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.
Mitegen MicroLoop LD Assembly; box of 20 assemblies, 30 micron MicroLoops LD, 20 mounts on 18mm/SPINE length rods adhered into B5 bases.
MiTeGen offers ready-to-use assemblies for cryocrystallography. This page offers assemblies of Dual Thickness MicroLoopLD™ (M5) styles epoxied into the B5 Goniometer Bases. These assemblies are ideal for standard lab use or high-throughput applications. Each pack consists of 20 mounts epoxied into the goniometer bases, carefully loaded into our base holder and case.
Electron Microscopy Sciences Inoculating Loops, 2x70 mm, 28 Gauge, 70 mm OAL
Our high quality inoculating loops are made from platinum wire. The 15% iridium adds necessary rigidity permitting thinner wire for delicate work. The loop section is welded and smoothly finished to form a "perfect circle".
Diameter: 2 mm
Wire: 28 gauge
OAL: 70 mm
Electron Microscopy Sciences Inoculating Loops, 3x45 mm, 26 Gauge, 45 mm OAL
Our high quality inoculating loops are made from platinum wire. The 15% iridium adds necessary rigidity permitting thinner wire for delicate work. The loop section is welded and smoothly finished to form a "perfect circle".
Diameter: 3 mm
Wire: 26 gauge
OAL: 45 mm
Med Vet International McKesson Inoculating Loop, Dark Color, 1 ?L, 20-Centimeter Length, 16-1RL, 1000/Case
Inoculating Loop McKesson 1 µL Polystyrene Integrated Handle Sterile Disposables for collection and inoculation by streaking or puncturing methods Smooth construction facilitates uniform streaking of culture media Loop combinations have an integrated loop/needle design, eliminating the need for a separate needle Rigid feel media type Integrated handle Sterilized by gamma irradiation There are 25 calibrated inoculating loops in a tamper-evident resealable bag