Inoculating Loops and Needles
Inoculating Loops and Needles
Devices used for inoculation, serial dilution, sterile sampling, sample transfer, and microbiological sample spreading; available in materials such as polymers, aluminum, and other metals. Includes disposable and color-coded products.
Inoculating loops and needles (sometimes called microstreakers or inoculating wands) are hand-held devices for inoculating plated or tubed growth media with micro-organisms such as bacteria or yeasts prior to incubation, multiplication, and growth. The inoculum is typically streaked onto, or stabbed into, solid agar-based media, or simply introduced and dispersed into liquid media. Inoculating loops and needles are also useful for sampling and transferring small quantities of micro-organism prior to further analysis, microscopic examination, or serial dilution.
Inoculating loops and needles consist of a handle with a terminal loop or needle that is designed to pick up and transfer a small quantity of inoculum (typically 1 to 10 μL) from a donor culture to the growth medium of choice. Some loops are calibrated and color-coded to transfer semi-quantitative amounts of inoculum.
Brand™ Polystyrene Inoculation Loop
Permits gentle streaking without damaging the nutrient surface. BRAND™ Polystyrene Inoculation Loops are highly flexible, with loop at one end and needle at the other or loops at both ends.
Thermo Scientific™ Nunc™ Disposable Loops and Needles
Easily identify these color-coded disposable loops and needles, precision molded from nontoxic (USP Class VI) polystyrene material.
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Corning™ Sterile Polystyrene Inoculating Loops
Constructed of flexible polystyrene for optimum retrieval of an inoculum from a culture. Gosselin™ Sterile Polystyrene Inoculating Loops provide a superior solution for transferring microscopic organisms, inoculum, or streaking.
Microspec™ Sterile Plastic Inoculation Loops (Volume: 1μL)
Designed for quantitative procedures such as sampling, serial dilutions, as well as for bacterial inoculation.
Greiner Bio-One Sterile Inoculation Loop
Transfers inoculum for streaking. Greiner Bio-One™ Sterile Inoculation Loops are ideal for retrieving an inoculum from a culture of microorganisms.
Microspec™ Sterile Plastic Inoculation Loops (Volume: 10μL)
Retrieves an inoculum from culture of microorganisms.
Disposable Inoculation Loop, 1μL
Manufactured from polystyrene for strength and flexibility. Microspec™ Disposable Inoculation Loops are ideal for the cultivation of microbes on plates by transferring inoculum for streaking and to transfer microscopic organisms.
Fisherbrand™ Twisted Nichrome™ Inoculating Loops with Handles
Available in three loop sizes
Microspec™ Metal Loop Handle
Designed for rapid change of loops
Heathrow Scientific™ Inoculating Needle/Loops
Provide the choice to spread or pick colonies and cultures without the risk of contamination with Inoculating Needle/Loops.
Microspec™ Plastic Inoculation Loops
Available as aseptic manufactured or ethylene oxide sterilized.
Microspec™ Nichrome Wire Loops
Used for bacteriological, microbiological applications and flame tests.
Technical Service Consultants™ Sterile Inoculation Loop
Use the Technical Service Consultants™ Sterile Inoculation Loop for general purpose use or routine samples. Its soft HI polystyrene composition prevents the head breaking off, which makes it ideal for clinical use.
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BD Difco™ Disposable Inoculating Needles and Loops
Sterile, disposable inoculating needles do not require flaming
Microspec™ Plastic Culture Needles
Transfer and inoculate living microorganisms