Per 
Name: Pot
Rank: Junior Researcher
Clearance Level: Level 1
SCP: SCP-999
Objective of the test: To see what 999 is made of and how he digests candy
Hypothesis: If D-Class personnel is covered in M&Ms then SCP-999 will eat the candy.
Errors and/or safety hazards: N/A
Observation: A D-Class personnel was pinned to the wall as to allow for minimal resistance. The D-Class was then covered in M&Ms. SCP-999 approached the D-Class and began absorbing all the M&M’s with minimal resistance.
Analysis and Conclusion: It’s clear through testing that SCP-999 has more to it than meets the eye.
A complete analysis of SCP-999 will now be conducted based on the observation that took place.
Seeing that SCP-999 was able to absorb an M&M it is clear that the SCP must have an outer layer my guess is that much like an animal cell, SCP-999 is covered in a Phospholipid Bilayer.
This would make sense as to how only certain objects are able to pass through SCP-999 and how his “goo” remains in a semi-solid formation.
However, it is also known that SCP-999’s outer layer is hydrophobic this fact does not line up with my previous statement since the outer layer of the Phospholipid Bilayer is hydrophilic.
SCP-999 can still absorb liquids this means that we can directly determine the composition of his membrane.
His membrane is still a Phospholipid Bilayer, however, contrary to a normal animal cell SCP-999’s fatty acid chain below its phosphorus head in the bilayer is a mix of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids.
This results for more room in the bilayer which leads to the bilayer being able to absorb bigger molecules while still selectively choosing the permeability of H2O molecules.
Now that the first layer of SCP-999 is discovered we must now solve the harder piece to the puzzle, the chemical makeup inside SCP-999.
It is a marvel that SCP-999 is able to digest M&Ms without a digestive system.
This means that SCP-999 must operate similarly to a cell.
Now the main question is how does SCP-999 even have the energy to digest materials, to begin with or even more around.
SCP-999 most likely does not have any mitochondria seeing that so far it seems to act more like a bacteria than an animal cell.
All living organisms regardless still need the energy to function and they most likely get this energy through ATP.
Bacteria, however, do not have mitochondria and therefore must synthesize ATP through a different way known as aerobic respiration.
This is essentially the same process that occurs in humans but instead, this process occurs in the plasma membrane.
This process can be simply explained by the image down below, this is an image of what is known as the Kreb Cycle which indicates how basic molecules such as glucose and lactose are broken down in a cell.
This process is kind of difficult to explain but a basic rundown is that simple molecules such as glucose are transferred to pyruvate through glycolysis, which then begins the cycle in which multiple protons are being pumped which affects electron movement along the chain. The main point is that the cycle will continue to produce different compounds along with ATP until the pyruvate is used up.
This cycle is what allows us to understand the chemical composition of SCP-999.
Know that we know how it gets its energy from simple molecules such as glucose and lactose we have to know how SCP-999 is able to breakdown an M&M into those simple molecules.
In order for anything to breakdown molecules into simpler ones, it must produce proteins which means that SCP-999 does have DNA which just like a bacteria it has DNA floating around its insides.
This means that SCP-999 is carbon-based since silicon-based life is not capable of these processes.
So we figured out one component of SCP-999’s goo which is amino acids that make up its DNA and that it is carbon-based.
The main ingredient in M&Ms is Milk which is made up of proteins, fats, and most importantly lactose.
This means that SCP-999 is able to break down lactose into glucose and galactose. To do this the SCP must be able to produce the enzyme known as Lactase and a lot of it in order to break down all those M&Ms.
This analysis is already getting too long so I will try to wrap it up because this is not a full analysis of the digestive process of SCP-999 but rather his main chemical composition.
I believe that SCP-999 is a carbon-based life form that operates similarly to a bacteria, and I also believe that the reason why SCP-999 is orange is that it has a high concentration of galactose in its system.
