Aberrant light sensing and motility in the green alga Chlamydomonas priscuii from the ice-covered Antarctic Lake Bonney
M. Poirier, P. Osmers, K. Wilkins, R. Morgan-Kiss, M. Cvetkovska
This study compares photoreceptor gene families and phototactic behavior between two psychrophilic algae from Lake Bonney, finding that C. priscuii has a reduced photoreceptor family and aberrant phototaxis due to extreme shading.
bioRxiv · Feb 2, 2023Plant Biology