Monday December 01 2008 | Biotechnology feed | All feeds
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Monday December 01 2008 | Biotechnology feed | All feeds
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August 13 2003 Cambridge, UK: Cambridge, UK: Synbiosis, a world-leading manufacturer of automated colony counters, is pleased to announce that Oxoid GmbH, a major supplier of microbial growth media, is using a ProtoCOL system in its quality control laboratories to produce more accurate results with a wide range of its media. The fully GLP compliant ProtoCOL, with its integrated CCD camera and software, is being used at Oxoid to quality assure around 200 types of media with 60 different microorganisms plated out on them. The system is so efficient it can capture a plate image, while its software automatically compensates for different coloured media and agar thickness, to produce a count in seconds. Dr Conny Mallach, Head of Microbiology at Oxoid GmbH said: “We use the ProtoCOL to test over 100 plates per day for microbial recovery rates. We do this by plating out a defined number of microorganisms onto spiral or spread plates and then counting how many actually grow. This way we can see how well each batch of media performs.” “We have had the ProtoCOL since January and have been able to do some very good work with it. In fact, we have not yet detected any kind of colony or plate type it cannot cope with. Prior to this, we used a manual counter but found that although the ProtoCOL does save time, its main benefit for us has been improving the accuracy of our results with highly reproducible counts,” added Dr Mallach. Simon Johns, International Product Manager for Synbiosis stated: “This is the second major Oxoid site to choose a ProtoCOL for its quality control. The other is the main manufacturing unit in the UK, where they have been using the system for over two years. Therefore, we view this latest installation as a great independent endorsement and believe it will reassure microbiologists using Oxoid media that a ProtoCOL will benefit them with precise counts of virtually all colony types on any plate.” -Ends- For Further Information Contact: Jayne Arthur, Synbiosis, Beacon House, Nuffield Road, Cambridge, CB4 1TF, UK. Tel: +44(0) 1223-727125 Fax +44 (0) 1223-727101 Email: jayne.arthur@synbiosis.com Web site: www.synbiosis.com Dr Conny Mallach, Oxoid GmbH, Am Lippeclacis 4-8, Postfach 10 07 53, D-46467, Wesel, Germany. Tel: +49 (0) 281 152 271 Fax: +49 (0) 281 1521 Email: conny.mallach@oxoid.com Web site: www.oxoid.com Editor Contact: Dr Sue Pearson, PO Box 170, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG5 3GD, UK. Tel/Fax +44 (0) 1462-635327 Email: sue6.pearson@ntlworld.com Note to Editors About Synbiosis Synbiosis is a world-leading supplier of automatic colony counting and zone measurement systems. Synbiosis’s ProtoCOL and åCOLyte systems are used in food, pharmaceutical, environmental and research laboratories world-wide. Synbiosis uses established distribution channels to market its products internationally. Synbiosis, founded in 1998, is a division of the Synoptics Group based in Cambridge UK. The Group’s other divisions; Syncroscopy and Syngene, specialise in digital imaging solutions for microscopy and molecular biology applications respectively. Synoptics currently employs 55 people in its UK and US subsidiary operation and has profitable revenue of almost $10 million, which continues to grow rapidly. About Oxoid Oxoid is one of the world's leading manufacturers and distributors of microbiological culture media and other diagnostic products. The corporate headquarters in Basingstoke, UK is the main production and administrative site and this is supported in Germany by modern production facilities for the manufacture of prepared media to supply the European market. Oxoid also has wholly owned sales and distribution companies in Europe, Australia, North and South America, as well as a specialist distributor network to supply most countries throughout the world. |
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