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.
Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Calibrated Inoculating Loops
Thermo Scientific™ Remel Calibrated Inoculating Loops come in a variety of materials: platinum, twisted nichrome and plastic.Some with color coded with insulated handle.
Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Microstreaker Loop
Thermo Scientific™ Remel Microstreaker is a twisted nichrome loop with handle.
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.
Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Microloop
Thermo Scientific™ Remel Microloop is a twisted nichrome loop without handle.
Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Microstreaker Needle
Thermo Scientific™ Remel Microstreaker Needle is a straight nichrome needle with handle.
Thermo Scientific™ Nunc™ Disposable Loops and Needles, needle
Easily identify these color-coded disposable loops and needles, precision molded from nontoxic (USP Class VI) polystyrene material.
Sartorius Inoculating Loop
Inoculating Loop is a component of 24002 School Microbiology Kit.
Copan Diagnostics Inoculating Loops and Needles in Zip Lock Pack, Calibrated, Disposable
Calibrated 1 and 10μL plastic disposable inoculating loops and needles packaged in Zip-lock closure bags that reseal between uses to avoid contamination.
Greiner Bio-One Disposable Inoculating Needles
For use in picking single colonies. Greiner Bio-One Disposable Inoculating Needles are flexible for collection and inoculation.
Bel Art™ Replica-Plating Tool and Replacement Velveteen Squares
Utilize a locking ring which secures sterile velveteen squares onto a PVC cylinder for easy control of the plating device
Boekel Scientific™ Replicator
Save time in transferring small volumes from one 96- or 48-well microplate to another with this Replicator.
Cole-Parmer™ Essentials Disposable Inoculation Needles
Save time and eliminate cross-contamination
Pro-Lab Diagnostics™ Certified, Calibrated Nickel-Chromium Inoculating Loops
For use when strict calibration is required
Surgical Design™ Inoculating Loops with Insulated Grips
Surgical Design™ Inoculating Loops with Insulated Grips are used to cultivate microbes on plates by transferring inoculum for streaking.