Title
Astrovirology and terrestrial life survival
Authors
Paul Shapshak1,*, Milad Zandi2, Charurut Somboonwit1 & John T. Sinnott1
Affiliation
1Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33606, USA. 2Hepatitis Research Center, Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, IRAN; *Corresponding author.
Paul Shapshak - E-mail: pshapshak@gmail.com
Milad Zandi - E-mail: miladzandi416@gmail.com
Charurut Somboonwit - E-mail: charurut@usf.edu
John T. Sinnott - E-mail: johntsinnott@gmail.com
Article Type
Editorial
Date
Received February 1, 2024; Revised February 29, 2024; Accepted February 29, 2024, Published February 29, 2024
Abstract
Microbial organisms have been implicated in several mass extinction events throughout Earth’s planetary history. Concurrently, it can be reasoned from recent viral pandemics that viruses likely exacerbated the decline of life during these periods of mass extinction. The fields of exovirology and exobiology have evolved significantly since the 20th century, with early investigations into the varied atmospheric compositions of exoplanets revealing complex interactions between metallic and non-metallic elements. This diversity in exoplanetary and stellar environments suggests that life could manifest in forms previously unanticipated by earlier, more simplistic models of the 20th century. Non-linear theories of complexity, catastrophe, and chaos (CCC) will be important in understanding the dynamics and evolution of viruses.
Keywords
Astrovirology, astrobiology, exoplanets, exomoons, solar system, asteroids, near Earth Ryugu, comets, atmosphere, temperature, elements, metallicity, pre-biotic chemistry, tholin, biochemistry, molecular biology, goldilocks, signature, complexity, chaos theory, catastrophe theory, singularity, attractor, biosecurity, biodefense, NIH, CDC, WHO.
Citation
Shapshak et al. Bioinformation 20(2): 146-150 (2024)
Edited by
P Shapshak
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
