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Mixed Ciliates
Specially Prepared “Real-Life” Combinations
The world is teeming with a wide variety of microlife, making studying samples of pond water complicated especially for the beginning student. To lessen the confusion, WARD’S has prepared different culture mixes that reflect protist combinations that occur in the real world, yet eliminates the hundreds of other life-forms found in a collected sample. Comes with a dichotomous key and either the Working with Algae or the Working with Protozoa manual. Supplied in a single jar.
Our choice of five from the following: Blepharisma, Colpidium, Euplotes, Paramecium aurelia, P. bursaria, P. caudatum, P. multimicronucleatum, Spirostomum, and Stentor.
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Ward's® Live Mixed Protist Culture
Specially Prepared “Real-Life” Combinations
The world is teeming with a wide variety of micro life, making studying samples of pond water complicated especially for the beginning student. To lessen the confusion, Ward's has prepared different culture mixes that reflect protist combinations that occur in the real world, yet eliminates the hundreds of other life-forms found in a collected sample.
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Ward's® Live Brown Planaria (Dugesia dorotocephala)
This is the most widely studied Turbellarian, a free-living flatworm commonly used in science fair projects.
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Ward's® Live Water Fleas (Daphnia magna)
Daphnia are a widely studied small crustacean used for a number of physiology studies including the effects of drugs on heartbeat and temperature on metabolism.
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Ward's® Live Spirogyra Culture
Spirogyra is a genus of filamentous green algae with chloroplasts arranged in a helical (spiral) pattern.
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Ward's® Live Egeria sp. Aquatic Plants
An excellent aquarium oxygenator, great for teaching respiration, photosynthesis, and plasmolysis.
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Live Paramecium bursaria
Paramecium bursaria is a ciliate that contains mutualistic algae called Zoochlorella. The algae lives in the cytoplasma of the Paramecium and provides it with food. Paramecium bursaria grows in Dilute Alfalfa Medium (Hay Medium) or Soil Water Medium. Requires light for growth.
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Ward's® Live Mixed Green Algae
One jar containing a mixture of 6 different genera of algae. Each algae is cultured individually in Ward's laboratories, and mixed together immediately prior to shipment to ensure an adequate supply of each organism.
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Ward's® Live Mexican Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)
These unique salamanders keep their gills and stay fully aquatic even into adulthood, making them ideal subjects for embryological and developmental studies.
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Ward's® Hemolysis Set
Hemolysis, the rupture of red blood cells, is induced by certain species of streptococcal bacteria that produce extracellular hemolysin. Observe this phenomenon with this set of 3 non-pathogenic species
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Ward's® Fungi-Like Protist Set
Organisms with Characteristics of Two Kingdoms
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Saprolegnia ferax, Tube Culture
Water mold and fish parasite. Demonstrates sporangia and oospores. Grows on wheat seed, cucumber seed, or hemp seed in water environment. Reproduces sexually and asexually. Incubation temperature 25°C.
Cell walls made of cellulose; feeds by extending hyphae into host's tissue.
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Mixed Marine Algae
Specially Prepared “Real-Life” Combinations
The world is teeming with a wide variety of microlife, making studying samples of pond water complicated especially for the beginning student. To lessen the confusion, WARD’S has prepared different culture mixes that reflect protist combinations that occur in the real world, yet eliminates the hundreds of other life-forms found in a collected sample. Comes with a dichotomous key and either the Working with Algae or the Working with Protozoa manual. Supplied in a single jar.
Contents: Amphidinium, Coccolithophora, Dunaliella, Ectocarpus, and Prorocentrum.
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Green Protists
Specially Prepared “Real-Life” Combinations
The world is teeming with a wide variety of microlife, making studying samples of pond water complicated especially for the beginning student. To lessen the confusion, WARD’S has prepared different culture mixes that reflect protist combinations that occur in the real world, yet eliminates the hundreds of other life-forms found in a collected sample. Comes with a dichotomous key and either the Working with Algae or the Working with Protozoa manual. Supplied in a single jar.
Contents: Chlamydomonas, Closterium, Pandorina, Peridinium, Spirogyra, Synedra, and Volvox.
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Volvocales
Specially Prepared “Real-Life” Combinations
The world is teeming with a wide variety of microlife, making studying samples of pond water complicated especially for the beginning student. To lessen the confusion, WARD’S has prepared different culture mixes that reflect protist combinations that occur in the real world, yet eliminates the hundreds of other life-forms found in a collected sample. Comes with a dichotomous key and either the Working with Algae or the Working with Protozoa manual. Supplied in a single jar.
Contents: Carteria, Chlamydomonas, Eudorina, Gonium, Pandorina, and Volvox.

