Environmental pH signals the release of monosaccharides from cell wall in coral symbiotic alga
Reef-building corals thrive in oligotrophic environments due to their possession of endosymbiotic algae. Confined to the low pH interior of the symbiosome within the cell, the algal symbiont provides the coral host with photosynthetically fixed carbon. However, it remains unknown how carbon is relea...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2023-08-01
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Series: | eLife |
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/80628 |