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Macrocystis pyrifera is a widely distributed, highly productive, seaweed. It is known to use bicarbonate (HCO3−) from seawater in photosynthesis and the main mechanism of utilization is attributed to the external catalyzed dehydration of HCO3− by the surface-bound enzyme carbonic anhydrase (CAext). Here, researchers examined other putative HCO3− uptake mechanisms in M. pyrifera. [Source: Journal of Phycology]
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