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 03Shape: spore

Sporty

Bacillus coagulans. Rides through stomach acid in a spore coat, then hatches in the gut.

Sporty, an orange armoured spore, cracks open and hatches into a green rod
Card 03Shape: spore

Sporty

Bacillus coagulans

Rides through stomach acid in a spore coat, then hatches in the gut.

Sporty

The stats
Shape
A rod that can pack itself into an oval spore.
Hangs out
Passes through. Wakes up in the intestine.
Makes
Lactic acid, once it’s awake.
Fun fact
Renamed twice since 2020: science now says Heyndrickxia coagulans. Labels still say Bacillus.
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The file on Sporty

When times get tough, B. coagulans packs its DNA into a spore: a dry, tough, seed-like coat. Sporty wears it like armour, visor down.

The spore rides through the stomach’s acid bath, then germinates in the calmer intestine and gets back to making lactic acid. Episode 1, Spore Wars, has the whole ride.

Shape
A rod that can pack itself into an oval spore.
Hangs out
Passes through. Wakes up in the intestine.
Makes
Lactic acid, once it’s awake.
Fun fact
Renamed twice since 2020: science now says Heyndrickxia coagulans. Labels still say Bacillus.

AnnouncerThe visor is purely for style. Spores can’t see.

Far-out fact

A spore can sit out heat and dryness for a very long time, then wake up when things calm down.

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