Live Specimens

Everything you need to safetly collect and culture bacteria and fungi from your environment

Students determine contamination levels of ground beef in different environments.

A collection of some of the strains of Escherichia coli needed to grow various coliphages (available separately).

Red-pigmented halophile from evaporating salt ponds; requires 25% salt medium, lyses easily in plain water, releasing DNA.

Found in seawater and marine animals. Young cultures luminescent.

This organism is commonly isolated from soil or water, and produces a pink or rose colored pigment.

A Common Intestinal Flora Isolate, Demonstrates Alpha Hemolysis on Blood Agar Growth Medium

This organism is commonly isolated in soil and produces antibiotics such as bacitracin, subtilisin, and mycobacillin.

This organism is a common inhabitant of intestinal flora, and can be a major cause of urinary tract infection.

This species of Rhodospirillum is commonly isolated from stagnant water and mud. It is especially interesting because it produces a red pigment and is also capable of photosynthesis.

Kocuria rhizophila is also commonly known by the name Micrococcus luteus. This organism is commonly isolated from soil, and is frequently used to test antimicrobial efficacy in the food industry.

This organism is commonly isolated from soil, and depending upon the temperature of its environment, can produce a distinctive red pigment.

This organism is normal flora of human skin.

This organism is commonly recovered from soil and water. As normal intestinal flora, it can also usually be found in sewage.

This organism is often times isolated from food; in large amounts it can cause food poisoning

This organism is a common environmental isolate, and can be found in soil as well as in industrial settings.