laboratooriumides
Laboratooriumides is a notional clade used in speculative biology and science fiction to describe organisms—either naturally occurring or engineered—that specialize in laboratory environments.
The name combines laboratory (from Latin laboratorium) with the suffix -ides, signaling its association with human-managed
It is not recognized as a real taxon by current nomenclature and is used for thought experiments
In this concept, members are unified by ecological niche rather than strict ancestry, and may include both
Common traits depicted include rapid growth on defined media, tolerance to lab stresses, and modular genetic
Habitats are described as sterile facilities, bioreactors, microfluidic devices, or simulated microcosms.
Relevance lies in discussions of synthetic biology, biosafety, and the ethics of laboratory domestication.
Note that laboratooriumides reflects a fictional construct and does not correspond to a real taxonomic group.
Related topics include synthetic biology, xenobiology, and laboratory biosafety.