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Ancient gene family guards algae from salt and chilly in an Antarctic lake – SwordsToday.ie
Foreground: the ice-included, hypersaline Lake Bonney on Antarctica. Track record: Taylor Glacier. Credit: Rachael Morgan-Kiss Glycerol, used in the past
Glycerol, used in the past as antifreeze for autos, is made by a variety of organisms from yeasts to vertebrates, some of which use it as an osmoprotectanta molecule that helps prevent risky h2o loss in salty environmentswhile some others use it as an antifreeze. Below, experts from the University of Nevada and Miami College in Ohio clearly show that two species of the solitary-celled green algae Chlamydomonas from Antarctica, called UWO241 and ICE-MDV, develop significant concentrations of glyc…
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