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A Rare Event Gave This Algae an Organelle That Traps And Uses Nitrogen


Scientists have discovered a species of marine algae that contains an organelle capable of harvesting nitrogen from the atmosphere – an ability previously thought to be the exclusive domain of certain symbiotic bacteria.

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