Instruments used in microbiology
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Instruments used specially in microbiology include:[1][2]
Instrument list
| Instrument | Uses |
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| Autoclave | used for sterilization of glass ware and media |
| Auto-destruct syringes | specimen collection |
| Bijou bottle | a cylindrical small glass bottle with a screw cap used as a culture medium holder |
| Biosafety cabinet | used to work with dangerous organisms and to work sterile |
| Blood collection bottle | to collect blood by venipuncture |
| Brittany | a process of sterilization from spore-bearing bacteria |
| Bunsen burner | used to work aseptic on the benc |
| Candle jar | historically used for anaerobiosis; a lit candle was placed in as air-tight jar such that when it went out it would be because it used up all the available oxygen |
| Castaneda's medium / Castaneda's bottle | used for simultaneous solid and liquid cultures in many bottles |
| Centrifuge | to separate supernatant & pellet |
| Cragie tube | see link |
| Desiccator | to dry things |
| Durham's tube | used to detect gas production in fermentation media; the tube is placed in an inverted fashion so that gases produced get trapped in it and do not float away to the surface
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| Gas-pak | releases gases to remove oxygen from a closed container, usually for anaerobiosis
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Glass slide
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used to observe specimens under microscope |
Haemagglutination plate |
for viral culture detection |
| Hungate Anaerobic tubes | for culturing of anaerobic microbes |
Incubator |
used for bacterial or fungal cultures |
| Inoculation loop: | used to culture media for bacterial or fungal cultures, antibiograms, etc. Sterilized by passing through a blue flame.
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| Laminar flow cabinet | used to work aseptic |
| Latex agglutination tiles | for serological analysis |
| Lovibond comparator | a type of a colorimeter |
| McCartney's bottle or Flat medical bottle | for simultaneous solid and liquid cultures. |
McIntosh and Filde's anaerobic jar |
production of anaerobic conditions for organisms that die in the presence of even little oxygen (anaerobiosis), e.g. tetanus bacteria |
| Microscope | to observe microscopic specimens that cannot be seen by the naked eye. |
| Microtitre plates | mostly used for ELISA |
| Microtome | cuts prepared specimens for analysis under microscope |
| Nichrome wire loop | used to inoculate test samples into culture media for bacterial or fungal cultures, antibiograms, etc.; sterilized by flaming to red hot before use |
| Petri dish/agar plate | to act as a supporting container to hold the culture medium in
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| Platinum wire loop | used to inoculate test samples into culture media for bacterial or fungal cultures, antibiograms, etc.; sterilized by flaming to red hot before use |
| Pre-sterilized disposable container |
specimen collection |
| Pre-sterilized disposable swabs / NIH swab / postnasal swab | specimen collection |
| Pre-sterilized disposable syringe / auto-destruct syringes | specimen collection |
| Roux culture bottle | Bottle designed to use laying flat, useful for growing mass cultures and single or monolayer cultures. |
VDRL , rheumatoid factor |
provide links |
| Specimen Dish | used to hold specimen or samples |
| Sterile loops | used to inoculate test samples into culture media for bacterial or fungal cultures, antibiograms, etc.; not heated before use—these are disposable pre-sterilised |
| Thermal cycler | used to amplify segments of DNA via the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) process. |
| Tissue culture bottles | to grow or keep alive cells or tissue from a living organism, e.g. stem cells
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| Tuberculin syringe | as a normal syringe or to perform Mantoux test |
| ULT freezer | to freeze and storage of specimens |
| Universal container | a cylindrical small glass bottle with a screw cap used as a culture medium holder |
| Vaccine bath | used to heat vaccine containing medium gently to around 45-55 degrees Celsius during vaccine production |
| Vacuum pump | to draw out the air from any closed chamber before pumping back anaerobiosis
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VDRL rotator |
for VDRL test
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| (Laboratory) Water bath | to incubate specimens or samples |
As well as those "used in microbiological sterilization and disinfection" (see relevant section).
Image gallery
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An inoculation loop is used to transfer bacteria for microbiological culture. -
Petri dish -
Agar plate -
Tuberculin syringe -
Candle jar
References
- ISBN 81-7855-266-3
- ISBN 81-250-2808-0