Close-up image showing various types of household mold spores, including Aspergillus, Cladosporium, and Stachybotrys, in different shapes and textures to illustrate mold growth and indoor air quality.

Different Types of Mold in Your Home

So, you’ve found mold spores in your home — maybe through a professional inspection or your own testing kit. You see terms like Aspergillus, Cladosporium, or even Stachybotrys (commonly known as “black mold”) on your

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Petri dishes containing various mold colonies showing different colors and growth stages in a laboratory setting.

Understanding Mold Spores

If you’ve ever had a home inspector test your air quality or taken your own sample with a petri dish or ERMI test, you’ve probably heard the term mold spores. But what exactly are they,

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Clear blue seawater with gentle surface ripples, representing the source of desalinated water used on yachts.

How Water Is Filtered on Yachts

Yacht water systems are designed to deliver a consistent supply of clean, drinkable water wherever a vessel operates. Whether sourced from shore or produced onboard, this water passes through multiple stages of filtration and disinfection

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Black-and-white photograph of a scientist in a lab coat holding up a petri dish for observation. The scientist appears to be examining bacterial cultures in a laboratory setting.

How Mold Led to the First Antibiotic

Did you know that the antibiotic penicillin comes from mold? Penicillin works by destroying bacterial cell walls, making it effective against many infections like strep throat and pneumonia.   EARLY DISCOVERIES   In 1896, Italian

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