"Ward's Phenomena Lab Activities"

Yeast strains are ideal for genetic study because they are easy to grow and maintain, their life cycle is complete in approximately one week, and you can arrest different stages of the life cycle by growing it on different types of media.

Penicillium notatum is a deuteromycete that produces penicillin. It is available in normal and high-yield strains.

Use Sordaria fimicola to allow students to visualize the results of crossing over during cell division.