August 2, 2017
EPA Releases Final Methods and Guidance for Testing the Efficacy of Antimicrobials against Public Health Biofilms
On August 1, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of two final test method Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for evaluating the efficacy of antimicrobial pesticides against two biofilm bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus): EPA Microbiology Laboratory Branch (MLB) SOP MB-19: Growing a Biofilm using the CDC Biofilm Reactor; and EPA MLB SOP MB-20: Single Tube Method for...