Colony Counter for Seed & Fungus

Product Overview:

An intelligent colony counting device designed specifically for quality control in the microbiology industry. Utilizing high-resolution image recognition technology, it accurately determines CFU counts in edible fungi, medicinal fungi, and microbial seed cultures. With a counting error margin of less than 5%, it ensures that the content of active substances remains consistently compliant after freeze-drying, providing reliable data to guarantee product quality and pass rates.

Key Advantages and Selling Points:

High Precision and Low Error: Equipped with intelligent image recognition algorithms, the system achieves a counting error rate of ≤5%. It effectively eliminates the subjectivity and visual fatigue associated with manual counting, ensuring objective and reliable data.

High-Throughput, Rapid Counting: Capable of processing multiple Petri dishes in a single run with a counting time of just 1–3 seconds; efficiency is dozens of times higher than manual methods, significantly shortening quality inspection cycles.

Broad Applicability: Compatible with bacteria, yeast, molds, and various edible or medicinal fungi (such as *Ganoderma lucidum*, shiitake mushrooms, *Cordyceps*, etc.), accommodating diverse culture media and colony morphologies.

Intelligent Interference Rejection: Automatically filters out impurities, air bubbles, and edge artifacts to accurately identify genuine colonies, ensuring precise assessment of seed culture viability prior to freeze-drying.

Comprehensive Data Traceability: Automatically generates timestamped counting reports and supports data storage and export, meeting the traceability management requirements of GMP and HACCP systems.

Key Applications:

Viability testing of edible mushroom (shiitake, oyster mushroom, enoki, etc.) spawn

Viable cell counting of medicinal fungus (Reishi, Cordyceps, Poria, etc.) liquid seed cultures

Quality verification of liquid culture viability prior to freeze-dried powder production

Precise quantification of inoculum volume for seed tanks in microbial fermentation

Basic Specifications (Typical Values):

Counting error: ≤5%

Counting time: 1–3 seconds/dish

Detectable colony diameter: ≥0.1 mm

Light source type: LED ring-style shadowless light (adjustable)

Camera resolution: ≥12 megapixels

Petri dish specifications: Diameter 50–150 mm (compatible with various sizes)

Specific problems addressed:

Low efficiency of manual counting → Smart counting takes only seconds, boosting efficiency manifold

Significant counting errors affecting QC → Error rate ≤5%, ensuring post-lyophilization activity stability meets standards

Interference causing misidentification → Smart filtering of impurities and bubbles, accurately identifying genuine colonies

Difficult data traceability → Automated report generation, meeting GMP traceability requirements

Limited strain applicability → Compatible with various edible and medicinal fungi and culture media types

Benefits for users:

Reliable quality assurance: Precise, controllable activity data before and after freeze-drying, leading to higher product pass rates.

Exponentially increased testing efficiency: High-throughput, sub-second counting that significantly frees up QC personnel and shortens product release cycles.

Hassle-free compliance: Automated generation of traceable test reports, facilitating smooth client audits and system certifications.

Enhanced brand reputation: Accurate activity data provides customers with reliable quality assurances, boosting market trust.

Cost optimization: Reduced raw material waste caused by re-testing and human error, lowering overall quality control costs.