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Metal inoculation loop, 200 mm, with plastic handle is a practical laboratory tool for microbiological work such as streaking cultures, transferring inocula, and routine plating. The metal loop is combined with a plastic handle to give a secure grip during repeated handling at the bench. At 200 mm overall length it offers comfortable reach into Petri dishes, tubes, and culture vessels while remaining easy to control. Supplied as a single piece, the instrument suits everyday use in clinical, research, and teaching laboratories where reliable inoculation tools are required. Net weight is 0,007 kg and gross weight 0,013 kg, reflecting a light, hand-held design. This inoculation loop from manufacturer Hammacher belongs to standard labware for sample transfer and culture work. It integrates readily into existing microbiology workflows without complex setup, supporting consistent technique for colony isolation and media inoculation across a wide range of routine applications.
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Specimen loop, 200 mm, with black plastic handle is the article on this page. Luminix Health distributes Hammacher for laboratory use. It sits in Inoculation loops, spreaders & needles, inside Culture media & microbiology, in Microbiology lab supplies.
A loop, a needle or a spreader transfers and streaks a culture. A calibrated loop of 1 µL or 10 µL is a volume claim. A needle stabs a deep. Disposable sterile plastic and reusable nichrome are different articles. A loop that is not sterile is a mixed culture.
A culture medium is the food and the solid or liquid home of a microorganism. Dehydrated media are powders the laboratory dissolves and sterilises. Ready-to-use plates and tubes are already that. A Petri dish is the plate. Selective media let one kind of organism grow and hold another back. The formulation and the supplements, not the colour of the agar, are the specification. Reference strains are at ATCC. Methods are on PubMed. Biosafety practice is the WHO laboratory biosafety topic.
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The category is Culture media & microbiology. The sub-category is Inoculation loops, spreaders & needles. The catalogue is Microbiology lab supplies.
Shelves beside this one are Dehydrated culture media (agar & broth bases), Petri dishes, Ready-to-use culture media (plates, tubes, bottles), Microbiology (other) and Microbial identification, hygiene monitoring & rapid tests.
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