BD Calibur versus Partec CyFlow for bacterial analysis

From: Ilka Bischofs-Pfeifer <ibbischofs@lbl.gov>
Date: Mon Jun 26 2006 - 17:12:10 EDT
Hi all,
we are currently in the process of buying a new flow cytometer for
quantitative analysis of several florescent constructs of B. subtilis
bacteria (GFP, YFP, CFP, Dsred,etc.).  We are undecided between the BD
Calibur and the Partec CyFlow.
Has anybody (ideally comparative) knowledge about the performance of
these two machines in practice for the use with bacteria?
Detection, size discrimination, signal dynamic range, sensitivity, etc.
We like the Partec cell counting option which seems to work fine with
eukaryotes (does it also work well with bacteria?).
Any general comments (service, user-friendlyness, software, etc.) based
on user experience between the two companies/machines (BD and GTAC which
distributes Partec in US) are also welcome :-)
Thanks in advance for all your comments,
Ilka
Received on Tue Jun 27 12:38:00 2006

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