Luminultra

Luminultra, headquartered in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, with an R&D and service testing facility in Baltimore, Maryland, develops and manufactures rapid microbial monitoring solutions for water, energy, and food safety applications. The company's core technology platform, Bugcount, uses second-generation ATP (adenosine triphosphate) measurement to quantify total microbial activity in under five minutes, enabling real-time detection of bacterial contamination in wastewater, drinking water, and cooling water systems. Its complementary Genecount platform delivers qPCR assay workflows for targeted identification and quantification of specific organisms including Legionella. Luminultra also operates accredited food microbiology laboratories offering qPCR, next-generation sequencing, and metagenomics services, and provides the Relay digital platform for centralized microbial data management and trending. Additional offerings include Lumitester SMART with Lucipac A3 swab technology for total adenylate sanitation verification, and the Polytechnic training program for building in-house microbial risk management competency. The company has expanded through acquisitions including Instant Labs, aqua-tools' B-QUA line, Source Molecular, Impact Microbiology Services, LifeCheck, and GL Biocontrol. Luminultra was named 2021 Water Company of the Year and has partnered with the CDC on national wastewater surveillance.