Russ Swan, Editor, writes:
We see from your search that you're looking for information on the term "Colony Counting",
and we have a large number of manufacturers' news releases and technical articles here on Laboratorytalk which will be of interest.
Let me be your guide.
Start with
the news release Record sales of Ames test colony counters from
Perceptive Instruments, which we summarised at the time by saying "Following a record year in 2007, Perceptive Instruments now have colony counting systems for Ames assays in the vast majority of leading pharmaceutical and contract research
organisations worldwide".
A few weeks before,
we featured the news release Colony counter generates accurate OPKA results from
Synbiosis: "Scientists in the immunobiology unit at the Institute of Child Health (ICH) are running clinical trials in which children are vaccinated with new types of pneumococcal vaccines".
In January 2007, we covered the news from Quality Measurement Solutions
concerning its Flash and Grow
- take a look at Automated colony counting for the 21st century
which says: "QM Solutions introduces the Flash and Grow - said to be the first colony counter that grows and adapts to specific micro lab needs and which can have its automation and security features upgraded".
Take a look also at the news release from Synbiosis, Automated colony counting and zone measurement,
as well as Count colonies in Petri dishes of any size from Interscience Laboratories,
and Automated colony counting improves patient care from Synbiosis.
See also:
Customised barcoding for Ames testing
(October 2005)
A unique barcode is assigned to each plate alongside positive and negative controls, increasing the rate at which results can be processed and minimising the risk of manual plate-reading errors
Petri dish filler for uninterrupted work flow
(September 2005)
Effective linear design of the PS900 allows users to choose a manageable stack height for post-preparation handling, cooling and minimising condensation problems
Bacterial colony counter spots colour variations
(July 2005)
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
1D analysis software now includes colony counting
(March 2005)
Software features a full range of enhancement capabilities including rotation, embossing and other filters, inverting images and applying pseudo colour
Easy colony counting with high resolution camera
(February 2005)
Small footprint unit is connected to a computer of choice and allows discrimination of colonies by size and colour
Colony counting gets easier
(October 2004)
Now available with a fixed angle x3 magnifier, which should enable easier viewing of the whole petri dish and colonies
Cameras for colony counting
(June 2004)
External camera range offers superb colour reproduction and high resolving power to allow the faster analysis of bioassay plates and microscope samples
Test this colony counter on your images
(May 2004)
Send an image on disk or by email to establish whether this software, which can accurately counts thousands of cells in an instant, is suitable for your application
Analytica 2004 preview: Synbiosis
(April 2004)
Munich exhibition will see what is said to be the world's most precise automated colony counting and zone measurement system
Motorised stage for rapid analysis of bioassays
(March 2004)
Stage reduces sample processing from a matter of hours to just a few minutes, saving microbiologists valuable time by enabling them to automatically read bioassay plates
Guaranteed hi-res chemiluminescence images
(March 2004)
Chemiluminescence image analyser guarantees exceptional resolving power to automatically and accurately separate close band and spot images
High resolution gel documentation at a low price
(February 2004)
Designed for laboratories that routinely image and analyse close bands, this system is said to provide the best resolving power of any budget system on the market today
Accelerating development of pneumococcal vaccines
(February 2004)
Researchers at the University of Alabama, USA, are using automated colony counter as part of an improved opsonophagocytic killing assay to save time when evaluating novel pneumococcal vaccines
Inexpensive gel documentation system
(November 2003)
For laboratories with limited space or budgets, this system provides savings on buying Polaroid film and improvements to the accuracy of recording and gel images
High-performance image analysis software
(October 2003)
Highly versatile specialised software that can analyse 1D gels, simple 2D gels, dot blot, slot blot, microplate, TLC, macroarray and plaque assays
Accelerated microbial monitoring in production
(August 2003)
System is designed to accurately and rapidly monitor the microbial quality of air in aseptic manufacturing environments
Guaranteed highly accurate colony counting
(July 2003)
Two new automated colony counters are ideal for microbiologists requiring high performance automated counts of a wide range of colony types
Sophisticated colour colony counters
(June 2003)
Allows up to seven different colony colours from one plate to be distinguished, generating accurate results for chromogenic media and precise images of plates containing mixed populations
Instruments make food microbiology easy
(April 2003)
Including innovative products for automated sample dilution, homogenisation, spiral plating, automated colony counting and data archiving
Colony counters win fans
(April 2003)
Automated colony counting at Cambridge Antibody Technology saves hours with recombinant antibody selection
News on the Protocol Version 4 colony counting software from Synbiosis
(January 2003)
Synbiosis has introduced Version 4 of its Protocol colony counting software for food microbiology applications
Faster, more accurate colony count
(November 2002)
Updated system designed to save time with measuring inhibition zones as well as enumerating colonies, is said to be essential for microbiologists in busy laboratories
Automated colony counter is Ukas accredited
(November 2002)
Independent validation shows this method can rapidly produce highly accurate counts of microbes sampled from water and could be used to help control disease outbreaks
Ready, Eddy, go!
(September 2002)
Spiral plater aids fast and accurate bacterial enumeration in food, pharmaceutical and clinical microbiology laboratories
Innovative plate holder for colony counter
(August 2002)
Will allow microbiologists to automatically count any type of colony and could help identify potentially life-threatening microbial contamination quickly and conveniently
Colony counter detects coliforms in water
(July 2002)
New device is so effective it can detect and count thermotolerant coliforms and E coli in water in just under ten hours: half the time it would take with any other plate based method
Benefits of automated colony counting
(June 2002)
Full colour brochure summarises colony counter's key features including portability, sophisticated LED lighting, and ability to produce GLP compliant results for professional reports
Accurate chemiluminescent and florescent results
(June 2002)
Sample quantification of unprecedented accuracy allows users to capture and analyse hard to see images across a range of wavelengths
Affordable automation colony counter
(May 2002)
An alternative to traditional light box manual counting, a tedious task prone to operator errors and fatigue for laboratories that have a limited budget
Pinpointing salmonella source
(January 2002)
Automated spiral plate counting using ProtoCol imaging systems from Synbiosis helped identify the source of a serious salmonella outbreak in Scotland last year
Imaging software upgrade
(January 2002)
Increased productivity with high-throughput DNA screening promised by Syngene for its new version of GeneTools, because of its multi-layer gel analysis capability
Quicker colony counting
(November 2001)
Syngene has announced that its GeneTools image analysis software has a new functionality, which will save molecular biologists time with tasks such as colony and cell counting
New study of ProtoCol RGB colony counting
(November 2001)
Synbiosis says that a study using the ProtoCol RGB advanced colony counter demonstrated significantly increased productivity when testing food for bacteria