Bacteria - Living Material

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

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

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

A Common Intestinal Flora Isolate, Demonstrates Alpha Hemolysis on Blood Agar Growth Medium

This yellow, shiny organism is known to cause wound infections and more famously, toxic shock syndrome.

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

This yellow, shiny organism is known to cause wound infections and more famously, toxic shock syndrome.

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 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).