GLASSWARES, INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT USED IN MICROBIOLOGY

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used to heat chemicals, hold and heat liquids, grow bacteria and collect fluids from the body like blood or semen.

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Test tubes

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Used when the microorganism needs to undergo culture media and for substances that must be protected from contamination. It is also used to make broth, agar deep, and agar slant.

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Screw capped tubes

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hold liquids during centrifugation, which divides a sample into its constituents by quickly rotating it around a fixed axis.

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Centrifuge tubes

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It is used to observe microorganisms undergo or perform fermentation.

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Smith tubes

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Used to detect production of gas by microorganisms. An inverted small tube that is initially filled with the solution where microbial growth will happen.

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Durham tubes

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Fermentation tubes

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Smith tubes
Durham tubes

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used in laboratories to culture different cells and microorganisms

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Plain petri dish

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used to contain several media selectively and simultaneously

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Petri dish w/ division:

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Used to hold liquids and for mixing heating and cooling

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Erlenmeyer Flasks

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Used to accurately make and prepare solutions and any other liquids to a known volume

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Volumetric Flasks

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useful for the transfer of milliliter volumes of liquid.

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Serologic

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used for the transfer and dispense of a single, specific quantity of liquid to a very high degree of accuracy.

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Volumetric

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Flasks

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Erlenmeyer
Volumetric

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Pipettes

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Serologic
Volumetric

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It is used to hold solids while weighing, cover beakers to prevent dust and other particles from entering, and to evaporate liquids.

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Watch Glass

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are utilized to direct liquids or fine-grained substances (powders) into narrow-necked labware.

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Funnel

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Used by chemists to evaporate liquids and cover samples during preparation.

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Watch glass

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It is used to measure different quantities and volumes of liquids, chemicals, and solutions accurately

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Graduated cylinder

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a piece of glass used to study specimens under a microscope.

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Glass slides

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It is used to transfer and take a sample of microorganisms in a culture or a petri dish.

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Inoculating Loop

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Used for transferring and taking solid or dense media.

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Inoculating Needle

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Racks

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Staining
Test tube
Slant

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produced from polyoxymethylene and is designed for simultaneous staining of up to 25 microscope slides for efficient staining process.

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Staining Racks

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commonly seen in the laboratory and is used to hold upright multiple test tubes at the same time whilst securing safety.

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Test tube Racks

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used to hold the slants at the degree it is required to be placed in to be dried after the media has been inserted into the tube

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Slant Racks

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It is used for heating,sterilization of laboratory equipment and combustion for reactions.

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Bunsen burner

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This is used for gripping and manipulating small or delicate objects.

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Forceps

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This is used when we need to put our samples in a constant and continual temperature for a long time. Its equipment is preferred as a heat source since open flames like bunsen burners fluctuate in temperature and are more prone to accidents.

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Water bath

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is widely used in the medical industry to sterilize the equipment and other materials that are used in a laboratory

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Hot air sterilizer

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This is used in clinical laboratory settings for separation of liquid and solid components

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Centrifuge

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This is used for disinfection and sterilization, wherein, it operates at high temperature and pressure in order to decontaminate instruments and lab ware.

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Autoclave

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This is used in weighing different kinds of material needed for media preparation and alike.

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Weighing balance

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This is used as a heat source and is commonly used for preparing agar in microbiology.

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Hot plate