Bacteriophage
A bacteriophage, or phage, is a virus that infects only bacteria, not people.
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- Shelf
- Tiny World
- Kind
- Built from a recipe
- Sound
- Yes
- Licenses
- Own work (made in the page)
How to play
Tap it to land and inject its DNA.
Its controls
| Control | Kind | Range | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inject DNA | Tap | ||
| Inject | Button | ||
| Head | Color | #8f7fd1 |
About it
A bacteriophage, or phage, is a virus that infects only bacteria, not people. This tailed phage has a head full of DNA, a hollow tail and thin tail fibers, like legs, and it lands on a bacterium a bit like a spacecraft landing on the Moon.
Tap it to play the injection: the legs swing out, the sheath around the tail snaps to about half its length, the tail pokes through the base plate and a glowing strand of DNA coils out. Phages are thought to be the most numerous biological things on Earth, and doctors are studying them as a way to treat infections.
Details
- Splats
- Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 60,002 at Low, and up to 260,000 at Max
Sources and credits
Made in Splashery. Its code is MIT.
Share it
This link opens it in the Playground. To put it on your own page, add the element and one script tag. Every option.
https://splashery.app/play/?toy=bacteriophage
<script type="module" src="https://splashery.app/play/src/element.js"></script> <splashery-toy toy="bacteriophage"></splashery-toy>
Nearby
VirusA virus is a tiny bundle of genes inside a shell of protein, usually smaller than a bacterium.
BacteriumA bacterium is a living thing made of just one small cell, with no nucleus: its DNA floats inside it.
Red Blood CellRed blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every part of the body.
NeuronA neuron is a nerve cell, the kind of cell that carries messages around the brain and body.