ColonyDoc-It Imaging Station
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Merging Colonies
Users may merge colonies by performing the initial count (
Automated Count, Manual Count,
or
User Defined
Template Count
), and merging colonies manually. Colonies should be merged when one colony is treated as
two separate colonies by the software. Colonies will only be merged if they are less than 4 pixels apart.
To merge colonies, ensure
that the
Merge Colonies
tab
is highlighted in yellow.
A new window will ask the
user to “Select the desired
colonies and then press
Merge button to join them.”
If the colony is hard to see,
zoom in on the colony. In the
Zoom/Pan
module, move the
slider button towards the +
sign on the right to zoom in.
A rectangular object will
appear in the
Zoom/Pan
module. Move it over the
area of interest. The central
Petri dish image will appear
larger in the area identified by
the rectangular object.
Click onto the colonies to be
merged.
The
Total colonies
count will
now reflect changes due to
merging the colonies.
Merged Colony
