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# Legacy gating settings

Over the years, we built a selection of gating settings for specific use cases. E.g., gating that targets a specific bacterial genus at a specific activity level.

Nowadays, we recommend BacTotal for all use cases. We keep the other gating settings around for backward compatibility.

{% hint style="success" %}

### Use [BacTotal](/advanced/measurements-explained/gating/bactotal.md) if in doubt

BacTotal fits most use cases. It is also the default gating for BactoBox®.

The other gating settings are for legacy purposes.
{% endhint %}

## List of legacy gating settings

<table data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="233">Gating</th><th>Works on my BactoBox®?</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>BacTotal_v2024-02</td><td><strong>Unknown.</strong> Risk of misinterpretation. Reach out to SBT before use.</td><td>Old version of <a href="/pages/O7E48lVUXERgeo7OFZFT">BacTotal</a> for legacy use cases.<br>The default for the legacy BB05 (Original) <a href="/spaces/AjOYV4v43T0TFlSRqgAp/pages/FRRiKarxgdz1ytkGtDLN">configuration</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>low_conductivity</td><td><strong>Unknown.</strong> Risk of misinterpretation. Reach out to SBT before use.</td><td>May underestimate small cells compared to BacTotal.</td></tr><tr><td>Salmonella</td><td><strong>Unknown.</strong> Risk of misinterpretation. Reach out to SBT before use.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Lactobacillus_rhamnosus</td><td><strong>Unknown.</strong> Risk of misinterpretation. Reach out to SBT before use.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Pseudomonas</td><td><strong>Unknown.</strong> Risk of misinterpretation. Reach out to SBT before use.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mycoplasma</td><td><strong>Unknown.</strong> Risk of misinterpretation. Reach out to SBT before use.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bacillus_endospores</td><td><strong>Unknown.</strong> Risk of misinterpretation. Reach out to SBT before use.</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>


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