RiboPrinter® System

Advantages of the RiboPrinter® System

The RiboPrinter® microbial characterization system provides the speed, accuracy and resolution needed to identify bacteria and then compare them at the strain level for efficient and consistent characterization.

Using powerful DNA-based information, the RiboPrinter® system provides an automated genetic snapshot (RiboPrint® pattern) of any bacterial strain in less than eight hours. 

RiboPrint® patterns identify and characterize environmental isolates, pathogens, spoilage organisms, control strains, beneficial organisms or any bacterium that is important to the pharmaceutical, personal care and food safety industries.

Until now, the methods for genetic characterization of bacteria required highly skilled technicians and lacked standardization and consistency. The RiboPrinter® system provides the speed, accuracy, reproducibility and confidence never before possible.

From start to finish, the RiboPrinter® system process is automated, simplifying operator training and minimizing errors due to technique. Loading and operating the characterization unit are easy and intuitive. The workstation software is user-friendly, providing sophisticated data analysis that eliminates the need for subjective interpretation of results.

Only the RiboPrinter® system combines automation and the power of DNA to go beyond identifying and documenting a microbial problem. Every time a sample is run, the RiboPrinter® system produces an exact genetic snapshot of organisms linked to historical data. With a comprehensive, dynamic picture of any microbial environment, technicians can track and manage data at the strain level, letting them pinpoint contamination with more speed, ease and precision than ever before possible.

With the RiboPrinter® system restriction enzyme flexibility, ribotyping bacteria can be performed with either a prepackaged restriction enzyme or a custom configuration, while retaining the advantages of full automation.Up to eight bacterial isolates can be tested at one time, with results available eight hours from sample input. Because the system can accept new batches every two hours, up to 32 samples can be loaded in a normal workday. This provides rapid, accurate results for great confidence in any product tested.