Card 10Shape: rod

Sal

Ligilactobacillus salivarius. Conductor at Chomp Station. Greets every bite on the way in.

Sal, a mint-green rod-shaped bacterium in a striped railroad cap and red neckerchief, holding up a gold pocket watch

Card 10Shape: rod

Sal

Ligilactobacillus salivarius

Conductor at Chomp Station. Greets every bite on the way in.

Sal

The stats

Shape: A rod, often in short chains.
Hangs out: The mouth, and further down the gut.
Makes: Lactic acid.
Fun fact: The 2020 shake-up moved him to a new genus, Ligilactobacillus. The trains still run on time.

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The file on Sal

Sal is Ligilactobacillus salivarius. Salivarius means of saliva, because that’s where it was first found: in the mouth.

So Sal runs the platform at Chomp Station, where every bite boards for the ride down. He makes lactic acid like the other rods and turns up further down the gut too, but the mouth is where he keeps the watch.

Shape: A rod, often in short chains.
Hangs out: The mouth, and further down the gut.
Makes: Lactic acid.
Fun fact: The 2020 shake-up moved him to a new genus, Ligilactobacillus. The trains still run on time.

AnnouncerHe has never once let a bite board unchewed. He has also never once stopped one.

Far-out fact

Salivarius means “of saliva”. It was first found in the mouth.

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