{"id":24908,"date":"2019-05-26T09:59:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T14:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=24908"},"modified":"2019-05-26T10:03:18","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T15:03:18","slug":"word-of-the-day-474","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2019\/05\/26\/word-of-the-day-474\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Autotrophy<\/em> (plus more!):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An\u00a0<b>autotroph<\/b>\u00a0or\u00a0<b>primary producer<\/b>, is an organism that produces complex\u00a0<a title=\"Organic compound\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Organic_compound\">organic compounds<\/a>(such as\u00a0<a title=\"Carbohydrate\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carbohydrate\">carbohydrates<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Fat\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fat\">fats<\/a>, and\u00a0<a title=\"Protein\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protein\">proteins<\/a>) from simple substances present in its surroundings, generally using energy from light (<a title=\"Photosynthesis\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Photosynthesis\">photosynthesis<\/a>) or inorganic chemical reactions (<a title=\"Chemosynthesis\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chemosynthesis\">chemosynthesis<\/a>).<sup id=\"cite_ref-NYT-20160912_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Autotroph#cite_note-NYT-20160912-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0They are the\u00a0<a title=\"Primary production\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Primary_production\">producers<\/a>\u00a0in a\u00a0<a title=\"Food chain\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Food_chain\">food chain<\/a>, such as\u00a0<a title=\"Plant\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plant\">plants<\/a>\u00a0on land or\u00a0<a title=\"Algae\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algae\">algae<\/a>\u00a0in water (in contrast to\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Heterotrophs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heterotrophs\">heterotrophs<\/a> as consumers of autotrophs).\u00a0<em>[<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Autotroph\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Noted in &#8220;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg24232291-800-zombieland-the-vast-world-of-hidden-microbes-miles-beneath-your-feet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zombieland: The vast world of hidden microbes miles beneath your feet<\/a>,<\/em>&#8221; Graham Lawton,\u00a0<strong style=\"font-style: italic;\">NewScientist<\/strong><span style=\"border: none;\">\u00a0(<\/span><span style=\"border: none;\">11 May 2019, paywall):<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But by far the most common deep lifestyle is autotrophy, which means making your own food. Under the earth, microbes use the rock itself as a source of energy. Under intense heat and pressure, chemical processes generate energy-rich inorganic molecules that microbes can break down to produce energy. Collectively, these organisms are known as chemolithotrophs, which literally means \u201cchemical rock eaters\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Autotrophy (plus more!): An\u00a0autotroph\u00a0or\u00a0primary producer, is an organism that produces complex\u00a0organic compounds(such as\u00a0carbohydrates,\u00a0fats, and\u00a0proteins) from simple substances present in its surroundings, generally using energy from light (photosynthesis) or inorganic chemical reactions (chemosynthesis).[1]\u00a0They are the\u00a0producers\u00a0in a\u00a0food chain, such as\u00a0plants\u00a0on land or\u00a0algae\u00a0in water (in contrast to\u00a0heterotrophs as consumers of autotrophs).\u00a0[Wikipedia] Noted in \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2019\/05\/26\/word-of-the-day-474\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24908"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24928,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24908\/revisions\/24928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}