Bacteria Large Slide Set

50 slides

Spherical bacteria, cocci
1 - Diplococcus pneumoniae, causing croupous pneumonia, smear
2 - Gaffkya tetragena, occurring as tetrads, smear
3 - Neisseria gonorrhoeae, causing gonorrhoea, smear *
4 - Neisseria meningitidis (intracellularis), causing epidemic meningitidis, smear from culture
5 - Sarcina lutea, chromogenic rods occurring in packets
6 - Staphylococcus aureus, pus organism, smear from culture
7 - Streptococcus pyogenes, smear from culture showing short chains
8 - Streptococcus lactis, milk souring organism, smear from culture showing short chains

Rod-shaped bacteria, non spore-forming, gram-positive
9 - Corynebacterium diphtheriae, smear from culture
10 - Lactobacillus bulgaricus (Thermobacterium), Yoghurt bacteria (Bulgarian soured milk), from culture
11 - Mycobacterium leprae, causing leprosy, smear or tissue section *
12 - Mycobacterium tuberculosis, smear from positive sputum stained after Ziehl-Neelsen

Rod-shaped bacteria, non spore-forming, gram-negative
13 - Acetobacter aceti, manufacture of vinegar, smear
14 - Azotobacter, rods from soil, smear
15 - Bacterium erysipelatos (Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae), smear
16 - Bacterium prodigiosum (Serratia marcescens), formation of red pigment, smear
17 - Brucella abortus, causing abortation in cattle (Bang disease), smear
18 - Eberthella typhi, causing typhoid fever, smear
19 - Escherichia coli, colon bacteria, smear
20 - Hemophilus influenzae (Pfeiffer), smear
21 - Klebsiella pneumoniae (Friedlander), causing pneumonia smear
22 - Pasteurella pestis, bubonic plague, smear
23 - Proteus vulgaris, putrefaction, smear from culture
24 - Rhizobium radicicola, smear from culture
25 - Rhizobium radicicola, nitrogen fixing organisms, section through root nodule of lupin showing bacteria in situ
26 - Salmonella enteritidis, causes meat poisoning, smear
27 - Salmonella paratyphi, paratyphoid fever, smear
28 - Shigella dysenteriae, causes bacillary dysentery, smear

Rod-shaped bacteria, spore-forming (bacilli)
29 - Bacillus anthracis, smear from culture
30 - Bacillus mycoides, large soil organisms growing in chains
31 - Bacillus subtilis, hay bacillus, smear showing bacilli and spores doubly stained
32 - Clostridium botulinum, causing food poisoning, smear
33 - Clostridium perfringens, causing gas gangrene, smear
34 - Clostridium tetani, causing lockjaw, smear

Spiral bacteria and spirochaetes
35 - Vibrio comma, causing Asiatic cholera, smear
36 - Spirillum volutans, a very large spirillum, smear *
37 - Rhodospirillum rubrum, chromogenic rods, smear
38 - Borrelia duttoni (Spirochaeta recurrentis), causes Central African relapsing fever, blood smear with organisms

Miscellaneous groups
39 - Actinomyces alni, sec. of root nodule showing mycorrhiza of alder
40 - Sphaerotilus natans, from putrid water, long chains with sheaths
41 - Methanobacterium, forming methane, smear
42 - Streptomyces griseus, streptomycin antibiotic, smear
43 - Bacteria from mouth, Gram positive and negative bacteria can be observed in this slide, ideal for demonstration
44 - Bacteria from sauerkraut, smear
45 - Bacteria from cheese, smear or section
46 - Bacteria from human intestine, smear

Cytological slides, special staining techniques
47 - Typical mixed bacteria, including Gram-positive and Gram-negative rods, smear
48 - Monotrichous flagella on Vibrio or Pseudomonas, specially stained *
49 - Peritrichous flagella on Salmonella or Proteus, specially stained
50 - Nuclear stain (Bacillus cereus), smear specially stained for nuclear material (DNA)