Live Specimens
Live specimens are used for a wide variety of studies including studying the physiological effects of drugs on a specimen’s heartbeat and temperature on metabolism, the locomotion of microscopic organisms, and studying plant respiration, photosynthesis, plosmolysis, and more. Algal cultures form colonies of cells that are extremely easy to visualize for better understanding of cell walls and plastids, and many live specimens reproduce rapidly for quick turnover between successive tests.
Ward's® Live Serratia marcescens Cultures: Strain 933 and Strain WCF
Both of these strains of Serratia marcescens are colorless mutants when plated alone, but when grown together, they produce a red pigment.
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Ward's® Live Shigella flexneri Culture - PATHOGEN
From sewage and human intestine. Causes dysentery.
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Ward's® Live Shigella sonnei Culture - PATHOGEN
isolated from human intestine. Lactose positive and sucrose positive after a few days’ growth. Causes a mild form of dysentery.
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Ward's® Live Sporosarcina ureae Culture
All microbial cultures undergo an extensive quality control program prior to releasing for sale, so they are guaranteed for purity as well as for species.
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Ward's® Live Staphylococcus aureus, Beta (β) hemolytic - PATHOGEN
Beta hemolysis on blood. Causes wound infections and septicemia.
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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 agalactiae Culture - PATHOGEN
Isolated from milk and udders of cows. Lancefield group B, beta hemolysis. Causes infection of the female genital tract, maternal septicemia, neonatal infections. Camp test positive; resistant to bacitracin.
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Ward's® Live Streptococcus equisimilis Culture - PATHOGEN
Lancefield group C, beta hemolysis. Causes strangles in horses. May be pathogenic in humans. Camp test negative; resistant to bacitracin, does not ferment lactose.
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Ward's® Live Streptococcus gallolyticus Culture
Isolated from the alimentary tract of cows. Lancefield group D, gamma hemolysis. May be pathogenic in humans.
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Ward's® Live Streptococcus mutans Culture
Found on dental plaque, implicated in cavities. No Lancefield group shown, gamma hemolysis.
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Ward's® Live Streptococcus pneumoniae Culture - PATHOGEN
No Lancefield group shown, alpha hemolysis. Bile solubility test positive, optochin sensitive. Causes pneumonia.
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Ward's® Live Streptococcus salivarius Culture
Normal flora of the mouth and throat. Lancefield group K, gamma hemolysis.
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Streptococcus sanguinis
Normal flora of the mouth and throat. Lancefield group H, alpha hemolysis. Optochin resistant. May cause infections in humans. Nonmotile. Cocci; chains. Gram positive reaction. Aerobic. Incubation temperature 37°C. Blood agar growth medium. Note: Pathogen.
Packaged in a 16 x 125 mm tubes. Call our Customer Service for availability of demo plates and other special orders.
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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® Live Streptomyces albus Culture
Isolated from straw, can also be found in the soil, and acts as a decomposer. Slight anti-bacterial activity. With coenocytic hyphae