Kwayar cutar da ta koma… wutar lantarki

Daga cikin mutanen da suka zabi abinci mai kyau, muhawara game da ko zai yiwu a canza zuwa "cin abinci na rana" ba ya raguwa. Wannan zai zama ƙarshen ma'ana na juyin halittar abinci mai gina jiki tare da layin cin nama-veganism-veganism-raw abinci-cin sabobin ruwan 'ya'yan itace-cin ruwa-rana cin abinci.

A haƙiƙa, cin rana yana nufin amfani da makamashin hasken rana a mafi tsafta - ba tare da tsaka-tsakin yanayi ba kamar cin tsire-tsire, 'ya'yan itace, kayan lambu da hatsi, goro da tsaba (duk wanda ke cinye makamashin rana a mafi kyawun siffarsa). , kuma Bugu da ƙari, abubuwan gina jiki daga ƙasa), kuma musamman dabbobi (wanda ke cinye abinci na mataki na biyu - shuke-shuke, kayan lambu, hatsi, tsaba, da dai sauransu).

Idan a yanzu a kasashen yamma akwai mutanen da suka yi irin wannan sauyin, to kadan ne daga cikinsu. Sai dai kuma, sabon binciken da masana kimiyya suka yi, ya ba da sabon haske kan matsalar samar da makamashi a mafi tsaftar yanayinsa, kuma a zahiri ya tabbatar da yuwuwarsa na mai rai, mai numfashi.

Masana kimiyya daga shahararriyar Jami'ar Harvard (Birtaniya) sun gano cewa kwayar cutar kwayar cutar Rhodopseudomonas palustris, tana aiki da wutar lantarki. Yana amfani da halayen lantarki na yanayi na wasu ma'adanai don "tsotsi" electrons daga nesa daga karafa da ke cikin ƙasa.

Ita kanta kwayar cutar tana rayuwa ne a saman duniya, sannan kuma tana ciyar da hasken rana. Yana kama da almara kimiyya, amma yanzu gaskiyar kimiyya ce.

Masana kimiyya na Harvard sun kira irin wannan abincin - wutar lantarki da hasken rana - mafi ban mamaki a duniya. Farfesa Peter Gierguis, daya daga cikin wadanda suka rubuta wannan binciken, ya ce game da wannan: “Idan ka yi tunanin wata halitta mai rai da ke da wutar lantarki, nan da nan yawancin mutane sukan yi tunanin Frankenstein ta Mary Shelley, amma mun dade da tabbatar da hakan a hakika dukkan halittu. amfani da electrons - abin da ya zama wutar lantarki shine aikinta."

“Tsarin bincikenmu,” in ji shi, “shine gano wani tsari da muka kira Extracellular Electron Transfer (ECT), wanda ya shafi zana electrons a cikin tantanin halitta ko jefar da su. Mun sami damar tabbatar da cewa waɗannan ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta suna zana wutar lantarki kuma suna amfani da ita a cikin metabolism, kuma mun sami damar bayyana wasu hanyoyin da ke yin wannan tsari. "

Masana kimiyya sun fara gano cewa ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta Rhodopseudomonas palustris suna "ciyar da" wutar lantarki daga baƙin ƙarfe a cikin ƙasa kuma suna tunanin "cin" electrons na ƙarfe. Amma a lokacin da aka mayar da kwayoyin cutar zuwa dakin gwaje-gwaje inda ba su da damar yin amfani da ƙarfe na ma'adinai, ya zama abin da suka fi so, amma ba kawai abinci ba! "Rhodopseudomonas palustris" kawai suna cin electrons na ƙarfe a cikin daji. Gabaɗaya, su … electron-omnivorous, kuma suna iya cinye wutar lantarki daga kowane ƙarfe mai arzikin lantarki, gami da sulfur.

"Wannan bincike ne na juyin juya hali," in ji Farfesa Girgius, saboda yana canza fahimtar yadda duniyar iska da anaerobic ke hulɗa. Na dogon lokaci, mun yi imani cewa tushen hulɗar su shine kawai musayar sinadarai. A gaskiya ma, wannan yana nufin cewa rayayyun halittu suna cinye daga abincin su "marasa rai" ba kawai kayan abinci ba, har ma da wutar lantarki!

Masana kimiyya sun yi nasarar gano ko wane nau'in kwayar halitta ne ke da alhakin iya amfani da wutar lantarki kamar yadda Rhodopseudomonas palustris ke yi, har ma sun koyi yadda ake karfafa shi da raunana shi. "Irin waɗannan kwayoyin halitta suna da yawa a cikin sauran ƙwayoyin cuta a cikin yanayi," in ji Girgius. - amma har yanzu ba mu san abin da suke yi a cikin wasu kwayoyin halitta ba (da kuma dalilin da ya sa ba sa ba su damar cin wutar lantarki - mai cin ganyayyaki). Amma mun sami shaidu masu ban sha'awa cewa irin wannan tsari yana yiwuwa a cikin wasu ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta. "

An kafa tushen binciken kimanin shekaru 20 da suka wuce lokacin da wani rukuni na masana kimiyya suka gano wasu kwayoyin cutar da suke "numfashi" tsatsa ("jawo" oxygen daga baƙin ƙarfe oxide). Girgius ya ce, “Bakteriyarmu ta madubi ce ta waɗancan, maimakon yin amfani da baƙin ƙarfe oxide don numfashi, a zahiri suna haɗa baƙin ƙarfe oxide daga baƙin ƙarfe da ke cikin ƙasa a matsayin ma’adinai.”

Masana kimiyya sun gano cewa a cikin wuraren "mazauni" na kwayoyin cuta "Rhodopseudomonas palustris" ƙasa a hankali yana cike da tsatsa - wanda, kamar yadda ka sani, yana da wutar lantarki. Irin wannan "gida" ko "web" na tsatsa yana ba da damar "Rhodopseudomonas" don zana electrons daga zurfin ƙasa tare da inganci mafi girma.

Dokta Girgius ya bayyana cewa, ta wannan hanyar, ƙwayoyin cuta na musamman sun warware rikice-rikice na halittu masu dogara da rana - godiya ga tsarin lantarki da suka kirkiro, suna karɓar electrons daga zurfin ƙasa, yayin da su da kansu suka kasance a saman duniya don ciyar da su. a rana.

A zahiri, aikace-aikacen aikace-aikacen wannan bincike ya wuce gaskiyar cewa yana yiwuwa a cire tsatsa ko "tsatsa" wani abu mai kyau tare da hanyoyin nano-nano, kuma da farko, aikace-aikacen likita a bayyane yake. Ko da yake Farfesa Gigrius da taurin kai ya musanta yiwuwar yin amfani da sababbin kwayoyin cuta a matsayin (marasa iyaka?) tushen wutar lantarki, duk da haka ya yarda cewa Rhodopseudomonas na iya "ƙirƙirar wani abu mai ban sha'awa" daga electrons, wanda za'a iya ciyar da su daga electrode, kamar daga cokali.

To, a gare mu, watakila abu mafi ban sha'awa shi ne cewa kwayoyin cuta, a gaskiya, sun kawo manufar abinci mai gina jiki zuwa ga ƙarshe na ma'ana. Wanene ba zai so ya ci kowa ba kwata-kwata, amma ya ci makamashi mai tsabta?

Hakanan yana da ban sha'awa don gano alaƙar ma'ana ta wannan binciken kimiyya mai ci gaba tare da tsohuwar kimiyyar Indiya ta Yoga, inda warkarwa da wani sashi mai gina jiki ke faruwa saboda abin da ake kira "prana", ko "makamashi na rayuwa", wanda yayi daidai da duniya ta zahiri tare da mummunan cajin lantarki.

Har ila yau, yana da ban sha'awa cewa yoga adepts daga zamanin d ¯ a ya ba da shawarar yin ayyukan yoga a wurare masu wadata a prana - a kan bankunan koguna da tafkuna, a cikin gandun daji, a cikin kogo, a cikin lambun furanni, kusa da bude wuta, da dai sauransu. A zamanin yau, akwai akwai. da dama hanyoyin zamani don cajin ruwa tare da barbashi mara kyau (ruwa "ingantawa" shigarwar geyser), wanda aka yi la'akari da amfani. Amma gabaɗaya, har yanzu mun san kadan game da wannan batu. Ko mutum zai iya "koyi" don ciyar da wutar lantarki daga hanji na duniya ko a'a - lokaci zai fada, da kuma kwayoyin halitta.

 

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