"live microorganism"
Ward's® Live Kocuria rhizophila (Micrococcus luteus) Culture
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.
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Ward's® Kocuria rosea
This organism is commonly isolated from soil or water, and produces a pink or rose colored pigment.
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Ward's® Live Enterobacter aerogenes Culture
This organism is commonly recovered from soil and water. As normal intestinal flora, it can also usually be found in sewage.
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Ward's® Live Clostridium sporogenes Culture
This organism can be isolated from soil, wounds, and intestinal tracts of humans. It digests protein and is known for its strong, distinctive odor.
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Ward's® Live Serratia marcescens D1 Culture
This organism is commonly isolated from soil, and depending upon the temperature of its environment, can produce a distinctive red pigment.
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Ward's® Live Escherichia coli culture
This organism is a common inhabitant of intestinal flora, and can be a major cause of urinary tract infection.
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Live Physarum polycephalum Culture
This "many-headed" organism is a plasmodial slime mold commonly found in forests on decaying deciduous trees. Available in both plasmodial and sclerotial stages.
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae
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 Rhodospirillum rubrum Culture
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.
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Ward's® Student Bacterial Culture Kit
Everything you need to safetly collect and culture bacteria and fungi from your environment
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Ward's® Live Staphylococcus aureus Culture (Pathogenic)
This yellow, shiny organism is known to cause wound infections and more famously, toxic shock syndrome.
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Penicillium notatum
Penicillium notatum is a deuteromycete that produces penicillin. It is available in normal and high-yield strains.
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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 Mycobacterium smegmatis culture
This organism is occasionally isolated from soil, but most frequently from smegma- a secretion from male and female genitalia.
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Glass Depression Slides
These depression slides are ideal for viewing living specimens suspended in liquid.
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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

