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.
Ward's® Luminescent Bacteria Set
Fascinate students with some of the simplest light-producing organisms
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Ward's® College Bacteria Culture Set - PATHOGEN
This large culture collection includes the specimens presented most often in university textbooks
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Coprinus cinereus
Basidiomycete. Inky-capped mushroom. Jar culture. Incubation temperature 30°C. YM/rabbit dung agar growth medium.
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Saprolegnia ferax, Tube Culture
Water mold and fish parasite. Demonstrates sporangia and oospores. Grows on wheat seed, cucumber seed, or hemp seed in water environment. Reproduces sexually and asexually. Incubation temperature 25°C.
Cell walls made of cellulose; feeds by extending hyphae into host's tissue.
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Ward's® Oil-Degrading Microbes Set
Study the Microbes Used in the Bioremediation of Oil Spills.
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Mixed Marine Algae
Specially Prepared “Real-Life” Combinations
The world is teeming with a wide variety of microlife, making studying samples of pond water complicated especially for the beginning student. To lessen the confusion, WARD’S has prepared different culture mixes that reflect protist combinations that occur in the real world, yet eliminates the hundreds of other life-forms found in a collected sample. Comes with a dichotomous key and either the Working with Algae or the Working with Protozoa manual. Supplied in a single jar.
Contents: Amphidinium, Coccolithophora, Dunaliella, Ectocarpus, and Prorocentrum.
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Ward's® Live Cyanobacteria Mixture
Taking their name from the bluish pigment that most of these organisms share, each jar contains a broad sample of several types of cyanobacteria.
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Ward's® Live Green Algae Forms Set: 4 Cultures
Ideal for comparative study, the four cultures included in this set represent green algae's variety of physical morphologies.
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Ward's® High School Algae Set
Bring your high school biology text to life with the algal cultures included in this set of 12 cultures commonly found in high-school textbooks.
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Ward's® Live Algae Classification Set
Examples of eight different types of algae, grouped by the color of their plastids.
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Green Protists
Specially Prepared “Real-Life” Combinations
The world is teeming with a wide variety of microlife, making studying samples of pond water complicated especially for the beginning student. To lessen the confusion, WARD’S has prepared different culture mixes that reflect protist combinations that occur in the real world, yet eliminates the hundreds of other life-forms found in a collected sample. Comes with a dichotomous key and either the Working with Algae or the Working with Protozoa manual. Supplied in a single jar.
Contents: Chlamydomonas, Closterium, Pandorina, Peridinium, Spirogyra, Synedra, and Volvox.
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Volvocales
Specially Prepared “Real-Life” Combinations
The world is teeming with a wide variety of microlife, making studying samples of pond water complicated especially for the beginning student. To lessen the confusion, WARD’S has prepared different culture mixes that reflect protist combinations that occur in the real world, yet eliminates the hundreds of other life-forms found in a collected sample. Comes with a dichotomous key and either the Working with Algae or the Working with Protozoa manual. Supplied in a single jar.
Contents: Carteria, Chlamydomonas, Eudorina, Gonium, Pandorina, and Volvox.