Model Rankings

Available Phenotypes

• Motility: The ability of bacteria to move independently, typically via flagella, enabling species classification as motile or non-motile, which is crucial for ecological adaptation and pathogenicity assessment.
• Gram staining: A technique that classifies bacteria into Gram-positive, Gram-negative, or Gram-variable, based on their cell wall structure, with variations due to factors like peptidoglycan thickness or inconsistencies in staining results.
• Aerophilicity: The ability to utilize or tolerate oxygen, classifies bacteria as aerobic (require oxygen), aerotolerant (tolerate but do not use oxygen), anaerobic (cannot grow with oxygen), or facultatively anaerobic (can grow with or without oxygen), which is crucial for understanding their metabolic processes and environmental adaptations.
• Extreme environment tolerance: The ability of some species to survive and thrive in harsh conditions.
• Biofilm formation: The ability of organizing into structured communities within a self-produced protective matrix.
• Animal pathogenicity: The ability to infect and cause illness in animal hosts.
• Biosafety level: Lab safety measures for working with bacteria, ranging from BSL-1 (minimal risk) to BSL-3 (moderate to high risk), based on the bacterium's ability to cause infection and the severity of the disease.
• Health association: The ability of certain bacterial strains to either support or harm human health.
• Host association: The ability of certain bacterial strains to establish relationships with specific hosts.
• Plant pathogenicity: The ability of bacterial strains to infect plants.
• Spore formation: The ability of certain bacteria to form spores allows them to survive under extreme environmental stress.
• Hemolysis: The ability of bacteria to lyse red blood cells, leading to observable changes on blood agar, such as partial (alpha), complete (beta), or no hemolysis (gamma).
• Cell shape: The morphology of the bacterial cell, with common forms including coccus (spherical), rod (cylindrical), ovoid (egg-shaped), and spiral (twisted or curved).