Microbial testing services

Testing designed around what you need to learn.

From a suspected pathogen to an entire microbial community, FestinaBio develops practical testing approaches for your sample, project, and decision.

Core services

A focused answer, not a standard panel.

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Microbial Community Characterization

Build a clearer picture of the bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms present in a fermentation, product, ingredient, or environmental system.

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Microbial Isolate Characterization

Generate deeper information from individual microbial isolates to support identification, comparison, product development, and research.

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Applications

Microbiology questions across products and environments.

Food, Beverage, and Fermentation

Characterize starter cultures, investigate process changes, and better understand complex microbial communities.

Ingredient and Species Identity

Support supplier verification, species authentication, and investigation of unexpected biological material.

Agriculture and Aquaculture

Investigate organisms affecting crops, soil, irrigation systems, shellfish, and pre-harvest operations.

Environmental Monitoring

Explore microbial conditions in water, facilities, vessels, production environments, and other complex matrices.

Research and Product Development

Develop and test new workflows for grant-funded research, early product programs, proof-of-concept studies, and questions without a preset target.

Technology and method

The right technology for the question.

FestinaBio selects the testing approach based on the target, sample matrix, required resolution, and intended use of the results.

When a project benefits from broad identification, community profiling, genomic characterization, or real-time sequencing, nanopore technology may be part of the workflow. It supports the work; it does not define every project.

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Not sure where to start?

Tell us what you are trying to detect, identify, or understand.

We will help determine whether a standard workflow, adapted protocol, or feasibility study is the best first step.