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Howard Lee
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CO2 fixation by diatoms: 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Diatom pyrenoids are encased in a protein shell that enables efficient CO2 fixation
Diatom pyrenoids are encased in a protein shell that enables efficient CO2 fixation

Pyrenoids are subcompartments of algal chloroplasts that increase the efficiency of Rubisco-driven CO2 fixation. Diatoms fix up to 20% of global CO2, …

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Cool! Would these structures affect carbon fractionation during photosynthesis, like the different pathways of terrestrial plants?

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Howard Lee
@hlee.bsky.social
Geologist and Science Writer: If you want to see what climate change can do to the planet just look at Earth's past! h-lee.com/
438 followers480 following798 posts
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