Fernbach flask

Drawing of a Fernbach flask

The Fernbach flask is a glass vessel with a neck that tapers sharply towards the top.

It was named after the French microbiologist Auguste Fernbach and is used in microbial fermentations where a large surface area of the liquid substrate is required. Its shape corresponds roughly to a covered Petri dish .

Individual evidence

↑ Susan L. Bartolucci, Thomas Lathrop Stedman: Stedman's Medical Eponyms . Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005, ISBN 978-0-7817-5443-9 , pp. 230 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ Georg Fuchs, Hans-Günter Schlegel: General microbiology: Founded by Hans-Günter Schlegel - Georg Fuchs, Hans-Günter Schlegel . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-13-152148-4 , p. 164 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[Susan_L._Bartolucci,_Thomas_Lathrop_Stedman-1] Susan L. Bartolucci, Thomas Lathrop Stedman: Stedman's Medical Eponyms . Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005, ISBN 978-0-7817-5443-9 , pp. 230 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[Georg_Fuchs,_Hans-Günter_Schlegel-2] Georg Fuchs, Hans-Günter Schlegel: General microbiology: Founded by Hans-Günter Schlegel - Georg Fuchs, Hans-Günter Schlegel . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-13-152148-4 , p. 164 ( limited preview in Google Book search).