Microbial Petri Dish

Drop different microbes and nutrients into a petri dish — watch colorful colonies grow, compete, and respond to stimuli

Strains

Environment

Presets



How to Play

  • Click/drag on the dish to drop microbes, nutrients, or stimuli
  • Select a strain from the legend above, then use the Microbe tool to seed colonies
  • Drop Nutrients to feed colonies — watch them bloom toward food
  • Antibiotics kill nearby microbes; Heat boosts local growth; UV Light triggers mutations
  • Colonies compete for nutrients — aggressive strains push out weaker ones
  • Keyboard: 1-5 tools, Q-T strains, Space pause