Team Uncovers Process for Chameleon-Like Changes in World's Most Abundant Phytoplankton
Monday, November 26, 2012 - 17:00
in Biology & Nature
An international team of biologists led by Indiana University's David M. Kehoe has identified both the enzyme and molecular mechanism critical for controlling a chameleon-like process that allows one of the world's most abundant ocean phytoplankton, once known as blue-green algae, to maximize light harvesting for photosynthesis.