Microbe Inotech Laboratories, Inc. has taken the knowledge and experience of its key people and developed new methods in areas of environmental bioremediation and analysis of materials in pharmaceuticals, foods and other bio-reactive materials. The company does microbial diagnostics research, has product development capabilities and specialized skills in using automated, microbial characterization and identification tools and integrating results from combined Gas Chromatography Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (GC-FAME), RiboPrinter Molecular Typing and Biolog microplate reader instruments. It offers real-time quantitative PCR detection and enumeration of bacteria and fungi. The company is registered with the United States Department of Agriculture and Centers for Disease Control as a Select Agent Laboratory capable of conducting research on the Anthrax causal agent, Bacillus anthracis. The company was founded in 1991 in St. Louis.