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PRESS RELEASE

A unique tool to help analysts at water

treatment plants

romega Corporation, a provider in innovative solutions Manager, Applied Markets, Promega, said: “We have
Pand technical support to the life sciences industry has leveraged over 25 years of expertise in bioluminescence
introduced Water-Go, a new and unique tool to help technology to develop the Water-Glo product and are
analysts at water treatment plants. proud to have created one of the most sensitive tools
It can also be used in other industries where water in ATP detection in the environmental and water testing
quality is critical to a process, quickly and reliably detect industry. Traditional testing methods require days for
living microbes present in a sample. Water-Glo offers culturing bacteria and, often, by the time you find out
plant operators, engineers and water quality specialists there’s contamination, it’s already too late. Because Water-
a rapid, highly sensitive and flexible measurement system Glo is based on ATP bioluminescence technology, users
for monitoring microbial contamination in, for example, get consistent, low-level detection of all live microbes in
freshwater, process water, seawater or waste water minutes rather than days, which makes it the ideal early
samples. warning system to protect critical processes.”
Its Water-Glo kits use novel technology, employing
a lysis and detection reagent combination. Formatted ABOUT PROMEGA
for lab use in a 96-well plate format, Water-Glo kits Promega Corporation is a leader in providing innovative
and companion instrumentation can quickly analyse solutions and technical support to the life sciences industry.
adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels in up to 90 samples in The company’s 4,000 products enable scientists worldwide
less than 90 minutes. to advance their knowledge in genomics, proteomics,
ATP is emerging as a powerful addition or replacement cellular analysis, molecular diagnostics, drug discovery,
technology for gaining a better understanding of microbial human identification and applied biotechnology.
populations in complex water ecosystems. Users get clear Founded in 1978, the company is headquartered in
insight into how many live bacteria are in a sample and Madison, WI, USA, with branches in 16 countries and over
can predict how they might impact on water quality 50 global distributors. In 2017, product revenue reached
and process performance. In addition to public health roughly $400 million.
concerns, bacterial growth causes issues such as biofilm In 2017, Promega invested over $42 million (US) in
formation (biofouling) and microbial-influenced corrosion research and development and filed 61 new patent
(MIC) within pipelines and storage tanks. Early detection applications. Promega has an extensive intellectual
can prevent problems leading to contamination, property portfolio because of its sustained global
downtime and costly repairs. investment in research and development.
Water-Glo gives an immediate indication of microbial For more than 25 years, the company has built
contamination that conveniently shortcuts the need to unrivalled expertise in bioluminescence technology, and
wait for microbes to grow in culture. This means that the now, with the introduction of its new Water-Glo™ ATP
effectiveness of biocide treatments or biological filtration detection products, this technology is bringing real benefits
processes can be monitored. to a new group of analysts in the environmental and water
Hemanth Shenoi, Global Commercialization Marketing testing industry. AW

18 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 Asian Water