Traditional colony-forming unit (CFU) methods can take days to deliver results and often underestimate total cell numbers, while flow cytometry may struggle to resolve tightly clustered bacterial populations. The QUANTOM Tx Microbial Cell Counter from Logos Biosystems offers an image-based alternative designed to deliver rapid, single-cell resolution bacterial counts. The QUANTOM Tx is designed to provide automated fluorescence microscopy combined with advanced image analysis software. Samples are stained using total or viability dyes, immobilised via a dedicated centrifugation step and analysed automatically using built-in autofocus and multi-image acquisition. As laboratories increasingly demand faster and more quantitative microbial data, the QUANTOM Tx is engineered to provide a practical system for rapid and reliable bacterial cell counting.