency, UK
• Laboratory of Foodborne Zoonotics, Canada
• Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Switzerland
• Technical University of Dresden, Germany
• University of Liverpool, UK
• Central Institute for Animal Disease, Lelystad, The Netherlands