"The Mystery of Lyle and Louise"

Grows on dead tissues. Novobiocin resistant (S. epidermidis and S. aureus novobiocin sensitive). 

Hydra are tiny animals closely related to jellyfish. They are a carnivorous species that can be found in healthy freshwater rivers and streams where they attach themselves to plants and rocks.

Daphnia are a widely studied small crustacean used for a number of physiology studies including the effects of drugs on heartbeat and temperature on metabolism.

Noted for capsular swelling. Causes pneumonia and urinary tract infections.

Isolated from sewage, human intestines, and urinary tract infections. Spreading colonies are seen on agar growth medium. 

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).

Lancefield group A, beta hemolysis. Sensitive to bacitracin. Causes strep throat, rheumatic fever, and scarlet fever.

Isolated from human urinary tract and wound infections, this organism is identifiable by its characteristic putrefactive odor. 

Beta hemolysis on blood. Causes wound infections and septicemia. 

Hydra are tiny animals closely related to jellyfish. They can be carnivorous as well as photosyntheic due to their symbiotic relationship with green algae Zoochlorellae.

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

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

Cockroaches are widely used in labs for physiological, behavioral, structural, and developmental studies.

Commonly known as the Vinegar Eel, these free-living nematodes require very little care, feeding in vinegar and feeding on fungi contained in it.

Illustrate the structure, feeding habits, responses, and reproduction of a typical Anthozoan.

Teach your students about the complete metamorphosis of an insect with these mealworms.