BactoBox®

Reliable cell counts

BactoBox® is an easy-to-use benchtop impedance flow cytometer.

BactoBox benchtop device

How it works

Impedance flow cytometry

BactoBox® electrically counts individual bacterial cells as they pass through a microfluidic channel, and sizes each one from the same signal. Advanced technology, made easy-to-use.

01

Sample

Grab a sample of your culture.

02

Prepare

Dilute your sample to be within the working range of BactoBox®.

03

Measure

Insert diluted sample in BactoBox® and get a result in two minutes.

APPLICATIONS

Two ways customers use BactoBox®

A scientist taking a sample from a stainless-steel pilot-scale bioreactor

Microbial process development

Compare one cultivation with another on a direct cell count.

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A scientist pipetting a sample into a tube next to a BactoBox at the lab bench

Inoculum standardization

Know the cell concentration before you dose.

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Specifications

Technical details

Measurement principleElectrical impedance flow cytometry
Target organismsBacterial cells in suspension
Measurement time~2 minutes per sample
Sample preparationDilution required; homogenization needed for aggregating samples
Linear quantification range3 × 10⁴ – 5 × 10⁶ cells/mL
Precision and accuracySee the peer-reviewed figures
Output parametersCell concentration, cell size
Form factorBenchtop instrument
Dimensions (W × D × H)23 × 16 × 6 cm (9.1 × 6.3 × 2.4 in)
SoftwareIncluded – visualization, growth curves, data export

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