Protos 3 is a revolutionary automated colony counter and chromogenic identification system. Using its sensitive CCD camera and unique lighting coupled with powerful analysis software, Protos 3 counts colonies in seconds and automatically identifies microbial species by their colour on chromogenic plates. This provides accurate, objective and fully traceable results. 

Fully traceable results

• Can input plate identification using 1D or 2D barcode
• Automatic capability to transfer and print results and images
• Saves counts to Excel to eliminate keying errors
• Saves images in TIFF, Excel and  report formats
• Archives results in accessible SQL database

Increases throughput

• Accurately detects colonies as small as 0.043 mm
• Precisely counts an infinite number of individual colonies in seconds
• Analyses 75 plates in 5 minutes

Excellent detection performance

• True colour recognition using unique 3 colour lighting
• Identifies multiple different colony colours on one plate
• Analyses all plate colours with a choice of light and dark backgrounds
• Classifies by size, colour and shape
• Objectively identifies species by colour on CHROMagar™

Reproducible results

• Provides objective colour results
• Eliminates keying errors with direct results transfer
• Automatically identifies species on chromogenic plates

Simple to use

• Intuitive software
• Corrects for agar defects, touching colonies or sample debris
• Marks colonies with symbols to show each counted 
• Easy to exclude areas from a count
• Adjustable counting area

Multiple plate reading functions

• Pour plates
• Spiral plates
• Multi-sector plates
• Gridded plates
• Streak plates
• Dilution series plates
• Species identification
• Large plates (up to150mm)