The POSITIVE CONTROL ΦX174 is a freeze-dried water-soluble biological material, containing a specified amount of ΦX174 phages.
Use this positive control to ensure a thorough quality control of your method to enumerate somatic coliphages (EN ISO 10705-2).
Merck Company is now the official distributor of the Positive Control PhiX174. To get in touch with Merck, please click on the button below:
use ready-to-use biological material
analyse a positif control for each series of sample
one step only, immediate dissolution
a consistent number of viruses in each batch
4 bags of 5 units
Around 100 PFU per vial
The laboratory must examine a reference control of PhiX174 with each series of samples.
Expert on microbiological risk management in water for more than 10 years, GL BIOCONTROL will help you implement this method in your lab.
Directive EU 2020/2184
Water intended for human consumption
Somatic coliphages
ISO 10705-2 and -3
Regulation EU 2020/741
Reused water for agricultural irrigation
F-specific RNA bacteriophages and/or somatic coliphages
ISO 10705-1, -2 and -3
Learn more about VIRAPREP®, our concentration kit for somatic coliphages and F-specific RNA bacteriophages:
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