Microorganisms are indispensable for many functions, such as a properly functioning digestive system, oxygen production, and the breakdown of chemicals and natural materials. However, they sometimes grow where they are not wanted, both in indoor environments and in industrial settings—on materials, filters, in pipes, in fuels, etc. In such cases, they can pose both complex and costly problems.
Contact Industridoktorn® if you need assistance with such issues. We usually begin by examining a submitted sample under a microscope or analyze it with FTIR to look for signs of life. We then determine whether to proceed step by step with more detailed analyses of cell counts and microbial types (counting, culturing, qPCR), their activity (ATP), or their effects in the form of gases produced (gas robot, GC-MS), substances released into water (HPLC), screening of metabolites, etc., from biological particles (LC-MS), depending on the nature of the problem.
We analyze as little or as much as necessary to achieve the goal—determining how to eliminate the problem.