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Classification and differences of commonly used biological incubators in laboratories
release time:2023-03-24  |  Browse:1485

A biological incubator is a box type device for cultivating microorganisms, bacteria, molds, and plant/animal cells. Simulate an environment suitable for its growth by controlling temperature, humidity, light, carbon dioxide, pH, and other conditions.




Biological incubator is a laboratory equipment widely used in fields such as plants, biology, microorganisms, genetics, viruses, medicine, environmental protection, etc. It is widely used in low-temperature and constant temperature tests, culture tests, environmental tests, etc.




Classification of biological incubator: biochemical incubator, mold incubator, constant temperature and humidity incubator, anaerobic incubator, constant temperature incubator, carbon dioxide incubator, light incubator, etc.




1. Biochemical incubator


The biochemical incubator is equipped with both electric heating wire and compressor cooling. Therefore, it has a wide range of adaptability and can be maintained at a constant temperature throughout the year, thus gradually becoming popular. This incubator uses an electrically heated incubator similar to that used for maintenance and repair. Due to the installation of a compressor, it is also necessary to observe the precautions for refrigerator maintenance, such as maintaining a stable voltage, not leaning excessively, and promptly cleaning the dust on the radiator.


Features: Biochemical incubator generally has dual system cold and hot temperature control. Generally, it is equipped with a glass observation window, without humidity control and antivirus functions.




Biochemical incubator is an indispensable laboratory equipment for scientific research and education in plants, biology, microorganisms, genetics, viruses, medicine, environmental protection, etc. It is widely used in low-temperature and constant temperature tests, culture tests, environmental tests, etc.





2. Mold incubator


Mold incubator is a test equipment suitable for cultivating eukaryotic microorganisms such as molds. Because most molds are suitable for growth at room temperature (25 degrees Celsius) and require a certain humidity to be maintained when cultured on a solid substrate, a typical mold incubator consists of a refrigeration system, a heating system, an air humidifier, a culture room, a control circuit, and an operation panel, Temperature and humidity sensors are used to maintain the stability of the temperature and humidity in the incubation chamber. Some special mold incubators can also set the temperature and humidity to vary with the incubation time.


Features: dual cooling and heating control, heating, cooling, humidity control




This product is suitable for scientific research, university experiments, and production departments such as environmental protection, health and epidemic prevention, agriculture and livestock, drug testing, and aquatic products. Is water body analysis; BOD determination of bacteria and mold; Cultivation and preservation of microorganisms; Special constant temperature and constant temperature oscillation equipment for plant cultivation and breeding experiments.




3. Constant temperature and humidity incubator




Constant temperature and humidity incubator can accurately simulate complex natural environments such as constant temperature and humidity, and has an accurate temperature and humidity control system.




Features: Temperature control, humidity control, generally without observation window.




The laboratory is generally used for plant culture and breeding experiments; Bacterial and microbial culture is used for breeding, fermentation, microbial culture, various constant temperature tests, environmental tests, material denaturation tests, and storage of items such as culture media, serum, and drugs. It can be widely used in sterility tests such as pharmaceuticals, textiles, food processing, and other research and application fields such as medical and health care, biopharmaceuticals, agricultural research, and environmental protection.




Industry is generally used in high and low temperature, high and low humidity experiments applicable to electronics and electrical engineering, household appliances, automobiles, instruments and meters, electronic chemicals, components, raw materials, coatings, and coatings. It is widely favored in fields such as aerospace, aviation, shipbuilding, weapons, electronics, petrochemical, post and telecommunications, communications, and automobiles.




4. Anaerobic incubator


Anaerobic glove box, or anaerobic incubator, is one of the internationally recognized excellent instruments for cultivating anaerobic bacteria. It is an airtight large metal box with a transparent panel made of plexiglass in the front, and two gloves are installed on the panel. The gloves can be used to operate inside the box, hence the name.




Anaerobic incubator is a special device for bacterial cultivation and operation in an anaerobic environment. It can provide strict anaerobic conditions with constant temperature cultivation conditions and a systematic and scientific working area.




Features: Oxygen free control, temperature control




This product is a special device that can cultivate and operate bacteria in an anaerobic environment. It can cultivate the most difficult to grow anaerobic organisms, while avoiding the risk of death due to contact with oxygen when operating anaerobic organisms in the atmosphere. Therefore, this device is an ideal tool for anaerobic biological detection research.




5. Constant temperature incubator


The thermostatic incubator is suitable for ordinary bacterial culture and closed cell culture, and is often used to preheat equipment and reagents related to cell culture.




Features: Heating control, without refrigeration.




The thermostatic incubator is divided into a water resistant thermostatic incubator and an electrically heated thermostatic incubator.




Water-proof electrothermal thermostatic incubator:


The heating pipe heats the water in the interlayer, using the convection of water to form a four-sided heating, effectively ensuring heating uniformity. Temperature control range: room temperature+5 ℃ - 60 ℃, can only stabilize the temperature above room temperature, without refrigeration.


The water jacket can still maintain a good constant temperature in the event of power failure, and two temperature control methods, namely, a microcomputer intelligent temperature controller and a bimetallic plate regulator, are used.








6. Carbon dioxide incubator


The carbon dioxide incubator is a device that simulates the formation of a growth environment similar to that of cells/tissues in an organism in the incubator. The incubator requires a stable temperature (37 ℃), a stable CO2 level (5%), a constant pH (pH: 7.2-7.4), and a high relative saturation and humidity (95%) to culture cells/tissues in vitro.




Users around the world have two basic requirements for carbon dioxide incubators. One is that carbon dioxide incubators can provide the most accurate and stable control of temperature, carbon dioxide concentration, and humidity to facilitate the progress of their research work; The second is to require carbon dioxide incubators to be able to effectively prevent microbial contamination within the incubator, and to regularly eliminate contamination to protect research results and prevent sample loss. Therefore, teachers who choose to purchase carbon dioxide incubators are of course most concerned about their high reliability, prevention and control of pollution, and ease of use.




Features: Temperature control, generally only with heating, high-temperature sterilization, individual refrigeration, CO2 level control, pH control, humidity control




Carbon dioxide incubators are widely used in cell and tissue culture, as well as the cultivation of certain special microorganisms. They are commonly used in research fields such as cell kinetics research, collection of mammalian cell secretions, carcinogenic or toxicological effects of various physical and chemical factors, research and production of antigens, production of antibodies by culturing heterozygous tumor cells, in vitro fertilization (IVF), stem cells, tissue engineering, drug screening, and so on.




Carbon dioxide incubator is a new type of incubator that cannot be replaced by ordinary electric heating thermostatic incubator. Due to the addition of carbon dioxide concentration control and the use of a microcontroller to accurately control the temperature of the incubator, the success rate and efficiency of the cultivation of biological cells, tissues, etc. have been improved.




7. Light incubator


The light incubator is a high-precision thermostatic device with a light function, and is a dedicated thermostatic culture device for the cultivation and breeding experiments of bacteria, molds, and microorganisms. It is particularly suitable for scientific research and production in the fields of bioengineering, medical research, agricultural and forestry science, aquaculture, animal husbandry, and other fields.




Features: Light control, constant temperature control (refrigeration and heating)




The light incubator is mainly used for cultivating plants, and the microbial incubator has different types according to the types of microorganisms cultivated.


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