instruments used in microbiology instruments used in microbiology instruments used specially in microbiology include: 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). image gallery an inoculation loop is used to transfer bacteria for microbiological culture. petri dish agar plate tuberculin syringe candle jar