Zyrës

Zyrës is a fictional taxon in speculative biology used to explore life’s possible manifestations beyond carbon-based metabolism. In science fiction and thought experiments, zyrës organisms are portrayed as energy-driven networks that harvest energy from chemical disequilibria and use it to power distributed cellular activity.

The term zyrës is a constructed name, not derived from a specific natural language, and has no real-world taxonomic status. It is employed to discuss abstract concepts about metabolism, information processing, and life definitions.

Zyrës organisms are described as modular, gel-like entities with conductive filament networks. They lack a fixed body plan and can reconfigure in response to environmental gradients. They rely on redox cycles to generate electrical energy and may host chemolithoautotrophic symbionts.

They are said to inhabit environments with strong chemical gradients, such as hydrothermal-vent analogues, mineral-rich caves, or laboratory-constructed energy gradients in terraforming simulations.

Reproduction is commonly described as asexual fragmentation or fission, creating daughter modules that reassemble with the parent network. The organism exhibits distributed sensing and coordination without a centralized brain. The concept informs debates in astrobiology and the philosophy of life.