The microDISH Culture Chip (MDCC) is a disposable for rapid screening of microorganisms. Effectively, the MDCC contains a massive number of tiny "Petri dishes on-a-chip", which enables more culturing process automation with less waste.

The base material of the MDCC is nanoporous with 100 nm diameter pores, allowing nutrients from beneath the chip to reach the growing microorganisms on the upper surface. The microbes cannot penetrate the nanopores.

The upper surface on the MDCC is divided into growth compartments allowing segregation of different strains. Various versions of the MDCC are available for different assays.

The MDCC is versatile, allows rapid changing of culture medium, working with difficult organisms and is highly suitable for imaging and recovery of target microcolonies.