Protos 3 is a novel automated colony counter and chromogenic identification device designed for use in food and environmental microbiology laboratories.
Overview
Protos 3 is a groundbreaking automated colony counter and chromogenic identification device. Protos 3 uses a sensitive camera, unique lighting, and strong analytic software to count colonies in seconds and automatically identify microbial species based on their color on chromogenic plates. This produces accurate, objective, and completely traceable findings.
The small Protos 3 connects to a computer via USB, allowing microbiologists to enter plate identification and quickly analyze various plate types using our bespoke colony counting and chromogenic ID software. Reports can be created immediately to display your results, available in Excel, PDF, or CSV format and stored with the plate ID and images.
With its comprehensive audit trail, this GLP-compliant method eliminates transcription errors, resulting in accurate, objective data that can be inspected at any time and used to generate professional reports. Manual edits can be made to each plate to ensure heightened accuracy with these edits being tracked via the audit trail.
Protos 3 can read various plate formats, including spiral, pour, spread, and dilution series plates, using small and large plates up to 150 mm. The sensitivity of the system’s camera allows it to detect colonies as small as 43 microns. The unique LED lighting system and Protos 3 software allow for the analysis of thousands of colonies on a single plate in seconds, making it ideal for use in busy food and environmental microbiology laboratories.
Image Credit: Synoptics Ltd
Why buy?
- Fully traceable results
- Can enter plate identification via a 1D or 2D barcode
- Reports in Excel, PDF, CSV format
- Saves data to secure SQL database to prevent keying errors
- Variety of audit trails available
- Increases throughput
- Accurately identifies colonies as small as 43um
- Accurately counts thousands of individual colonies in seconds
- Quickly make any manual edits any plate using an array of tools
- Excellent detection performance
- True color recognition utilizing unique three-color lighting
- Can identify several colony colors on a single plate
- Analyze a wide range of agars thanks to a choice of light and dark backgrounds
- Classifies by size, color and shape
- Objectively identifies species by color on CHROMagar™
- Simple to use
- Easy to exclude areas from a count
- Adjustable counting area
- Straightforward settings can be adjusted for agar defects, touching colonies or sample debris
- Customisable colony markers to best show counted colonies
- Multiple plate reading functions
- Streak plates
- Dilution series plates
- Species identification
- Large plates (up to 150 mm)
- Pour plates
- Spiral plates
- Multi-sector plates
- Gridded plates
Specifications
Source: Synoptics Ltd
| Feature |
Description |
| Construction |
Ergonomic housing constructed in high-density foam
Integral camera and lens |
| Light shield |
2 sliding doors to prevent excessive ambient light |
| Camera |
1.4m pixel scientific grade camera
USB integral camera with f1.2 lens |
| Resolution |
Smallest detectable colony is 43 microns |
| Imaging |
3-channel capture for color images |
| Lighting |
Unique 3-channel (red, green, blue) LED lighting
Multi-array LED lighting
Lower lighting with upper reflective lighting for all applications |
| Detection modes |
Colony counting, Chromogenic ID, Spiral Plates, Dilution Series |
| Count modes |
Separation of touching colonies, exclusion areas, colour classification, shape mode, size mode |
| Software |
Windows 7/10 compatible |
| Database |
SQL database stores all data and image locations |
| Dimensions |
450 mm (h) x 500 mm (d) x 400 mm (w) |
| Weight |
20 kg |
Protos 3 colony counter - side view. Image Credit: Synoptics Ltd
Protos 3 colony counter - closed front view. Image Credit: Synoptics Ltd
Protos 3 colony counter - open front view. Image Credit: Synoptics Ltd
Protos 3 colony counter - open side view. Image Credit: Synoptics Ltd