DEVICE FOR PRESERVING SAMPLES AND FOR ISOLATING GERMS CONTAINED IN SAID SAMPLES FOR THE PURPOSES OF MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION

摘要

: DEVICE FOR PRESERVING SAMPLES AND FOR ISOLATING GERMS CONTAINED IN SAID SAMPLES FOR THE PURPOSES OF MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION Device for preserving samples and for isolating germs contained in said samples for the purposes of microbiological examination, characterised by comprising a first aseptic enclosure (2) for containing a biological liquid (7, 20) for in one case the development and in another case the maintaining of germs of interest, an element (8, 18) for introducing the sample to be examined into said biological liquid, an element (9) carrying at least one selective culture medium (14) and insertable into said aseptic enclosure (2), and a member (12) provided with a suitable structure (17) slidable with light contact along said selective culture medium for forming the distribution gradient of said biological liquid on said medium.