Specimens
Specimens are available for use in a wide variety of organic and inorganic testing procedures. Organic samples can be utilized for dissection purposes or studying whole preserved or life specimens, with practical examples in cellular biology or the internal structures of whole organs and complex multicellular systems. Rock specimens are useful for studying textures, grain sizes, and other features brought about by pressure, temperature, and other natural forces, offering a glimpse into the Earth’s geological history.
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
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Ward's® Live Streptomyces griseus Culture
Produces streptomycin. Branching mycelium and coenocytic hyphae.
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Ward's® Live Enterococcus faecalis Culture (Pathogenic)
This organism is normal flora of human intestine and may be pathogenic in humans. This organism will grow in Sodium chloride solution.
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Ward's® Live Alcaligenes viscolactis Culture
The presence of A. viscolactis in milk is a common cause for sliminess or "ropiness".
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Ward's® Live Mycobacterium phlei Culture - PATHOGEN
This pathogenic organism is sometimes isolated from hay and grass.
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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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Ward's® Live Proteus hauseri Culture - PATHOGEN
Isolated from human urinary tract and wound infections, this organism is identifiable by its characteristic putrefactive odor.
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Ward's® Live Pseudomonas aeruginosa culture (Pathogenic)
This organism can be isolated from many human urinary tract infections, as well as polluted water and sewage. It is commonly identified by its distinctive grape-like smell (trimethylamine) or because it can turn the agar light green due to production of a blue pigment (pyocyanin).
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Ward's® Live Aquaspirillium serpens 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 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 Streptococcus pyogenes Culture - PATHOGEN
Lancefield group A, beta hemolysis. Sensitive to bacitracin. Causes strep throat, rheumatic fever, and scarlet fever.




