HO213

HO213 is a designation for a mutagenic bacterium believe to be of extraterrestrial origins and grows rapidly on contact with water.

Though it is unclear how HO213 was obtained in the first place, the bacterium was being tested in a research facility, Fort Stewart, located in Antarctica under the authorization of the U.S. Military, looking for a potential the bacterium could be developed as a biological weapon.

HO213 is susceptible to cold. The cold itself will not actually destroy it, rather preserve it in a state of cryogenic suspension. HO213 possesses a pivotal weakness; if the master strain of HO213 were to be destroyed, the strain would die out on its own.

Trivia

 * The manner of HO213's mutagenic properties are similar to that of the Thing organism from John Carpenter's 1982 film The Thing.