Little green powerhouses. (IMAGE)
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Chloroplasts give plants and algae their green hue, and enable them to convert sunlight into food and oxygen, via photosynthesis. The chloroplasts (right) in this study were taken from a type of tiny red algae (which are not actually always red, despite the name) called Cyanidioschyzon merolae (left). The alga came from the acidic hot springs of a volcano near Naples, Italy.
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R. Aoki, Y. Inui, Y. Okabe et al. 2024/ Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B
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