Increasing Food Safety Concerns and Development of Healthcare Infrastructure is Expected to Drive the Microbial Identification Market Growth

The increasing incidence of infectious diseases, increasing healthcare spending, increasing food safety concerns, and technological advancement in microbialidentification are driving the growth of the market.

Traditional identification techniques require subculture on selective medium, gram staining or biochemical testing and colony isolation, which are time consuming and require intensive effort. The advances in technology have made detection and microbial identification more specific, faster, sensitive and convenient, than traditional assays.

The rapid identification of microorganisms in clinical microbiology laboratory for infections caused by virus, fungi, mycobacterium, parasites and bacteria are needed for patient management for infections. Genotypic microbial identification provides technological advancement in the field of microbial identification. The new methods are rapid, provide high throughput time, and cost are effective. MALDI-TOF method is the widely accepted method due to rapid results, and low consumable cost. It is compatible with large range of culture media and culture conditions. The test only requires a single colony and minimal consumables are required.

North America dominated the microbial identification market, due to increasing awareness about infectious diseases in the region, increasing healthcare expenditure leading to more research and development activities, and technological advancements with advent of innovative products. Furthermore, increasing food safety concerns and development of healthcare infrastructure is expected to drive the market growth.

GLOBAL MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION MARKET SEGMENTATION
By Product

• Consumables
• Plates and Media
• Reagents and kits
• Others
• Instruments and software
• Automated Microbial Identification Systems
• PCR
• Mass Spectrometers
• High-power Microscopes
• Microarrays
• Polystainers
• Flow Cytometers
• Others
• Services
• Identification Services
• Culture Collection Services

By Method

• Phenotypic methods
• Genotypic methods

By Application

• Diagnostic Application
• Food and Beverage Testing
• Pharmaceutical Application
• Environmental Application

By End User

• Hospitals
• Pharmaceutical and Biotech Companies
• Food, Water and Beverage Manufacturer
• Research Laboratories
• Government Environmental Agencies
• Blood Banks
• Others

By Geography

• North America - U.S., Canada, and Rest of North America
• Central and Eastern Europe - Russia and Rest of Central and Eastern Europe
• Western Europe - Germany, France, U.K., and Rest of Western Europe
• Asia-Pacific - China, Japan, India, Australia and Rest of Asia-Pacific
• Latin America - Brazil, Mexico Rest of Latin America
• Middle East and Africa - South Africa and Rest of Middle East and Africa