BioBall® is a small water soluble ball containing a precise number of microorganisms. Produced to the world’s highest quality standards and ISO Guide 34 accredited, it delivers unprecedented accuracy for Quantitative Microbiological Quality Control.

Delivering Confidence in Quantitative Microbiology

Pharmaceutical companies and laboratories are required to test and assure product safety and quality. With BioBall®, discover a calibrated microbial reference that requires no preparation or pre-incubation. BioBall® can be directly added to media or matrix samples, and can be used for many applications :

• Culture media quality control
• Positive control for quantitative Quality Control
• Traditional and alternative methods validation
• Accreditation compliance
• Multi-laboratory standardization
• Determining uncertainty of measurement
• Proficiency schemes
• Antimicrobial effectiveness testing

To find all the available strains, visit the Technical Details tab.

BioBall®: simpler and more precise quantitative microbiology

All our solutions demonstrate high quality and considerable advantages :

• Little or no preparation time : a minimum number of steps
• Easy to use : BioBall® dissolves instantly
• Greater precisions with a known number of cfu
• Consistent number of cfu batch to batch
• Up to 24-month shelf life when stored frozen

Reduces risk of "Failed QC" due to robustness of ALL strains

Products manufactured for your specific microbiology needs

The BioBall® range offers a variety of products and services to meet your needs in terms of:

• Growth Promotion Testing and Validation
• Sterility Assurance Testing
• Antimicrobial Effectiveness Testing

BioBall® Reference Strain

BioBall SingleShot: Designed for a single inoculation with unprecedented precision, each BioBall SingleShot has a batch mean of between 28 and 33 cfu  

BioBall MultiShot 550: With a mean of between 500 and 600 cfu , BioBall Multishot 550 is designed to provide 10 precise inoculations (10 x 100µL of 50 cfu) over an 8 hour period: ideal in the microbiology Quality Control where multiple positive controls in the 10 to 100 cfu are needed

BioBall High Dose 10K: Designed for a single precise inoculation at a higher level of between 8000 and 12000 cfu

BioBall MultiShot 10E8: Designed for re-hydration into 1.1 mL of BioBall Re-Hydration Fluid to provide 10 x 100μL doses of between 0.7 and 1.5 x 10E8 cfu, BioBall MultiShot is ideal to test antimicrobial preservation efficacy

BioBall Mixed Kits: Designed to provide more convenience and flexibility with kits containing the most relevant pharmacopoeia strains.

To find out the available configurations for BioBall Mixed Kits, visit the “Technical Details” tab

BioBall Custom Services

New service enabling you to order BioBall with the strain that you require : 

• From your own environment 
• From specified culture collections (preferably DSMZ or NCTC) at any cfu level required