"JEDilworth" <bactitech at nospamhortonsbay.com> wrote in message
news:3CDC7CFB.91ABBD99 at nospamhortonsbay.com...
> We use an electric burner under our inoculation hood and haven't had any
> problems.
>> How can you pick tiny colonies with those big plastic loops? We use them
> for urine inoculation only. I would have a hard time using them on the
> bench, as it's like using a log instead of a pin to pick colonies,
> especially anaerobes.
>> Judy Dilworth, M.T. (ASCP)
> Microbiology
If I have to pick anything in a cabinet I cut the end off a plastic loop.
You can buy plastic "straight wires" though
Dave
