Algae, Friends of Coral, Produce an Antioxidant That May Help Combat Salty Stress (3 of 11) (IMAGE)

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Algae, Friends of Coral, Produce an Antioxidant That May Help Combat Salty Stress (3 of 11)

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Cnidarians (corals and anemones) form the habitat for a vast diversity of reef fishes and other species. Fish species like Amphiprion (anemone fish) literally live inside the polyps of anemones. Reef near King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the August 16, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by M.A. Ochsenkühn at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, and colleagues was titled, " The role of floridoside in osmoadaptation of coral algal endosymbionts to high-salinity condition"

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[Credit: Anna Roik, coral reef scientist]

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