Environmental Analysis

This test determines the presence of airborne culturable mesophilic actinomycetes and expresses the result in Colony Forming Units per Cubic Metre of air (CFU/m³). Actinomycetes are a large and diverse group of Gram-positive bacteria that have growth habits similar to fungi in that they produce branching networks of filaments. Mesophilic actinomycetes occur in a wide […]

This is an add-on test that provides further characterization of cultured bacterial contaminants according to Gram stain reaction and cell morphology. This test may be indicated when heterotrophic plate count (HPC) tests yield positive results. In this event, the laboratory will contact you and determine if you would like to add this level of characterization. […]

This test measures total culturable bacteria contained in an air sample by culturing a measured amount of the sample on Tryptic Soy Agar and incubating at 35 °C for a minimum of 48 hr prior to analysis. At the end of the incubation period, bacterial colonies are counted and reported as Colony Forming Units per […]

Phytoplasmas are bacteria-like organisms without cell walls, discovered in 1967 from the phloem of members of the genus Aster manifesting symptoms of “yellows” disease. They belong to the class Mollicutes, along with mycoplasmas, spiroplasmas and other animal parasites, saprophytes, and insect commensals, and affect more than 700 plant species in all continents, many of which […]