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- noun Plural form of
carboxysome .
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The 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.
The Harvard Crimson | All Articles George T. Fournier 2010
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The 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.
The Harvard Crimson | All Articles George T. Fournier 2010
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The resulting images revealed that, instead of being randomly numbered and haphazardly placed, cyanobacteria build carboxysomes in numbers that scale with their size, and they space the factories evenly along their length. (see image, end of release)
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Fluorescent labeling of proteins inside the carboxysome show that cyanobacteria create carboxysomes in numbers proportional to length and space them evenly along their longest axis.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The daughter cells with few or no carboxysomes divide more slowly and also process fifty percent less carbon than daughter cells at the other end of the spectrum. (see video 1)
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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When they disabled the bacteria's ability to make the protein, the carboxysomes were distributed far more randomly.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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To process carbon, cyanobacteria build soccer-ball-shaped structures inside themselves called carboxysomes.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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A single protein, called parA, acts as a kind of inner-bacterium stage manager, arranging the carboxysomes in a neat, single-file row, the researchers found.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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This dynamic seems to be associated with the even spacing of carboxysomes.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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While wild-type bacteria cells have a consistent number of carboyxsomes, which in turn optimizes carbon processing and fitness, the knockout bacterium created daughter cells whose numbers of carboxysomes ranged from none to an excess.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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