<I>Chlamydomonas pyrenoid</I> (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

<I>Chlamydomonas pyrenoid</I>

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The algal pyrenoid could be the key to increasing crop yields. A pyrenoid (blue) is seen in a cross-section of an algal cell by false-colored electron microscopy. The pyrenoid sits inside the chloroplast (green), which harvests light energy to drive carbon fixation. Image is courtesy of Moritz Meyer.

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Moritz Meyer

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