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News Release from: Synbiosis | Subject: Protocol SR and HR
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 18 July 2003
Guaranteed highly accurate colony
counting
Two new automated colony counters are ideal for microbiologists requiring high performance automated counts of a wide range of colony types
Synbiosis, a manufacturer of automated microbiological systems announces the introduction of two new Protocol automated colony counters, Protocol SR and Protocol HR The systems are ideal for microbiologists requiring high performance automated counts of a wide range of colony types
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 24 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new Protocol software, built on a Windows XP platform, has a number of valuable time saving features.
These include displaying all useful parameters on one screen to simplify the operation.
The measurement settings applied are automatically recorded for future use and size and shape discrimination facilities can be used to exclude unwanted artefacts from counts.
The software's data handling capabilities provide safe storage of results with changes to data automatically logged, while maintaining a copy of the original information.
The final results can be instantly transferred to the pre-loaded Excel and sorted across projects too, if required.
The sensitivity of both Protocol systems can be optimised to ensure accurate separation of touching colonies through the use of a powerful new size sensitivity feature.
In terms of applications, a Protocol HR is the best counter for measuring small colonies (down to 0.1mm diameter) or zones, while for larger colony sizes (0.2mm and above) the Protocol SR is expected to be the system of choice.
Simon Johns, international product manager for Synbiosis, commented: "We have made the Protocol HR and SR systems so versatile that they can size zones and enumerate colonies on pour, spread and spiral plates, as well as on 3M PetriFilm". Request a free brochure from Synbiosis ...
"Their outstanding capabilities more than meet new quality standards in many laboratories so that microbiologists performing counts of densely plated microorganisms or colonies with different morphologies will enjoy unrivalled precision.".
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