Microscopic Organisms

A gram-rod

B-6, causes crown gall in plants

The large commonly studied amoeba. Use soon after arrival

A filamentous blue-green.

A common Aspergillus

A spore forming rod.

A large pink ciliate.

A common unicellular, motile, green alga.

A unicellular, nonmotile, planktonic green alga.

Contains: Paramecium Caudatum, Paramecium Bursaria, Blepharisma, Stentor, Vorticella, and Spirostomum, each in an individual jar for 25-30 students.

A large desmid with gypsum granules that exhibit Brownian movement.

A common desmid

A mixture of several genera.

A flagellate exhibiting both plant and animal characteristics.

Contains: Euglena, Peranema, Volvox, Pandorina, Chlamydamonas, and Gonium. Each in an individual jar for 25-30 students.

A blue-green whose cells are enclosed in a gelatinous sheath.

Cells form square plates

A planktonic mixture.

Typically sold by the pint.

Please specify if you would like this cultured on a plate or slant when ordering.

Please order in adavnce as this is a slow growing bacteria.

The familiar water net

Contains: Amoeba, Paramecium, Rotifers,  Vinegar Eels, Planaria, Daphnia, and Cyclops. Each in an individual jar for 25-30 students.**Add a class of 12 Hydra when available**

For slowing protozoa.

Contains:

Blepharisma, Volvox, and Vinegar Eels. Each in an individual jar for 25-30 students

A mixture of more than six common pond water algae. 

Customizable for up to 6 available algea's of your choice.

Mixture's of over six items, add $1.00 per item

A mixture of Amoebas.

Contains a variety of pond water protozoans.

Customizable for up to 6 available protozoans of your choice.

Mixture's of over six items, add $1.00 per item

Trichomes are numerous and twisted within a gelatinous envelope or ball.

The common filamentous blue-green

A spherical colony with compact pear shaped cells

A small green paramecium which exhibits a symbiotic relationship with a green algae. (Zoochlorellae)

The large commonly studied paramecium.

Cells form circular plates.

Source of penicillin.

Has two flagella, one of which is easily observed.

Activley growing plasmodial on an agar plate.

The yellow slime mold. A vial contains several pieces of dried sclerotium.

Contains a mixture of plants and animals commonly found in ponds such as Protozoans, Rotifers, Algae, Crustacea, and small worms.

This, along with wheat or rice, is the medium we use for culturing most of our protozoa. Supplied as a concentrate, dilute 9:1 with distilled water.

The common bread mold.

Usually of mixture of several species.

Bread Yeast

Our species has two to four cells arranged in a single row with spines on the terminal cells.

Contains a vial of Physarum Sclerotial  , 5 USP agar plates, oatmeal for feeding, and instructions.

A common filamentous green with spiral shaped chloroplasts

A long slender ciliate.

Coeruleus is usually the species. Blue green in color.

A large colonial flagellate.

or similar stalked ciliate.

Preheated, use for culturing Paramecium and many other ciliates.