"live+microogranisms"

Ascomycete. Baker’s yeast. Reproduction by budding. Incubation temperature 30°C. YM agar growth medium.

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

Isolated from human saliva, sputum, and intestine. No Lancefield group shown, alpha hemolysis.

This organism is normal flora of human skin.

Fascinate students with some of the simplest light-producing organisms

These industrious scavenger insects devour organic matter — the larvae will even clean a skeleton of muscle, skin and cartilage.

This organism can be isolated from soil, wounds, and intestinal tracts of humans. It digests protein and is known for its strong, distinctive odor.

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

Normal flora of the mouth and throat. Lancefield group K, gamma hemolysis. 

This organism is occasionally isolated from soil, but most frequently from smegma- a secretion from male and female genitalia.

This organism is easily recognized by its trumpet-shape and blue coloration. It is quite large (approx. 2 mm) and is a good option for students that are just starting to look at the microscopic world.

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

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

Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly, is widely used in genetic studies. They express a number of mutations such as eye, wing, and body mutations.

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

Isolated from soil. Forms red pigment (best on high carbohydrate medium) and has oval eccentric spores.