Spiral Biotech Introduces Color QCount Bacterial Colony Counter with ColorCount Technology -- First System with Quick Setup and Adjustment-Free Color Operation
Spiral Biotech, a leader in microbiology solutions for food, dairy, and environmental sciences, today introduced the Color QCountTM bacterial colony counter with new ColorCountTM recognition technology.
Norwood, MA (PRWEB) June 15, 2005 - Spiral Biotech, a leader in microbiology solutions for food, dairy, and environmental sciences, today introduced the Color QCountTM bacterial colony counter with new ColorCountTM recognition technology.
Our new ColorCount technology gives the Color QCount the easiest set-up and operation of any color colony counter in the industry," said Anthony Pappas, product manager, Spiral Biotech. Up and running in minutes, its intelligent software instantly recognizes color 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 color settings," Pappas said.
The instrument is 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 systems 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.
On the Net: http://www.spiralbiotech.com
About Advanced Instruments
Founded in 1955, Advanced Instruments, Inc. is the worlds largest supplier of freezing-point osmometers used in clinical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology laboratories. The company is also a leading supplier of analytical instruments and test kits for the food, dairy, and industrial microbiology markets. Based in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA, the company also produces Fiske® Associates brand diagnostic instruments and operates Spiral Biotech, Inc., and Delta Instruments as wholly-owned subsidiaries. Advanced Instruments products are supported by a worldwide network of direct sales people and independent distributors. The company can be found online at www.aicompanies.com or contact customer service at 800-225-4034 or +1-781-320-9000.
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