Great Country Academician

Chapter 1011 Life of a different system~

While the manned Mars landing team was studying and observing these small lives from Mars.

At the same time, on the other side of the Earth, Jinling.

The researchers who are qualified to understand these Martian microorganisms are also busy analyzing the observation data sent back by the Mars landing team.

In the laboratory, a middle-aged man in a white coat stared at the experimental analysis data in front of him, frowned for a long time, and then sighed.

"No!"

"These analysis data are far from enough! I suggest starting the cultivation and observation of living samples!"

Before the voice fell, someone in the laboratory immediately refuted.

"Old Liu, are you crazy? If we start the cultivation and observation of live samples, what will happen to our astronauts? We are on Mars, Mars!"

"What if these Martian microorganisms are harmful to the human body and cause serious problems such as infection? Will you be responsible?"

The middle-aged man named Old Liu sighed and muttered, "But based on these alone, we can't judge the harmfulness of these microorganisms at all, let alone whether they are harmful to the human body."

Hearing this, another old man who was also wearing a white coat and had gray hair who refuted him also sighed.

Indeed, based on the observation data sent back by the Mars landing team, even if they are professional, they dare not make a judgment.

For a life outside the earth, the judgment method and conditions are far more complicated than life on earth.

On Earth, they have to use various methods such as microscopic observation, separation and purification, physiological morphology identification, live culture characteristic observation, metabolic research, genetic research, etc. to study a microorganism in order to figure out the characteristics of a microbial bacteria.

On the distant Mars, most of these main methods are almost not feasible.

In particular, one of the most important experiments, the observation of living culture characteristics, is not allowed at present.

Because the Mars landing team does not have the conditions to do it.

In order to ensure the safety of the astronauts to the greatest extent, all experiments that require risky processing are not allowed.

The observation experiment of living culture characteristics is undoubtedly a type with a higher risk factor.

When carrying out the Mars landing project, no one took the infection of alien microorganisms into consideration.

After all, neither the United States nor China's exploration and research on Mars, or even the unmanned exploration space shuttles they launched themselves, have found no signs of life on Mars.

Although there are relatively abundant water resources at the bottom of the Mariner Grand Canyon, water resources are not equivalent to life.

Therefore, the Hanhai manned Mars landing team did not carry many instruments and equipment that can conduct life experiments, and even the microscope observations used were not professional biological electron microscopes.

But if they don't observe the live organisms, they can't judge the activity status, metabolic characteristics, genetic characteristics, etc. of these Martian microorganisms based on the data observed by the Mars landing team. They can't judge whether it affects the human body, nor can they determine which drugs to use to possibly inhibit the spread of infection or treat it.

"It would be great if they could do a basic Gram staining experiment over there."

In the laboratory, a middle-aged doctor in a white coat put down the data report in his hand, pinched his astringent nose and sighed.

The Gram staining experiment is a method of distinguishing bacteria as Gram-positive or Gram-negative through a series of steps (primary staining, mordant staining, decolorization, and re-staining).

This is the most basic and most commonly used staining technique in microbiology.

Simply put, by slicing bacteria and microorganisms,

Gram staining can not only help us identify the type of bacteria, but also provide important information for subsequent research, such as the selection of antibiotics and disease diagnosis, etc.

But usually, Gram staining requires four different solutions: alkaline dye primary staining solution; mordant; decolorant and re-staining solution.

This method divides bacteria, at least those on Earth, into Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.

Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria have different basic drugs and treatments.

If they can identify them specifically, they can deliver some corresponding drugs in the next supply.

Instead of being completely confused like now.

On the side, Professor Liu Shengrong from the Clinical Branch of the National Microbiological Science Data Center shook his head gently and said, "Gram staining may not be useful for these microorganisms."

"Huh?"

Hearing this, several experts in the fields of microbiology and medicine in the laboratory looked over.

Pulling over a report chart, Professor Liu Shengrong pointed to the microorganisms on it and said, "Gram staining is for carbon-based life on Earth, and it is based on the identification of stored proteins."

"It is not certain whether these three microorganisms on Mars have protein structures."

After a slight pause, he pointed to the first electron microscope structure chart and the matching elemental analysis experimental data in the report, and continued:

"At least this kind of microorganism is obviously very different from bacteria on Earth. If its surface structure is not wrong, it is based on silicon."

"Considering the environment on Mars, combined with the location and environment of these microorganisms mined by the landing team, it is very likely to be an unprecedented silicon-based life."

"Don't the microbial fossil remains we found in the caves at the south pole of the moon provide preliminary proof of this?"

"If they are silicon-based life, I am afraid that the current treatment options and drugs for carbon-based bacteria in our human medical technology will be ineffective."

On the side, Academician Zhang Hua from the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences thought for a moment after hearing this and said: "If they are silicon-based life, maybe we don't have to worry so much."

"After all, silicon-based life and carbon-based life are two completely different types, and the probability of infection is still quite small."

"Just like viruses and microorganisms often find it difficult to infect each other between humans and animals, the gap between silicon-based life and carbon-based life is definitely bigger than this."

"My concern is that these life forms may be somewhere in between carbon-based life and silicon-based life."

Hearing this, someone in the laboratory quickly asked: "A type similar to diatoms?"

Academician Zhang Hua nodded, with some worry on his face: "Since they are a kind of life, they naturally need to consider the two most basic conditions of life, eating and reproduction."

"Reproduction is not mentioned for the moment. If we eat, that is, 'survive', that is what we need to consider most at the moment."

"Considering the environment on Mars and the location where these microorganisms were excavated, from my personal point of view, these microorganisms most likely feed on carbon dioxide, underground water ice resources, and clay or some type of material in the clay. ”

"After all, they always need energy to survive. It's impossible to reproduce without energy. This is unscientific."

"Considering the environments of Elysium Plains and Corinto Crater, I personally think that the greatest possibility is to use carbon dioxide as food, decomposing and converting it into methane, hydrogen acid and other waste products through specific enzymes and water ice resources."

"If it is this kind of life form, maybe humans are a pretty good parasitic place for it."

"After all, humans produce a lot of carbon dioxide and water vapor when they breathe. If the temperature is more suitable for their reproduction, this means"

He didn't finish his words, but several people in the laboratory reacted.

The lively atmosphere suddenly quieted down, and there was no sound, and you could hear a pin drop.

It was clear to everyone present that if this set of seemingly reasonable inferences were true, then the human respiratory system would be the best place for these microorganisms to thrive and become infectious.

"Okay, okay, let's not scare ourselves first."

After a long silence, someone in the laboratory broke the strange silence and said with a dry smile: "These are all theoretical speculations. We still don't know what the actual situation is."

"It's also possible that this theory goes in the opposite direction?"

"After all, the astronauts we have landed on Mars are still in good health, right? There has been no infection."

"This shows that at least in a short period of time, these microorganisms from Mars are not likely to infect the human body. Even if they are infected, the onset time will definitely be longer."

"In the intervening time, I believe we have enough time to understand their characteristics and conditions."

Meanwhile, on the other side.

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In the office of Xia Shu Space Base, Xu Chuan is also looking through the latest experimental data passed back by the mission team.

Opposite the sofa, Chang Huaxiang also held a piece of information in his hand. He frowned at it for a while and then asked, "What do you think these could be?"

Staring at the information in his hand, Xu Chuan replied without raising his head: "I don't know."

"have no idea?"

Opposite the sofa, Academician Chang Huaxiang's somewhat surprised voice came. Xu Chuan sighed, raised his head and looked over, shaking his head and saying.

"I am not God or the Creator. I don't know any more than you do about the current situation on Mars."

Standing in this new and unknown field, even though he is a top scholar, he is on the same starting line as everyone else.

The experience and time in the previous life will be completely useless here. After all, this is the first time humans have come into contact with living creatures outside the earth.

What's more, he is not a microbiologist or biologist, and the useful information he can derive from these experimental data is not as good as those professionals in the laboratory.

They couldn't be sure, so how could he dare to say that he understood?

"Then do you think these microorganisms are silicon-based life or are they the same carbon-based life as on the earth?" Academician Chang Huaxiang asked.

After thinking for a while, Xu Chuan said: "I think they may be more similar to diatoms on the earth, beings between carbon-based life and silicon-based life?"

"Why do you say that?"

Xu Chuan shook his head and said, "Maybe it's an intuition."

Chang Huaxiang thought for a moment and said: "If this is the case, they may cause infection or harm to our astronauts."

"After all, carbon-based microorganisms or bacteria in between are more infectious to humans than pure silicon-based life."

Xu Chuan: "There's nothing we can do about it. This kind of thing is something we couldn't predict."

"Although it has been speculated that life may exist on Mars, it is only speculation after all. No matter whether it was the previous exploration of Mars by the United States or our own unmanned exploration, no signs of the existence of life were found on it."

"We can't add a complete protection system to our space system just because of a hypothesis that has almost no evidence to support it."

"That's not scientific."

Adding a protection system to Martian life that has never been discovered and only exists in speculation is not scientific for aerospace technology that requires strict calculation of launch weight and material quantity.

Even if they currently have a space shuttle, they don't use it in this way when they have more space during space travel.

What's more, before they came, they didn't know what life on Mars looked like.

If it was a large life that could be seen with the naked eye, such as Martians, the pistols carried by astronauts would be enough to cause certain harm.

If it really doesn't work, electromagnetic weapons are also prepared on the Hanhai space shuttle.

I believe that as long as it is a mortal body, even if it is silicon-based life, they can kill the other party.

But facing these microorganisms and bacteria on Mars, they really don't have any good way before they have enough understanding.

N99 mask? Gas mask? Or penicillin, lactam?

These things are really useful on Earth, but on Mars, facing the bacteria and microorganisms on Mars, they may be completely useless.

After all, they may not be in the same system as you.

At the same time, on the other side.

In the temporary Mars base of the Hanhai Space Shuttle, after two and a half days of manned Mars-related scientific research activities, the four astronauts on Mars packed up the samples collected on Mars and fixed them in the space capsule.

With the launch and docking of the Mars return capsule, the four astronauts successfully embarked on the road back to Earth.

To be precise, they should be returning to the moon.

After all, they can't bring the microorganisms on Mars back to Earth directly, and without confirming whether they have been infected by alien life, the scientific research base on the moon is undoubtedly the most suitable processing base.

On the one hand, they can quickly send various materials and related research equipment to the Yuehuatai outpost scientific research station through the space shuttle.

On the other hand, if there is an accidental infection, the moon is closer to the earth and can be treated more promptly.

Mars is undoubtedly too far away from the earth.

Moreover, as time goes by, the distance between the two will continue to increase. Even with a space shuttle, it is not so easy for them to travel back and forth.

Considering various factors, the outpost scientific research base on the moon is undoubtedly the most suitable research location.

PS: Modify the setting of the previous article and move the base for studying Martian microorganisms from Mars to the lunar base. This is more reasonable. I will modify the previous article as soon as possible.

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