Live Specimens
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Eudorina
Freshwater. Colonial; with spherical, biflagellated cells. Basic culture solution.
Characterized by green plastids and cell walls composed of cellulose.
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Scenedesmus
Freshwater. Colonial; four cells with spines. Basic culture solution.
Characterized by green plastids and cell walls composed of cellulose.
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Oedogonium foveolatum
Freshwater. Filamentous. Homothallic strain. Basic culture solution.
Characterized by green plastids and cell walls composed of cellulose.
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Ward's® Pediastrum
Freshwater. Colonial; polygonal cells. Basic culture solution.
Characterized by green plastids and cell walls composed of cellulose.
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Ward's® Live Paramecium multimicronucleatum Culture
Paramecium multimicronucleatumis one of the largest species of Paramecium. This ciliate contains a single macronucleus and four or more micronuclei. Grows in Dilute Alfalfa medium (Hay Medium).
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Ectocarpus
Marine. Filamentous. Branched thallus, zoospores. Erdschreiber’s medium.
Kelp and seaweed; with a distinct set of photosynthetic pigments.
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Ward's® Moraxella catarrhalis
Normal flora of respiratory tract. Beta-lactamase positive. Also known by the name Branhamella catarrhalis
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Ward's® Live Neisseria flava Culture
Isolated from human nasopharynx. Presumably not related to N. sicca; some relation to N. gonorrhoeae. Often agglutinates in saline.
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Ward's® Live Staphylococcus aureus Coagulase-Negative Culture (Pathogenic)
This yellow, shiny organism is known to cause wound infections and more famously, toxic shock syndrome.
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Ward's® Live Staphylococcus saprophyticus Culture
Grows on dead tissues. Novobiocin resistant (S. epidermidis and S. aureus novobiocin sensitive).
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Ward's® Live Streptococcus viridians Culture - PATHOGEN
Isolated from human saliva, sputum, and intestine. No Lancefield group shown, alpha hemolysis.
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Ward's® Hemolysis Set
Hemolysis, the rupture of red blood cells, is induced by certain species of streptococcal bacteria that produce extracellular hemolysin. Observe this phenomenon with this set of 3 non-pathogenic species
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Candida albicans
Deuteromycete. Causes thrush, candidiasis. Multiplies by budding. Forms germ-tubes in serum cultures. Incubation temperature 37°C. Potato dextrose agar growth medium. Note: Pathogen.
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Mucor hiemalis (-)
Zygomycete. Dung Mold. Mating strain; cross with Mucor heimalis (+) for zygospore formation. Incubation temperature 25°C. Potato dextrose agar growth medium.
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Ascomycete. Host for rDNA. Incubation temperature 30°C. Sabouraud dextrose/YM agar growth medium.
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Ward's® Coliphage Culture and Titer Determination Lab Activity
Produce High-Titer T-Series Coliphages Without Setting Up an Aeration System