bakteeriston
Bakteeriston is a fictional bacterium frequently used in microbiology pedagogy and in speculative fiction to illustrate core concepts of bacterial life. It is not known to occur in nature; rather it serves as a didactic model that combines common bacterial traits with simplified behavior to facilitate learning.
In typical depictions, bakteeriston is a Gram-positive, rod- to coccoid-shaped cell about 0.5–2.5 micrometers long. It
Bakteeriston is portrayed as metabolically versatile, capable of aerobic respiration and anaerobic fermentation. It can utilize
In teaching contexts, bakteeriston inhabits soil and freshwater microhabitats and participates in nutrient cycling. It is
Bakteeriston appears in textbooks, problem sets, and science fiction narratives as a convenient stand-in organism. It
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