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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --
Phylagen, the San Francisco-based biotech company focused on decoding the environmental microbiome for indoor safety was recently awarded a Certificate of Validation from
AOAC INTERNATIONAL for its COVID-19 Indoor Test™ that detects SARS-CoV-2 in any built environment. Phylagen's test is one of the first to pass the rigorous independent evaluation required by the AOAC Research Institute's
Performance Tested Methods™ Program and is currently the only certified SARS-CoV-2
indoor test kit solution available for anyone to purchase directly online.
Phylagen partnered with AOAC INTERNATIONAL at the beginning of the pandemic to be one of the first companies to undergo the rigorous test. During this initial validation process, the Phylagen COVID-19 Indoor Test™ and two other kits were evaluated for detection of the virus. To date, there has been no third-party certification available for indoor environmental testing.