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Software for studying bacterial colony features: Optical forward-scattering systems supported by image analysis methods are increasingly being used for rapid identification of bacterial colonies. The conventional detection and identification of bacterial colonies comprises a variety of methodologies based on biochemical, serological or DNA/RNA characterization.

OpenCFU is a completely open source lightweight application designed to enumerate clustered circular objects such as bacterial colonies. It can handle digital pictures as well as live stream from a video device/webcam. OpenCFU is cross-platform, fast, reliable and allows the user to implement intuitive filters. Additional information is provided on the website: http://opencfu.sourceforge.net/ OpenCFU is published on PLoS ONE: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0054072

Android application for counting bacterial colonies

Plate Analyzer is used to compare bacterial colony size between a control and test plate. It is to be used with colonies pinned in a rectangular array. The area of each colony is associated with its row and column. Batch processing is available.