"Culturing Supplies"

Isolated from sewage, human intestines, and urinary tract infections. Spreading colonies are seen on agar growth medium. 

This organism is often times isolated from food; in large amounts it can cause food poisoning

Lancefield group A, beta hemolysis. Sensitive to bacitracin. Causes strep throat, rheumatic fever, and scarlet fever.

Isolated from soil. Forms red pigment (best on high carbohydrate medium) and has oval eccentric spores. 

This organism is a common inhabitant of intestinal flora, and can be a major cause of urinary tract infection.

Penicillium notatum is a deuteromycete that produces penicillin. It is available in normal and high-yield strains.

In this lab activity, students identify an unknown bacterial sample using gross examination, cell morphology, and biochemical tests with Becton-Dickenson EnteroPluri Tubes. 

This organism is commonly isolated from soil, and depending upon the temperature of its environment, can produce a distinctive red pigment.

No Lancefield group shown, alpha hemolysis. Bile solubility test positive, optochin sensitive. Causes pneumonia. 

Both of these strains of Serratia marcescens are colorless mutants when plated alone, but when grown together, they produce a red pigment.

Kocuria rhizophila is also commonly known by the name Micrococcus luteus. This organism is commonly isolated from soil, and is frequently used to test antimicrobial efficacy in the food industry.

This species of Rhodospirillum is commonly isolated from stagnant water and mud. It is especially interesting because it produces a red pigment and is also capable of photosynthesis.

This organism is occasionally isolated from soil, but most frequently from smegma- a secretion from male and female genitalia.

This large culture collection includes the specimens presented most often in university textbooks

Students learn about the study the effects and efficacy of six commercial antibiotics on bacteria.

Bioassays that Glow