"Educational Materials"
Ward's® Live Streptococcus mutans Culture
Found on dental plaque, implicated in cavities. No Lancefield group shown, gamma hemolysis.
Ward's® Live Streptococcus pneumoniae Culture - PATHOGEN
No Lancefield group shown, alpha hemolysis. Bile solubility test positive, optochin sensitive. Causes pneumonia.
Ward's® Live Streptococcus salivarius Culture
Normal flora of the mouth and throat. Lancefield group K, gamma hemolysis.
Ward's® Live Streptococcus viridians Culture - PATHOGEN
Isolated from human saliva, sputum, and intestine. No Lancefield group shown, alpha hemolysis.
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
Ward's® Live Streptomyces griseus Culture
Produces streptomycin. Branching mycelium and coenocytic hyphae.
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.
Ward's® Live Alcaligenes faecalis Culture
A Common Intestinal Flora Isolate, Demonstrates Alpha Hemolysis on Blood Agar Growth Medium
Ward's® Live Alcaligenes viscolactis Culture
The presence of A. viscolactis in milk is a common cause for sliminess or "ropiness".
Ward's® Live Clostridium sporogenes Culture
This organism can be isolated from soil, wounds, and intestinal tracts of humans. It digests protein and is known for its strong, distinctive odor.
Ward's® Live Mycobacterium phlei Culture - PATHOGEN
This pathogenic organism is sometimes isolated from hay and grass.
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.
Ward's® Live Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum Culture
This organism is normally isolated from soil and is a non-pathogenic strain of the mycobacterium genus.
Ward's® Live Proteus hauseri Culture - PATHOGEN
Isolated from human urinary tract and wound infections, this organism is identifiable by its characteristic putrefactive odor.
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).
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.

