lab equipment

incubator

cultivation of organism

oven

drying and heating glassware; dry sterilization

petri dish

used to culture microorganisms in solid media

erlenmeyer flask

used to mix liquids

water steam bath

used to heat liquids and solutions

autoclave

indispensable equipment for sterilization— high pressure

digital weighing balance

electrical scale

caliper

used to measure the zone of inhibition produced by antibiotics

laminar flow

closed chamber device that reduces the risk of bacterial contamination