Chapter 37: The amoeba

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For example, by relaxing or shrinking the color pockets in the body, it can change its color and shape to match any background color and pattern in less than 1 second. It can even simulate the transformation into a poisonous creature such as a sea snake and a scorpion, thus avoiding bad luck.

It can also be said that camouflage and transformation are the basis for the survival of mimic octopuses in nature. The ingredients of these two animals and plants can be found in that strangely moving corpse of X, which is indeed unacceptable and incomprehensible. The medical examiner theorized that perhaps it was the presence of these two substances and the parasite that was responsible for the body's ability to move and deform. It's just that the technology that the police force has now cannot explain why.

In addition to these two components, X's corpse, like those in white coats, has a strange parasite in its body. Forensic doctor Xu has checked a lot of information and done relevant comparative experiments, and the results show that these parasites are actually a strange amoeba.

Ameba belongs to protozoa, eukaryotes, also transliterated as "amoeba", it belongs to the subclass Morphomorpha sarpod, often mononuclear (some species multinucleated) species, mitochondria, flagellated stage. The kernel splits into mitosis, often asexual reproduction, and the largest amoeba has a diameter of 200~600 microns, so it cannot be distinguished by the naked eye.

Normally, these amoebae are widely distributed and live in clear ponds or shallow water with slow currents and algae, and can also be found in soil, or they become adult parasites and parasitize other organisms.

The medical examiner theorized that the bodies in white coats had previously been caused by drowning, perhaps because the dead waters contained a large number of ancient amoebae. The thin cell membranes of amoebae, combined with the flow of protoplasm layers, can only produce amorphous finger-like, leaf-like, or needle-like protrusions on the surface of their bodies, called "pseudopods".

The body of the amoeba moves in this way, and the shape and contour of the body will also change with the expansion and contraction of the pseudopod, and the number of amoeba contained in those corpses is terrifying, and the distribution area is very wide, so they have produced some kind of terrible evolution, which leads to some strange situations in the corpses, which is also reasonable.

Dr. Xu went on to explain that under normal circumstances, the parasitic amoeba in the human body is called dysentery amoeba, which parasitizes the large intestine of the human body and can dissolve the cells on the human intestinal wall, causing "amoebic dysentery" and endangering human health. At the same time, there are some scientists who believe that amoeba can guide harmless bacteria to evolve into a dangerous pathogen.

Because amoeba itself is very similar to macrophages, it is in the body of mammals, responsible for finding and killing the white blood cells of invading bacteria. If the originally harmless soil bacteria evolve the ability to survive and reproduce in the amoeba, then they can wipe out the white blood cells, the main force of the human immune system, and become a new type of pathogen.

To this end, Dr. Xu also provided the latest research results of scientists on plague. They believe that the amoeba is able to feed on bacteria, which gives it a unique relationship with Yersinia pestis. That is, during the life cycle of the amoeba, when it becomes dormant in the form of cysts, Yersinia pestis can survive and replicate in the amoeba.

Then wait for the amoeba to recover, resume feeding and reproduction, and then the awakened plague bacilli can continue to replicate, and when the conditions are ripe, it can trigger a new round of plague.

In other words, scientists believe that amoebae provide a "shelter" for some disease-causing bacteria that can safely multiply in their bodies. Moreover, amoebas can also act as a "transporter" for pathogens, helping pathogens enter new hosts and cause a new wave of infection.

In other words, amoeba parasitized by pathogens can pose a serious threat to public health, but the current technology at the disposal of humans cannot effectively monitor the behavior of amoeba in the environment, or predict when they will release the source of infection.

"Forensic Doctor Xu, what you mean is that there may be hostile forces in the Fog City at the moment. Are they using amoeba to spread the pathogen of the amoeba to the population? Or have they created some new type of pathogen to spread harm? After hearing these words, Lin asked very anxiously.

"Yes, Woods. I recommend that those infected patients be tested for amoeba right away! If necessary, quarantine as well! Forensic Doctor Xu nodded and said with special certainty.

"Quick, Tang Ming, let's go to the expert group immediately, and forensic doctor Xu will bring the relevant test reports and research materials and report to the expert group together!" The expression on Lin Suo's face became more serious, and he quickly ordered.

At five o'clock in the morning, the lights were bright in the large conference room on the sixth floor of Wudu People's Hospital.

Lin Qihan, who was dressed in a black suit, was reporting to the expert group and relevant leaders the results of the amoeba's inference. On the projection screen behind him, it was the corpse test report sent by Forensic Doctor Xu and the results of the patient's amoeba that had just been tested, and the situation was very tense.

After listening to Lin's report, the expert group put forward a bold speculation, they believe that the cause of these patients' illness is likely to be infected with the mutated "Fussei Negri" amoeba, and the corpses in white coats are also very likely to be the petri dishes of the original amoeba.

Because, "Negli Fuchoni" amoeba is also known as "brain-eating" amoeba, it is an amoebic protozoa, which is divided into two categories: parasitic and free-living. The "brain-eating" amoeba parasitic in the human body can cause amoebic dysentery, and in severe cases, it can also cause liver abscess, lung abscess and meningitis, so that the patient dies in pain.

The free-living "brain-eating" amoeba is very small, mostly only 10~30 microns, can be suspended in water or settle in the soil, love humidity and heat, and exist in rivers, ponds, and puddles. Sometimes, they can even be found in hot water and damp soil.

When they live in the form of trophozoites, the "brain-eating" amoeba will grow long flagella and stretch out their hands and feet with different morphologies, and will be very active. When encountered, they burrow into the human nasal cavity, then through the nasal mucosa of the human body, and burrow into the human brain along the olfactory nerve.

Therefore, most of the patients who are "brain-eating" are mostly swimmers who often swim in rivers and lakes, or there are water sports such as swimming, diving, and water skiing, and sometimes they may even be infected by washing their hair and face with river water.

However, when the free-living "brain-eating" amoeba encounters a lack of water and food, their bodies will wrap into a sphere and hide themselves in it to avoid death, and this cyst will be suspended in the air along with the dust.