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.
Fritschiella
Freshwater. Filamentous; displays high degree of differentiation. Basic culture solution.
Characterized by green plastids and cell walls composed of cellulose.
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Microspora
Freshwater. Filamentous; H-shaped cell walls. Soil-water medium.
Characterized by green plastids and cell walls composed of cellulose.
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Selanastrum, Tube Culture
Freshwater. Unicellular; lunate. Proteose agar.
Characterized by green plastids and cell walls composed of cellulose.
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Staurastrum
Freshwater. Unicellular; triangular desmid. Basic culture solution. Characterized by green plastids and cell walls composed of cellulose.
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Stigeoclonium
Freshwater. Filamentous. Produces zoospores. Basic culture solution.
Characterized by green plastids and cell walls composed of cellulose.
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Ward's® Thalassiosira
Marine. Unicellular; brackish, centric cells. Marine medium.
Characterized by shells (tests) made of silica, in two parts.
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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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Ward's® Live Cylindrospermum Culture
This filamentous cyanobacteria is comprised of heterocysts and akinetes that are terminally located on the filament.
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Fischerella (Stigonema)
Freshwater. Filamentous. True branching, dimorphic structure. 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..
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Gloeotrichia
Freshwater. Filamentous. Trichomes radiating from basil heterocysts. 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.
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Ward's® Lyngbya
Freshwater. Filamentous. Unbranched trichome, thinly sheathed; oscillating movement. 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.
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Bangia
Marine. Filamentous; unbranched thallus. Erdschreiber’s medium.
Characterized by reddish plastids (rhodoplasts).
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Ward's® Phacus
Freshwater. Unicellular; heart-shaped cell. Soil-water medium.
Characterized by a lack of rigid cellulosic walls, instead these organisms have pellicles made of protein. They store paramylon instead of starch.
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Porphyridium
Marine. Unicellular. Erdschreiber’s medium.
Characterized by reddish plastids (rhodoplasts).
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Coccolithophora
Marine. Unicellular; contains same pigments as other Golden Algae but contains haptonema, unique to Haptophyceae. Coccoid, from coccoliths. Marine medium. Characterized by golden yellow plastids.
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Laminaria
Marine. Macroalga. Kelp. Large specimen. Collected.
Kelp and seaweed; with a distinct set of photosynthetic pigments.