Trait Explorer.

Every Biom is built from the same library — shapes, stains (color schemes), organelles, lifecycle states. Below, each one isolated so you can see what it looks like on its own.

Morphology

The structural shape of the colony. Inherited from how cells divide and arrange themselves under the microscope.

Staining

Each Biom gets one of twenty-one. These are real lab protocols — the ones bacteriologists use to read cell wall chemistry.

Organelles

The bits inside the cell. Each one rolls independently. A Biom can show several at once, or only the capsule that everyone gets.

Reserve Granules

Cellular cargo — what the Biom stores inside. Each Biom carries one type of reserve, or none at all.

Lifecycle State

The moment in the cell's life this Biom is caught in — feeding, dividing, sporulating, or fixing nitrogen.

Ultra-rare Effects

Anomalies. Each shows up in roughly one to two percent of Bioms. A handful of them have more than one.