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MDG’s Manager of Administration, Jean Carlo "JC" Mercado Fajardo, wins the Initiative and Responsibility Award.

What about the work you do at MDG that drives and fulfills you? Every day looks different for me. Its almost like a surprise as to what fun or challenging task will I encounter today. This gives me the opportunity to use my skillsets to problem solve, collaborate with team members to achieve a task or goal, or learn something new. What is your favorite thing about being a part of the MDG Team? Everyone I work with are more than talented and equipped individuals, they are passionate team members, leaders in the field, looking for innovative ways to support and work towards our vision to FEED, CLEAN, and SAVE THE WORLD. What is something at work that you’re passionate about? It depends on what day you’re asking. If I must narrow it down to one thing, I am passionate about learning. Learning a new skill or gaining knowledge about a specific topic. Learning about a problem and seeking ways to solve them or be a part of the solution. My favorite is learning about my colleague’s personal life. It helps me connect with other people, to understand just a little about their lives. Learning makes me feel fulfilled. What do you like to do when you’re not at the office? My life outside of MDG is full of church engagements, whether that’s attending a service, to leading worship or teaching a Bible Study class to the youth group. Otherwise, you will find me with family, hanging out on movie night or having a themed dinner.  In rare occasions, I can have an hour or two hiding away in my house, with a strong cup of coffee and a good book. MDG’s mission is to “Feed, Clean, Save.” What does that mean to you? It means that everything we do, big or small, matters. We can determine how we impact the world, starting locally, within our homes, what we do in our day-to-day, not just in grand gestures. Who at MDG would you like to recognize? I have 2 people I’d like to recognize for different reasons. Sierra Garcia Sierra is just an incredible person to work with. More times than not it doesn’t even feel like work. She is ambitious without being impulsive or aggressive. She is extremely talented and creative. Aubrey Wilms Aubrey is a doer. She is always down to jump in and help. She takes initiative and prides herself in providing quality results. What makes this even more fascinating, is that she does it all with a fun, playful yet professional and detailed manner. [post_title] => Under the Microscope, Recognition Award Winner: Jean Carlo "JC" Mercado Fajardo [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => jean-carlo-mercado-fajardo [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2023-03-21 14:59:49 [post_modified_gmt] => 2023-03-21 19:59:49 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://www.mdgbio.com/?p=7637 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )
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Under the Microscope, Recognition Award Winner: Jean Carlo “JC” Mercado Fajardo

  • MDG
  • March 21, 2023
MDG’s Manager of Administration, Jean Carlo "JC" Mercado Fajardo, wins the Initiative and Responsibility Award. What about the work you do at MDG that drives and fulfills you? Every day looks different for me. Its almost like a surprise as to what fun or challenging task will I encounter today. This gives me the opportunity to use my skillsets to problem solve, collaborate with team members to achieve a task or goal, or learn something
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Top 5 Tips to Prevent Septic System Back-Ups

  • MDG
  • November 4, 2022
https://youtu.be/pN2AjjOln9s According to the EPA about 1 in 5 US homes depend on septic systems and, with the uptick in working from home, septic tank maintenance and back-up prevention tips are among some of the top online searches. Septic service companies are in high demand, more people are home adding materials to the systems’ limited capacity, and high amounts of disinfectants are being used; all of which, are putting home septic
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Supplying Quality: One Strain at a Time

  • Mike King
  • November 2, 2022
In the large-scale liquid bacterial fermentation world, there are two primary ways to grow bacteria: as individual strains or in combination with others. Here at Microbial Discovery Group, we grow one strain at a time as it has served us well over the past decade. Truth be told, if I could find a way to grow multiple strains in one batch that was produced through a consistent process, resulted high yield and a uniformity in strain ratio,
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2022 Expansion: We Are Growing!

  • MDG
  • October 19, 2022
Microbial Discovery Group (MDG) is growing in many ways! We began making plans to expand and increase custom fermentation capacity as we realized the potential for growth. To do so, we needed to relocate office and laboratory space from our original Franklin facility to an 80,000 ft² facility located in Oak Creek. MDG Oak Creek now houses three laboratories, office space, spray drying and additional blending capabilities, packaging, and
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Biotifx® Liquid Max FRZ

  • MDG
  • October 19, 2022
New Liquid Product for Winter Treatment Microbial Discovery Group (MDG) is excited to announce the launch of a new product for the Wastewater market. MDG formulated a new liquid cold water strain collection system treatment product, called Biotifx® Liquid Max FRZ. It allows you to outsmart the blizzards, sleet, and snow with Bacillus that remain active at low temperatures using scientifically selected strains.  Keeping an automated dose
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2B or Not 2B? Success Criteria for Economical Bacillus Scale-Up

  • Mike King
  • September 20, 2022
Typically, one of the first questions a contract fermentation customer will ask us is how quickly we can get them to economical commercial production. From our years of experience, we commonly find that if the customer can get 2 Billion CFU/ml (2B) in a standard media such as Trypticase Soy Broth (TSB) or Nutrient Broth (NB), we tend to be able to get them to commercial production in 8-12 weeks. However, if the customer is in the 107 or 108
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Winter Wastewater Treatment: Don’t Leave Your Customers Out in the Cold

  • MDG
  • September 19, 2022
  https://youtu.be/hH7reFl8zrw When distributors participate in our Biotifx® program, they become armed with the knowledge and confidence they need to support their customers with superior microbial wastewater treatments – even during the winter months. The program includes onsite training, straightforward product application guides and tools, even an on-site technical service rep if/whenever needed. And cool products too. Help
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Biotifx®: Innovating Wastewater Solutions

  • MDG
  • September 18, 2022
In a story as old as time, a new product comes to market, fails to make an impact, then fizzles out. Now, in talking with our customers, what we have learned is that some of the new “ground-breaking” solutions just end up causing more headaches than they’re worth. So, when the time came to expand our biological product offerings within the wastewater market, we sought to rewrite that story and began the process of developing our
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OMRI

MDG’s Zymobac® Product Is Now OMRI Listed®

  • MDG
  • July 21, 2022
MDG is excited to announce the OMRI listing for ZymoBac® GRO M50B, our solution for the Plant Health market. You can view ZymoBac® GRO M50B’s certificate here!   “MDG is excited to announce that OMRI has reviewed ZymoBac® GRO M50B and has determined that it is Allowed for use in compliance with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organic Program (NOP)!”  Shannon Losing., Regulatory and Quality Manager of
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