RAPID AND ACCURATE SINGLE BACTERIAL CELL QUANTIFICATION The QUANTOM Tx™ Microbial Cell Counter is an image-based, automated cell counter that can identify and count individual bacterial cells in mere minutes. The sophisticated QUANTOM™ cell counting algorithm is the first of its kind, capable of detecting individual bacterial cells regardless of their diverse morphologies and arrangements. Multiple images of fluorescence-stained cells are captured and analyzed automatically for rapid and accurate bacterial cell counts. Rapid - Minutes to results - No culturing required Accurate - Objective and no user-to-user variability - No estimating based on colony forming units or turbidty Single bacterium detection - Regardless of cell shape, size, or arrangement - Sophisticated bacterial cell counting software   COUNTING WITH THE QUANTOM Tx™ Staining The QUANTOM™ Total Cell Staining Dye is a green fluorescent nucleic acid stain that has been formulated to permeate the membranes of both gram positive and gram negative bacteria with ease. This dye stains both live and dead bacterial cells. Immobilizing Stained bacterial cells are mixed with QUANTOM™ Cell Loading Buffer I, loaded into QUANTOM™ M50 Cell Counting Slides, and spun in the QUANTOM™ Centrifuge to immobilize and evenly distribute the cells throughout the counting chamber to ensure accurate cell counting. Counting The QUANTOM Tx™ captures up to 20 high resolution images and counts the cells in each automatically. The highly sophisticated software can distinguish individual cells in various arrangements such as tight clusters or in sequence to produce accurate and reliable total bacterial cell counts.