%0 Journal Article %T The Microbiologist¡¯s Response to a Changing world %A Maria Salvato %A Juan Carlos Zapata %J Virology Studies & Research (IJVSR) %D 2018 %R http://dx.doi.org/10.19070/2330-0027-130002e %X Despite the fact that our world is continually being reconstructed, we are all responsible for preserving it for future human beings. Our new interpretive and predictive tools, such as bioinformatics, quantum physics, chaos theory, and new biology, give us the added responsibility of acting like planetary citizens, where there is no room for nationalism. No one owns the knowledge, and nobody owns the planet. As planetary citizens with specialized scientific knowledge we have the responsibility to use all the available tools to promote survival of our species and preservation of all the planetary ecosystems %K n/a %U https://scidoc.org/IJVSR-2330-0027-01-002e.php