Planet Earth +?:
Allo-Hybridizing
Interactions
of
Self-Hybrid
prokaryotic
cell units
and/with/versus
Self-Hybrid
molecule
units.
Part 5.:
DialecticS
of
NATURE
Main
Sequence
Series.
Dear Reader,
The overall ‘dialectic of
Nature’ ontological-categorial progression model for the dialectical partial synthesis
category, ‘synphysis’ category, or ‘uniphysis’
category, symbolized by qpm, in that model's 6th model-epoch – which includes the macro-cosmological hybridization processes of prokaryote-units-interacting-with-molecule-units, still
ongoing today, but only known to occur, so far, on planet Earth – is
represented, via the NQ dialectical language’s ‘dyadic Seldon
function’, with that function-form operating upon the ‘Regenerist’ Hypothesis’s
“Dark Energy” ‘spandetron’ units’ «arché»-category, qx, and is, partially [‘¶’], solved by us
as follows –
qx26 = qx64 ¶|-º
qx <+> qc <+> qcx <+> qr <+>
qrx <+> qrc <+> qrcx <+> qa <+>
qax <+> qac <+> qacx <+> qar <+>
qarx <+> qarc <+> qarcx <+> qm <+>
qmx <+> qmc <+> qmcx <+> qmr <+>
qmrx <+> qmrc <+> qmrcx <+> qma <+>
qmax <+> qmac <+> qmacx <+> qmar <+>
qmarx <+> qmarc <+> qmarcx <+> qp <+>
. . . <+>
qpm
– with ontological category qpm partially solved –
[‘¶|-º’]
– by us
as representing, primarily, the cosmo-ontological category of the process, so
observed only, by Terran humans, on planet Terra, of direct ingestions of molecule units,
qm, by prokaryotic cell units, qp, and the natural formation units, e.g., “black smoker”
ecosystems, within which that process is sustained.
“Prokaryotic Living Cells”
and/versus “Molecules”. Within the above-written
cosmological-ontological, dialectical [i.e., ‘multi-«aufheben»-izing’ –
‘multi-meta-unit-izing’] ontological-categorial-progression, is the
sub-progression that forms the focus of this blog-entry, namely –
qp <x> qm = qm <+> qpm.
This component-subprocess,
categorizing and ‘character-izing’ [i.e., algebra-izing]
prokaryotic
cell units/molecule units inter-actions, can well-describe what is believed to have gone on at the sub-oceanic hydrothermal vents, near spreading
lines of upwelling magma that drive continental drift.
Note: Our research on this hybrid
ontological category has been assisted by AI-researchers.
Known Planet Earth Instantiations of Category qpm.
Single-celled prokaryotic organisms, known as chemolithoautotrophs
“prey” on naked molecules. Instead of “eating”
other living cells, or relying on sunlight for their life-energy, they utilize chemosynthesis
to convert inorganic molecules – expelled by deep, sub-oceanic hydrothermal
vents – into cellular bio-chemical energy, and internally store
biochemical potential energy in the form of organic sugars, produced
thereby.
These speci-al bacterial and ‘archaeal’ prokaryotes populate the extreme temperature gradients directly outside of ocean floor “black smoker” chimneys, which, today, still serve as the basis for vibrant deep-sea ecosystems.
Their Molecular-Metabolic Menu: What They “Eat”.
To sustain their
self-reproduction, these prokaryotes require three basic inputs: a carbon
source to build the substances of their cells, an electron donor (the primary food/fuel),
and an electron acceptor, to complete their life-reproducing biochemical
reactions.
Carbon Source (To Build Biomass): Carbon dioxide (CO2).
Electron Donors (Their “Food”): Hydrogen
sulfide (H2S), molecular hydrogen (H2),
methane (CH4), and ferrous iron (Fe++). Note that these species belong, in part, in
the category of ‘atom-units-eating’ prokaryotic cell units, Seldonian
category-symbol qpa.
Electron Acceptors (their “Breathing” Agent): Molecular Oxygen (O2) from pervading seawater, sulfate (SO4- -), nitrate (NO3-), or elemental Sulfur (S), which typically exists as molecular multi-atomic rings, S8, not as solitary, chemically-unbonded, isolated Sulfur atoms.
Key Molecules-Eating Species
and Their Molecular-Metabolisms.
1. Archaea
(The Heat-Loving Extremophiles).
Methanopyrus kandleri: This extreme hyperthermophile thrives on the inner walls of black smokers. It “eats” H2 and CO2 to produce methane (CH4) through methanogenesis.
Pyrolobus fumarii: Famous for surviving temperatures up to 113°C (235°F), this archaeon “eats” H2 and uses nitrate,
(NO- - -),
or thiosulfate as its electron acceptors, to fix CO2.
Geoglobus ahangari: A unique species that can utilize molecular hydrogen (H2) or organic acids, using ferric iron,
(Fe- - -),
atoms as electron acceptors. Note that this
species belongs, in part, in the category of ‘atom-units-eating’ prokaryotes,
Seldonian category-symbol qpa.
2. Bacteria (The Primary Ecosystem Drivers)
Thiomicrospira
species (e.g., Thiomicrospira
crunogena): These are rapid-growth sulfur-oxidizing
bacteria. They “eat” toxic [to humans] hydrogen
sulfide (H2S), or thiosulfate, from the deep-sea vent fluid, and use molecular
oxygen (O2) from the surrounding ocean water to turn CO2
into organic matter.
Sulfurovum lithotrophicum: Belonging to the highly dominant Campylobacterota phylum at the deep-sea vents, it generates energy by oxidizing elemental sulfur, S, or H2S. Again, this elemental Sulfur (S) typically exists as molecular multi-atomic rings, S8, not as solitary, chemically-unbonded, isolated Sulfur atoms.
Mariprofundus
ferrooxydans: Found further along the gradient, this
bacterium “eats” dissolved ferrous iron (Fe++), oxidizing it into iron
rust to power its metabolic functions.
Note that this species belongs, in part, in the category of ‘atom-units-eating’
prokaryotes, Seldonian
category-symbol qpa.
Category qpma? Category qpa?
The units, described above, of prokaryotic living cell units that are both, or alternately, ‘atom-units-eating’
and ‘molecule-units-eating’, should be allocated to
Seldonian hybrid, partial-synthesis category qpma, not to the less-hybridized dialectical partial-synthesis category qpm.
Origin of Life Relevance.
Many evolutionary biologists
believe that ancient black smokers provided the chemical conditions needed
for the Universal Common Ancestor of all Earth life to have
evolved, billions of years ago.
On the Dialectical Nature of the Opposition Between Prokaryotic Cell units and Molecule units.
The dialectical opposition between the category of atom units and the category of molecule units is one that we cannot directly, sensuously perceive, since both are far too minute for our unaided eyes or fingers to detect.
That opposition is produced via a concrete negation operation, yielding a ‘‘‘negativity’’’, a specific ‘not-ness’, that distinguishes the two.
That [self-]negation operation is not any “abstract negation” operation, that obliterates its operands into a nothingness.
It is, on the contrary a dialectical, “determinate negation” operation [cf. Hegel], a allo-«aufheben» allo-operation, by which multiples of molecule units are continually being incorporated into the body of a single prokaryotic cell unit, negating their ‘mere-molecularity’ determination, but also conserving that ‘molecule-ness’ inside their new ‘cellular-ness’, and uplifting themselves into the higher size/mass/-complexity scale of prokaryotic living cell units, leaving behind their former molecules-only complexity scale and level.
For more
information regarding these
Seldonian insights, and to read and/or download, free
of charge, PDFs and/or JPGs of Foundation books, other texts, and images, please see:
and
https://independent.academia.edu/KarlSeldon
For partially pictographical, ‘poster-ized’ visualizations of many of these Seldonian insights – specimens of ‘dialectical art’ – as well as dialectically-illustrated books
published by
the F.E.D. Press, see –
https://www.etsy.com/shop/DialecticsMATH
¡ENJOY!
Regards,
Miguel Detonacciones,
Voting Member, Foundation Encyclopedia Dialectica [F.E.D.];
Elected Member, F.E.D. General Council;
Participant, F.E.D. Special Council for Public Liaison;
Officer, F.E.D. Office of Public Liaison.
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