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Are you aware of any viruses not killed by high heat?
by staticautomatic 7y ago
Are you aware of any viruses not killed by high heat?
- DoreenMichele 7y agoI imagine viruses from underwater volcanic plumes would be pretty heat tolerant. But I don't know if they are a danger to humans or if we are too cold to host them.
- undersuit 7y agoHow hot is high heat? There are viruses that infect archaea that live in extreme conditions including near-boiling water.
- lioeters 7y agoAccording to an article on Quora, "At What Temperature Do Viruses Die?" ¹, for what it's worth: > All [known] strains of virus can be inactivated at 70 °C. For reference, an autoclave used for sterilization is around 121 °C. > A minimum temperature range to inactivate most virus is 48°C to 60°C. Some virus still able to survive at temperature below 60°C e.g. adenoviruses(dsDNA naked virus) relatively thermostable, it able to withstand temperature at 56°C for 10min. ¹ https://www.quora.com/At-what-temperature-do-viruses-die-1 https://www.quora.com/At-what-temperature-do-viruses-die-1
- undersuit 7y agoViruses exist where there is life, it's not a mound I'm willing to die on, but it's accurate here on Earth. There is life that lives in temperatures higher than 70 °C, therefore there are viruses that can survive in temperatures higher than 70 °C: http://www.rcn.montana.edu/Publications/Pdf/2005/4_18Young.pdf http://www.rcn.montana.edu/Publications/Pdf/2005/4_18Young.p...
- lioeters 7y agoThank you, I stand corrected! Please everyone disregard my previous comment and find a more reliable source of facts.
- ithkuil 7y agoThere can be some or many kinds of viruses that survive under all sorts of conditions, by that doesn't necessarily imply that a particular virus does so as well.
- undersuit 7y agoThe question was of any virus not a particular virus.