An organism testing apparatus adapted to measure the organisms in a
specimen in stable fashion is disclosed in which the organisms are
stained, the specimen is concentrated and the information on the
organisms contained in the specimen are acquired through a simple
process. The apparatus includes a staining unit for staining the
organisms having live cells existing in a flowing liquid specimen, a
concentration unit for concentrating the organisms in a flowing stained
specimen, an individual measuring unit for acquiring the image
information on the individuals containing the organisms in the
concentrated specimen, and a control unit for measuring the organisms
based on the image information on the individuals output from the
individual measuring unit.