Functions and Possible Provenance of Primordial ProteinsPart II:  Microorganism Aggregation in Clouds Triggered by Climate Change

Abstract

Current models predict that the elevation of the Earth's surface temperature due to global warming is accompanied by a warming of the troposphere, and a thickening cloud cover associated with longer-lasting clouds, in particular over land. These effects can have an instant impact on the vitality level of microorganisms in clouds and the spreading of airborne diseases. Microorganisms could originate from locations on the Earth, or even arrive from space. Primordial proteins in nanobacteria, only recently identified in the atmosphere, could play a significant role in clouds--accelerating the formation of cloud droplets and interconnecting nanobacteria (and possibly nanobacteria and other microorganisms), thus enhancing their chances to eventually reach the Earth.

Fetuin-A/Albumin-Mineral Complexes Resembling Serum Calcium Granules and Putative Nanobacteria: Demonstration of a Dual Inhibition-Seeding Concept

“…These putative microorganisms are deemed identical to the spherical forms observed earlier by Folk in geological samples and which he called ‘nannobacteria’ [4], [13], [14]. The purported NB are ubiquitous, being found not only in soils [13], [14], water [15], [16], and air [17], but also in harsh and remote environments like meteorites [18], stratosphere [19], [20], and even interstellar dust [21]. They are supposedly associated with body fluids [4]–[12], body infusion products and vaccines [4], [22] and have been described as causative or aggravating agents of numerous diseases, especially extraskeletal calcifications ([4]–[12]; see also ref.…”

“…As agents of transmissible infectivity, NB are said to fulfill either in part or completely the classic Koch's postulates [6]–[8], [28], [36]–[39]. On these same grounds, NB have been proposed as a potential global health hazard [16], [17], [40], [41]. NB are thus unusual in that they are seen by some [25] not only as primitive symbionts and precursors of biological life but also as infectious agents of disease—extraordinary claims in themselves that have led to intense debate and skepticism.…”

Primordial Proteins and HIV

“…NB have been identified in patients in Europe, China, India, South Africa, and the U.S.A. Because of their manifest contribution to the pathology of a multitude of severe diseases, it appears to us important to address a probable relationship between their excretion from possibly millions of HIV-infected individuals, in particular in sub-Saharan Africa, and their presence in the terrestrial atmosphere. With the possibility of their revitalization in clouds, 30 the presence of NB in the atmosphere implies a worldwide distribution of viable NB. This perspective should justify to check the routes by which a considerable part of presumably tons of NB excreted daily from human reservoirs, might find access into the atmosphere.…”

Primordial Proteins and HIVPart II

“…The most prominent functions were adhesion and surface sealing, as well as collection and storage of the mineral components of the apatite and nutrients. 21 Collection of the mineral components of the apatite follows directly from the fact that NB growsboth in culture and in vivoson the cost of the calcium and phosphate present in these milieus. However, due to a slime envelope, acting presumably also as a chemical barrier, before integration into the mineral shell, the collected components are transiently stored in the slime.…”