Reliable growth curves.
Confident decisions.
MEASURE REAL BACTERIAL GROWTH, NOT PROXIES. UNDERSTAND YOUR FERMENTATION.
200+
BactoBox® devices operational worldwide
90%
Less manual work than plating
Real-time direct cell counts.
NO PROXIES. NO GUESSWORK.
BactoBox®
BactoBox® is a benchtop instrument for direct bacterial counts in minutes. It supplements indirect signals and optical proxies with real biological information: true cell-based growth data. With BactoBox®, you can trust the data to show exactly what your culture is doing over time.
To simplify data handling and export, BactoBox is supported by SBT Access, our free software platform for automated analysis of measurement sequences.
Real-time direct cell counts.
NO PROXIES. NO GUESSWORK.
BactoBox®
BactoBox® is a benchtop instrument that delivers direct bacterial counts in about two minutes. Those counts produce true, cell-based growth curves, not OD600 estimates. With SBT Access¹ you can visualize curves, calculate growth rate and time to harvest, and flag the harvest point.
(1) SBT Access is our continuously updated analysis software that replaces spreadsheet workflows and automates curve plotting and key metrics.
Understand your microbial process.
FROM LAG PHASE TO STATIONARY PHASE.
Plate count
Slow
Wait days for answers.
CFU/mL
Culturable colony-formers under defined conditions.
✓ BactoBox®
Fast
Result in 3 minutes.
cells/mL
Direct cell counts.
Consistent across growth.
Optical density (OD)
Fast
Result in 1 minute.
Arbitrary unit
Indirect proxy. Distorted by morphology, changes, media, and pigments¹.
We service a fleet of 200+ devices. Worldwide.
CUSTOMER SUPPORT AND APPLICATION SUPPORT.
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countries
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support tickets receive same-day reply
100 000+
BactoBox® measurements every year across the globe
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