Bacteria - Living Material

This organism is commonly isolated from soil or water, and produces a pink or rose colored pigment.

This organism is commonly isolated in soil and produces antibiotics such as bacitracin, subtilisin, and mycobacillin.

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

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.

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

This organism is normal flora of human skin.

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

This organism is a common environmental isolate, and can be found in soil as well as in industrial settings.

Freshwater. Colonial. Sheet of many cells one cell thick. Soil-water medium.

Shipped in a form that provides the best quality specimen. Most are supplied in 16 x 125 mm tubes, 2 oz. jars, or 8 oz. jars.

This organism is commonly found in soil and water, and is also associated with spoiled food. It produces a diffusible fluorescent pigment.

Freshwater. Filamentous. Unbranched, contorted filaments. Basic culture solution.

Shipped in a form that provides the best quality specimen. Most are supplied in 16 x 125 mm tubes, 2 oz. jars, or 8 oz. jars.

Isolated from milk, ferments lactose. Lancefield group N, gamma hemolysis

Produces orange pigments. 

This organism is commonly recovered from soil and water. As normal intestinal flora, it can also usually be found in sewage.

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