In “Ghost Dance” (Episode 6), the hydrophilic bacteria is referred to as a bacteria aerophoba. Aerophoba are yellow tube sponges, which contain high levels of bacteria. When the men in black spray the bacteria cloud with a chemical, it bears the formula C9H9Br2NO3, which it turns out is the formula for Aeroplysinin-1, “an antibacterial bromo-compound from the sponge Verongia aerophoba” (which is apparently used in cancer research). Would it do any good to spray a creature derived from the sea sponge with a chemical also sprayed from the sea sponge?

This may set the record as the most complex faq question to date, and in truth isn’t really frequently asked.  That said, wow, I’m really surprised to learn that the formula on the chemical is real.  I assumed it was a number made up by the production design team.  That said, many compounds produced by living things become toxic to those same living things when used in concentrations heavier than found in nature, or when “tweaked” chemically to behave differently than in the natural environment.  That’s what the government hoped to achieve with their compound, but the mutated bacteria were no longer susceptible.

In “Ghost Dance” (Episode 6), the hydrophilic bacteria is referred to as a bacteria aerophoba. Aerophoba are yellow tube sponges, which contain high levels of bacteria. When the men in black spray the bacteria cloud with a chemical, it bears the formula C9H9Br2NO3, which it turns out is the formula for Aeroplysinin-1, “an antibacterial bromo-compound from the sponge Verongia aerophoba” (which is apparently used in cancer research). Would it do any good to spray a creature derived from the sea sponge with a chemical also sprayed from the sea sponge? was last modified: August 22nd, 2015 by S.S. Wilson

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