Year: 2010

S Zunnoon‐Khan, Y Arocha‐Rosete, JA Scott, W Crosby, A Bertaccini, R Michelutti. 2010. First report of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma fraxini’(group 16SrVII phytoplasma) associated with a peach disease in Canada. Plant Pathology 59(6): 1162. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2010.02355.x.

Dr. Scott was recently interviewed in Scientific American to comment on a landmark study that revolutionizes our understanding of the complexity of indoor mould ecology. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the Sloan Foundation-funded study collected dust samples from a range of building types worldwide and evaluated fungal communities using […]

There is always joy in the laboratory when a brand new mould identification book appears. When the book has hundreds of colour photos to help with fungal identification, it is especially celebrated. Eyes widened around here when we brought in the first copies of Identifying Fungi, by Guy St.-Germain and our own Research Director, Richard […]

On Wednesday September 15, 2010 Sporometrics had the pleasure to participate in the Environmental Abatement Council of Ontario’s (EACO) annual golf tournament held at the challenging and memorable Wooden Sticks golf course in Uxbridge, Ontario. Sporometrics, as corporate sponsor of the putting contest, was charged with the duty of running the contest at the practice […]

The worst enemy of microbes just got even stronger! Sporometrics expanded our prestigious American Industrial Hygiene Association Laboratory Accreditation Program (AIHA-LAP) accreditation to all fields of testing (FOTs): FUNGI, BACTERIA and LEGIONELLA. We're the first and only lab in Canada accredited in all fields!