ROI MICROBIOTICS TESTING LABORATORY

1919 Highway 35 North, PMB# 358
Rockport, Texas 78382

NOTICE: The physical laboratory has moved to:

• 10201 S. Padre Island Drive, Suite 201
• Corpus Christi, Texas 78418
  

Use the Contact link to request additional information and pricing.

Your interest and consideration of our expertise is appreciated, and we look forward to working with you to provide quality education, production assistance and microbiological laboratory services.

The ROI Laboratory provides quality innovative environmental microbiological research and product testing. Some areas of specialization include soil, dirt, planting media, compost, compost tea, Liquid Microbial Concentrate LMC) along with a foliar and drench product line for agriculture, horticulture and home gardening practices.

Robert Moore, the Managing Director of ROI Laboratories is committed to provide the highest level of specifically-focused environmental laboratory services to meet client needs. Sure, there's a wide range of treatment conditions and options - but the ONLY one that matters to you, is the treatment that meets your needs in the particular environment of your location, to produce a particular result - whether a local garden, agricultural harvest or livestock. A specific application for a specific need is the ROI focus.

Our staff will be happy to assist you with your questions and provide educational materials and activities to facilitate your understanding of the ecological balance needed in your particular plant and/or animal-growing environment.

Services Available

Analysis of Compost

• Stability - The degree that organic materials have been decomposed into organic matter by microbial activity
  
• Maturity - Concentration and diversity of microbial populations by direct observation.
  
• Other Tests - C:N ratio, available forms of plant nutrition and a host of other tests
  

Analysis of Compost Tea

• Plant Nutrition - capacity of nutrient levels to grow plants - bioavailability, not just nutrient presence
  
• Microbial Strength - capacity to function as a barrier to plant diseases and pests
  

Analysis of Growing Mediums - conditions for plant roots

• Testing the rhizosphere - the ability of the below-ground medium to maximize support to plants
  

Analysis of the growing plants - focus on harvesting

• Fertility, disease and pest controls of the phyllosphere - where the sun shines
  

Microbiological identification

• Direct observation methods - light microscope
  
• Mycorrhizal fungi testing
  
  • Root colonization - of root samples, expressed as percentage of roots colonized
    
  • Spore enumeration - how many mycorrhizal spores are present per gram or milliliter of sample
    
  • Colonization potential - determines the number of colonizing mycorrhizal units available
    
  • Pathogen inhibition assay - screens products for disease suppression organisms
    
    • Can be used to assist in the detection of product or compost/tea application rates
      

Client product testing

• May include testing for various pathogens such as E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Salmonella
  
• Respirometry - measures changes in oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in metabolic samples
  
• Soil and dirt (growing medium) analysis - ability of microorganisms to produce qualified benefits
  
• Custom studies - microbial process assaying - consulting/design fees may apply