NEW!!! ABRAXIS® Benthic Mat Extraction Kits

NEW!!! ABRAXIS® Benthic Mat Extraction Kits

Gold Standard Diagnostics Horsham, a leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing rapid environmental, food, and life sciences test systems, is proud to announce the launch of its’ new ABRAXIS® Benthic Mat Extraction Kits for Anatoxin-a, Cylindrospermopsin, and Microcystins.

ABRAXIS® Benthic Mat Extraction Kits are easy to use, field-friendly kits for the collection of benthic mat samples and sample preparation/extraction of algal toxins prior to testing with ABRAXIS® algal toxin test strip kits, Anatoxin-a, Cylindrospermopsin and Microcystins. Extracts from the test strip procedure can then be used for confirmatory testing by ELISA if desired.

  • Actionable results - permits on-site screening for algal toxins in benthic mats
  • Convenient – use sample extract from positive field tests for confirmatory ELISA lab testing
  • Field-friendly – no lab equipment or utilities required
  • Easy to use – simple step-by-step instructions provided

Contents include 40 mL glass sample collection vials with caps, disposable sample extraction tubes with pestles, extraction solution (as appropriate), disposable graduated pipettes, transfer pipettes, 20 mL dilution vials and 4 ml final sample extract vials with caps and labels. Each extraction kit provides materials for 20 benthic mat samples as well as simple, step-by-step instructions for sample preparation.