一種菌落計(jì)數(shù)系統(tǒng)能夠進(jìn)行有色細(xì)菌菌落快速檢測(cè)，而無(wú)須購(gòu)置顏色區(qū)別計(jì)數(shù)系統(tǒng)。

這種ColorQCount系統(tǒng)整合了高清晰度數(shù)字電荷耦聯(lián)（CCD）相機(jī)以及先進(jìn)的軟件系統(tǒng)來(lái)鑒別哪怕是最難計(jì)數(shù)的系統(tǒng)，例如肺炎鏈球菌和李斯特菌株。這套設(shè)備的其它特征包括新型照明配置確保均勻一致的照明、菌落對(duì)比增強(qiáng)功能、獲得保護(hù)的圖象分析功能（通過(guò)檢測(cè)菌落或者群落的細(xì)小遷移來(lái)實(shí)現(xiàn)此功能）。

Autothresholding軟件自動(dòng)確定瓊脂背景顏色閾值，同時(shí)編輯功能在數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)中儲(chǔ)存每個(gè)培養(yǎng)皿的圖象用于打印或者再分析。ColorQCount是Spiral生物科技公司的產(chǎn)品，是高級(jí)設(shè)備公司的分支機(jī)構(gòu)。

Spiral生物科技公司產(chǎn)品經(jīng)理Anthony Pappas指出：“這種高效、高通量設(shè)備十分適合在食品檢測(cè)實(shí)驗(yàn)室中用于檢測(cè)大腸桿菌和李斯特菌，在藥理學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)室檢測(cè)血瓊脂中的肺炎鏈球菌。全部培養(yǎng)皿分析時(shí)間少于1秒鐘，包括菌落群落重疊計(jì)數(shù)，一個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)室每個(gè)小時(shí)能夠很容易的處理與計(jì)數(shù)400個(gè)培養(yǎng)皿。”
 
Color Bacterial Colony Counter
 
A colony-counter system provides rapid, color bacterial colony screening without the cost of purchasing color-differentiated counting systems.

The Color QCount unit incorporates a high-resolution, digital charged-coupled device (CCD) camera and advanced software to identify and colorize even the most-difficult bacterial strains to count, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae and Listeria species. Other instrument features include innovative lighting configuration that assures uniform illumination and enhanced colony contrast, and patented advanced image analysis that detects colonies by examining subtle shifts in colony or cluster tone.

Autothresholding software automatically determines the threshold of agar background color, while editing capability saves each plate image in a database for printing or re-analysis. Color QCount is the product of Spiral Biotech (Norwood, MA, USA), a subsidiary of Advanced Instruments, Inc.

“This high-performance, high-throughput instrument is ideally suited for food-testing laboratories counting Escherichia coli and Listeria, and for pharmaceutical labs detecting Strep pneumo on blood agar,” noted Anthony Pappas, product manager, Spiral Biotech. ‘With total plate analysis time, including overlapping colony clusters, of less than one second, a laboratory can easily process and count up to 400 plates per hour.”