Ward's® Live Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Cultures
Demonstrates isogamous reproduction where gametes are similar in appearance and behavior. Make lectures and labs on protist reproduction clearer with our specially selected cultures that illustrate various reproductive phenomona.
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Ward's® Live Chlorella pyrenoidosa Culture
This species of freshwater algae is commonly used for research on photosynthesis.
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Ward's® Live Amphidinium Culture
Marine; Small Motile Cells with the Transverse Furrow Located Near the Apex.
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Cladophora
Marine. Filamentous; freely branched. Erdschreiber’s medium.
Characterized by green plastids and cell walls composed of cellulose.
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Synedra
Freshwater, Unicellular; pennate, with bilateral symmetry. Diatom or basic medium.
Characterized by shells (tests) made of silica, in two parts.
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Ward's® Live Volvox globator Culture
Volvox globator is a species of colonial green algae that forms spherical colonies of cells.
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Ward's® Live Blepharisma Culture
Pink to bright rose color.
Characterized by cilia; nearly all possess two types of nuclei.
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Cosmarium
Freshwater. Unicellular; desmid. Basic culture solution.
Characterized by green plastids and cell walls composed of cellulose.
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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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Ward's® Live Paramecium caudatum Culture
Paramecium caudatum is a common protist that inhabits a variety of aquatic ecosystems.
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Ward's® Live Volvox aureus Culture
Volvox aureus is a species of colonial green algae that forms spherical colonies of cells.
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Ward's® Live Bursaria truncatella Culture
Very large ciliate. Feeds on colpidium. Hay medium.
Characterized by cilia; nearly all possess two types of nuclei.
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Ward's® Peranema
Extremely small euglenoid. Usually doesn’t rotate when swimming. Scavenger. Hay medium.
Characterized by flagella; lacks plastids.
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Navicula
Freshwater. Unicellular; pennate, with bilateral symmetry. Basic culture solution.
Characterized by shells (tests) made of silica, in two parts.
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Porphyridium
Marine. Unicellular. Erdschreiber’s medium.
Characterized by reddish plastids (rhodoplasts).
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Ward's® Live Vorticella Culture
This organism is easily recognized by its trumpet-shape, and can commonly be found in freshwater ponds and streams. It reproduces by budding.
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Ward's® Live Actinosphaerium Sp. Culture
With stiff 'arms' radiating in all directions, these microscopic organisms look like sea urchins
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Ectocarpus
Marine. Filamentous. Branched thallus, zoospores. Erdschreiber’s medium.
Kelp and seaweed; with a distinct set of photosynthetic pigments.
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Didinium
Predatory. Feeds on Paramecium caudatum. Hay medium.
Characterized by cilia; nearly all possess two types of nuclei.
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Oedogonium foveolatum
Freshwater. Filamentous. Homothallic strain. Basic culture solution.
Characterized by green plastids and cell walls composed of cellulose.
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Ward's® Pediastrum
Freshwater. Colonial; polygonal cells. Basic culture solution.
Characterized by green plastids and cell walls composed of cellulose.
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Scenedesmus
Freshwater. Colonial; four cells with spines. Basic culture solution.
Characterized by green plastids and cell walls composed of cellulose.
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Eudorina
Freshwater. Colonial; with spherical, biflagellated cells. Basic culture solution.
Characterized by green plastids and cell walls composed of cellulose.
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Polysiphonia
Marine. Filamentous; polysiphonious construction. Collected.
Characterized by reddish plastids (rhodoplasts).
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Fucus
Marine. Macroalga. Bladderwrack. Collected.
Kelp and seaweed; with a distinct set of photosynthetic pigments.
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Ward's® Live Paramecium multimicronucleatum Culture
Paramecium multimicronucleatumis one of the largest species of Paramecium. This ciliate contains a single macronucleus and four or more micronuclei. Grows in Dilute Alfalfa medium (Hay Medium).
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Ward's® Live Chlamydomonas moewusii Cultures
Demonstrates isogamous reproduction where gametes are similar in appearance and behavior. Make lectures and labs on protist reproduction clearer with our specially selected cultures that illustrate various reproductive phenomona.
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Ward's® Live Euglena sp. (gracilis)
Characterized by a lack of rigid cellulosic walls, instead these organisms have pellicles made of protein. They store paramylon instead of starch.