A little helper I made while taking AP Biology. It uses OpenCV to detect and count E. coli bacteria colonies. The default settings are optimized for counting pGLO colonies under UV light.
Disclaimer: The supplied image, test.jpg, has been modified using image editing software to remove names written on the agar plate.
I'm currently self hosting Colony Counter for anyone to use here: colony-counter.server.sigmondkukla.dev.
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- Ensure that a relatively recent version of Python 3 is installed
- Run
pip install -r requirements.txt - Run
streamlit run app.pyand your browser should open to the application