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Dates: during 2010-2010
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...study found that cyanobacteria produce carboxysomes??€”organelles instrumental in the process of carbon fixation—in quantities proportional to the length of their longest axis and subsequently align these organelles uniformly along the axis, according to David F. Savage, HMS research fellow and co-lead author of the study...

Author: By George T. Fournier, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bacteria Patterns Aid Carbon Fixation | 3/26/2010 | See Source »

...structural precision of the carboxysomes??€™ positioning—which is not often found within single-celled organisms—increases the efficiency of the cyanobacteria’s carbon fixation, the process through which gaseous carbon is converted into organic fuel molecules, according to Savage...

Author: By George T. Fournier, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bacteria Patterns Aid Carbon Fixation | 3/26/2010 | See Source »

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