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BactoBox®

IMPEDANCE FLOW CYTOMETER
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From bioreactor to growth curve in minutes.

Move away from arbitrary units and get objective bacterial counts for your process in a workflow that measured in minutes. No more
guesswork on harvest point. Better insights into process performance.

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① Grab your sample

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② Measure with BactoBox®

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③ Track the growth

BactoBox® vs CFU

LINEAR CORRELATION

The figures show a comparison of BactoBox® and plate counting for measuring bacterial growth. BactoBox® quantifies cells per milliliter (lavender), while plate counting measures colony-forming units per milliliter (yellow). The two methods demonstrate excellent correlation. Validation data for E. coli and five additional bacterial species show R² values greater than 0.99 within the selected growth phases. Where plate counting takes days, BactoBox® delivers results in just minutes. This speed and precision let you monitor growth in real time, make faster decisions, and ensure consistent outcomes.

Publication ➞

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Performance qualification of impedance flow cytometry as a rapid in-process control proxy for Colony-forming units in bacterial fermentation processes.
Jordal, P. L., Díaz, M. G., Aalund, F., & Skands, G. (2025).
Journal of Microbiological Methods, 238, 107284. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MIMET.2025.107284

Escherichia coli
Staphylococcus epidermis
Klebsiella aerogenes
Acinetobacter baumannii
Listeria innocua
Pseudomonas fluorescens

Get up and running in minutes.

On average, our users are ready to make their first BactoBox® measurement within 20 minutes.

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200+

BactoBox® devices in use worldwide

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We have videos, tutorials, protocols, troubleshooting guides, and a whole encyclopedia about BactoBox®.

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