BactoBox®
Build growth curves from direct cell counts and cell size
BactoBox® is a benchtop impedance flow cytometer. It counts bacterial cells directly and measures their size, so your growth curve shows both the population and the state it is in.
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.
Sample
Grab a sample of your culture.
Prepare
Dilute your sample to be within the working range of BactoBox®.
Measure
Insert diluted sample in BactoBox® and get a result in two minutes.
What you see
Your growth kinetics, visualized
Every measurement feeds two live curves. Cell concentration in cells/mL, not absorbance units and not turbidity estimates. And cell size, which often moves before the count does.
Growth phases
Identify lag, exponential, and stationary phases from the count itself
Process comparison
Overlay runs to compare strains, media, or conditions side by side
Export ready
Download data for further analysis in your preferred tools
Where it fits
Designed for the process development lab
BactoBox® sits on the bench beside your reactors. It is built for upstream microbial process development, batch and fed-batch, at development and pilot scale.
Specifications