Possible role of horizontal gene transfer in the colonization of sea ice by algae.
Diatoms and other algae not only survive, but thrive in sea ice. Among sea ice diatoms, all species examined so far produce ice-binding proteins (IBPs), whereas no such proteins are found in non-ice-associated diatoms, which strongly suggests that IBPs are essential for survival in ice. The restrict...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012
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