"Freeze-Dried Specimens"
Applied Filters
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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Hydrodictyon
Freshwater. Colonial; net-like structure with multinucleated cells. Basic culture solution.
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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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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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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Ward's® Tetrahymena
Axenic culture. Food organism. Tetrahymena medium.
Characterized by cilia; nearly all possess two types of nuclei.
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Ward's® Tribonema
Freshwater; unbranched filaments with cylindrical- to slightly barrel-shaped cells; shows the characteristic H-pieces upon fragmentation of the filament.
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.
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Basic Algae Culture Solution
For Culture of Freshwater Algae. Comes in ready-to-use and concentrated formulations
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Ward's® Live Chlamydomonas moewusii 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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Closterium littorale
Freshwater. Unicellular; homothallic strain. Basic culture solution. Characterized by green plastids and cell walls composed of cellulose.

