Carolina BioPaddles Colony ID App - Manual

©2013 LaMotte Company BioPaddles® Colony ID™ 01.29.14
Tutorial
The BioPaddles ® Colony ID™ App allows the user to presumptively identify microbe colonies on LaMotte
BioPaddles ® by comparing them to a library of over 250 images including side views and top views at the colony
and cell level. The images include those of microbes in fi ve microhabitats (air, soil, water, surface, and food) on 8
paddle agar types.
Images of microbe colonies on the BioPaddle ® can be captured with the iPad camera, or imported, for a side
by side comparison to a reference library of more than 30+ standard microbe colony images at the genus level.
Further identifi cation to the species level can be made by consulting the Microbe Fact Sheets. A report of the
fi ndings, including a full color image, can be prepared and distributed directly by email.
Resource materials include sampling and enumeration procedures, BioPaddles ® Technical Documents for 9
paddles, 35 Microbe Fact Sheets, procedures for common microbiological techniques such as calculating CFU
and serial dilution, Microbe Microhabitats, Microbe Morphology, Fungi and Bacteria Microanatomy, Microbe
Growth Examples and Indentifi cation Guides.
BioPaddles Colony ID APP Features
IMAGE CAPTURE
After
incubation,
the image of
the colony
growth can
be captured
by the camera
on an iPad
for inclusion
in the library of microbe
images.
IDENTIFICATION
Presumptive
identifi cation
of the colonies
can be
performed by
comparing a captured
image, or the colony
growth itself, to standard
images.
REPORT
A report can
be created
and emailed
directly from
the app.
RESOURCES
Resource
materials
aid in the
culturing,
identifi cation
and reporting process.
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