Sustainability-Enhancing Microplate Designs

The RhizoPlate™ line of microplates by Biolog figures as a groundbreaking tool that will help advance sustainable agriculture by enabling rapid assessment of nitrogen fixation and phosphate solubilization in soil bacteria.

The line of microplates includes the RhizoPlate N and the RhizoPlate P. Both are tailored to identify and analyze bacteria that play a crucial role in providing essential nutrients to plants and this, in turn, can potentially reduce the reliance on synthetic fertilizers. RhizoPlate N contains 30 nitrogen-free substrates to evaluate nitrogen-fixing bacteria, while RhizoPlate P is coated with insoluble inorganic phosphate and includes 30 phosphorus-free carbon substrates to assess phosphate-solubilizing bacteria. . Both plates are designed for high-throughput analysis, with substrates arrayed in triplicate to ensure reliable and statistically robust results.

When paired with Biolog’s Odin™ instrument and software, the RhizoPlate line offers advanced data analysis capabilities.

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