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Chapter 261 The Domineering Ancestral Gene

Feng Yi learned from several staff members of the zoo about their experience of catching sea snakes.

Although sea snakes basically live in the sea, they still belong to the class of reptiles. Yangcheng Zoo has recently added sea snakes, and Feng Yi rushed over after hearing the news.

He was talking about helping, but he was actually looking for material, which would help him compose... and write mission reports.

After that, Feng Yi stayed at home without going anywhere, and wrote mission reports to the computer every day.

Well, Xiao B will guide you.

Guidance is acceptable, but you cannot find someone to write for you.

With materials, directions, and mentors, Feng Yi wrote the task report much faster. Not only was he able to complete it on schedule, but he also gave himself a few days off during this period!

Wen Suolin's matter is still under investigation, and Feng Yi's side, people call or visit from time to time, asking questions related to the case.

After all, there were too many doubts and coincidences in Feng Yi's entire search for the python.

When everyone was at a loss and was still searching for information, Feng Yi had already blocked people in the small county.

The reason given by Feng Yi here is that he asked someone to help him search, coupled with his extraordinary sense of smell, he really found it.

Regardless of whether the investigators believe it or not, anyway, during this process, Feng Yi did not commit any illegal acts on the surface.

Feng Yi's sense of smell, as long as you check it, you can definitely find it. It's not a secret. Feng Yi has caught mice and found Burmese pythons by his sense of smell.

Although there are many doubts, the focus of this case is Wen Suolin, and the person who secretly leaked information to Wen Suolin within the law enforcement department.

The investigators are very busy and will not always focus on Feng Yi.

Of course, even though it was busy, the UNbao still assigned someone to investigate the "toxicity" of this small python and re-evaluate its danger level.

"We isolated several mutant strains from the wound secretions of the two patients."

The person in charge of the appraisal of the United Nations Insurance Bureau handed over an inspection form to Feng Yi:

"After the bite, purulent infection of the wound was accompanied by fever symptoms, inflammatory indicators such as white blood cells and C-reactive protein increased rapidly, and various complications."

The two people who were bitten by the small boa constrictor have now been transferred to the designated hospital in Yangcheng, and they are also guarded by the United Nations Security Bureau and local law enforcement agencies.

"Several first-choice drugs have been determined, and the treatment effect is not bad. Mr. Wen's bodyguards can control the disease directly through drug treatment. The person found by the residence, due to the long delay, the treatment is a little troublesome, and surgery is still needed. way to clear the abscess."

The person from the United Nations Insurance Bureau smiled and said to Feng Yi: "After identifying the direction of treatment, the treatment is relatively simple. However, the pathogenicity is too strong, and its danger level will definitely increase, but it will not be too high. .You can rest assured about that."

Creatures with a high level of danger are not simply kept in zoos.

Feng Yi also smiled and thanked the other party.

The person from the FBI continued: "We will continue to observe it for a period of time."

Feng Yi said: "Understand."

Back in Yangcheng, Feng Yi told Doctor Xiaowu about poisoning the "little koi" to two adult men, and also told about the symptoms of the two men.

Doctor Xiao Wu mentioned to Feng Yi that if the oral bacteria of the "little koi" mutate into multi-drug resistance, that is, super bacteria, it will be more troublesome.

But now seeing the inspection form from the United Nations Insurance Bureau, Feng Yi also heaved a sigh of relief.

Not to the extent of superbugs yet.

If it really got to that level, Feng Yi might not be able to keep it now.

Before the people from the United Nations Insurance Bureau left, they thought of something and said to Feng Yi:

"Oh, a few researchers from the research base squatted and took samples in the reptile hall of the zoo, studied its oral microorganisms, and wanted to find out the reasons for the mutation of those types of bacteria. When the breeders in the park fed it, it may be that several researchers gathered Get too close and it gets startled and spits up."

Feng Yi: "And then?"

People from the Federal Insurance Agency: "The suckling rats it spit out were snatched by the researchers."

Feng Yi: "..."

The people from the United Nations Security Bureau patted Feng Yi on the shoulder and comforted him: "Don't worry, it's okay, the little python has been protected by the people of the zoo, and now no one other than the investigators will be allowed to approach."

Feng Yi thought: That little snake is so pitiful, go and see it tomorrow.

He put down the report and finally saved it, so don't hang up.

Thank you to the people from the United Nations Security Bureau, and after they left, Feng Yi called the director of the garden and asked about the situation there.

The director of the garden looked annoyed, and told Feng Yi in detail about the "little koi" vomited food today.

Now the "little koi" eats more than the small boa constrictor in the same period, and the frequency of eating is also higher.

Today, the other little boa constrictors were not fed, but the "little koi" was fed to the suckling rats, who would have been frightened and vomited.

"I fed it another suckling mouse, and it hasn't eaten yet."

The head of the garden looked sad.

The next day, Feng Yi went to the zoo.

Arrive at the Reptile House, the quarantine section.

"How is it?" Feng Yi asked.

"I refuse to eat, and put it in the corner." The head of the garden continued to worry.

Feng Yi walked over and opened the door of the glass room.

The "little koi" in the corner leaning on the stone wall quickly crawled over.

Feng Yi reached out and touched the top of its head, but didn't let it climb directly onto his hand.

When Feng Yi didn't take any protective measures and stretched out his hand directly, the head of the garden wanted to say something, but he just opened his mouth. What he originally wanted Feng Yi to be careful turned into:
"It's still sticky to you, maybe it's more familiar with your smell."

"What about its food?" Feng Yi asked.

The head of the zoo hurriedly ordered the food to be processed and brought over. The zoo does not feed the snakes with live animals.Coupled with the fact that the "little koi" is suspected of being poisoned this time, the inspection of food is even stricter.

Feng Yi used a clip to hold the food and hung it obliquely above the "little koi".

The "little koi" spit out the snake letter, its black eyes stared at the direction of the food, and then bit it fiercely, entangled.

Feng Yi let go of the clip when it was rushing for food.

"good."

The momentum of the little boa constrictor's predation just now was quite ferocious.

The head of the garden is full of joy.

"So energetic, it seems to be all right!"

Feng Yi closed the door of the glass room, handed the clip back to the staff, and walked aside to wash his hands.

Hearing what the director said, Feng Yi said: "It has almost recovered, as long as it doesn't get frightened anymore."

The director quickly responded: "Hey! I must be guarded!"

This is a treasure of their zoo, no more theft and fright!

Feng Yi wiped his hands and looked at the little boa constrictor who was cooking in the glass room.

The snake's emotions are not so rich, Feng Yi probably has forgotten the previous unpleasantness when he saw how fiercely it cooks.

When Feng Yi came back from visiting other places in the reptile hall, the little koi had already found a place to sleep in a daze.

Snakes are like this. If there is no need for hunting, they don’t need much space to walk around. Most of the time they sleep in a daze.

Looking at the zoo's attitude towards the "little koi", Feng Yi seems to have seen the future of its fat house.

In a captive breeding environment, the probability of getting out of a fat house is too high. Even a king cobra can gain a lot of weight, let alone a large boa constrictor. The tonnage is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

After leaving the zoo, Feng Yi didn't go home directly, but went to a hospital.

A hospital belonging to the ancestor factory.

Xiao Wu has basically bought all the instruments in the underground laboratory listed on the list.The remaining ones that have not been configured are not because the funds are not in place, but because the instruments are either out of stock or waiting for distribution and installation.

However, some instruments can only come to the hospital.

The underground laboratory can't be put down, the utilization rate is not high, and the maintenance is inconvenient. There is no need to move everything to the underground laboratory.

Xiaowu's own complex examinations or researches are all in the hospital of the ancestor factory.

It was not the doctor here who examined Feng Yi.Still Xiao Wu.

They just use the place and the instruments here.

The reason why Feng Yi offered to come over for an inspection was because of the "little koi".

Feng Yi guessed that the "little koi" poisoned people this time, it should be induced by active factors.

In order to strengthen its life signal, Feng Yi sent it active factors.

Compared with the ones that spilled out when shedding its skin, Feng Yi delivered a higher concentration of active factors to the little python.

In a short period of time, the excessive active factor enhanced the life signal of the small boa constrictor, and also induced the original normal bacterial mutation.

It appears that this active factor cannot be used indiscriminately.

Too many inputs in a short period of time can easily cause some uncontrollable mutations.

Active factors can affect all living organisms.

Bacteria are prokaryotes, a living organism.

Viruses, which can also be seen as a non-cellular life form, can also be affected.

If it is as he thought, after this incident, Feng Yi can understand why the ancestors all ran to the small rocky island to "cross the catastrophe".

Don't easily break the balance of normal human living conditions.

For Feng Yi, human beings are too fragile, and they are enough to die. If he pushes again, it will have to be wiped out directly.

Xiao Wu is also looking forward to the wonderful combination of microorganisms carried by Feng Yi.

This kind of anticipation is like, when he watched the dragon in the movie when he was a child, he wondered what the ticks on the dragon would look like?
With great anticipation, he checked the flora in Fengyi's mouth, nasopharynx and esophagus.

When the result came out, Dr. Xiao Wu stared at the result in his hand and was stunned for a while.

When Dr. Xiao Wu came back from the hospital, Feng Yi was writing a report at home. Seeing Xiao Wu, he asked, "How is it?"

Xiao Wu's gaze turned to Feng Yi, as if looking at an alien.

He didn't answer Feng Yi's question directly, but said:
"You know, bacteria account for more than 99% of the microorganisms in the human body. The resident flora and the human host are interdependent and benefit from each other."

"These resident flora have an important impact on human development, immune function, nutrient absorption and energy metabolism, etc. In a healthy and balanced state, nothing happens. Once it is out of balance, people will get sick."

"I'm a clean freak, but even if I'm a clean freak, I have to admit that I do have a lot of bacteria in my body, which is necessary for survival, especially the gut. Without them, I could easily be gone. "

Feng Yi nodded, "These are common sense."

"Yes, common sense!" Xiao Wu's gaze was full of surprise.

"There is a study called the "Human Microbiome Project", which is to sequence the microorganisms in various parts of the human body, decipher their whole genomes, and study their relationship with human health."

"The genome of the resident flora that is symbiotic with the human body is called in some fields the human 'second genome'. The genes we generally refer to are the 'first genome' that you inherit."

"The first genome and the second genome together determine whether the state of the human body is healthy or diseased."

"but……"

Doctor Xiao Wu adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose and looked straight at Feng Yi:

"In your body, there may be no second genome! In other words, the presence is so low that it can be ignored!"

Feng Yi was also full of surprise, "No?"

Normal people have it, but I don't?

Xiao Wu nodded, "The test results I got show that there are indeed no parts in the test, or the kind that have a very weak sense of existence, and disappear completely in a few minutes. The effect is comparable to spraying disinfectant.

"Your immune system is different from normal people."

Strictly speaking, it is different from all the creatures that Xiao Wu knows!
"Perhaps your first gene is too powerful and domineering to allow the second gene to exist at all."

When Feng Yi was in a healthy state, the second genome simply didn't have enough room for growth!
If there is a second genome in him, then something big will happen!

Xiao Wu: "Before all the food enters your stomach, the microorganisms in it have been almost eliminated. Perhaps a large number of them have been killed during the chewing process. The remaining microorganisms that escaped the elimination are in the It's completely digested in the stomach."

Feng Yi: "Oh."

Xiao Wu: "However, the data is incomplete now, and the important ones have not been tested, so we can't make a conclusion. Do you want to test the intestinal tract?"

Feng Yi: "No, forget it."

Xiao Wu showed regret: "It's also very simple to measure, the routine only needs fresh..."

Feng Yi: "That's it!"

"Okay. Next time, I will only measure the oropharyngeal and esophageal flora. I don't need to go to the hospital of the ancestor factory. The equipment in the underground laboratory is enough, or I can just make a nasopharyngeal and throat swab. I don't need such a complicated genome analyzer. Anyway. There is a high probability that the second genome will not be detected."

Xiaowu went back to the underground laboratory with regret, he, a clean freak, didn't care, the boss' idol burden was a bit heavy.

Originally, he also wanted to study the gene in Feng Yi that can exhibit broad-spectrum antibacterial activity and anti-inflammatory effect.

Now it is discovered that there may be no space for the second genome to exist in Feng Yi, and there is no point to it, so there is a feeling of being unable to start, not knowing which side is the direction, or where is the direction.

However, he was not discouraged, but even more interested.

Only when it is difficult and challenging can it be interesting!
Ah, my choice was not wrong!
What an amazing creature!
Xiao Wu looked at the results of this microbiological inspection, sighed, turned on his office computer, and clicked on a folder.

Inside are dense journal papers——

"Differences and Similarities Between Reptiles and Human Microbiota"

"Comparison of Dominant Bacteria in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Mammals and Reptiles"

"The source and protection countermeasures of pathogenic microorganisms of snakes"

Microbial Diversity in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract of Snakes

"Interaction between immune genes and microorganisms"

The Effects of Captivity and Diet on the Microbiome

……

Sighing again, "There is no reference."

Doctor Xiaowu deleted the folder.

Don't let the boss see it!

　See you tonight.

　
(End of this chapter)