Synbiosis has announced the multi-application Protocol UV automated colony counter and zone measurement system.
It rapidly and accurately counts colonies or images zones illuminated by UV or white light.
It has a high-resolution camera inside a light-tight darkroom with built-in UV and white light, making it versatile enough to image fluorescing and visible colonies, as well as inhibition zones.
The system is easy to connect to a PC, allowing researchers to instantly capture, print and save accurate images in a BMP format.
The images can then be used for archiving or analysis with Protocol 1.4 software, which is included with the system.
The Protocol UV's universal darkroom is designed for many different applications: it can accommodate standard pour, spiral or surface inoculated plates, as well as large bioassay and single radial immunodiffusion (SRD) plates.
It has a sliding, auto-locking door to prevent accidental UV exposure and a filter drawer, allowing scientists to add filters for visualising naturally fluorescing bacteria, such as Pseudomonas fluorescens, or recombinant E.
coli expressing green fluorescent protein.
