WS_HSE_Catalog_VWR_new - Ward's Science

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Staphylococcus aureus •
Causes wound infections and toxic shock syndrome.
Chromogenesis—yellow to orange pigments. Coagulase
and catalase positive. Nonmotile. Cocci; grape-like clusters.
Gram positive reaction. Aerobic. Incubation temperature
37°C. Tryptic soy agar growth medium. Note: Pathogen.
851178 $10.30
Serratia marcescens D1
Isolated from soil. Chromogenesis—produces red pigments.
Mutates to colorless at 37°C. Motile. Rods. Gram negative
reaction. Aerobic. Incubation temperature 25°C. Tryptic soy
agar growth medium.
850997 $10.30
Pseudomonas aeruginosa •
Isolated from human urinary tract infections, polluted water,
and sewage. Noticeable odor of trimethylamine (grapes).
May turn agar light green due to production of pyocyanine
(blue pigment). Motile. Rods. Gram negative reaction.
Aerobic. Incubation temperature 37°C. Tryptic soy agar
growth medium. Note: Pathogen.
851173 $10.30
Enterobacter aerogenes
Found in soil, water, and sewage, as well as serves as food for
protozoans. Normal intestinal flora. Motile. Rods. Gram negative
reaction. Aerobic. Incubation temperature 37°C. Tryptic
soy agar growth medium.
850033 $10.30
Clostridium sporogenes
Found in soil, wounds, food, and intestinal contents. Digest
protein. Oval subterminal spores. Motile. Rods. Gram positive
reaction. Anaerobic. Incubation temperature 37°C.
Thioglycollate broth growth medium.
851157 $10.30
Bacillus megaterium
Isolated from soil. Central elliptical spores. Motile. Large rods;
tend to occur in short, twisted chains. Gram positive reaction.
Aerobic. Incubation temperature 37°C. Tryptic soy agar
growth medium.
851154 $10.30
Alcaligenes faecalis
Intestinal flora. Alpha hemolysis on blood agar growth
medium. Motile. Coccal rods. Gram negative reaction.
Aerobic incubation temperature 37°C. Tryptic soy agar
growth medium.
851151 $10.30
Rhodospirillum rubrum
From stagnant water and mud. Produces a red pigment.
Capable of photosynthesis. Motile. Spirillum. Gram negative
reaction. Anaerobic in light. Incubation temperature
25°C. Nutrient broth growth medium. Note: Store at room
temperature.
850912 $10.30
Key: • Pathogen
Mycobacterium
smegmatis •
Isolated from smegma; occasionally from soil.
Nonmotile. Slender rods with branching or Y
shapes. Acid-fast staining (not readily stained
by Gram method, but considered Gram positive).
Aerobic. Incubation temperature 37°C.
Lowenstein-Jensen agar growth medium. Note:
Pathogen.
851167 $10.30
Proteus hauseri •
Isolated from human urinary tract and wound
infections. Putrefactive odor. Motile. Rods. Gram
negative reaction. Aerobic. Incubation temperature
37°C. Tryptic soy agar growth medium. Note:
Pathogen.
851171 $10.30
Mycobacterium phlei •
Isolated from hay and grass. Nonmotile. Short rods.
Acid-fast staining (not readily stained by Gram
method, but considered Gram positive). Aerobic.
Incubation temperature 37°C. Lowenstein-Jensen
agar growth medium. Note: Pathogen.
851166 $10.30
Lactococcus lactis
Isolated from milk, ferments lactose. Lancefield
group N, gamma hemolysis. Nonmotile.
Cocci; chains. Gram positive reaction. Aerobic.
Incubation temperature 37°C. Tryptic soy agar
growth medium.
851150 $10.30
Streptococcus pyogenes •
Lancefield group A, beta hemolysis. Sensitive to
bacitracin. Causes strep throat, rheumatic fever,
and scarlet fever. Nonmotile. Cocci; chains. Gram
positive reaction. Aerobic. Incubation temperature
37°C; it also grows well in 5% CO 2 . Blood agar
growth medium. Note: Pathogen.
851180 $10.30
Enterococcus faecalis •
Normal flora of human intestine, may be pathogenic in humans. Lancefield
group D, gamma hemolysis. Bile esculin positive, grows in NaCI solution.
Nonmotile. Cocci; short chains. Gram positive reaction. Aerobic. Incubation
temperature 37°C. Blood agar/tryptic soy agar growth medium. Note:
Pathogen.
851100 $10.30
E. coli JM101, Host
Can be transformed with pUC8 plasmid to become resistant to ampicillin
and to metabolize lactose.
850103 $10.30
Streptococcus mutans
Found on dental plaque, implicated in cavities. No Lancefield group shown,
gamma hemolysis. Nonmotile. Cocci; chains. Gram positive reaction. Aerobic.
Incubation temperature 37°C. Tryptic soy/blood agar growth medium.
851036 $10.30
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