QUANTOM Tx™
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Rapid Single Bacterial Cell Quantification The QUANTOM Tx™ Microbial Cell Counter can automatically identify and count individual bacterial cells in minutes. Bacteria are an incredibly diverse group of organisms that come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and arrangements, making quantification a challenging feat. The ubiquitous colony counting method is a time-consuming, unreliable estimation at best and even expensive flow and laser scanning cytometers register each particle, single or clustered, as a single event. The QUANTOM Tx™ counts fluorescence-stained microbial cells through automated fluorescence imaging and analysis to produce accurate and objective bacterial cell counts. QUANTOM™ Innovations for Increased Counting Accuracy Uniform distribution and immobilization Before centrifugation After centrifugation The QUANTOM™ Cell Loading Buffer I immobilizes cells within the medium and the QUANTOM™ Centrifuge evenly distributes the cells along a single plane for accurate detection. Bacteria-specific declustering algorithm Declustering level Raw image The QUANTOM Tx™ has a novel detection and declustering algorithm that can accurately count individual bacterial cells in the tightest clusters or the longest chains. Counting with the QUANTOM Tx™ 1. Mix cells with stain and loading buffer. Load into a counting slide. 2. Spin the slide in the QUANTOM™ Centrifuge.

Ordering Information Product Specifications QUANTOM Tx™ Microbial Cell Counter Instrument type Benchtop bacterial cell counter Touchscreen 10" capacitive touchscreen, 1280 x 800 pixels Physical Characteristics K K QUANTOM Tx™ Microbial Cell Counter 1 Cell detection method Automated fluorescence microscopy Processing time ~ 30 seconds (to capture and analyze 10 images) Sample concentration range Technical Speci«cations2 x 105 to 1 x 109 cells/mL (optimal: 1 x 106 to 5 x 108 cells/mL) Cell size range 0.3-50 pm Sample volume Loading volume: 5-6 pL, measuring volume: 0.09 pL (10 images)...