One might speculate that the organism itself has been in some sort of hibernation - until awoken/reactivated by certain frequencies.

I suppose that's one way to put it.....;)

wow
that took 517 pages!!!

We are a little slow but we get there. Is this the information that OP intended to impart. I doubt it. But it has been a nice evolution. Good ending to a long story. Ancient slime from the bottom of the Ocean transforms mankind. wow. Or worlds nations succeed in neutralizing an ancient threat from the deep.
Quoting: rken



I was playing with Ooglie and found this, thought it was interesting...

South-Seeking Magnetotactic Bacteria in the Northern Hemisphere
Sheri L. Simmons,1,2 Dennis A. Bazylinski,3 Katrina J. Edwards2*

Magnetotactic bacteria contain membrane-bound intracellular iron crystals (magnetosomes) and respond to magnetic fields. Polar magnetotactic bacteria in vertical chemical gradients are thought to respond to high oxygen levels by swimming downward into areas with low or no oxygen (toward geomagnetic north in the Northern Hemisphere and geomagnetic south in the Southern Hemisphere). We identified populations of polar magnetotactic bacteria in the Northern Hemisphere that respond to high oxygen levels by swimming toward geomagnetic south, the opposite of all previously reported magnetotactic behavior. The percentage of magnetotactic bacteria with south polarity in the environment is positively correlated with higher redox potential. The coexistence of magnetotactic bacteria with opposing polarities in the same redox environment conflicts with current models of the adaptive value of magnetotaxis

Interesting...this seems particularly relevant.