technology

Automated colony detection

Continuous imaging of growth media during incubation that flags microbial colonies as they form, cutting incubation-to-result time versus a manual end-point read.

Where it's used

Sterility testing systems
Membrane-filtration pump systems, automated colony-detection platforms and rapid microbial detection instruments that confirm a parenteral product is free of viable microorganisms before release — a mandatory 14-day compendial test now increasingly compressed to hours or days by validated rapid alternative methods.
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