Stellar Environmental has adopted a new testing method into its protocol Mycometer total fungal matter

AIR SAMLPES

SURFACE SAMPLES

BULK SAMPLES

The Mycometer technology is based on the finding that it is possible to identify enzyme activities that characterizes  certain taxonomic groups of organisms. In 1999, the Company launched the Mycometer^®-test for measuring the fungal biomass on surfaces. This test is based on the finding that the level of an enzyme activity ( β-N-acetylhexosaminidase, NAHA) correlates with the level of ergosterol, a known indicator of fungal presence. Later investigations have shown that a broad range of randomly chosen fungi contain very high levels of this enzyme activity, which seems to be ubiquitous in fungi. Bactiquant^®-water for quantifying bacteria in liquids was launched in 2007. This product is based on the targeting of a bacterial hydrolase activity  which correlates with bacterial biomass in a wide range of water samples. Today, Mycometer holds several patents and trademarks. The Company’s technology has been verified by the United States Environmental Agency (US-EPA).

STELLAR ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICE LABORATORY

In house fast mould results

NANOPARTICLES INFLUENCING MOULD SPORES

Electron Microscopie

Showing Aspergillus fumigates spores covered with nanoparticles. The immune system cannot “see” the spores and subsequently does not attack them.