How dirty is the Ganges River in India? Scientists have discovered a super virus that contains 200 times more feces than the standard

"Drink this cup of Ganges water, and I will be an Indian in the next life"

The status of the Ganges in India is the same as the status of the Yellow River in China. The Ganges is the mother river of India, but Indians have never protected their mother river. do you know? The Ganges River in India has become one of the dirtiest rivers in the world. Scientists tested the water quality of the Ganges River in India and found that the Ganges River water is not only full of various deadly pollutants, but also contains various water-borne disease bacteria, among which Escherichia coli is seriously exceeding the standard. There are 60,000 fecal coliforms per 100 ml of water. It is 200 times the E. coli content of normal river water. It is for this reason that netizens jokingly called the Ganges water "excessive fecal content".

It is precisely because the Ganges water contains a lot of germs, so many medical scientists say that drinking a glass of Ganges water is no different from suicide. For example, scientists have extracted a super virus from the Ganges water. We can only be glad that this super virus has not broken out in the human world, otherwise it will be a huge blow to mankind once it breaks out.

In the 19th century, a severe cholera epidemic broke out in Europe. Many Western medical scientists were looking for a solution to cholera. After all, cholera had already made life difficult for the whole European people. The conditions are almost unsolvable.

Then, after the cholera bacteria spread to India, the cholera bacteria that had been raging in Europe for hundreds of years, only lasted for less than 6 years in India, and the cholera bacteria disappeared. The reason is that the Ganges River in India contains an active antibacterial agent of unknown origin, which can kill the cholera bacteria within 3 hours.

Later, after the development of medical technology, medical scientists finally knew that this super virus that can kill cholera bacteria is exactly bacteriophage. Bacteriophage is a virus that can infect other bacteria, and the host of this virus is bacteria. No matter how strong the cholera bacteria are, they are not the opponents of bacteriophages. The reason why Indians are immune to cholera bacteria is also thanks to the super virus - bacteriophages contained in the Ganges water. Similarly, Indians should be thankful that the host selected by the phage is other bacteria. If the target of the phage is humans, I am afraid it cannot withstand this super virus.