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Table of Contents
Safety Precautions .................................................................................................................................................... 4
1. Product Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 5
Product Contents .............................................................................................................................................................. 5
Product Description .......................................................................................................................................................... 5
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Microbial Cell Counter ........................................................................................................................... 5
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Centrifuge ................................................................................................................................................. 6
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M50 Cell Counting Slides ........................................................................................................................... 6
2. Getting Started ...................................................................................................................................................... 7
Installation ....................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Setup ............................................................................................................................................................................... 7
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Centrifuge settings .................................................................................................................................... 7
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startup ................................................................................................................................................. 7
3. Counting Cells ....................................................................................................................................................... 8
Sample Preparation .......................................................................................................................................................... 8
Sample staining ........................................................................................................................................................... 8
Sample loading ............................................................................................................................................................ 8
Slide centrifugation ...................................................................................................................................................... 8
Counting with the QUANTOM Tx
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Slide insertion/removal ................................................................................................................................................. 8
Viewing images ............................................................................................................................................................ 8
Cell counting ................................................................................................................................................................ 9
Next steps ................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Results ........................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Image view................................................................................................................................................................ 10
Histograms ................................................................................................................................................................ 10
Dilution calculator ...................................................................................................................................................... 11
Save .......................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Print .......................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Quick save ................................................................................................................................................................. 12
4. Reviewing/Exporting Data .................................................................................................................................. 13
Review/Export Data on the QUANTOM Tx
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Review images ........................................................................................................................................................... 13
Previous counts ......................................................................................................................................................... 13
Reanalyze .................................................................................................................................................................. 13
WiFi Data Transfer .......................................................................................................................................................... 14
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Utility ...................................................................................................................................................... 14
FTP freeware ............................................................................................................................................................. 15
5. Protocols .............................................................................................................................................................. 16
Protocol Parameters ....................................................................................................................................................... 16
Counting parameters .................................................................................................................................................. 16
Dilution factor ............................................................................................................................................................ 16
Fluorescent object size ............................................................................................................................................... 16
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