Scientists are currently testing the bacterium as a potential
foil against the master vector — the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes — that infect humans with dengue fever, Zika among other diseases.
While it may not have attained much success here in the states, Sega's 8 - bit
foil to the Nintendo Entertainment System, the
Master System, did well enough to warrant a successor to compete
against The Big N's newest 16 - bit hardware in 1991.