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HALO

Halo measurement plugin for Pickolo

HALO allows the precise detection and measurement of halos around objects on your plate, even on crowded plates

HALO plugin measuring dozens of colonies and their halos on a single plate
Antibiotic susceptibility plate with labelled discs and clear zones of inhibition

Measure halos

In different assays, halos indicate activity or inhibition. They surround microbial colonies or antibiotic discs

commonly used as an indicator in microbiology

Petri dish with multiple inhibition halos on the illuminated stage of a SciRobotics picker
HALO plugin measuring colony and halo radii on a Petri dish

Act based on halo measurement

Pick based on:

  • Halo size
  • Halo/colony ratio
  • Colony size
  • Location of antibiotic disc
  • Full documentation of process and results
  • Integrate and extend with ease
  • Text based results for full traceability
HALO plugin results exported to a spreadsheet of colony and halo radii with coordinates

Related Pages

Pickolo

Colony picker add on for Tecan's liquid handlers

Antibiotic Resistance

testing for antibiotic resistance