Diet

[Building Blocks]

http://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/short/63/5/1898
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane_monooxygenase

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Introduction
pMMO (particulate methane mono-oxygenase) is an integral
membranemetalloenzyme that oxidizes methane tomethanol
in methanotrophic bacteria [1]. pMMO is a trimer, with
three copies each of three subunits: pmoB or α (∼47 kDa),
pmoA or β (∼24 kDa) and pmoC or γ (∼22 kDa) [2].
The trimeric polypeptide arrangement is observed in both
X-ray crystallographic [3] and cryoelectron microscopic
[4] structures. All methanotrophs utilize pMMO; a few
strains can also express a sMMO (soluble methane monooxygenase)
under conditions of copper starvation [5]. The
active site of sMMO is a carboxylate-bridged di-iron centre
and the catalytic cycle has been studied extensively [6]. In
contrast, the active site of pMMO remains unidentified,
with significant controversy pervading the field over the last
decade [7,8]. In the present review, the evolution of current
models for the pMMO metal centres is traced in the context
of crystallographic and spectroscopic data.

From http://www.biochemsoctrans.org/bst/036/1134/0361134.pdf

[Building Blocks]

No where does it say that only they have it. It says that they use it.

So, my task is to find a proper, sourced, under 10 year article that blatantly says no fungi can use methane monooxygenase, do you understand academic biology?

[Building Blocks]

And you haven't found one, while I found two that support me. Stop arguing about a moot point.

one didn't know what yeast was; the other named a group for everything but methane
Post Merge: June 13, 2010, 07:29:54 PMmoot point doesn't even fit; moot point means it doesn't matter till something happens, not futility

[Hydromancerx]

Please stop arguing you two. 

[SuperRoochman00]

I have an idea for a new diet!Plasmavore!!!!   











I'm new here BTW.

[Clarke]

Would probably be a waste of energy to throw away the rest of the cell, dontcha think?

And welcome. Always good to see new people.

[Nergali]

Just read about this diet with fungi, apparently some produce energy by using a specialized form of the pigment melanin in order to absorb gamma rays. While it doesn't make up the majority of their diet, it is an interesting alternative to photosynthesis and could possibly be used on Mason.

"One terrestrial example of energy conversion based on something other than ordinary light involves fungi that convert high-energy (compared to visible light) gamma rays into useful energy using the pigment melanin. In most organisms, melanin, a black pigment, instead protects the organisms against ultraviolet and solar radiation. Ordinarily fungi derive their energy from decomposing other biomass, rather than by converting radiation into energy for themselves."

[Clarke]

Yeah, we talked about it in the creature discussion topic.