Template Sets Animation
Set 1
2 random English words
Blue Apple
1/50
Set 2
2 random Latin words
Corpus magnum
1/50
Set 3
Real genus + artificial (Latin) species
Escherichia phantasmus
1/50
Set 4
Artificial genus + real (Latin) species
Pseudobacterium coli
1/50
200 total transformations — 50 for each set. The animation above demonstrates how we systematically combine real and artificial genus/species names to create a gradient of believability, from completely real bacteria to entirely fictional ones.