Genes from tiny algae shed light on big role managing carbon in world's oceans

Scientists from two-dozen research organisations led by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have decoded genomes of two algal strains, highlighting the genes enabling them to capture carbon and maintain its delicate balance in the oceans. These findings, from a team led by Alexandra Z. Worden of MBARI and published in the 10 April edition of the journal Science, will illuminate cellular processes related to algae-derived biofuels being pursued by DOE scientists...

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