thoughts:

- did scientists reverse engineer that mutated microbe from specimens of the alien organism obtained while in a dormant or semi-dormant state?

- did they come up with this microbe via normal research and release it in the GoM in an attempt to to 'eat' the alien organism?

- are the recent deaths caused by synthia, or the alien organism, or the dispersant, or all of the above?

- is the whole alien side of the organism a misinterpretation or cover-story for a man-made bio-nano organism disaster in the making?