Instruments used in microbiology

Instruments used specially in microbiology include:[1][2]

Instrument list

InstrumentUses
Autoclaveused for sterilization of glass ware and media
Auto-destruct syringesspecimen collection
Bijou bottlea cylindrical small glass bottle with a screw cap used as a culture medium holder
Biosafety cabinetused to work with dangerous organisms and to work sterile
Blood collection bottleto collect blood by venipuncture
Brittanya process of sterilization from spore-bearing bacteria
Bunsen burnerused to work aseptic on the benc
Candle jarhistorically 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 bottleused for simultaneous solid and liquid cultures in many bottles
Centrifugeto separate supernatant & pellet
Cragie tubesee link
Desiccatorto dry things
Durham's tubeused to detect gas production in sugar 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
Gas-pakreleases gases to remove oxygen from a closed container, usually for anaerobiosis
Glass slide used to observe specimens under microscope
Haemagglutination platefor viral culture detection
Hungate Anaerobic tubesfor culturing of anaerobic microbes
Incubatorused for bacterial or fungal cultures
Inoculation loop:used to inoculate test samples into culture media for bacterial or fungal cultures, antibiograms, etc. Sterilized by passing through a blue flame.
Laminar flow cabinetused to work aseptic
Latex agglutination tilesfor serological analysis
Lovibond comparatora type of a colorimeter
McCartney's bottle or Flat medical bottlefor simultaneous solid and liquid cultures.
McIntosh and Filde's anaerobic jarproduction of anaerobic conditions for organisms that die in the presence of even little oxygen (anaerobiosis), e.g. tetanus bacteria
Microscopeto observe microscopic specimens that cannot be seen by the naked eye.
Microtitre platesmostly used for ELISA
Microtome cuts prepared specimens for analysis under microscope
Nichrome wire loopused 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 plateto act as a supporting container to hold the culture medium in
Platinum wire loopused 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 containerspecimen collection
Pre-sterilized disposable swabs / NIH swab / postnasal swabspecimen collection
Pre-sterilized disposable syringe / auto-destruct syringesspecimen collection
Roux culture bottleBottle designed to use laying flat, useful for growing mass cultures and single or monolayer cultures.
Serological test slides like those for ASO, VDRL, rheumatoid factorprovide links
Specimen Dishused to hold specimen or samples
Sterile loopsused to inoculate test samples into culture media for bacterial or fungal cultures, antibiograms, etc.; not heated before use—these are disposable pre-sterilised
Thermal cyclerused to amplify segments of DNA via the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) process.
Tissue culture bottlesto grow or keep alive cells or tissue from a living organism, e.g. stem cells
Tuberculin syringeas a normal syringe or to perform Mantoux test
ULT freezer to freeze and storage of specimens
Universal containera cylindrical small glass bottle with a screw cap used as a culture medium holder
Vaccine bathused to heat vaccine containing medium gently to around 45-55 degrees Celsius during vaccine production
Vacuum pumpto draw out the air from any closed chamber before pumping back CO2, O2 or N2, usually for anaerobiosis
VDRL rotatorfor VDRL test
(Laboratory) Water bath to incubate specimens or samples

As well as those "used in microbiological sterilization and disinfection" (see relevant section).

References

  1. Textbook of Microbiology by Prof. C P Baveja, ISBN 81-7855-266-3
  2. Textbook of Microbiology by Ananthanarayan and Panikar, ISBN 81-250-2808-0
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