Tiny World29.8° N, 65.1° W
Bacteriophage
A bacteriophage, or phage, is a virus that infects only bacteria, not people.
- 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.
Nearby in the collection
Straight down
Through the middle of the world, the far side is Real Tin Can, on Photoreal.
Fall throughIt stands 18.2° from the exact far side, the closest of any Splash.