Pumping Iron (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Pumping Iron

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The diatom Pseudo-nitzschia granii isolated from the North Pacific Ocean that contains the protein proteorhodopsin, which helps these regulators of climate change survive. Each cell is about 60 microns in length and 3 microns in width.

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Adrian Marchetti

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