SAMPLING OF MICROBIOLOGICAL MATERIAL

摘要

A method of obtaining a sample of a material (particularly a colony or plaque from a microbiological growth culture) comprises advancing an elongate sampling strip (3) having a plurality of longitudinally spaced sampling probes (4) (e.g. in the form of hollow pipettes) along a path which successively brings the probe to a sampling position (4a). A probe at the sampling position is moved relatively towards the material to be sampled, e.g. by a plunger (5), to collect a sample of the material. The probe is then moved away from the material and the advance of the strip is continued to bring a successive probe to the sampling position.