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Microorganisms
Costs: 300 Entropy
Produces: 1 e/s, MICROORGANISMS…
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MICROORGANISMS GENERATOR
Microorganisms is a general term for really small, usually single-celled beings that are too small to see with the naked eye. All life originated from these, and the very first cell that ever existed is the ancestor of every living thing, called the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA).
DEAD OR ALIVE? UPGRADE
We think of microorganisms as living things, but that’s not always the case. Viruses are microorganisms as well, despite technically not being alive. (Although they do have DNA and RNA in them.)
CAPSID SHELL UPGRADE
Viral capsids are protein cages derived from the protein shell of a virus and can have different shapes, sizes, and protein subunits, depending on the virus type. Some viruses are enveloped, meaning that the capsid is coated with a lipid membrane known as the viral envelope
SPIKE PROTEIN UPGRADE
The Spike Protein, or the S protein plays a crucial role in penetrating host cells and initiating infection. Spikes or peplomers are usually rod- or club-shaped projections from the viral surface.
VIRUS GENERATOR
A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that can only replicate inside the living cells of another organism. Viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to other microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea. Viruses are found in almost every ecosystem on Earth and are the most numerous type of biological entity.
FAST MUTATIONS UPGRADE
The extremely high mutation rates of viruses are not matched by any other organism in the kingdom of life. The high mutation rates of viruses, coupled with short generation times and large population sizes, allow viruses to rapidly evolve and adapt to the host environment.
LYTIC CYCLE UPGRADE
In a lytic cycle, the virus introduces its genome into a host cell and initiates replication by hijacking the host's cellular machinery to make new copies of the virus.
BIODIVERSITY UPGRADE
Since viruses can mutate so fast that it can significantly increase their biodiversity, as there are many types of them constantly evolving into different ones. Some could be bigger or smaller, or some could be a different color, but there are more interesting mutations than just that.
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