Community Analysis Microplates

Streamlining Microbe Cultivation with Anaerobic MediaMatcher

The Anaerobic MediaMatcher™ (AN-MM) microplate overcomes the challenges of culturing complex anaerobic organisms, particularly those found in the gut microbiome.

ANAEROBIC CULTURE INSIGHTS

Culturing obligate anaerobes can be labor-intensive and costly due to media optimization. The Anaerobic MediaMatcher microplate simplifies this with a diverse selection of media options for sampling, streamlining your workflow and enhancing research efficiency.

Key features

• Simplified Media Selection –pre-loaded with 47 distinct media formulations in duplicate, making it easy to select the optimal one
• Optimized Experimental Design – Design of Experiment (DOE) principles used to cover a wide range of variables that support growth of anaerobes
• Efficient and Cost-Effective – low-volume configuration allows for screening multiple strains at once, with less waste than traditional methods
• Enhanced Data Analysis – works with the Odin family of instruments and software to provide insights into kinetic growth profiles and support media selection
• Compatible with Single Isolates or Communities – supports co-culture of multiple organisms
• Streamlined Anaerobic Research – integrates seamlessly with PreBioM plates for an all-inclusive solution for phenotypic profiling of anaerobes
• Scale up for Multiomics – 42 exclusive Biolog Synthetic Media recipes and 5 popular commercial medias available in larger volumes for other downstream methods

PreBioM Microplates

The PreBioM line of microplates allows researchers studying human or animal gut microbiome communities to better understand metabolism of prebiotics.

Microbiome INSIGHTS

Choose the right PreBioM plate based on your needs.

These plates consist of a curated selection of prebiotic substrates of various molecular weights designed to characterize bacterial species and their metabolic pathways. The PreBioM plates, combined with our Odin family of instruments and software, provide a high throughput phenotypic solution compatible with a wide range of species, including the obligate anaerobes inhabiting the gut microbiome as well as microbial communities.

While sequencing is often used as the standard method for defining new strains or isolates, understanding the phenotypic profile of a given microbe is key to understanding its function and the role it plays in a microbiome community. This platform allows for functional characterization to help understand how a range of different substrates support the growth of microbes or communities of interest.

Applications

Bioprocess optimization

Human and animal microbiome

Drug development

Pre-, Pro-, and Postbiotics

Microbial Community Analysis with EcoPlates

Microorganisms are present in virtually all environments and are typically the first organisms to react to chemical and physical changes. Changes in microbial communities are often a precursor to changes in the health and viability of the environment as a whole.

Community-Level Physiological Profiling (CLPP) has been demonstrated to be effective at distinguishing spatial and temporal changes in microbial communities. In applied ecological research, EcoPlates™ are used as both an assay of the stability of a normal microbial population and to detect and assess changes following the onset of an environmental variable

Applications

Analyze population changes in soil

Test water and wastewater

Determine bioremediation effectiveness

Test activated sludge, compost and industrial waste

ECOPLATES

The utility of the data from our EcoPlates has been documented in over 500 publications using Biolog technology to analyze microbial communities. Visit our Publication Database.