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.
Oedogonium foveolatum
Freshwater. Filamentous. Homothallic strain. Basic culture solution.
Characterized by green plastids and cell walls composed of cellulose.
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Pandorina
Freshwater. Colonial; colonies elliptical, made up of 16–32 cells. 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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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 Turbatrix aceti (Vinegar Eel) Culture
Commonly known as the Vinegar Eel, these free-living nematodes require very little care, feeding in vinegar and feeding on fungi contained in it.
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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 Enterobacter aerogenes Culture
This organism is commonly recovered from soil and water. As normal intestinal flora, it can also usually be found in sewage.
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Saccharomyces cereviciae Strains for Genetic Manipulation
Yeast strains are ideal for genetic study because they are easy to grow and maintain, their life cycle is complete in approximately one week, and you can arrest different stages of the life cycle by growing it on different types of media.
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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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Conifer Cones
Conifers come in all shapes and sizes — and so do their cones.
Includes: 6 pine cones, 6 spruce cones and 6 cedar cones.
*Pine cone factoid: Pine cones can forecast the weather! In dry weather, the scales dry up and open out. If they start to close up, wet weather is coming!
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Ward's® Live Mealworm Larvae, Pupae and Beetles (Tenebrio)
Teach your students about the complete metamorphosis of an insect with these mealworms.
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Brine Shrimp Eggs
Place these eggs in a brine solution for two days in order to make the shrimp (Artemia) hatch. Our special processing technique allows you to store the eggs for nearly indefinite periods of time. 7 grams.