stabartige

Stabartige is a German adjective used to describe objects with a rod-like, stick-shaped morphology. Derived from Stab (rod) and the suffix -artig (“-like”), it functions as a descriptive term in scientific and technical language rather than as a formal classification.

In biology, stabartige describes cells or microorganisms that have an elongated, cylindrical shape. The term is synonymous with other shape descriptors such as stäbchenförmig or bacilliform and is commonly applied to bacteria whose form is rod-shaped, as well as to elongated plant cells or muscle fibers described in histology.

In mineralogy and crystallography, stabartige may refer to crystals or crystallites that are elongated and rod-like, in contrast to other forms such as prismatic, tabular, or acicular. In materials science and related fields, the descriptor is used for fibrous or columnar structures where individual units are slender and rod-like.

Limitations: stabartige is a descriptive term rather than a taxonomic category; the precise meaning of “rod-like” can vary between contexts and scales. It remains a qualitative, relative description rather than a fixed standard.

See also: Stäbchen (rod-shaped bacteria), stäbchenförmig, bacilliform, rod-shaped.