About MIDI

MIDI, Inc, located in Newark, DE USA, has been developing rapid microbial identification solutions for environmental and clinical markets since 1985. 
We are a Premier Channel Partner of Agilent Technologies.

The Sherlock® Microbial Identification System is used worldwide in clinical and environmental laboratories to identify over 1,500 bacterial species at under $3.00 per sample in consumables.  The technology is based on gas chromatographic (GC) analysis of cellular fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs).
The optional Sherlock® Bioter Library can identify 6 major bacterial agents of bioterrorism/biowarfare.  The system has both U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for confirmation of Bacillus anthracis, the anthrax pathogen.

Sherlock® DNA is an optional add-on software module to the Sherlock® Microbial Identification System that can identify over 2,200 microbial species by 16S and 28S rRNA gene sequencing. The DNA Sequence results can be combined with the FAME results to identify over 2,500 microbial species by a combined FAME / DNA Sequence report- the first of it's kind.

The Sherlock® Mycobacteria Identification System is FDA 510(k) cleared to aid in the identification of M. tuberculosis. The system identifies over 25 mycobacteria species/groups using the same procedure for under $5.00 per sample in consumables. The technology is based on high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) analysis of cellular mycolic acids.  

Lease/Rental

In addition to purchase through MIDI, both the MIDI Sherlock® Microbial and Mycobacteria Identification Systems can be obtained in the U.S. and Canada through a lease or rental agreement with our partner
organization, Quantum Analytics.