Chapter 136: Deducing Life on Mars
For entries, the description is very important, and only by accurately and specifically describing the target thing can the details of the entry be improved and the difficulty of completing the entry can be reduced.
This description is not necessarily a textual description, and photos are usually more important because they contain more information.
This is also the reason why He Xiao was very surprised by the discovery of life-like forms on Mars, if you create a life system out of thin air, you can either only use words, such a description is not specific, not accurate, and the degree of detail is a big problem, or it can only be completely fictional, it is not impossible, but the difficulty will be very high, and you will not be able to complete such a level of task at this stage.
Now that a real lifelike has been discovered, even if it is only a very low-level life-like form, it means extremely much to him.
Theoretically, he could deduce and create a whole set of life-like systems based on this life-like form.
He Xiao named this life-like microorganism as the Martian protobacteria, and began to further research, test and analyze it, not entirely relying on the Duke 8 Mars rover, in fact, the detection equipment on these Mars rovers is relatively backward, and it is not possible to detect too many Martian protobacteria......
It is also not possible to bring the samples back to the Bluestar laboratory in a short period of time.
However, He Xiao has a way, through the method of entry testing, to determine its characteristics, and now that it has been discovered, its properties have been preliminarily defined, and with its microscope photos, it is still possible to determine its characteristics more accurately.
First, he measured the "lifespan" of the Martian protobacteria.
But, again, the question, what is the definition of "lifespan"?
On the blue star, it usually refers to the life cycle of a living organism, and when the living form "dies", its "lifespan" is over.
But what is the definition of "death"? On the blue star, generally speaking, the loss of life characteristics is called "death", but for the Martian protobacteria, as long as there is a drastic change in the environment, it may lose its life characteristics, of course, when they become a lump of sand or a piece of sawdust, is it considered "death"?
And this kind of dormant-like time, whether it counts as its lifespan, the language on the blue star has never stipulated it.
The conventional language and writing on the blue star may not be universal in the universe.
So the test was a bit cumbersome, and He Xiao had to avoid words that might not be accurate, such as the word "lifespan", which he replaced with "the period from birth when an individual loses its life-like characteristics and is completely irreversible......
And after this measurement, the period of Martian protobacteria is about 8,000 years!
This year refers to the year of the Blue Star, not the year of Mars.
According to the understanding of the Blue Star people, its lifespan is about 8,000 years......
This result surprised He Xiao a little, because if the secret of its longevity can be studied, then it is very likely that the human gene will be modified, or in other ways, so that human beings can also achieve such a long lifespan!
It is very likely that the problem of immortality will be solved soon!
He Xiao continued to use the entry to test the Martian protobacteria, and soon found that there were twenty-two or eight kinds of amino acids in its body!
You must know that the creatures on the Blue Star only have a maximum of twenty-two amino acids! In other words, there are at least six amino acids in this small Martian protobacterium that do not exist in the body of Blue Star Life!
As we all know, amino acids are important components of protein, and having more amino acids means having more possibilities, perhaps it is the role of some of these amino acids that makes it have such a magical function as dehydration, or because of the role of some amino acids, so that it has a "lifespan" of 8,000 years.
It seems that these amino acids should be studied well.
Next, he tested that according to the Blue Star Organism, the Martian Protobacteria should belong to the hermaphroditism, it can reproduce by itself, and the way it reproduces is also very different from the Blue Star Organism, it does not seem to have DNA or RNA in its body, nor does it have a structure similar to the cell nucleus, but is inherited through a hard "skin".
This hard "skin" seems to be its body, after dehydration, other components can be damaged, only this hard "skin" has maintained its original properties, perhaps it is its super stability, can have a life of 8,000 years......
Then its suspected photosynthesis, He Xiao also tested, it can indeed use sunlight for photosynthesis, but it can absorb much more bands than blue star creatures, it can not only absorb all visible light, but also absorb infrared light, which is why they can also photosynthesize at night.
He also tested that there were some creatures similar to or even more advanced than the Martian protobacteria on Mars before, but now there is only one organism left, the Martian protobacteria, and the other creatures are all extinct.
Just as He Xiao was concentrating on his research, another urgent report from the Duke 8 Mars rover was sent to him.
Beep Pavilion
He opened it and looked at it, and the contents of it surprised him quite a bit, it turned out that the Martian ocean where the Martian protobacteria were first discovered, and the blue star creatures such as chlorella stocked in it multiplied very quickly at first, but they were quickly devoured by the Martian protobacteria and became its nourishment, and the Martian ocean was now completely occupied by the Martian protobacteria......
Not only can they photosynthesize, but they can also "eat", although they are much smaller than single-celled algae such as chlorella.
Eating may not be accurate, or it may be more appropriate to use "breakdown......
The vitality of Martian creatures seems to be much stronger and more competitive than that of blue star creatures......
It also seems reasonable.
After all, in comparison, Blue Star creatures are like children growing up in a greenhouse, and the living environment is too superior, so they don't need to be very competitive to survive.
But Mars is different, the extremely harsh natural environment of Mars billions of years ago makes the creatures on Mars must have strong adaptability and competitiveness in order to survive to this day!
Natural selection, survival of the fittest!
Under such extreme conditions as Mars, the genes that can survive to this day must be the most powerful and competitive creatures!
Now that the conditions on Mars have improved, it is more suitable for the survival of organic life, and it will inevitably rise rapidly and crush the alien blue star creatures.
The only fortunate thing is that it doesn't seem to be widespread on Mars, and it doesn't cross vast continents.
So it's possible to confine it to individual oceans or lakes without worrying about the blue star species not being able to survive on Mars.
This discovery also reminded He Xiao that he must be careful to mention the protobacteria of the fire star and other Martian organisms that may appear in the future, and they must be strictly controlled in the laboratory, and they must not be allowed to spread on the blue star, otherwise it may lead to a huge disaster in the blue star......
After all, the water body of the Blue Star is connected......