TV Guide

Every channel on Channel GG. Pick a show, or turn the knob and let fate decide.

  1. CH 17:30Channel GGCartoons, the crew and the toy aisle. Pour a bowl and start here.
  2. CH 28:00Meet the CrewSay hi to the microbes working your night shift. Trading cards, tools and the buffet.
  3. CH 38:30Saturday Morning LessonsFive-second cartoons about what your gut gets up to all day.
  4. CH 410:00The ArcadeGames that teach. Insert no coins.
  5. CH 510:30The Toy AisleGut goodies for grown-ups. Collect the set, feed the crew.
  6. CH 69:00The MapRide the gut from Chomp Station to Downtown and get your passport stamped at every stop.
  7. CH 79:15The Tool KitEnzymes that snip, chip, slice and pop, plus bile, the soap. Grab one and cut something.
  8. CH 89:45The BuffetPrebiotics and fibre: food your tools can’t cut, served to the crew Downtown.
  9. CH 911:30The StationWho runs this channel, questions, fan mail and the fine print.
  10. CH 1011:00The GlossaryGut words from A to Z: a true definition and a silly one, side by side.
  11. CH 117:00The TV GuideWhat’s on, what’s next, and what’s on at 3 a.m. (it’s the fine print).
  12. CH 1210:45A Word from Our SponsorsJingles, slogans and a very calm announcer. Stay through the break.
  13. CH 1311:15The Sticker BookPeel, stick, show off. Then go find the ones you’re missing.
  14. CH 1412:30The Season PassNever miss an episode. Your goodies turn up every month, for less.
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Card 07Shape: short rod

Shorty

Bifidobacterium breve. The youngest of the crew, and proof that not every bifido is a Y.

Shorty, a small blue rod-shaped bacterium in a backwards cap, waving
Card 07Shape: short rod
Shorty, a small blue rod-shaped bacterium in a backwards cap, waving

Shorty

Bifidobacterium breve

The youngest of the crew, and proof that not every bifido is a Y.

Shorty

The stats
Shape
Short rods. Breve is Latin for short.
Hangs out
Large intestine.
Eats
Prebiotic fibres and milk sugars.
Fun fact
One of the most common bifidobacteria in a baby’s gut.
In the bottleNo.01 Probiotic 20 Billion

The file on Shorty

Shorty is a bifidobacterium too, but he skips the Y: B. breve often shows up as short, stubby rods. Some bifidos branch out. Shorty keeps it short.

He’s one of the first bifidobacteria to move into a baby’s gut, and he eats prebiotic fibres and milk sugars.

Shape
Short rods. Breve is Latin for short.
Hangs out
Large intestine.
Eats
Prebiotic fibres and milk sugars.
Fun fact
One of the most common bifidobacteria in a baby’s gut.

AnnouncerThe cap is backwards because the front is also short.

Far-out fact

Breve is Latin for short. Not every bifidobacterium is a Y.

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In the bottle

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