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Common “Mold” Spores: Ascospores

Common “Mold” Spores: Ascospores If you’ve ever sent in an air sampling cassette to evaluate your air for mold spores, you’ve seen the term ‘ascospores’ on the report. In the most technical sense, ascospores are spores that are produced from a fruiting body (called an ascomata) and are initially formed within a sac-like structure called an ascus. Each ascus always contains 8 identical ascospores. But what does this really mean? Today, we are taking a brief dive into the world of classifying fungi and going to do an overview of the Ascomycetes fungi, the largest and broadest group of fungi Read more
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Common Indoor Mold: Penicillium

Common Indoor Mold: Penicillium Most people are familiar with Penicillium, even if they don’t realize it. Penicillium is a common indoor mold and can frequently be found in your kitchen, colonizing fruit or bread. If you’ve ever left an orange around too long only to come back to it and find a green fuzzy mold on it, you’ve seen Penicillium. On lab media (and food), Penicillium mold is fast growing, powdery in texture, and often green or blue-green in color (Fig. 1), although some species can be whitish, yellow, gray or even reddish. There are over 200 species of Penicillium Read more
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ASBESTOS AT HOME

  ASBESTOS AT HOME Asbestos is a group of natural occurring minerals with thin, microscopic fibers.  Because these fibers have been found to be resistant to heat, fire, and chemicals, various manufacturer’s have incorporated asbestos in the production of a variety of building products.  Floor tiles, for example, may contain only a small percentage of asbestos.  Examples of a few products that might contain asbestos are: Wall and ceiling insulation Insulation for pipes and boilers Insulation in buildings and homes Ceiling and floor tile Roofing shingles Everyone has heard about the dangers of asbestos.  Asbestos is most hazardous when it Read more
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ASBESTOS SERVICES

CA Labs is a national asbestos laboratory serving clients throughout North America. Our Asbestos Division is staffed with experienced analysts and managers who specialize in asbestos analysis and detection in bulk, air, dust and water samples. At CA Labs, our focus is on providing clients with fast, accurate, and legally defensible data for every project. We take special pride in meeting our client’s turnaround times, a reflection of our commitment to customer service. Read more
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