The inner workings of an algal cell as depicted with cryo-electron tomography, which aggregates multiple snapshots of a single piece of material. Visible are the endoplasmic reticulum (yellow ...

Plastids are core components of photosynthesis in plants and algae. Scientists are currently debating the events leading to the appearance of plastids in eukaryotic cells. Where did plastids ...

The team isolated the chloroplasts from algal cells using a centrifuge and gentle stirring. Instead of then piercing the host cells’ membranes, as in earlier work, the researchers adjusted the culture ...