Specimens

Freshwater. Filamentous. Unbranched, contorted filaments. Basic culture solution.

Shipped in a form that provides the best quality specimen. Most are supplied in 16 x 125 mm tubes, 2 oz. jars, or 8 oz. jars.

Isolated from milk, ferments lactose. Lancefield group N, gamma hemolysis

Freshwater. Colonial; with spherical, biflagellated cells. Basic culture solution.

Characterized by green plastids and cell walls composed of cellulose.

Freshwater; forms a colony of four, eight, 16 or 32 cells.

Live Cultures are supplied with media in 16 x 125 mm tubes, 2 oz. jars, or 8 oz. jars. Fast delivery is available directly from our laboratory. Please specify a delivery date.

Each culture shipment is prepared in our laboratories and includes the "Working with Algae & Cyanobacteria" manual which contains detailed instructions for subculturing and use.

Canadian Customers:
CFIA and PHAC regulations require customers to submit a completed inspection checklist and signed statement of facilities compliance before receiving certain cultures. A customer service representative will contact you if documentation is required.

Freshwater. Colonial; net-like structure with multinucleated cells. Basic culture solution.

Characterized by green plastids and cell walls composed of cellulose.

This "many-headed" organism is a plasmodial slime mold commonly found in forests on decaying deciduous trees. Available in both plasmodial and sclerotial stages.

Produces orange pigments. 

Freshwater. Colonial; four cells with spines. Basic culture solution.

Characterized by green plastids and cell walls composed of cellulose.

Freshwater; unbranched cells with parietal chloroplasts; produces zoospores.

Live Cultures are supplied with media in 16 x 125 mm tubes, 2 oz. jars, or 8 oz. jars. Fast delivery is available directly from our laboratory. Please specify a delivery date.

Each culture shipment is prepared in our laboratories and includes the "Working with Algae & Cyanobacteria" manual which contains detailed instructions for subculturing and use.

Canadian Customers:
CFIA and PHAC regulations require customers to submit a completed inspection checklist and signed statement of facilities compliance before receiving certain cultures. A customer service representative will contact you if documentation is required.

Ascomycete. Baker’s yeast. Reproduction by budding. Incubation temperature 30°C. YM agar growth medium.

Anabaena is a genus of filamentous, un-branched Cyanobacteria consisting of bead-like cells and enlarged spores or heterocysts.

Oscillatoria is a genus of filamentous green algae that moves by sliding filaments back and forth against each other.

This species of freshwater algae is commonly used for research on photosynthesis.

Freshwater. Unicellular; desmid. Basic culture solution.

Characterized by green plastids and cell walls composed of cellulose.

This colonial cyanobacteria is structured as several cells bound together in a gelatinous "mucilaginous sheath".

Freshwater; large placoderm desmid; well-shaped semi-cells.

Live Cultures are supplied with media in 16 x 125 mm tubes, 2 oz. jars, or 8 oz. jars. Fast delivery is available directly from our laboratory. Please specify a delivery date.

Each culture shipment is prepared in our laboratories and includes the "Working with Algae & Cyanobacteria" manual which contains detailed instructions for subculturing and use.

Canadian Customers:
CFIA and PHAC regulations require customers to submit a completed inspection checklist and signed statement of facilities compliance before receiving certain cultures. A customer service representative will contact you if documentation is required.