The most commonly used equipment is inoculation needles, transfer loops, inoculation, Bunsen burner, autoclave (or pressure cooker) incubators, hot air oven centrifuge, spectrophotometer magnetic stirrer electric shaker and rotary shaker heating plate, heating mantle distillation plant, UV-lamp carbon dioxide cylinder, water-bath and a single-pan balance that has weights (for general use) chemical balance, fine analytical balance pH meters, Quebec colony counter, Laminar air flow, camera lucida electrophoresis and a high-quality microscope and many more. To perform photomicrography, a photomicrographic camera mounted in a microscope equipped with every accessory is essential in the microbiology lab.