Euglena (Product Code: SCL453/0176) is a prepared microscope slide of Euglena, a single-celled freshwater flagellate, used to teach protists and the limits of plant–animal classification in school and college biology. Students look for its chloroplasts, red eyespot and flexible pellicle, features of an organism that photosynthesises like a plant yet swims like an animal. It is supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd (ScienceLab), Ambala, India, as one of its prepared microscope slides, in a white plastic box.

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What Is the Euglena Slide Used For?

Students look for the spindle-shaped cell body, the many chloroplasts, the red eyespot (stigma) near the front end and the reservoir from which the flagellum emerges. The flexible pellicle is what allows Euglena’s typical wriggling, shape-changing movement, and stored food appears as paramylon granules. On a fixed slide the flagellum can be faint, so it is worth asking the class what they can and cannot see, and why a living cell would look different.

The slide works well at the start of a unit on microorganisms, where students compare Euglena with Paramecium and Amoeba to see three different ways of moving and feeding within a single cell. Where pond water is available, a live cavity-slide mount set up beside the prepared slide lets the class see both fixed detail and real movement. For schools building up their microbiology lab equipment, it is a simple way to show autotrophic and heterotrophic nutrition in one organism.

Supplier

Jain Scientific Equipments Private Limited supplies the Euglena slide under its ScienceLab brand from Ambala, Haryana, India. It serves schools, colleges and distributors in India and international markets, and further details about the company are on our company profile.

Related Biology Lab Equipment

Items commonly used alongside this slide in a protist practical:

• Paramecium — a ciliate slide for comparing movement by cilia with movement by a flagellum
• Protozoa — a wall chart of common protozoans to support the classification discussion
• Protozoa and Algae Set of 20 — a larger slide set when the lesson covers many protists and algae
• Cavity Slides (Single Cavity) — for live pond-water mounts next to the prepared slide
• Monocular Microscope, 400x, With Coaxial Knobs — a student microscope suited to viewing single cells

Our Biology Lab category lists further slides, charts and apparatus.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Euglena a plant or an animal?
Neither: the organism on the Euglena slide is a protist. It photosynthesises with its chloroplasts when light is available but can also absorb food from its surroundings, which is why teachers use it to discuss the limits of plant and animal classification.

Will the flagellum be visible?
The flagellum can be faint on the Euglena slide because the specimen is fixed and mounted. The eyespot, chloroplasts and cell outline are generally easier to find; use high power and reduce the light slightly to improve contrast.

How is the slide supplied?
The Euglena slide is supplied on clear borosilicate glass in a white rectangular plastic box. The pack quantity is not listed in the product information, so ask us when you enquire so the quotation matches your class size.

Can a prepared slide replace a live culture?
The Euglena slide complements rather than replaces live material. The prepared slide gives a dependable specimen for every lesson, whatever the season, while a live pond-water mount shows how the cell actually moves and changes shape.

Is it robust enough for student use?
The Euglena slide is made of glass and will break if dropped, so younger students should carry it flat and under supervision. Returning it to its plastic box after each session protects it between lessons.

Who supplies the Euglena slide, and how do we order?
The Euglena slide (SCL453/0176) is supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd, trading as ScienceLab, from Ambala, Haryana, India. Schools and colleges can order it by sending the code, the number of slides and the delivery city or country.

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Last updated: 24 September 2026

Paramecium (Product Code: SCL454/0177) is a prepared microscope slide of Paramecium, the slipper-shaped ciliate protozoan, used to teach how a single cell feeds, moves and controls its water balance in school and college biology practicals. Its cilia, oral groove and two kinds of nucleus make it the first protozoan many students study in detail. It is supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd (ScienceLab), Ambala, India, for secondary schools, colleges and teacher-training institutes.

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What Is the Paramecium Slide Used For?

At low power the organism appears as a small, elongated slipper with one blunt end and one more pointed end. Moving to high power, students trace the oral groove leading to the cell mouth (cytostome), look for food vacuoles in the cytoplasm, and pick out the large bean-shaped macronucleus with the much smaller micronucleus beside it. The contractile vacuoles, one towards each end, may show their star-like radiating canals, and the fringe of cilia around the margin becomes easier to see when the light is turned down.

Teachers use the slide to explain osmoregulation in freshwater organisms — why contractile vacuoles are needed at all — and to introduce binary fission and conjugation as the ways Paramecium reproduces. Setting it beside an Amoeba slide shows two contrasting answers to movement: cilia versus pseudopodia. A labelled high-power drawing of the cell is a standard record exercise, which is why this organism is a core item among the prepared microscope slides kept for protozoa practicals.

Supplier

This Paramecium slide is supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Private Limited, known to customers by its trading name ScienceLab and based in Ambala, Haryana, India. It supplies protozoa slides to institutions in India and international markets; learn more about us on the company profile page.

Related Biology Lab Equipment

Other items for a lesson on ciliates and single-celled life:

• Amoeba — for contrasting movement by cilia with movement by pseudopodia
• Euglena — a flagellate that completes the comparison of locomotion types
• Methylene Blue — a stain teachers add to live wet mounts to make nuclei easier to see
• Coverslips — for preparing temporary mounts of living Paramecium from a culture
• Binocular Biological Microscope, LED — comfortable two-eyed viewing for longer observation sessions

Visit the Biology Lab category for the rest of our protozoa and tissue slides.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which structures can students identify?
Students can usually identify the cell outline, oral groove, food vacuoles, macronucleus, micronucleus and contractile vacuoles on the Paramecium slide. How clearly each structure shows varies from specimen to specimen, so turn the light down to bring out the fringe of cilia.

Does the slide show binary fission or conjugation?
The Paramecium slide is listed as a Paramecium specimen and does not specify a reproductive stage such as binary fission or conjugation. Contact us before ordering if you specifically need one of those stages for your practical.

What else is needed to use it?
Only a compound microscope with low- and high-power objectives is needed for the Paramecium slide. To show living Paramecium as well, you will need a culture, plain or cavity slides and coverslips for temporary mounts.

How is it packed?
The Paramecium slide is clear borosilicate glass supplied in a white rectangular plastic box. Slides per box are not stated in the listing, so please check the quantity with us when you enquire about your class requirement.

How do we keep it in good condition?
Store the Paramecium slide in its box so dust cannot settle on it, and if fingerprints build up, clean the surface gently with lens tissue rather than a cloth, which can scratch the glass.

Who supplies the Paramecium slide, and is bulk supply possible?
The Paramecium slide (SCL454/0177) is supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd, trading as ScienceLab, from Ambala, Haryana, India. Bulk quotations are available for schools, colleges and distributors in India and international markets.

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Last updated: 24 September 2026

Spirogyra (Product Code: SCL455/0178) is a prepared microscope slide of the filamentous green alga Spirogyra, used to show spiral chloroplasts and algal cell structure in school and college botany practicals. Teachers pick it for lessons on algae, plant cells and photosynthesis because the ribbon-like chloroplasts are easy to recognise; the specimen is mounted on clear borosilicate glass and kept in a white plastic box. It is supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd (ScienceLab), Ambala, India, as one of its prepared microscope slides.

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What Is the Spirogyra Slide Used For?

The slide is used to teach how a simple green alga is built. Each filament is a chain of cylindrical cells joined end to end; under high power students follow the spiral chloroplast as it winds round the inside of the cell wall, spot the pyrenoids spaced along it, and find the nucleus held in the middle of the cell by fine strands of cytoplasm crossing a large vacuole. Counting the chloroplast ribbons in a cell and comparing how tightly they coil in different filaments make good tasks for a practical record.

Spirogyra is also the textbook example of sexual reproduction by conjugation, in which a tube forms between cells of neighbouring filaments; the stage on this slide is not specified in our listing, so check with us if you need it. The slide fits botany lab equipment collections for school and undergraduate courses, and pairs naturally with fresh pond material mounted on plain slides and tested with iodine, which shows starch around the pyrenoids.

Supplier

Spirogyra slides are sourced and supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Private Limited, which trades as ScienceLab from Ambala, Haryana, India, and serves schools, colleges and dealers in India and international markets. For vendor registration and export paperwork, the supplying company’s Importer-Exporter Code is AAECJ8618A (DGFT) and its GSTIN is 06AAECJ8618A1ZT. See the company profile for more.

Related Biology Lab Equipment

Useful with this slide in an algae or plant-cell practical:

• Conjugation of Spirogyra, Whole Body — a separate slide listed for the conjugation stage of the same alga
• Oscillatoria — another filamentous organism, for contrasting a cyanobacterium with a true alga
• Iodine Sol — for testing fresh Spirogyra for starch stored around the pyrenoids
• Plain Slides — for temporary mounts of fresh pond samples
• Binocular Microscope 1000x mag — for close study of pyrenoids and the suspended nucleus

Browse the Biology Lab and Prepared Slides categories for more botany specimens.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does Spirogyra look spiral under the microscope?
Spirogyra looks spiral because each cell contains ribbon-shaped chloroplasts that coil around the inside of the cell wall. On the Spirogyra slide students can trace these ribbons at high power and pick out the pyrenoids spaced along them, which is the feature that gives the alga its name.

Does the Spirogyra slide show conjugation?
The reproductive stage on the Spirogyra slide (SCL455/0178) is not stated in our product details, so please contact us before ordering if your syllabus needs conjugation. A separate slide listed as Conjugation of Spirogyra, Whole Body can be quoted for that stage.

Is the Spirogyra slide useful for photosynthesis lessons?
Yes, as a visual aid. The Spirogyra slide lets students see the chloroplasts and the pyrenoids linked to starch storage, which helps explain where photosynthesis happens. For actual photosynthesis experiments, such as starch tests, fresh pond material mounted on plain slides works better.

What comes in the Spirogyra slide box?
The Spirogyra slide is mounted on clear borosilicate glass and packed in a white rectangular plastic box. Our listing does not state how many slides each box holds, so the quantity per box is confirmed with your quotation.

How should the Spirogyra slide be stored in a humid climate?
Keep the Spirogyra slide in its closed box in a dry cupboard, away from sinks and steam. Damp conditions can leave a film on glass surfaces, so if the slide looks cloudy, wipe it gently with lens tissue before use.

Who supplies the Spirogyra slide?
The Spirogyra slide is supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd (ScienceLab) of Ambala, Haryana, India. The company sources prepared slides for schools, colleges, institutions and dealers, and quotes for delivery within India and to international markets.

What should a quotation request for the Spirogyra slide include?
Send the product code SCL455/0178, the number of Spirogyra slides you need, your delivery location and any other botany slides or reagents on your list. ScienceLab then prepares a single quotation covering the whole requirement.

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Last updated: 24 September 2026

Rhizopus (Product Code: SCL456/0179) is a prepared microscope slide of Rhizopus, the common black bread mould, used to teach fungal hyphae and spore-bearing structures in school and college biology practicals. It shows students why moulds spread so quickly over stored food, and the specimen comes on clear borosilicate glass in a white rectangular plastic box. The slide is supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd (ScienceLab), Ambala, India, for mycology and microbiology lab equipment lists.

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What Is the Rhizopus Slide Used For?

It is used to show the body plan of a mould. Students begin by following the hyphae, which have no cross-walls, so the cytoplasm and its many nuclei run continuously along each thread. Within the mycelium they then pick out stolons running across the surface, root-like rhizoids anchoring the mould, and upright sporangiophores, each topped by a round sporangium packed with spores around a central columella. Relating these parts to how a slice of bread turns black with mould in a few days makes the lesson easy to remember.

Many teachers combine the slide with a simple growth activity: a moist piece of bread kept in a covered petri dish produces a mould colony that students can inspect with a hand lens before comparing it with the microscope view. Keep such dishes closed, dispose of them safely, and do not ask students with mould allergies to handle them. Rhizopus is also used to introduce zygospores and the role of fungi as decomposers.

Supplier

Jain Scientific Equipments Private Limited supplies the Rhizopus slide under its trading name, ScienceLab, from Ambala, Haryana, India. The company sources prepared microorganism slides for schools, colleges, laboratories and dealers, and handles enquiries from India and international markets directly. You can find out more from our company profile.

Related Biology Lab Equipment

Items that round out a practical on fungi:

• Yeast — a single-celled fungus to compare with the thread-like body of Rhizopus
• Agaricus — a jar specimen showing a fungal fruiting body at full size
• Fungi (Agaricus) — a wall chart to support discussion of the fungal kingdom
• Petri Dish — for growing bread mould in class alongside the slide
• Hand Lens — for examining mould colonies before moving to the microscope

The Biology Lab category has more microorganism slides and supporting apparatus.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which parts of Rhizopus can be identified on the slide?
Hyphae, stolons, rhizoids, sporangiophores and sporangia are the usual teaching points on a Rhizopus slide. How many of these appear clearly depends on the particular specimen, so teachers often ask students to find as many as they can and label a drawing.

Does the Rhizopus slide show zygospores?
Our listing does not state that the Rhizopus slide (SCL456/0179) shows zygospores or any other sexual stage. If your course needs them, ask us before placing the order so we can confirm what the current supply shows.

Is the Rhizopus slide a live culture?
No. The Rhizopus slide is a prepared slide intended for viewing under the microscope, not for growing mould. Live mould for class activities should be grown separately on moist bread in a covered dish and disposed of safely afterwards.

What magnification suits the Rhizopus slide?
Sporangia and the network of hyphae on the Rhizopus slide show well at low power. Switch to high power to see individual spores and the columella inside a sporangium, and adjust the fine focus slowly because the structures sit at different depths.

Who supplies the Rhizopus slide?
Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd (ScienceLab), Ambala, Haryana, India, supplies the Rhizopus slide. It is sourced by the company for school, college and dealer orders, and is packed on clear borosilicate glass in a white rectangular plastic box.

Can the Rhizopus slide be quoted with other fungus slides?
Yes. List SCL456/0179 for the Rhizopus slide with the codes of any other slides you need, such as Yeast, and ScienceLab will send one combined quotation for delivery in India or international markets. The number of slides per box is confirmed at the same time.

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Last updated: 24 September 2026

Yeast (Product Code: SCL457/0180) is a prepared microscope slide of yeast cells, used to show single-celled fungi and asexual reproduction by budding in biology, microbiology and food-science practicals. Because yeast cells are much smaller than most protozoa, the slide also tests microscope technique; it is mounted on clear borosilicate glass and kept in a white rectangular plastic box. It is supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd (ScienceLab), Ambala, India, alongside its other prepared microscope slides.

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What Is the Yeast Slide Used For?

The slide is used to introduce the unicellular side of the fungal kingdom. Yeast cells appear as small round to oval bodies, so students should locate them at low power and then work up through the objectives to the highest magnification their microscope offers; if an oil-immersion objective is fitted, a drop of immersion oil gives the sharpest image. They then look for cells carrying a smaller bud at one side — the sign of budding — and for short chains where buds have stayed attached to the parent cell.

The slide is a natural companion to fermentation practicals in which live yeast is mixed with glucose solution and the gas produced is observed or collected. Afterwards students can compare the prepared specimen with a drop of live suspension stained with methylene blue on a plain slide: living cells decolourise the dye, while dead cells stay blue. For schools assembling cell biology equipment for the fungi topic, the Yeast slide sits well beside Rhizopus and Agaricus, which show multicellular forms.

Supplier

The Yeast slide comes from Jain Scientific Equipments Private Limited of Ambala, Haryana, India, whose trading name is ScienceLab. The company sources and supplies prepared slides, reagents and apparatus for biology and microbiology teaching, with quotations sent direct to institutions and distributors. For an overview of the company, please visit our company profile.

Related Biology Lab Equipment

Items used with this slide in fungi and fermentation lessons:

• Rhizopus — a multicellular mould for contrast with single yeast cells
• Glucose — the sugar used as substrate in live yeast fermentation practicals
• Methylene Blue (Cellulose) — for staining live yeast suspensions to tell living cells from dead ones
• Immersion Oil, 25ml — for oil-immersion objectives when resolving buds on small cells
• Monocular Microscope 1000x, LED light — a microscope with enough magnification for small fungal cells

See the Biology Lab category for more slides, reagents and apparatus.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can yeast cells be seen at low power?
Only as tiny dots. On the Yeast slide, budding and cell detail need high power, and an oil-immersion objective with a drop of immersion oil gives the clearest result. Start at low power to find a well-spread area, then move up through the objectives.

Which yeast species is on the Yeast slide?
The species on the Yeast slide (SCL457/0180) is not named in our current product documentation. Contact us if you need it confirmed for your records or syllabus, and we will check it against the batch you are quoted.

Will budding cells be visible on the Yeast slide?
Budding cells are commonly seen in yeast preparations, but our listing for the Yeast slide does not specify a particular stage. If budding must be visible for an assessment, please ask us to confirm before you order.

Can the Yeast slide be used alongside fermentation experiments?
Yes. The Yeast slide provides a fixed reference image of the cells, while the fermentation experiment itself uses live yeast mixed with a sugar solution such as glucose. Comparing the two helps students connect cell structure with what the organism does.

Who supplies the Yeast slide?
The Yeast slide is supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd (ScienceLab), based in Ambala, Haryana, India. It is mounted on clear borosilicate glass and packed in a white rectangular plastic box; the number of slides per box is confirmed with your quotation.

Can distributors or tender buyers get a quotation for the Yeast slide?
Yes. Provide the code SCL457/0180, the quantity of Yeast slides, the consignee location and any documents your tender requires. ScienceLab supplies India and international markets and can combine the slide with other biology items in one quotation.

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Last updated: 24 September 2026

Amoeba (Product Code: SCL458/0181) is a prepared microscope slide of Amoeba, the free-living freshwater protozoan, used to teach single-celled animal life, pseudopodia and cell organelles in school and college biology laboratories. It is the classic organism for showing that one cell can be a complete living animal, and the specimen is mounted on clear borosilicate glass in a white plastic box. The slide is supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd (ScienceLab), Ambala, India, among its biology teaching aids.

Key Details

What Is the Amoeba Slide Used For?

It is used to teach students how to recognise a cell that has no fixed outline. Instead of relying on shape, they identify the amoeba by what it contains: a single nucleus, a granular inner endoplasm surrounded by a clearer outer ectoplasm, food vacuoles holding ingested particles, and a contractile vacuole that removes excess water. The blunt, finger-like pseudopodia held in place on a prepared slide show the directions in which the cell was extending when it was fixed.

Teachers also use the slide to explain phagocytosis — engulfing food by flowing pseudopodia around it — and to link this to the way white blood cells deal with bacteria in the human body; it is equally useful when introducing binary fission. Set beside Paramecium and Euglena, it lets students compare three single-celled organisms with very different lifestyles, and next to an Entamoeba histolytica slide it shows that closely related amoebae can be harmless or disease-causing.

Supplier

The Amoeba slide is supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Private Limited, trading as ScienceLab, in Ambala, Haryana, India. The company puts together protozoa slides, models and charts for schools, colleges and dealers from one point of contact, and quotes for India and international markets. Our company profile has more information on the company.

Related Biology Lab Equipment

Items that support a lesson on amoeboid protozoa:

• Amoeba Model — shows the same cell structures in three dimensions
• Entamoeba Histolytica — a parasitic relative, for contrasting free-living and disease-causing amoebae
• Paramecium — a ciliate with a fixed shape, for comparing ways of moving
• Protozoa — a wall chart for summarising the protozoan groups after the practical
• Microscope Digital Camera, 5MP — for photographing the cell so students can label printed images

More protozoa and tissue slides are listed in our Biology Lab category.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do students recognise an amoeba if its shape varies?
On the Amoeba slide, students recognise the organism by its contents rather than its outline: the nucleus, the clear ectoplasm and granular endoplasm, food vacuoles, the contractile vacuole and the pseudopodia. Asking them to label each of these makes a reliable identification exercise.

Is the Amoeba slide the same as the Entamoeba slide?
No. The Amoeba slide shows a free-living amoeba from fresh water, whereas Entamoeba histolytica is a parasite of the human intestine and is listed as a separate slide. Many teachers order both to compare harmless and disease-causing amoebae.

Can students see the amoeba moving on this slide?
No. The Amoeba slide is a prepared slide, so the cell is fixed in one position with its pseudopodia held in place. To watch amoeboid movement you need a live culture mounted on a cavity slide and viewed straight away.

What is in the Amoeba slide package?
The package contains the Amoeba slide on clear borosilicate glass, kept in a white rectangular plastic box. The number of slides per box is not listed, so ask us when you enquire and we will confirm it in the quotation.

Is the Amoeba slide suitable for middle-school classes?
Yes, with teacher guidance. The Amoeba slide shows a simple organism that is easy to describe, and its main structures can be found with an ordinary compound microscope at school level, making it a common first protozoan for younger students.

Who supplies the Amoeba slide?
The Amoeba slide is supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd (ScienceLab), Ambala, Haryana, India. Schools, colleges and dealers can order it with the code SCL458/0181, together with related protozoa slides and charts, for delivery in India or international markets.

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Last updated: 24 September 2026

Entamoeba Histolytica (Product Code: SCL460/0182) is a prepared microscope slide of Entamoeba histolytica, the parasitic protozoan that causes amoebic dysentery, used to teach intestinal parasites in parasitology, microbiology, nursing and public-health laboratories. Tutors use it to show what the organism looks like and why safe water and hygiene stop it spreading; the specimen is on clear borosilicate glass in a white plastic box. It is supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd (ScienceLab), Ambala, India.

Key Details

What Is the Entamoeba Histolytica Slide Used For?

It is used to teach the two forms in which the parasite is described. The trophozoite is the active, feeding stage found in the gut; it has a single nucleus with a small central karyosome, and in invasive infections it may contain swallowed red blood cells. The cyst is the rounded, resistant stage passed out in faeces, and a mature cyst carries four nuclei. Students are asked to decide which form they are looking at, count the nuclei where they can, and relate each stage to how the infection is passed on.

Linking the slide to the life cycle makes the public-health message concrete: cysts swallowed with contaminated food or water pass through the stomach, release trophozoites in the intestine, and new cysts leave the body to start the cycle again. Comparing it with a free-living Amoeba slide shows that appearance alone does not reveal whether an organism is harmless. For institutions setting up microbiology lab equipment for nursing and paramedical courses, the slide supports introductory lessons on intestinal parasites.

Supplier

Jain Scientific Equipments Private Limited, which operates under the ScienceLab brand in Ambala, Haryana, India, supplies this parasitology slide to colleges, training institutes and dealers. Procurement teams adding the company as a vendor can use its GSTIN, 06AAECJ8618A1ZT, and its Legal Entity Identifier (LEI), 3358004HRD1JIVXKYX49. More background is available on our company profile.

Related Biology Lab Equipment

Items that complete a parasitology lesson built around this slide:

• Antamoeba (Life Cycle) — a wall chart tracing the parasite from cyst to trophozoite and back
• Amoeba — the free-living relative, for comparison under the microscope
• Plasmodium (Life cycle) — a second protozoan parasite for a broader lesson on disease
• Immersion Oil, 25ml — for resolving nuclear detail with an oil-immersion objective
• Pathological Monocular Microscope — a microscope style common in pathology teaching laboratories

Find more slides and charts in the Biology Lab category.

Frequently Asked Questions

Was this slide previously listed as Entamoeba Histolica?
Yes. The Entamoeba Histolytica slide (SCL460/0182) was earlier listed under the misspelling “Entamoeba Histolica”, which still appears in its web address. The product is the same; the organism’s correct scientific name is Entamoeba histolytica.

Does the Entamoeba Histolytica slide show trophozoites, cysts or both?
The stage shown on the Entamoeba Histolytica slide is not specified in our current product documentation. Please contact us if your course requires trophozoites, cysts or both, and we will confirm what the batch you are quoted contains.

Can the Entamoeba Histolytica slide be used for diagnostic training?
The Entamoeba Histolytica slide is a teaching slide that illustrates the organism; it is not a clinical diagnostic reference. If you are planning stool-microscopy training, discuss your requirements with us first so that we can advise what is available.

What magnification is needed to see the nuclei on the Entamoeba Histolytica slide?
At least high power is needed to see nuclei on the Entamoeba Histolytica slide. An oil-immersion objective used with immersion oil shows the nucleus and its central karyosome most clearly, and helps students count the nuclei in a cyst.

Who supplies the Entamoeba Histolytica slide?
The Entamoeba Histolytica slide is supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd (ScienceLab), Ambala, Haryana, India. It comes on clear borosilicate glass in a white rectangular plastic box; the box quantity, which our listing does not give, is confirmed on request.

What should a college or hospital training unit include in its enquiry?
For the Entamoeba Histolytica slide, include the product code SCL460/0182, the quantity, the billing and delivery addresses, and any vendor forms you need completed. ScienceLab supplies India and international markets and can add related parasitology charts to the same quotation.

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Last updated: 24 September 2026

Fern (Pteris) (Product Code: SCL461/0183) is a biological specimen of the fern Pteris in a glass specimen jar, used to teach pteridophytes — vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds — in school and college botany laboratories. It gives students a real plant to examine instead of a textbook drawing, and it stays ready on the shelf whenever the plant-kingdom topic comes up. The jar specimen is supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd (ScienceLab), Ambala, India.

Key Details

What Is the Fern (Pteris) Specimen Used For?

The jar is used to study the features that define a fern. Through the glass, students can pick out the divided, leaf-like fronds, the stalk joining them to the underground stem or rhizome, and the adventitious roots. In Pteris the spore-producing sori run along the edges of the frond segments and are covered by the rolled-back leaf margin, known as a false indusium — a handy identification point when comparing it with other ferns. Whether sori can be seen depends on the fronds included in a particular specimen.

The specimen suits classification exercises that move from algae and bryophytes through pteridophytes to gymnosperms and flowering plants, and it helps students picture the sporophyte generation shown on life-cycle charts. Teachers often pass the jar round with a hand lens so that everyone can see the fronds up close. As part of a school’s botany lab equipment, it provides a reference specimen for practical records and revision. Keep the jar upright, closed and out of direct sunlight between lessons.

Supplier

This fern specimen is sourced and supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Private Limited, the company behind the ScienceLab name, based in Ambala, Haryana, India. Botany departments can order it with other plant specimens, charts and slides in a single enquiry, for delivery in India or to international markets. Our company profile explains more about the company and its range.

Related Biology Lab Equipment

Items that support a lesson on pteridophytes and plant diversity:

• Plant Life Cycle Pteridophyta — a chart showing the alternation of generations in ferns
• Marchantia — a jar specimen of a liverwort, for comparing a non-vascular plant
• Pine Cone (Male) — a gymnosperm specimen for the next step in the plant classification sequence
• Hand Lens — for looking closely at fronds and frond margins through the jar
• Stereo Binocular Microscope — for low-magnification study of sori and spores on separate plant material

Browse the Biology Lab and Botany categories for more plant specimens and teaching aids.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Fern (Pteris) specimen a whole plant or a single frond?
Our current product details describe the Fern (Pteris) specimen as a Pteris fern in a glass specimen jar, without listing exactly which parts are included. Contact us if you need this confirmed before ordering, and we will check the batch you are quoted.

What size is the jar, and how is the Fern (Pteris) specimen preserved?
Jar dimensions and the preservation method for the Fern (Pteris) specimen are not given in our documentation. Please ask for both details when you request a quotation, especially if you have limited shelf space or specific storage rules.

Can students take the fern out of the jar?
No. The Fern (Pteris) specimen is intended to be studied through the glass. Keep the jar closed and upright, and use a hand lens for close viewing; fresh fern fronds are better for any activity that involves handling or scraping sori.

Which syllabus topics does the Fern (Pteris) specimen support?
The Fern (Pteris) specimen supports plant-kingdom and classification lessons on pteridophytes: fronds, rhizome and roots, marginal sori covered by a false indusium, and the sporophyte stage of the fern life cycle shown on pteridophyte charts.

Who supplies the Fern (Pteris) specimen?
The Fern (Pteris) specimen is supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd (ScienceLab), Ambala, Haryana, India. The company sources plant specimens in glass jars for schools, colleges and dealers, and quotes them together with related charts and apparatus.

Can the Fern (Pteris) specimen be ordered with other plant specimens for export?
Yes. Include SCL461/0183 for the Fern (Pteris) specimen with the codes for Marchantia, the pine cones or lichens to build a plant-diversity set. We supply India and international markets, and packing for glass jars is agreed at the quotation stage.

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To request a quotation for the Fern (Pteris) specimen, use our contact page or add it to the enquiry cart together with the rest of your botany list.

Last updated: 24 September 2026