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.
SIGMA ALDRICH FINE CHEMICALS BIOSCIENCES MICRONEEDLE TEMPLATE 10X10
NC2736765 MICRONEEDLE TEMPLATE 10X10
TRAJAN SCIENTIFIC AMERICAS INC HOLD LOOP KIT FOR USE IN PAL3
NC3433359 HOLD LOOP KIT FOR USE IN PAL3
RESEARCH PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL CORP INOCULATING LOOP 10UL YELLOW
502723526 INOCULATING LOOP 10UL YELLOW
Med Vet International 2-7/8" Keith Needle, Straight, Triangular Cutting Point, J7050C, 6-pk.
Triangular cutting point. 6/pk. 2 7/8”
Med Vet International Electrode loop, Reusable, J0484AD1, 1/4in, Each
Reusable 3/32" for JOR484 & JOR484M units
