Reinterpreting Bacteria: Phase-Locked Abiogenesis and Resonant Memory Model

Abstract

Conventional models of abiogenesis—such as the RNA world hypothesis and prebiotic chemistry frameworks—emphasize molecular replication and information storage, yet often fail to account for the emergence of coherent sensing, memory encoding, and systemic integration from disordered matter.
This study introduces the Resonant Bacteria Hypothesis, positing that life originated through field-induced transitions into phase-coherent informational states, stabilized by ambient electromagnetic resonance rather than by stochastic chemical interactions.
It is hypothesized that proto-bacterial structures emerged via gas-phase condensation involving oscillatory interactions among hydrogen, nitrogen, and phosphorus atoms. These interactions may have produced ammonia–phosphate charge loops, functioning as elementary memory-regulating circuits governed by pH gradients, electrical discharge, and frequency entrainment.
Within this framework, early bacterial forms are reconceptualized as frequency-modulated systems, capable of integrating photonic, mechanical, and chemical inputs. Phosphorus is proposed to act as a topological stabilizer, anchoring resonant memory configurations at the molecular level.
Biological evolution, accordingly, is reframed as a recursive process of phase synchronization, wherein structural variation arises from shifts in environmental resonance rather than from random genetic mutations.
While theoretical in nature, this model provides a unified lens through which to reinterpret the origin of life as a resonance-driven transition—from molecular noise to structured informational coherence.