What is the purpose of flaming an inoculating loop?
The question asks to give the reason for flaming or sterilizing an inoculating loop.
An inoculation loop is also known as smear loop or inoculation wand. It is a very simple tool made up of wire. It makes a small loop (about 5 mm diameter). The wire loop may be formed of platinum, nichrome or tungsten at the tip. It is chiefly used by the microbiologists to recover an inoculum from a microorganism culture. Inoculum is a small quantity of material that contains bacteria from a pure culture. Inoculum is used to initiate a fresh culture or to contaminate an experimental organism.
Reason for flaming or sterilizing of inoculation loop:
It is sterilized with flame or some other heat source. Flaming is usually done before and after each use. By performing this sterilization process, the same tool can ...
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