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If a base is built on the moon, oxygen supply is a big problem.

It is indeed a good way to use the photosynthesis of plants to build a normal ecological cycle, but in the early stage, water must be electrolyzed to produce oxygen. There is a kind of bacteria that can produce oxygen, which will be of great help to the construction of the base.

In addition, oxygen-producing bacteria can be used in a wide range of industries.

This is indeed a very meaningful discovery.

Chapter 694 Don't Regret Forever

The microbiological technology laboratory, including Wei Shiqing, Bai Jianwu, and the main researcher Li Renzhe, all attached great importance to the variant Rhodospirillum, especially with the approval of Zhao Yi, and they all participated in the detection work together.

After three days of detailed testing, the characteristics and detailed data of the fifth-generation variant Rhodospirillum were detected and listed.

Zhao Yi received the form when he was in the office of the Faculty of Science. He was doing research on space mathematics, so he immediately stopped thinking and read it.

"The fifth-generation Rhodospirillum mutator will carry out photosynthesis similar to that of plants. The product of the reaction is to form macromolecular organic matter, and then synthesize a large amount of acidic enzymes to support the metabolic operation in the cell."

"These acidic enzymes can decompose various organic substances including proteins, and the products will continue to participate in photosynthesis similar to plants."

"In this way, a metabolic cycle is formed. In other words, the growth and reproduction of Rhodospirillum variabilis mainly rely on the decomposition of organic matter."

"But at the same time, a lot of oxygen is also secreted."

"The reaction process is similar to the photosynthesis of plants, and the amount of oxygen produced is also large—"

Zhao Yi looked at the data carefully.

The data was tested in one day, and only a general interval was given, but it was still highlighted. If you take a look at it and make a rough estimate, you will know how amazing the data is.

The fifth generation of mutant Rhodospirillum can secrete a huge amount of oxygen. It only needs one square meter of mutant Rhodospirulina to metabolize the amount of oxygen produced, which can be equivalent to a small shrub plant.

This data is quite astonishing.

One square meter of Rhodospirillum sounds like a lot, but in fact, it is calculated on the basis of 'single-layer laying'. The total amount of bacteria in the culture tank in the laboratory is enough to lay several square meters. .

At the same time, there is another data, "When the oxygen concentration in the air exceeds 20.00%, Rhodospirilla will die in large numbers, and the death process of Rhodospirilla is the reversal of metabolism, that is, a large amount of acid enzymes are decomposed, and oxygen is absorbed and converted into carbon dioxide. , and finally lost nutrients and died?"

"this--"

"I see!"

Zhao Yi finally understood what happened. No wonder the culture tanks where a large number of Rhodospirillum died changed even the color.

In addition, not all the bacteria in the culture tank died, some of them survived, and they survived very well, as if they were not affected in any way.

This is probably how the mutant Rhodospirillum survives and reproduces.

Even in an 'extremely harsh' environment, the gene activation of their race-protecting species will reverse the metabolism and release the carbon dioxide needed for survival and reproduction to provide a better living environment for other bacteria.

"Probably, this is the greatness of a kind of bacteria!" Zhao Yi was deeply moved when he read the report.

Each race has its own way of survival.

Many organisms will even give up their lives in order to reproduce, such as the tiny Rhodospirillum, they can give up and sacrifice themselves, hoping to provide a better environment for the population.

Humans, isn't it the same?

Many heroes are willing to give up their lives in difficult times to provide protection for others and provide a better living environment.

Even if they know that their role is very small, they will do it without hesitation.

So they are heroes.

"Great!" Even Zhao Yi felt that he should give a thumbs up to the mutant Rhodospirilla. Of course, under the law of the jungle, the mutant Rhodospirilla can only be used as a tool.

This is also impossible.

What Zhao Yi paid more attention to was the powerful effect of the mutated Rhodospirillum to produce oxygen.

Even the current data is already very astonishing. Putting it in a moon base can completely replace the role of plants.

This is just talking about the moon base. In the industrial system, the role of the mutant Rhodospirillum will be even greater.

For example, sewage treatment, organic waste treatment.

The use of mutated Rhodospirillum can remove the organic matter inside and decompose a large amount of oxygen at the same time.

In the fields of food processing and medical treatment, Rhodospirillum mutator may also play a very important role.

Of course, everything still needs to be slowly excavated.

After reading the data report, Zhao Yi immediately went to the microbiological technology laboratory, and couldn't help giving a thumbs up when he entered the door, "I read the report, it's amazing!"

"It's really an amazing discovery and research! Lao Li, congratulations, you are going to become famous!"

Li Renzhe and Wei Shiqing were looking at the data together. The experimental research was mainly done by the two of them, and Bai Jianwu also participated in the detection of Rhodospirillum.

Although Bai Jianwu is not in the experimental team, he is a pillar-level researcher of the Microbiology Technology Laboratory, and the research will also have a part of the Microbiology Technology Laboratory, so he directly participated in it.

"I have known for a long time that this research is very powerful." Li Renzhe said with a smile, "However, thank you for reminding me, Zhao Yi."

"You're welcome, it's really powerful!"

Zhao Yi did not directly dismantle the stage, but said, "This research still has a direction in the future. I think it can continue to be cultivated, for example, to adapt it to various environments, or to continue to increase the metabolic strength."

Everyone in the lab listened attentively.

"This is also the direction of mutation research." Zhao Yidao, "If we can continue to enhance one aspect, the future application space will definitely be wider."

"Now this research is not good. I think it can at least win an international medical award. It is not surprising to win a Nobel after it is widely used."

The Nobel Prize in Medicine is very actively applied.

Most of the Nobel Prizes in medicine in the academic field are awarded to new research methods, such as the discovery of gene cutting technology, which can bring a broad space for gene research.

For research on medicine and microbiology-related technologies, if they want to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine, they must be applied widely enough. For example, a new drug needs to cure many people and benefit a large number of people before it may win the award.

The research on Rhodospirillum varietus is also a kind of microbial technology research, and it needs to be widely used before it can win the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

Although Zhao Yi said that it is possible to win the award only after it is 'widely used', but hearing the word 'Nobel' made several people in the laboratory very excited.

That is the Nobel Prize in Medicine, to be more precise, the Nobel Prize in Biomedicine. Not to mention being able to win this award, even being nominated as a candidate is already very remarkable.

Zhao Yi is thinking about another thing, which is to bring the mutated Rhodospirillum to the moon and build an ultra-small laboratory for research.

The environment of the moon is completely different from the surface of the earth, but an environment can be created using laboratory methods.

If the mutated Rhodospirillum can reproduce on a large scale on the moon, it can be put into the moon base to replace the plants inside for photosynthesis to produce oxygen, or in other words, improve the internal environment of the moon base together with the plants.

To achieve this, relevant experiments must be carried out in advance, and the experiments must be placed on the moon.

"Then you need a biologist, preferably a microbiologist."

"The level doesn't need to be too high, it needs to be of a certain level, and it needs to be young and strong."

"Such a person should be easy to recruit, right?"

Zhao Yi thought for a while, and suddenly thought of a character.

Lee In Cheol!

This kind of going to the moon is definitely a very good opportunity, it is a great progress in personal career, and there will be great development in the future.

Putting 'ordinary microbiologists' and 'space microbiologists' together, even if the level of research is the same, there must be a huge difference in resume, salary, and achievements.

Zhao Yi thought about it for a while, and decided to tell Li Renzhe that good opportunities should be reserved for friends, and it is okay for friends to refuse to consider other people.

He found Li Renzhe the next day, and the two went to the cafeteria to eat together, and they started talking during the meal.

"Old Li, have you considered working on the moon? Just treat it as a business trip, about three months will be fine."

"puff!"

Li Renzhe was taking a sip of orange juice, but he spit it out in one gulp.

"You-sister!" Zhao Yi forcefully said two words, and quickly cleaned up.

"I @#￥%...ap;"

Li Renzhe sprayed a few bad words in a row, and then felt that his personal quality seemed to be questioned by the people around him, so he finally calmed down, took a few deep breaths, and said, "You should find someone else for such a good thing, I won't do it."

"Damn, go to the moon? Thank you for thinking of it! I won't go!"

"Now I am a teacher in a university, and I have made breakthroughs in my research. The future is bright. How can I go to the moon? What if—"

He kept shaking his head as he spoke.

Obviously.

Li Renzhe does not have the awareness of astronauts, he is just an ordinary person.

Zhao Yi said with some regret, "Okay, I'm just asking you. If you want to go, I will definitely give priority to it. Then I will find someone else."

"no!"

Li Renzhe suddenly came to his senses, immediately waved his hands vigorously, and said with a wry smile, "Zhao Yi, I don't think we are friends at all, but enemies. Otherwise, how could you give me a problem? What do you want me to do with this kind of problem?"

"--Ha ha."

Zhao Yi didn't know what to say, he thought about it carefully, and felt that he was indeed a little reckless, because Li Renzhe was just an ordinary person.

When ordinary people face the opportunity to work in space, 100% of them will have conflicts and entanglements in their hearts.

This is indeed a problem.

It's not that Li Renzhe has never been in the sky. He has taken a sightseeing boat. It is said that when he got off, he felt very bad. However, working on the moon and taking a sightseeing boat are definitely not at the same level.

However, I have to say that it is a very rare opportunity to work on the moon. If the news is released, I don’t know how many people will rush to sign up.

Anyone would hope for a big career development, but there is a one-in-a-million opportunity to go to the moon to do research. No scientist in history has been able to have this treatment.

He will be the first scientist in history to work on the moon.

He will be a scientific hero.

After returning to the earth, with his experience of working on the moon, he will become famous, even in the future.Don't do it, it's enough to enjoy it for a lifetime.

Of course, opportunities and dangers coexist.

If you go to the moon, you may not be able to come back. Even if you have sufficient confidence in aerospace technology, it is not easy to survive the three-month work and life on the moon.

In addition, salary is also an aspect.

Now Li Renzhe still has a salary of more than 1 yuan, and he can't even afford to support his family. Together with his wife Huang Wenqian, the salary is only enough for daily expenses and a little savings.

If you can go to the moon, just for the "Ascension Subsidy", you can easily get a million dollars, and you will save more than ten years of struggle, and at a higher level, you will even save decades or a lifetime of struggle.

When I come back, I can still have the title of 'Space Microbiologist', whether it's fame, position, or salary, I can look forward to it.

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Zhao Yi just felt that the opportunity was good, and he would definitely give priority to his friends. Anyway, it was just a job opportunity for him, and it was up to Li Renzhe himself to do it or not.

In fact, the danger of landing on the moon is not high, because the relevant technology is mature, as long as there is no serious problem with personal operation, there will be no direct danger to life.

Of course.

Faced with the problem of long-term work on the moon, no one can guarantee that there will be no danger. Perhaps some diseases may occur in the body due to long-term work, accidental exposure to radiation environment, or long-term weightlessness.

There are also good points. For example, the work on the moon is definitely not done by one person, and it is impossible for a biologist to stay on the moon alone. There must be astronauts together.

How to choose depends on Li Renzhe.

The research work on the moon is still very important. Zhao Yi hopes to do "directed mutation of the mutant Rhodospirillum in harsh environments", so that the mutant Rhodospirillum can continue to mutate and gradually adapt to the harsher environment.

It would be great if the mutated Rhodospirillum can become an 'oxygen machine'. It can even be expected to become a 'planet reformer' if it mutates to a certain extent, so that the planet that is seriously deficient in oxygen will gradually become full of oxygen.

Of course, such research will take a very long time. Even if he participates in it, ten or twenty years is a minimum, and it may take longer, and it is impossible to complete it in a lifetime.

The field of biology is different from others, and it is a direction that takes a lot of time.

That day Li Renzhe returned home with depression. He had just sat on the sofa when he was instructed by Huang Wenqian to "accompany the baby". After finally putting the child to sleep, he sat down on the sofa again with depression and found a pack of cigarettes on the coffee table. He simply picked up one, walked to the balcony and lit it, and took a sip.

"Cough! Cough!"

He didn't usually smoke, but he coughed several times in a row after being choked, so he simply threw the cigarette into the flower pot and fiddled with his fingers for a long time before it was extinguished.

Huang Wenqian walked over.

"Sleeping?" Li Renzhe turned his head and asked.

Huang Wenqian nodded lightly, patted his back with frowning, and asked softly, "What's the matter? Are you smoking? Didn't you have dinner with Zhao Yi today?"

"Yes."

"Then why are you unhappy?"

"Thinking about something."