Captivate™

Captivate™ is a range of antibody coated paramagnetic particles for the specific immunomagnetic separation (IMS) of microorganisms.

Purified antibodies to surface components of the target microorganism are covalently coupled to paramagnetic particles. Careful antibody selection produces a highly specific system designed for microbiological immunomagnetic separation of target bacteria from enrichment culture. IMS increases the sensitivity of the methodology and, in most circumstances, results are achieved 24 hours earlier than using standard protocols.

Offered as part of a standard range and as bespoke products, CaptivateTM bacterial immunomagnetic separation can also serve as a capture system for rapid detection systems.


Captivate Separator Rack
Captivate Separator RackCaptivate™ O103
Immunomagnetic Separation beads for the concentration and isolation of Escherichia coli O103 from food, animal feed, beverages, pharmaceutical or environmental samples.Captivate™ O104
Immunomagnetic Separation beads for the concentration and isolation of Escherichia coli O104 (including E. coli O104:H4) from food, animal feed, beverages, pharmaceutical or environmental samples.Captivate™ O111
Immunomagnetic Separation beads for the concentration and isolation of Escherichia coli O111 from food, animal feed, beverages, pharmaceutical or environmental samples.Captivate™ O121
Immunomagnetic Separation beads for the concentration and isolation of Escherichia coli O121 from food, animal feed, beverages, pharmaceutical or environmental samples.Captivate™ O145
Immunomagnetic Separation beads for the concentration and isolation of Escherichia coli O145 from food, animal feed, beverages, pharmaceutical or environmental samples.Captivate™ O157
Immunomagnetic Separation beads for the concentration and isolation of Escherichia coli O157 from food, animal feed, beverages, pharmaceutical or environmental samples.Captivate™ O26
Immunomagnetic Separation beads for the concentration and isolation of Escherichia coli O26 from food, animal feed, beverages, pharmaceutical or environmental samples.

Immunomagnetic separation (IMS) procedure