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Item #: 3926

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3926 is to remain in an airtight, lead lined container, contained within a 2m x 4m x 2m lead lined room. The room is to be kept at constant negative pressure, equal to 1/2 an atmosphere below normal air pressure. Air flow in and out of the room should pass through 3 HEPA level 1 filters, and should also pass through a segment of intense UV light exposure. Personnel attempting to handle SCP-3926 should use WHO recommended protocols for handling severely biohazerdous material.

Description: SCP-3926 is the designation for microbial species Prochloron ———— found in seawater surrounding Fukushima, Japan on August 19th, ———.

SCP-3926 is single cell, cocci bacteria that is biochemically similar to Prochloron didemni. SCP-3926 rapidly proliferates in sea water and requires a salinity of 35000 ppm to survive. When salinity drops below 20000 ppm SCP-3926 enters a spore state, where organism’s peptidoglycan wall grows rapidly and cellular metabolism slows. When SCP-3926 enters its spore state, it releases gamma particle radiation equivalent to —- rads/sec. The level of radiation output is proportional to the concentration of SCP-3926. SCP-3926 is susceptible to vancomycin.

Discovery: SCP-3926 was identified by US satellite X-142-6B, set to monitor radiation levels across Asia and the Pacific. High radiation levels were identified in the sea surrounding Fukushima, Japan, approximately —— months after the nuclear accident. Seawater samples were brought back to the University of for testing, and resulted in the closure of —— Hall and the hospitalization of 6 Faculty for acute radiation sickness. Further analysis of the samples by SCP personnel showed that the increased radiation resulted in near sterility of the water and the samples were subsequently placed in storage. Vancomycin was released into the seawater near Fukushima, and no subsequent samples have been detected by SCP personnel.