Colony Counter (manual count)

Colony Counter: Manual Count

A basic software for manually counting bacterial or fungal colonies, allowing users to click and tally their counts

What is Colony Counter (manual count)?

Colony Counter is a simple, free software program designed specifically for microbiologists to manually count bacterial or fungal colonies growing on agar plates or petri dishes. It provides a basic click-based user interface where the user can view an image of the petri dish and click on each colony to increment a counter. The total colony count is displayed and updated in real-time as the user clicks.

This type of basic manual counting software is useful for situations where automated colony counters are not available or not practical to use. For example, manual counting may be preferred when colonies are too small, faint, or irregular in appearance for automated detection. It also works well as an affordable solution for teaching environments to instruct users on proper counting technique.

The software itself is lightweight and easy to use. The user opens an image file of the petri dish, then simply left-clicks on each colony one by one to increment the counter. An on-screen tally keeps a running total. Counts can be saved and exported if needed. The simple click-based interface makes Colony Counter intuitive even for first-time users while still providing the necessary functionality for manual quantification of microorganisms growing on agar media.

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