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® Live Streptococcus gallolyticus Culture
Isolated from the alimentary tract of cows. Lancefield group D, gamma hemolysis. May be pathogenic in humans.
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Ward's® Live Streptococcus mutans Culture
Found on dental plaque, implicated in cavities. No Lancefield group shown, gamma hemolysis.
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Ward's® Live Streptococcus pneumoniae Culture - PATHOGEN
No Lancefield group shown, alpha hemolysis. Bile solubility test positive, optochin sensitive. Causes pneumonia.
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Ward's® Live Streptococcus salivarius Culture
Normal flora of the mouth and throat. Lancefield group K, gamma hemolysis.
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Streptococcus sanguinis
Normal flora of the mouth and throat. Lancefield group H, alpha hemolysis. Optochin resistant. May cause infections in humans. Nonmotile. Cocci; chains. Gram positive reaction. Aerobic. Incubation temperature 37°C. Blood agar growth medium. Note: Pathogen.
Packaged in a 16 x 125 mm tubes. Call our Customer Service for availability of demo plates and other special orders.
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Ward's® Live Streptococcus viridians Culture - PATHOGEN
Isolated from human saliva, sputum, and intestine. No Lancefield group shown, alpha hemolysis.
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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
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Ward's® Live Streptomyces griseus Culture
Produces streptomycin. Branching mycelium and coenocytic hyphae.
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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.
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Ward's® Live Alcaligenes faecalis Culture
A Common Intestinal Flora Isolate, Demonstrates Alpha Hemolysis on Blood Agar Growth Medium
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Ward's® Live Alcaligenes viscolactis Culture
The presence of A. viscolactis in milk is a common cause for sliminess or "ropiness".
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Ward's® Chromobacterium Violaceum
Found in fresh water. Chromogenesis; blue to purple pigments produced. Motile. Rods. Gram negative reaction. Aerobic. Incubation temperature 30°C. Blood agar growth medium. Note: Pathogen.
Packaged in a 16×125 mm tubes. Call our Customer Service for availability of demo plates and other special orders.
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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.
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Ward's® Live Mycobacterium phlei Culture - PATHOGEN
This pathogenic organism is sometimes isolated from hay and grass.
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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.
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Ward's® Live Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum Culture
This organism is normally isolated from soil and is a non-pathogenic strain of the mycobacterium genus.