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 Pond Snails
Create a balanced ecosystem in your aquarium with the addition of these small, freshwater algae eaters. They reproduce rapidly, laying their eggs on the glass sides of the aquarium.
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Ward's® Live Bullfrog Tadpoles (Rana catesbeiana)
Bullfrog tadpoles are great for demonstrating metamorphosis in the classroom.
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Agrobacterium tumafaciens
A. tumefaciens is a pathogenic soil bacterium known to cause grown gall disease, in nut trees and the plants of some stone fruits.
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Ward's® Live Escherichia coli JM101 (Host) Culture
E. coli with JM101 can be transformed with pUC8 plasmid to become resistant to Ampicillin and to metabolize lactose
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Acinetobacter calcoaceticus
This organism is an aerobic organism that is commonly found as part of normal human intestinal flora. It is pathogenic.
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Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis
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 Bacillus licheniformis 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 Clostridium rubrum Culture
Isolated from soil. Forms red pigment (best on high carbohydrate medium) and has oval eccentric spores.
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Ward's® Live Escherichia coli (non-muccoid) Culture
Used for culturing Dictyostelium discoideum (cellular slime mold).
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Ward's® Live Escherichia coli, Lactose Negative Culture
Ward's® Live Escherichia coli, Lactose Negative Culture
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Ward's® Live GFP producing E. coli Culture
Eschericia coli culture that produces GFP, visible in the presence of UV light.
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Ward's® Live Pseudomonas putida Culture
From soil and water rich in minerals. Organism of putrefaction.
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Ward's® Live Serratia liquefaciens Culture
Colorless, most widely dispersed of the Serratia species.
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Brevibacillus brevis
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 Citrobacter koseri 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 Clostridium beijerinckii 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.




