Mold Detection

AdVnt's "INFORMANT" and "INFORMANT PLUS" 15-Minute Toxic Black Mold & Fungal Allergen Detection Tests are a highly accurate testing technology called immunochromatographic assays, also known as a rapid test or Hand-Held Assays (HHAs).

Designed to rapidly detect the presence of specific substances in field-collected samples, HHA's have proven to be an indispensable tool for businesses which want instantaneous field testing in protecting their investments in Plant, Property, Equipment, and Personnel, saving money while reducing the time it takes to acquire results.

The "Informant PLUS" is designed to detect the most common, mycotoxin (Informant reacts with only mycotoxic species bolded below) producing species of Aspergillus, Penicillium, Stachybotrys and many of the major & minor fungal allergens. The table below lists many of the specific species and the Limits of Detection (LOD) for AdVnt's "INFORMANT PLUS" BLACK MOLD & FUNGAL ALLERGEN DETECTION TEST:

Species	Concentrations	Species	Concentrations
S. echinata	1X10^5 spore/ml	A. restrictus	1X10^4 spore/ml
S. chartarum	1X10^5 spore/ml	A. sydowii	1X10^5 spore/ml
S. microspora	1X10^7 spore/ml	A. versicolor	1X10^7 spore/ml
S. chlorohalonata	1X10^6 spore/ml	A. amstelodami	1X10^5 spore/ml
A. fumigatus	1X10^5 spore/ml	P. brevicompactum	1X10^7 spore/ml
A. flavus	1X10^5 spore/ml	P. chrysogenum	1X10^5 spore/ml
A. niger	1X10^7 spore/ml	C. globosum	1X10^4 spore/ml
Wallemia sebi	1X10^6 spore/ml	A. ochraceus	1X10^6 spore/ml
A. candidus	1X10^7 spore/ml	A. oryzae	1X10^7 spore/ml
A. sclerotiorum	1X10^5 spore/ml	A. ustus	1X10^6 spore/ml
P. corylophilum	1X10^5 spore/ml	P. crustosum	1X10^6 spore/ml
P. notatum	1X10^7 spore/ml	P. citrinum	1X10^7spore/ml
P. oxalicum	1X10^7 spore/ml	P. spinulosum	1X10^6 spore/ml
P. variable	1X10^5 spore/ml	Acremonium strictum	1X10^6 spore/ml
Alternaria alternata	1X10^6 spore/ml	Paecilomyces variotil	1X10^6 spore/ml
Scopulariopsis brevicaulis	1X10^5 spore/ml	Scopulario. chartarum	1X10^6 spore/ml
Trichoderma viride	1X10^7 spore/ml	C. cladosporioides v1	1X10^5 spore/ml
C. cladosporioides v2	1X10^5 spore/ml	Mucor amphibiorum	1X10^6 spore/ml

Bolded are most common toxigenic species; Non-bolded is common allergenic species.

Features include:

NO LAB ANALYSIS REQUIRED
Two (2) Separate detection windows for Aspergillus/Penicillium from Stachybotrys
Broad spectrum reactivity with many allergenic species
Accurate results in as little as 3 minutes, maximum testing time 15 minutes
Detection below 10^5 or 100,000 spores/ml
Compact and lightweight, no batteries required
Two (2) year shelf life from date of manufacture
Each test individually packaged in a vapor-lock pouch
independently evaluated by an AIHA laboratory

WORLDWIDE PATENT LICENSE AGREEMENT

In 2010 AdVnt Biotechnologies entered into a Public Health Service Patent License Agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as Public Health Service agencies of the United States Public Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for the development of a Rapid Hand-Held Assay for Black Mold Detection, for the public benefit.