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It's time for another season of journal finalization. Marcus is putting the finishing touches on a sample for the latest issue.

At this moment, the phone on the table suddenly rang.

The editor in charge of the screening of new manuscripts hurriedly said: "Editor-in-chief, I have a new paper claiming to have discovered a new type of thermophilic bacterium that can devour the Ebola variant......"

Before she could finish speaking, Emily stood up, her fat body shaking the entire table.

"Who is the author and from which lab?"

"The first author, Wu Tao, and the contributor is the second author, Gavin, are both from the Future Biolab and their contact address is in Hawaii."

"Wu ~ Tao?" Emily hesitated, "Is it Wu Tao, the father of intelligence?" ”

"That's right, editor-in-chief, that's him! I have checked the information, although the Future Biological Laboratory is not very famous, but the supporter behind it is Wu Tao. I heard that the idea of extracting paleontological bacteria from magmatic lava for research is also from Wu Tao, and this paper should be their first achievement, which should be very helpful for medical research on the current Ebola variant. ”

"I know." Emily thought, "Submit the manuscript to me, and I'll expedite the review." ”

"Ok, editor-in-chief."

Half an hour later, Emily went through the ten or so pages of the manuscript. In her opinion, this manuscript is closely related to the current popular research, and the description of the discovery process and methods is extremely detailed, and what is more eye-catching, the data is detailed and convincing.

Even without cross-checking and approval by domain experts, Emily felt that the content of the paper was rigorous and credible.

After a short period of thought, Emily picked up the phone on the desk and dialed the content editor: "Leave a place for the blockbuster paper on the cover of the journal this time, I have an important paper arrangement here." ”

"But the editor-in-chief, the cover of this issue is Nobel laureate Dr. Feynman, on the feasibility of screening from extreme thermophilic bacteria to restrain the Ebola variant."

"Oh?" Emily said without hesitation: "I read that paper, but it only explored some possibilities and guided the direction, and the scholarship was obviously insufficient. So, swap it out! ”

"But tomorrow it will be delivered for publication, and the day after tomorrow it will be published. Is there time to come? ”

Emily shrugged and said, "I have to ask you to work overtime, because this paper is extremely important and will be of great help in studying the specific drug of the Ebola variant." ”

"Yes, editor-in-chief."

Two days later, in the early morning, at the Harvard University Biology Laboratory.

Dr. Feynman, whose eyes were sunken deeply, walked out of the dust-free laboratory tiredly, went to the outer office area, and picked up his mobile phone.

"Mr. Taylor, are you looking for me?"

"Yes, Dr. Feynman. How's your research going? ”

Dr. Feynman had to explain, "Mr. Taylor, you know that isolating, screening and identifying microbiota is a very time-consuming task. Hundreds of members of the lab have been working for many days on end, and fortunately, we have eliminated half of the thermophilic species. ”

Hearing this news that had no substance and results, Taylor on the other end of the phone was not satisfied and said, "Dr. Feynman, I don't care about the process, I only care about the result." Now the development of the epidemic outside is becoming more and more severe, and the Ebola variant virus spreads in many ways, and the spread is fundamentally unstoppable. ”

“…… This is your perfect opportunity. As long as you can be the first to produce results, you can draw an end to this scientific research competition in advance. Otherwise, if you let the future biological laboratory take the lead, then no matter how many achievements you make in the future, you will not be able to turn the tables around! ”

"I see, Mr. Taylor, we'll keep trying!"

Hanging up the phone, Dr. Feynman's stress was even greater, and he couldn't help but feel suddenly dizzy from the exhaustion of many days. It's a pity that Taylor's phone call made him unable to calm down and rest at all.

In fact, even if Taylor didn't put pressure on them, he couldn't stop and rest. After all, the words have been released, and the limelight has also been out, and in the end, if he is preempted by the Future Biological Laboratory, he may lose face in the scientific community.

Thinking of this, Feynman took a strong breath, rubbed his stiff face, and returned to the laboratory.

The future biology laboratory with a time difference of five hours is also brightly lit.

Even though it was already midnight, half of the fifteen-person experimental team was still working with their heads down.

Gavin emitted a foul stench, mixed with the smell of disinfectant, which was really unbearable. However, no one cared about this, and everyone was engrossed in staring at the results of the changes in the medium.

Because this is the last batch of 10 microbiota samples to be screened and tested!

If there are still no companions or symbiotics of the target thermophilus in these 10 microbiota samples, it will mean that this route is not possible. They must reconsider other means or ways in which the target thermophile can be used in clinical treatment.

As the minutes ticked by, seven people, including Gavin and Kailin, took turns passing through ten microscopes to observe the coexistence of the test flora, the target thermophilic flora and the Ebola variant in the culture medium.

After a few moments, Kailin shouted: "Quick, come and see, the activity of the target thermophilic bacteria has increased greatly and has begun to devour the Ebola variant like crazy!" ”

There was a sudden commotion in the lab, and Gavin stumbled over, leaning on the microscope, staring at it with a dead eye.

That's right! The five million units of the target thermophilic bacteria, as if they had taken a chunk drug, frantically devoured the surrounding Ebola variant.

One, two,...... Nine, ten!

Every time he devoured an Ebola variant, Gavin's heart secretly applauded. After observing for a few minutes, Gavin straightened up and addressed the crowd, "We did it, we really did it!" ”

At this moment, Mia and the others, who were sleeping and resting, also heard the sound, hurriedly changed into protective clothing and rushed in and said, "What's the matter, what's the situation?" ”

When they heard that they had found the companion bacteria of the target thermophilic bacteria, a group of people howled excitedly into the sky.

Finally, the water sample in the culture medium is made into a smear and placed on the intelligent identification platform. Three minutes later, the electronic voice report of the intelligent identification platform said: "No. 26 bacteria, the scale is two million units; Label thermophilic bacteria, scale one million units. No Ebola variant, recognized! ”

“great！”

"Wandefu!"

In the midst of the cheers, Gavin couldn't hide his excitement and proposed: "How about we name the No. 26 flora 'Tao' thermophilus?" ”

"I agree! Without the intelligent recognition platform and robot provided by mr Wu, we would not have been able to progress so fast! ”

"I'm for it! At critical moments, Mr. Wu also provided a lot of important ideas to point out the right direction for our research! ”

The crowd echoed, and Mia looked at her watch excitedly and said, "I'll call the boss and tell him the good news immediately." ”