Microbial Monitoring News & Blog

LuminUltra continues to advance COVID-19 wastewater testing 

FREDERICTON, NB, Jan. 11, 2022 – LuminUltra has been awarded funding to develop a next generation rapid-result portable detection device for SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater. The funding stems from a challenge issued jointly by the... Read More

LuminUltra’s innovative COVID-19 wastewater test used in pilot program at U.S. correctional facilities

FREDERICTON, NB, Jan. 6, 2022 – Twenty correctional facilities across California, Oklahoma, Virginia, and Washington are using LuminUltra Technologies’ innovative wastewater testing solution to detect the virus that causes... Read More

LuminUltra CEO Pat Whalen joins UNB’s new Fulcrum advisory board on industry innovation

FREDERICTON, NB, Jan. 6, 2022 – LuminUltra CEO Pat Whalen has joined the advisory board of the University of New Brunswick’s (UNB) Fulcrum initiative. The Fulcrum initiative is part... Read More

LuminUltra wins new CDC wastewater testing contract, which includes detection of the Omicron and Delta variants

BALTIMORE, Dec. 16, 2021 – LuminUltra Technologies Inc. is partnering with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Water Environment Federation (WEF) to collect... Read More

Side by side comparison of culture testing vs PCR testing.

Culture testing vs. qPCR to detect Legionella bacteria

For over 150 years, culture testing has been used to diagnose disease. Along the way it's become known as the “gold-standard” for detecting various strains of bacteria, including Legionella.... Read More

What is Legionella? Facts and figures about Legionella and Legionellosis

What is Legionella? Legionella is the genus of bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease, a potentially fatal form of pneumonia (lung infection), and the less severe, flu-like Pontiac fever, named... Read More

Testing cruise ships for Legionella: Using qPCR to mitigate risk and protect passengers

This article was originally written for Water Quality Products by LuminUltra Technologies. The COVID-19 pandemic led to significant shutdowns and reductions in commercial and travel activities. As people began... Read More

Scientist testing wastewater for COVID-19 in a lab

Wastewater epidemiology for the fight against COVID-19

Wastewater epidemiology gives health authorities the tools they need to pinpoint which communities are most affected and to make informed, science-based decisions about next steps, like targeted clinical testing.... Read More

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LuminUltra named 2021 Company of the Year by Water Canada

FREDERICTON, NB, June 16, 2021 – LuminUltra has been named “2021 Company of the Year” by Water Canada’s Water’s Next awards program, which recognizes individuals, projects, and technologies that... Read More

#MadeInCanada: How COVID-19 Shaped Our Business

When we started 2020, we were a global biotechnology leader developing rapid, portable, and accurate microbial monitoring solutions focused on the water sector. Today, we’ve expanded our product line... Read More

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