Synbiosis has launched the Protocol 2 system for rapid and accurate automated colony counting and zone measurement.
The Protocol 2 is an ergonomically designed imaging unit with dark screens to eliminate ambient light effects and improve imaging results.
The unit contains a high-resolution camera and red, blue and green LED lighting (patent pending) integrated to a processor and software.
The software is accessed via a touch-screen monitor sitting above the unit, which features on-screen commands allowing users to intuitively set their system up in minutes.
These settings can be saved to make analysing the same plate types at a later date, a quick one-touch process.
The Protocol 2 system's lighting method illuminates the plates in three different colours.
The system's camera captures each image and integrates them to generate high-definition, lifelike images.
This enables precise counts of difficult-to-see colonies and accurate measurements of zones with indistinct edges.
The results can be downloaded to a memory stick via the USB ports on the Protocol 2.
Alternatively, the system can be connected to a PC network allowing users to capture, print and save full-colour images or download numerical data to Microsoft Excel.
The GLP-compliant Protocol 2 software can be integrated into a 21 CFR Part 11 environment and is modular so users can cost-effectively customise their system to include the colony counting or zone-sizing analysis programmes that suit them.
