Inoculating Loops and Needles

Microbiologists often use sterile inoculating loops, also known as smear loops or inoculation wands, to recover inoculums from a culture of microorganisms. It is the process of cultivation and transfer of microbes/microscopic organisms on Petri plates. Inoculation needles, on the other hand, can help you transfer and inoculate living microorganisms in microbiology labs. However, inoculating needles often have blunted tips.