Talk:Kinetotroph

A fact from Kinetotroph appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 November 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that organisms could harvest kinetic energy to survive?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by PrimalMustelid talk 10:37, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that organisms could harvest kinetic energy to survive? Source: "Kinetic harvester (kinetotrophs) uses... kinetically driven (by fluid flow) lever protein that... drives synthesis or phosphorylation of ATP" Wicaksono, Adhityo; Cristy, Ghea Putry (2021). "Xenobiology: An expanded semantical review". Notulae Scientia Biologicae. 13 (2). doi:10.15835/nsb13210929 – via ResearchGate.
- ALT1: ... that kinetic energy could be harvested by extraterrestrial organisms? Source: same source
- ALT2: ... that kinetotrophs could exist under the ice sheet on Europa? Source: Schulze‐Makuch, Dirk; Irwin, Louis N. (2001-03-27). "Alternative energy sources could support life on Europa". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 82 (13): 150–150. doi:10.1029/EO082i013p00150. ISSN 0096-3941.
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Created by Fritzmann2002 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:34, 22 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Kinetotroph; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

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QPQ: Done.

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This is insanely cool, I am glad to have been able to read about it and shocked I couldn't have done so until yesterday. Keep it up! jp×g 02:38, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]