Thermo Scientific™ Culti-Loops™ Legionella pneumophila subsp. pneumophila ATCC™ 33152™

The Thermo Scientific™ Culti-Loops™ Legionella pneumophila subsp. pneumophila ATCC™ 33152™ strain provides a convenient, standardized solution for quality control testing of culture media, stains, reagents, identification kits, and bacteriological procedures. Each Culti-Loop contains a defined organism that can be streaked directly onto appropriate agar media or dissolved into liquid medium for inoculation.

Packaged in individually sealed foil pouches, Culti-Loops are supplied ready-to-use, eliminating the need for subculture maintenance while ensuring consistency, reliability, and compliance with QC standards.

Key Features

• Ready-to-use QC organism – standardized strain for routine quality control.
• Organism: Legionella pneumophila subsp. pneumophila (Philadelphia-1).
• ATCC® Licensed Derivative – ATCC 33152™, traceable and validated.
• Applications: QC testing of media, stains, reagents, identification kits, and bacteriological workflows.
• Flexible use – streak directly onto agar media or dissolve in Culti-Loops Aerobic Set Rehydration Fluid (Part No. R4631000).
• Individually sealed – each loop packaged in a foil pouch to maintain viability and sterility.
• Convenient pack size – 5 loops per pack, minimizing waste.
• Supports qualitative QC – ensures reproducibility and compliance in laboratory testing.

Applications

• Quality control testing of selective and non-selective media.
• Validation of microbiological stains and reagents.
• Performance testing of diagnostic and identification kits.
• Evaluation of bacteriological procedures in research, public health, and clinical laboratories.

Specifications

The Thermo Scientific™ Culti-Loops™ Legionella pneumophila ATCC™ 33152™ provides laboratories with a reliable, traceable, and ready-to-use QC organism for performance testing of media, stains, reagents, and identification systems. By eliminating culture maintenance while ensuring standardized reproducibility, it is an essential QC resource for clinical, environmental, and microbiology laboratories.