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The photograph shows the crater lake on New Zealand's White Island, with the green colour arising, in part, from the presence of this alga.
"Chemistry" 2e - Blackman, A., Bottle, S., Schmid, S., Mocerino, M., Wille, U.
#book quotes#chemistry#nonfiction#textbook#cyanidium caldarium#algae#green#aotearoa#new zealand#whakaari#white island#crater lake
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Cyanidium caldarium has managed to adapt to the highly acidic conditions by being able to pump acid out of its cells and using acid-resistant polysaccharide molecules to protect the cells from the acidic environment.
"Chemistry" 2e - Blackman, A., Bottle, S., Schmid, S., Mocerino, M., Wille, U.
#book quote#chemistry#nonfiction#textbook#cyanidium caldarium#algae#aotearoa#new zealand#whakaari#white island#crater lake#adaptation#extremophiles#acid#polysaccharide
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