[MPARA LAB MIDTERMS] TO1 APPARATUS

Petri dish - to culture and isolate microorganisms on agar plates

NAME OF THE APPARATUS AND FUNCTION

Inoculating loop - to transfer and streak bacterial cultures

NAME OF THE APPARATUS AND FUNCTION

Inoculating needle - to stab and inoculate deep agar tubes for motility testing

NAME & FUNCTION

Staining jar - to hold slides and staining solutions for batch Gram or simple staining

NAME AND FUNCTION

Spatula - to scoop and transfer chemicals or powder

NAME AND FUNCTION

Stirring rod - to manually mix solutions

NAME AND FUNCTION

Applicator stick - to spread or manipulate specimens

NAME AND FUNCTION

Test tube with screw cap - to store and transport culture media without spillage

NAME AND FUNCTION

Alcohol lamp - to provide an open flame for sterilizing loops and needles

NAME AND FUNCTION

Autoclave - to sterilize media using pressurized steam

NAME AND FUNCTION

121dc, 15 psi, 15-30 min

Autoclave settings

Ref - to preserve perishable cultures, reagents, and media at low temp.

NAME AND FUNCTION

1-5dc

REFRIGERATOR SETTINGS

Incubator - to maintain optimal temperature for microbial growth and cultivation

NAME AND FUNCTION

Inoculating hood - to prevent airborne contamination

NAME AND FUNCTION

Fermentation tube/Durham tube - to detect gas production during carbohydrate fermentation

NAME AND FUNCTION

Erlenmeyer flask - to prepare, mix, store liquid media.

NAME AND FUNCTION

Hanging drop slide - to observe living, motile microorganisms

NAME ND FUNCTION

Centrifuge machine - to sediment cells

NAME AND FUNCTION

Beaker - to hold, measure, and heat liquids for media prep.

NAME AND FUNCTION

Staining rack - to support slides over a sink during rinsing step

NAME AND FUNCTION

Hot plate - To heat and uniformly mix liquid media

What is the apparatus used to simultaneously heat and uniformly mix liquid media using a rotating magnetic field?

Magnetic stirrer - to stir liquid media harmonously

NAME AND FUNCTION

Dropper - to transfer drops of stains

NAME AND FUNCTION

Cotton swab - to collect microbial cultures and streak

NAME AND FUNCTION

Incinerator - to sterilize inoculating loops

NAME AND FUNCTION

Magnetic rod - to retrieve magnetic stirrer

NAME AND FUNCTION