Guest guest Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Hi Branislav I don't know if culture plates do catch the toxic molds well. I have heard some say that they are not good at catching stachy. I don't know about Fusarium. I've caught only one Fusarium, but yet I have MAST CLASS FOUR antibodies to Fusarium so I must have been around it, unless I have an infection somewhere and am trying to check that out. I've heard Fusarium can infect gut and given how bad my gi system is I hope to find out if there is anyway Fusarium can be the bug there. According to my 'limited' reading, it appears that one is more likely to 'ingest' Fusarium than inhale it. Maybe that is why I didn't catch much in culture plate. It may not be airborne often. Why, I don't know. All the culture dishes will do is tell you if you have elevated mold count in room that would indicate mold growth in nearby vicinity, inside the house or room. For that I have used Dallas environmental center's Realtime Labs recently. Having been there I see how fastideous they are in their testing. You can order 4 for 100.00 and that includes their testing. They culture the plates for a good 4-6 weeks, whereas I've read of some places reading results only after 10 days. Some molds grow much more slowly than others. <http://www.aehf.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=96 & osCsid=191bc549894b8fbf384ee8843\ 226a0cf> Here is a little short excerpt on Dr Rae which I found interesting, founder of Dallas Environmental Center. It seems illness of the doctor often spurs them on to look at these factors more closely. Some people may just look into them to their own benefit, others make it a cause to live for: http://www.emfpollution.com/drrae Here is website of health center: http://www.ehcd.com/ --- Branislav <arealis@...> wrote: > I have some objects and areas that are very > contaminated but there's > no visible mold growth on them. It would be > great if you knew a lab > that could identify what types of molds are on > them. I could use that > information as a proof and and good starting > point in my little war > here, to persuade the doctors and other > ignoramuses that these objects > do have toxic molds, not only the " old good > innocuous mold that never > harmed anyone " . (So in my case the exact type > of mold is important). > > > Can you recommend me a lab in USA that would be > willing to perform > identification of molds on culture plates (I > could send the samples by > post)? I asked one member on this list, she > recommended emlab.com, but > when I told her that I don't have visible mold > she said she doubted > that such samples can be cultured... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Branislav, please note on link I just sent for Dallas plates, there is a stachy kit right next to them. I'm not sure what is in kit but perhaps that would be helpful...just thought I would draw your attention to it. Generally speaking though I have heard you need to have visible mold to detect stachy. --- bbw <barb1283@...> wrote: > Hi Branislav > I don't know if culture plates do catch the > toxic > molds well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Thanks Barb, I think it might serve the purpose. I will look into the details tomorrow, it's very late here now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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