IDEA™ STEC - ImmunoDetection Evolution Agar
Simplify Confirmation, Enhance Decision Making, & Protect Your Brand
IDEA™ STEC is a patented and innovative culture media designed to simplify and enhance the confirmation step in the detection of Shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), one of the most critical microbial hazards in the food industry and a major health issue.
IDEA™ STEC boosts accuracy and ensures compliance with a next-generation isolation agar leveraging Shigatoxin immunocapture — enabling faster, clearer decisions for typical EHEC confirmation.
This advanced medium allows the selective isolation of STEC strains (stx⁺) and, more specifically, typical EHEC strains (stx⁺ / eae⁺), greatly enhancing confirmation workflows by making colony identification simpler, more reliable, and visually distinct.
Simplify your decision-making, gain confidence in your results, and protect your brand by consistently releasing safe products and avoiding unnecessary batch recalls.
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- Overview
Simplify confirmation & decision-making for STEC
Main Benefits
- High confirmation rate: robust performance, clear visual for further confirmation tests (PCR, Latex) and accurate results accross STEC, typical EHEC and non STEC-strains.
- Streamlined Workflow: fewer steps and faster identification
- Cost Effectiveness: fewer confirmatory tests needed, less uncessary handling and labour time.
Features
- Next-generation confirmation agar using Shigatoxin immunocapture technology (patented)
- Presence of a discolored or grey halo on typical colonies with different phenotypes
- Clear visual identification of presumptive Shiga toxin-producing E. coli
- Specificity for typical EHEC strains (stx+, eae+)
- High performance for detecting STEC (stx+, eae+) belonging at least to TOP 7 serogroups
Because safety, speed and accuracy should never be compromised, trust the power of GENE-UP® and IDEA™ STEC to elevate your EHEC detection strategy.
bioMérieux’s solution combines molecular precision, evolution of culture technology, and efficient workflows to deliver fast, reliable results with fewer false positives.
Adapt your STEC detection workflow to your specific needs. Multiple options are available to cover your risk assessment and align with local regulatory requirements: Detection of STEC (stx +); Detection of typical EHEC (stx+/eae+); Detection of TOP 7 serogroups (O157, O26, O111, O145, O103, O45 and O121) — wherever you operate, bioMérieux has you covered.
Enhance your confirmation workflow with IDEA™ STEC, dedicated isolation medium for presumptive positive STEC colonies.
For a more targeted and reliable confirmation step, seamlessly integrate IDEA™ STEC into your detection protocol.
- Confirm up to 50% more positives compared with conventional methods – ensure no critical result is missed
- Maximize detection confidence with IDEA™ STEC: rapidly pinpoint true positives with clear, visible colonies
- Reduce confirmatory PCR tests by 45–60%, significantly minimizing costs, reagent usage, and technician time
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