Inspired and credited to TatyanaSippy for animal-based microbe lore, originally from her comic series known as Virus Attack that is the main inspiration of Feralsoma which both have lores always owned by Tat herself. Also I don't own these silhoutte pieces except for reference of plague rat known as Gretel. Salmonella and virophage were drawn by DFTPAY claimers on AF discord.

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Bacteria:

♡ E. Coli (porcupine, divided between beneficial vs toxic strains)
♡ Streptococcus pyogenes/Strep throat (rattlesnake-Western diamondback, has a good Thermopolis counterpart used to make yogurt)
Clostridium/Tetanus, Botulism + food poisoning, and Difficule enterocolitis + toxic megacolon (meerkat)
Salmonella/Typhoid fever + food poisoning (cockatrice-red hen and green dragon monster)
Anthrax/Scarlet fever (chimera-cow, snake and centipede hybrid)
Yersinia pestis/Black plague (fancy rat)
Vibrio/Cholera + food poisoning (giant muskrat/maybe crossed with prehistoric cavy or silverfish)
H. Pylori/Peptic ulcer + gastritis (ocelot or cougar and butterfly hybrid)

Viruses:

♡ Adenovirus (goat-British alpine, can be used to help treat illnesses)
♡ T4 bacteriophage (bumblebee, helps control gut bacteria count)
♡ Sputnik virophage (guinea pig-Lunkarnya, preys on giant viruses inside of amoeba)
Marburg virus (chimera-gazelle, baboon and eagle hybrid)
Rhinovirus/Common cold (housecat-Calico)
Norovirus/viral stomach bug (polar bear)
Rotavirus/gastroenteritis (otter)
Flu/Influenza virus (European robin)
Mumps virus (babirusa boar)
Rabies lyssavirus (Cerberus)
DENV/Dengue fever (cheetah)
MPV/Monkeypox (Monkeydactyl/tropeognathus)
SARS-Cov-1/SARS (vulpine-Silver fox)
SARS-Cov-2/Coronavirus disease 2019 (canine-Alaskan Malamute)