Instrument features a high-resolution digital CCD camera that captures a minimum colony detection size of 0.15mm, and a flexible data management system that saves each plate image in its database
Spiral Biotech has introduced the Color QCount bacterial colony counter with new ColorCount recognition technology.
"Our new ColorCount technology gives the Color QCount the easiest set-up and operation of any colour colony counter in the industry," said Anthony Pappas, product manager, Spiral Biotech.
"Up and running in minutes, its intelligent software instantly recognises colour variations and does not require complex and time consuming manual adjustments to make it perform effectively.
"In addition, users have the flexibility to easily define their own colour settings", Pappas said.
The instrument is said to be exceptionally accurate and is designed to work with the new chromagenic agars becoming popular for high-productivity colony counting that involves multiple strains of bacteria.
"The Color QCount is ideal for demanding food and pharmaceutical research applications where high throughput and precise identification of microorganisms, such as salmonella, listeria, and E coli, are essential," he said.
The instrument features a high-resolution digital CCD camera that captures a minimum colony detection size of 0.15mm.
It also comes with a flexible data management system that saves each plate image in its database for printing and re-analysis.
The user can manually exclude areas and add or delete colonies and the system's software will recalculate colony forming unit data and flag it to indicate manual editing.
The system compiles and captures data in a GLP-compliant format.
Data can be saved as a spreadsheet and archived to a CD-Rom to satisfy any regulatory or auditing requirement.
The ColorCount technology package also is available as an upgrade for existing Color QCount systems.
The instrument comes with a one-year warranty and is available for immediate delivery.
