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Giving up on photosynthesis: How a borrowed bacterial gene allows some marine diatoms to live on a seaweed diet
Diatom heterotrophy on brown algal polysaccharides emerged through horizontal gene transfer, gene duplication, and neofunctionalizationPLOS Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003038 ...
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Can Algae Replace Plastic? The Rise of Algae-Based Polymers
Can algae-based polymers replace plastic? Discover how renewable, biodegradable materials from algae are reshaping ...
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In Croatia's freshwater lakes, 'selfish' bacteria hoard nutrients
In a paper published in Cell Reports, researchers document "selfish polysaccharide uptake" in ... (i.e., has low levels of nutrients and algae) and freezes over in the winter, Crniševo Lake ...