"Human Biology Lab Activities&amp"

Isolated from straw, can also be found in the soil, and acts as a decomposer. Slight anti-bacterial activity. With coenocytic hyphae

This organism is normal flora of human intestine and may be pathogenic in humans. This organism will grow in Sodium chloride solution.

This organism can be isolated from soil, wounds, and intestinal tracts of humans. It digests protein and is known for its strong, distinctive odor.

Isolated from human urinary tract and wound infections, this organism is identifiable by its characteristic putrefactive odor.

This organism can be isolated from many human urinary tract infections, as well as polluted water and sewage. It is commonly identified by its distinctive grape-like smell (trimethylamine) or because it can turn the agar light green due to production of a blue pigment (pyocyanin).

Students determine contamination levels of ground beef in different environments.

This set of 12 cultures can be studied as hands-on examples of the bacteria described in the most popular high school-level biology texts.

Isolated from human urinary tract and wound infections, this organism is identifiable by its characteristic putrefactive odor. 

Fascinate students with some of the simplest light-producing organisms