What is PIXL Dark
An ultra-reliable and super-easy-to-use microbial colony picker with an automatic door, making it ideal for tight spaces inside anaerobic chambers. PIXL Dark automates imaging, colony recognition, colony selection, and picking; from Petri dishes to multiwell plates.
“I have been using the PIXL on a weekly, if not daily basis. The PIXL is extremely reliable, I haven’t had any issues with contamination, breakdown or just any sort of malfunction, it’s worked beautifully every time I’ve needed it.”
Dr Mari Rodrigues
senior scientist at SNIPR Biome
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When you have a plastic film between you and your colonies, you need to minimise fiddly manual operations, like accessory swaps or sterilisation steps.
PIXL’s ultra-efficient PickupLine colony transfer system delivers seamless reliable colony picking, at a fraction of the cost of traditional tips and with no need for wash cycles.
With a proven ability to isolate a wide variety of microorganisms, PIXL is the perfect choice for labs researching microbiomes.
Key benefits of PIXL for anaerobic chambers
PIXL Dark uses the freshly-cut end of a sterile PickupLine to transfer microbial colonies, meaning no wash cycles.
Surface detection on every pick, customisable adhesion motions, and motors accurate to 50 micrometres.
✅ Transfer efficiency more than 99% across fungal and bacterial strains
PIXL Dark has an automated door, doesn’t require compressed air and has a small footprint, making it compatible with the restrictive space inside a chamber and a range of gas mixtures.
✅ Safe, reliable handling of oxygen-sensitive species
How our customers are integrating PIXL
with anaerobic chambers
Gut-directed gene therapy
Implementing CRISPR screens to identify clones that achieve selective microbiome modulation.
Precision probiotics
High throughput screening of lactobacilli to produce production strains for the manufacture of human probiotics or as a supplement in animal feed.
Carbon-recycling
Strain engineering to harness synthetic metabolic pathways that convert CO₂ into high-value products, such as biofuels or bioplastics.
Zone of Inhibition
The ZOI feature lets you streamline the calibration of zone diameter breakpoints to MIC values or could help promote safe handling of pathogenic species during antimicrobial susceptibility testing.
MALDI-TOF
The MALDI-TOF feature helps maintain accurate bacterial identification when it really matters by automating sample preparation protocols.
Streamline your workflows with
the world’s most flexible colony picker
Streamline your workflows with
the world’s most flexible colony picker