Colony Counter

What is colony counter ?

 Biological procedures often rely on

an accuratecountof bacterial
coloniesand cells.
Colony countersare used to estimate
a liquid culture's density of
microorganisms by counting
individualcolonieson an agar plate,
slide, mini gel, or Petri dish.

Usage
This device is used for counting
colonies of bacteria growing in a
culture.
Usually consist of transparent plate
divide into section of known area.
Petri dishes contain a colonies
bacteria.
To count the bacterial colony in patri
dishes.

Advantages
Have a function to count the microbe
This tool is also equipped with a
manual counter used as a
determinant of the amount of
bacteria that have been calculated.
counting bacteria directly while
observing the morphology of the
bacteria / microbes that had been
grown.

Disadvantages
Take a long time to count the colony

What is Colony Bacteria?

 Unicellular or one-celled organism.

A bacteria that grow in colonies or in
neighborhood
A bacterial colony is a visible bunch
of microorganisms
From a single mother cell, which
makes each member genetically
identical.