Inside its wall a bacterium has all it needs to live. On its own it still cannot move, grip, hide, or share genes. Those powers sit on the outside. Add each one, then turn up the flushing and the immune attack and see which cells hang on.
A bare cellthe cell updates live
Toggle the structures at the right.
The challengelive model
60%
60%
Holds on
0%
Escapes being eaten
0%
Swim speed
none
Can colonize
0%
The bacterial surfaceadd a structure to begin
⤷Motility
●Adhesion
★Immune escape
⇄Gene transfer
Flagella arrangement
The outside mattersMost of what makes a microbe dangerous sits on its surface. The coat that hides it. The tails that carry it. The hairs that anchor it. The tube that passes on its resistance genes. Add a structure to explore its job.