APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC PREPARATION OF NUTRIENT MEDIUM

摘要

PURPOSE:To obtain the subject apparatus capable of properly handling circular Petri dishes and rectangular Petri dishes simply by attaching or detaching a lid guide attachment, having excellent operability and productivity and useful for the culture of microorganisms, etc. CONSTITUTION:The holding space of a rack can hold circular Petri dishes (a) by arranging two dishes as a set or hold rectangular Petri dishes one by one in stacked state. The Petri dish (a) stored on the rack is transferred from the rack to a medium preparation line by a Petri dish supplying part 9 and lowered on the medium preparation line by a lifting unit 5. A medium liquid is pipetted into the container main body in the pipetting part 3 and solidified in a solidifying part 7. The Petri dishes are stored in a prescribed holding space of the rack with the Petri dish holding part. The medium preparation line is used as it is in the case of using a rectangular Petri dish and a lid guide attachment 52 is attached to the medium preparation line in the case of using a circular Petri dish.