ERMI MycoTox 50™
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Mold DNA + Mycotoxins. One combined environmental test.
ERMI MycoTox 50™ combines comprehensive ERMI mold DNA analysis with targeted chemical analysis of 50 selected mycotoxins, fungal metabolites, and related environmental compounds from indoor dust.
ERMI + MycoTox 50™
Two complementary laboratory methods provide different types of information about the submitted indoor dust sample.
Mold DNA and mycotoxins
measure different things.
ERMI evaluates DNA from selected fungal organisms. MycoTox 50 uses targeted LC-MS/MS to evaluate selected chemical compounds recovered from the environmental sample.
What mold DNA is detected?
DNA-based analysis identifies and quantifies 36 selected mold species or groups in the submitted indoor dust sample.
- 36 ERMI mold species / groups
- 26 Group I molds
- 10 Group II molds
- ERMI score calculation
- HERTSMI-2 information included
What selected compounds are detected?
Targeted liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry evaluates a defined panel of 50 environmental analytes.
- 50 targeted analytes
- Direct chemical analysis
- Multiple fungal-associated groups
- Additional selected compounds
- 5-business-day focused panel
The two methods provide complementary environmental information. Finding fungal DNA does not prove that a particular mycotoxin is present, while detecting a compound does not independently identify the exact organism that produced it.
ERMI 36 + MycoTox 50™
A combined environmental dust analysis bringing together DNA-based mold testing and targeted chemical analysis.
Comprehensive ERMI Analysis
MSqPCR analysis of 36 mold species or groups: 26 Group I molds associated with water-damaged environments and 10 Group II comparison molds.
MycoTox 50™
Targeted LC-MS/MS analysis of 50 selected mycotoxins, fungal metabolites, and additional environmental compounds.
Understand the mold DNA profile in your dust.
ERMI is a DNA-based dust analysis that evaluates 36 selected mold species or groups and compares Group I and Group II results to calculate a relative moldiness index.
The calculation compares the summed log concentrations of Group I molds with those of Group II molds.
36 mold species / groups analyzed.
ERMI organizes the mold targets into two groups used in the relative moldiness calculation.
Water-damage indicator molds
Common indoor comparison molds
MycoTox 50™
A defined 50-analyte environmental panel using targeted liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry.
Mycotoxins, fungal metabolites & selected environmental compounds
LC-MS/MS directly evaluates selected chemical compounds recovered from the submitted environmental dust sample.
50 targeted environmental analytes.
The focused panel is organized according to the current laboratory panel structure.
Stachybotrys
Aspergillus
Penicillium
The current published laboratory panel lists Mycophenolic acid in two positions. Confirm the final laboratory analyte list before changing this entry.
Alternaria
Chaetomium
Fusarium & Trichothecene
Additional / Unclassified
These compounds are displayed separately because the current panel classifies them as non-fungal or unclassified metabolites. Their inclusion does not classify them as indoor fungal mycotoxins.
From indoor dust to laboratory results.
A straightforward collection process followed by two complementary laboratory analyses.
Order Your Test
Select the available collection configuration and place your order.
Collect Indoor Dust
Follow the supplied sampling instructions for your selected collection method.
Send Your Sample
Return the properly labeled sample and required submission information to the laboratory.
Laboratory Analysis
Mold DNA is analyzed using MSqPCR and the chemical panel is evaluated using targeted LC-MS/MS.
Review Your Results
Receive organized laboratory findings for the submitted environmental dust sample.
Choose your collection method.
Select the appropriate available dust collection configuration and follow the sampling instructions supplied with your kit.
Swiffer Kit
Useful for collecting settled indoor dust from appropriate surfaces according to the laboratory sampling instructions.
Vacuum Kit
Vacuum dust sampling can be used for appropriate carpeted or dust-reservoir areas according to the supplied instructions.
Focused 50-analyte panel.
The MycoTox 50 component uses the defined 5-business-day analytical pathway. Orders and laboratory processing follow business-day schedules.
Environmental data needs context.
ERMI and MycoTox 50 provide laboratory information about the submitted environmental sample. The results should be considered together with building conditions and other relevant environmental information.
Mold DNA ≠ active growth
Detection of fungal DNA identifies DNA present in the submitted dust sample. By itself, it does not establish active mold growth at the time of sampling.
A metabolite ≠ exact source
Some compounds can be associated with more than one organism. Detection does not independently establish the exact organism that produced it.
Environmental ≠ medical
These analyses characterize the submitted environmental sample and do not diagnose illness, infection, individual exposure, or disease causation.
Results do not independently establish source organism, ongoing toxin production, airborne concentration, inhaled or absorbed dose, infection, toxicity, disease causation, or building safety. Universally accepted health-based thresholds for mycotoxins in indoor dust have not been established.
ERMI MycoTox 50™
What does ERMI MycoTox 50™ include?
What is the difference between ERMI and MycoTox 50?
Does finding mold DNA mean mycotoxins are present?
Does detecting a mycotoxin identify the mold that produced it?
What sample is used?
What technology is used?
Is this a medical diagnostic test?
Go beyond mold identification.
Combine comprehensive ERMI mold DNA analysis with targeted chemical analysis of 50 selected environmental analytes.