MURRIETA, Calif., June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Copan unveiled new groundbreaking features of its Walk-Away Specimen Processor (WASP) while attending the 110th General Meeting for the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) in San Diego, California this past May.

Improving quality of care through better communication One of the most important functions that a microbiologist performs is to decide what is clinically relevant regarding specimen work-up, what organisms to look for and report, what organisms are pathogenic, and what constitutes normal flora.

Abstract The efficiency of contaminant biodegradation in ground water depends, in part, on the transport properties of the degrading bacteria. Few data exist concerning the transport of bacteria in saturated bedrock, particularly at the field scale.