Automatic bacterial colony transfer apparatus
US4613573A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 17, 1983 |
| Grant date | Sep 23, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S435/808
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus for automatically transferring a desired one of bacterial colonies grown in a medium in a culture Petri dish onto a medium in a test Petri dish or a test tube by using a bacterial colony pick-up/transfer element of the disposable type or a bacterial colony pick-up/transfer element of the reuse type and by using various mechanisms controlled by a computer.
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