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"This high-performance, high-throughput instrument is ideally suited for food testing laboratories counting E. coli and Listeria and for pharmaceutical labs testing microbial limits and indicator organisms."
Spiral Biotech, Inc. is illuminating the way for faster, easier, and more accurate automated microbial enumeration. The Color QCount® utilizes the latest digital FireWire™ technology, allowing the user to capture full color sampl images. Its ease of use allows technicians to read plates quickly and efficiently. This extraordinary time reduction frees technicians to perform other important responsibilities. The Color QCount uses patented technology to break through the limitations of clustered colonies, giving sharp, error-free plate counts.
Spiral Biotech’s Color QCount performance and functionality testing was conducted using the following commercially available chromogenic agar plates:

CHROMagar™ Media
Manufactured by CHROMagar, Paris, France. Dehydrated culture media is distributed in the US by DRG International, Inc., and prepared plates are distributed in the US by Hardy Diagnostics. CHROMagar™ Media is a trademark of Dr. A. Rambach.

BBL™ CHROMagar™ Media
Prepared plates are manufactured and distributed by BD™ Diagnostics, Franklin Lakes, NJ. BD USA has a worldwide licensing agreement for the technology transfer of CHROMagar’s chromogenic media. BBL and BD are trademarks of Becton, Dickinson and Company.

EMD Chromocult® Media
Dehydrated culture media is manufactured and distributed by EMD Chemicals Gibbstown, NJ . EMD Chemicals is a major company of the Merck group, Darmstadt, Germany. Chromocult is a registered trademark of EMD Chemicals under Merck KGaA Germany. Chromocult media is available only in Canada through VWR International - www.vwr.com.

R & F® Chromogenic Media Dehydrated culture media and prepared plates are manufactured and distributed by R & F Products, Downer’s Grove, IL. R & F is a registered trademark of R & F Products.

Oxoid-Remel Chromogenic Media
Dehydrated culture media is manufactured and distributed by Oxoid-Remel, Lenexa, KS.

Bio-Rad Chromogenic Media
Culture media is manufactured and distributed by Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, CA.

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FireWire is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.,
registered in the U.S. and other countries.