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Kobe University

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In the European Journal of Phycology, KAWAI Hiroshi and his team published their findings that a certain kind of cells of the red algae Asparagopsis taxiformis, called the “gland cells,” contain bodies of tightly packed microspheres of a light-reflecting material.

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H. Kawai and T. Motomura, European Journal of Phycology 2025 (DOI 10.1080/09670262.2025.2483980)

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