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Biologists working from an $80 motel room find two new species of Paulinella
The Times tells the story of the improvised lab and why Paulinella matters for how photosynthesis evolved.
Researchers led by evolutionary biologist Julia Van Etten turned a motel room in Nags Head, N.C., into a lab and identified two new photosynthetic Paulinella species, published in the Journal of Phycology. Paulinella is the only known organism besides plants and algae to acquire photosynthesis by engulfing a bacterium.
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After exploring In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life, for the organism, read Paulinella.
Background on the genus: amoeboid protists covered in rows of silica scales, best known for their handful of photosynthetic species.
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