Pseudoraydenus

***Pseudoraydenus*** is a genus of extremely dangerous pathogens that look like motile rod-shaped bacteria, although some look like coccal cells too. There are several species of *Pseudoraydenus* pathogens known. They are as listed:

* *P. influenzitis*
* *P. carcinogenicus*
* *P. pneumoniae*
* *P. tuberculiformis*
* *P. mimica*
* *P. variola*
* *P. haemolyticus*
* *P. americana*
* *P. occidentalis*
* *P. orientalis*
* *P. geros*
* *P. infantalis*

There are a total of 12 known *Pseudoraydenus* pathogens known so far, they are all deadly, and impossible to contain, quarentine, and/or kill. The genus has shown impressive properties not seen in any pathogen seen before. The most worrying of the discoveries was the identification of an immune response to a host's antibodies. When antibodies attach to a pathogen, the pathogen releases Antiimmunoglobulinase (IMGB), which attaches to and severs the disulfide bonds holding the antibody together.

## Species

### *Pseudoraydenus influenzitis*

*P. influenzitis* is the most virulent species of *Pseudoraydenus* known. The motile, rod-shaped, pathogen is roughly 2.75 μm long (excluding flagellum) and .77 μm in diameter. The pathogen infects cells by inducing phagocytosis through an unknown method. Once inside, the pathogen 'self-destructs', rupturing the vacule and releasing the DNA. The DNA is transported to the cell nucleus where it is incorperated into the cell's DNA. Shortly there after, the cell begins synthesizing the pathogen in great numbers. After 2 minutes, the cell is crammed so full of pathogens that it explodes releasing the pathogens to start the cycle again. *P. influenzitis* cells are indifferent to what cell they infect, as is evident in the full spectrum of transmission methods. Regardless, the symptoms are mostly the same:

* Body Aches
* Fever
* Cough
* Rhinorrhea
* Rhinitis
* Headaches
* Blurry Vision
* Diplopia(Double Vision)
* Seizures
* Nausea
* Vomiting
* Abdominal Pain
* Hematoemesis
* Hematouresis
* Abcesses
* Painful skin ulcers
* Necotizing Fasciitis
* Jaundice
* Cardiac Arrhythmias
* Trouble Breathing
* Hemoptysis(Coughing Blood)
* Internal Hemorrhaging
* Blood Shot Eyes
* Blindness
* Sepsis
* Total Organ Failure
* Coma
* Death

*P. influnzitis* symptoms are the same in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals. In immunocompetent patients, an exponential decrease in white blood cells will be noted. Antibodies will also virtually disappear as the pathogen destroys them. Those that remain are used as a method of entry into immune cells. With the immune system failing, the bacteria, fungi, and other microbes that make up our microbiome start causing infections of their own. With no way to stop the illnesses, all patients will die anywhere between 4 days to a week. Mortality rate is 100%.

### *Pseudoraydenus carcinogenicus*

*Pseudoraydenus carcinogenicus* is a motile pathogen that has unusual characteristics. The genetic material is almost entirely a jumbled mess of dna and rna fragments haphazardly connected, in addition, the chaotic mess of genetic material has no affect on the pathogen. When *P. carcinogenicus* infects a cell, regardless of what it is, the scrambled DNA and RNA is incorperated into the cell's genetic material. Under normal circumstanses, the damaged genes would have caused the cell to trigger programmed cell death. However, when the pathogen releases it's material into the host cell, it also releases protiens that block the signal pathways that trigger the cell to die. It also releases an enzyme that deactivates the Programmed Cell Death 1 protein. With the host cell unable to die, the pathogen's true genome is incorperated into the host's genome. After a few minutes, the host starts to release the pathogen, however, instead of bursting, the cell is still 'alive' but is now a cancerous cell. And when the cell splits, the daughters continue to release the pathogen, which infect more cells, continuing the process. The tumors appear to grow so fast that the growth is visable to the naked eye. By the time the cancers are detected, it usually is too late for the victim. The average life expectancy from a *P. carcinogenicus* infection is 5 days. And the most common cause of death is due to asphyxiation from tumors in the lungs blocking airways, causing suffocation. Some cases were noted to have resulted in almost rapid death from tumors forming in the mouth and swelling the mucosal membranes to the point of suffication. The cancers are impossible to stop, and just like the relative *Pseudoraydenus* pathogens, it is impossible to prevent the spread of *P. carcinogenicus*. Mortality rate is 100%

### *Pseudoraydenus pneumoniae*

*Pseudoraydenus pneumoniae* is a coccal shaped *Pseudoraydenus* pathogen. It is reportedly indisinguishable from *Streptococcus pneumoniae* in everyway. However, unlike *S. pneumoniae*, *P. pneumoniae* cannot be vaccinated against due to the toxicity of the pathogen's protiens. In addition, the capsule that houses the pair of cells is impenetrable to antibodies. In the rare case that a white blood cell engulfs the pathogen, the coccal cells rupture both the capsule and themselves, sending their DNA to be integrated into the cell's neucleus.

As evident by the scientific name, *P. pneumoniae* causes pneumonia in its hosts. The pathogen does this by infecting the cells of the alveoli. As it does, it releases an unidentified toxin that triggers the body to fill the lungs with fluid, this has an advantage to the pathogen that will be explained in a bit. As the airways inflame and fill with fluid, the non-water soluble toxin, which floats on the top of the fluid, is carried to un infected airways triggering them to fill with fluid. With the first cell now dead and ruptured, the pathogens use the fluid to gain nutrients and also use it to move to other parts of the lungs to spread thieir infection. *P. pneumoniae* has an affinity for young healthy people between the ages of 15-36 years of age, though children and middle aged individuals are also at risk of being infected. Mortality rate is 100%.