EXHIBIT 23

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8 No. 333-73924) pertaining to the 1991 Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan,
in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-18907) pertaining to the 1996
Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan and the 1996 Non-Employee Director Stock
Option Plan, and in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-78795)
pertaining to the 1998 Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan, of our report dated
August 9, 2000, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and
schedule of Misonix, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K/A) for the
year ended June 30, 2000.

                                                           /s/Ernst & Young, LLP

Melville, New York
June 14, 2001