Microbiology

When it comes to satisfying customer requirements, the Merck microbiology team is hard to beat. Our responsiveness to the needs of our customers is a direct result of one of our core company values – customer centric approaches. We actively pursue business excellence in everything we do and strive for total customer satisfaction. Merck offers the largest range of products for all microbiological purposes. We are the leader in the research and development of microbiology media for use in food, beverage, water, pharmaceutical, biotech, environmental and university research applications. We are expanding the already wide range of innovative products and services to meet the challenges of an ever-changing marketplace. Our excellent quality and value makes our products first choice.

Your benefit: Experience, Performance, Compliance.

Experience counts

Experience counts, and Merck clearly sets the standard for innovative products. As one of the leading manufacturers of dehydrated culture media in the world with a product portfolio of more than 400 dehydrated culture media formulations, we are constantly expanding our product offerings. Merck has 121 years of cumulative experience, and enthusiasm for providing customers with turn-key solutions and comprehensive approaches to their needs. No requirement is too big or too small for us to handle.

Performance at its best

Merck's unique granulated culture media are the safest to use and additionally meet ISO 11133 performance standards. Granulated media combine safety and optimal performance and offer clear advantages, like significant reduction of inhalation of hazardous substances, reduction of allergic responses, less contamination of working tools and environment. Unlike powder, there is no separation of components or lumping even under warm or humid conditions prolonging the shelf life of the products. The products’ excellent free-flowing properties, wettability and solubility make them much easier to use than traditional media. Safe, standardized and comprehensive products are all part of the Merck standard that set our products apart from the rest and show Merck`s performance at its best. Our reliability is the result of painstaking quality control.

Compliance at highest level

As a pharmaceutical company, Merck microbiology offers its customers the opportunity to benefit from the know-how of a corporate quality department as well as numerous specialized laboratories in the fields of pharmaceutical, chemical, analytical and diagnostic research. Merck is a pharmaceutical company, which is unique in culture media manufacturing.

We take great care to ensure that all products are of the highest quality. Compliance at utmost level and quality means for us not only convenience products, immediate information or prompt delivery, but excellent technical support, customized dehydrate culture media manufacturing, safety, cost savings and environmental protection. At Merck, quality control and quality assurance are basic preconditions and therefore our customers can rest assured that all products fully comply with statutory requirements.

Merck continues to set the standards that others can only follow.

Merck Microbiology Highlights