Instruments used specially in microbiology include:[1] [2]
| Instrument | Uses | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| to separate supernatant & pellet | ||
| see link | ||
| to dry things | ||
| used 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 | ||
| releases gases to remove oxygen from a closed container, usually for anaerobiosis | ||
| Glass slide | used to observe specimens under microscope | |
| Haemagglutination plate | for viral culture detection | |
| Hungate Anaerobic tubes | for culturing of anaerobic microbes | |
| used 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 cabinet | used to work aseptic | |
| Latex agglutination tiles | for serological analysis | |
| a type of a colorimeter | ||
| McCartney's bottle or Flat medical bottle | for simultaneous solid and liquid cultures. | |
| production of anaerobic conditions for organisms that die in the presence of even little oxygen (anaerobiosis), e.g. tetanus bacteria | ||
| to observe microscopic specimens that cannot be seen by the naked eye. | ||
| 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 | |
| to act as a supporting container to hold the culture medium in | ||
| 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 | |
| specimen collection | ||
| Bottle designed to use laying flat, useful for growing mass cultures and single or monolayer cultures. | ||
| Serological test slides like those for ASO, VDRL, rheumatoid factor | provide links | |
| moving substances from one petri dish to another | Specimen Dish | used to hold specimen or samples |
| used to inoculate test samples into culture media for bacterial or fungal cultures, antibiograms, etc.; not heated before use—these are disposable pre-sterilised | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| used to heat vaccine containing medium gently to around 45-55 degrees Celsius during vaccine production | ||
| to draw out the air from any closed chamber before pumping back CO2, O2 or N2, usually for anaerobiosis | ||
| VDRL rotator | for VDRL test | |
| (Laboratory) Water bath | to incubate specimens or samples |