Chlorella ohadii Archives

Chlorella ohadii was isolated from harsh desert sand crusts. Biological sand crusts on Nizzana station in the NW Negev, Israel (30°56′25″N; 34°22′55″E) in wide (a) and closeup (b) views. (b) Note the dark pigmentation associated with the filamentous cyanobacteria. Images were captured by Haim Treves. (c, d) TEM images (extracted from Treves et al., 2013) showing C. ohadii (Co) next to C. reinhardtii (Cr) cells, illustrating the size difference (c) and a magnified image of C. ohadii (d). Bars, 1 μm. -- New Phytologist

How A Desert Alga Helps Us Understand Plants’ Adaptability To Extreme Environmental Conditions

by Keith CowingOctober 2, 2026October 2, 2026

[Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau] A single-celled green alga from the sand dunes of the Negev Desert has, within just a few years, become a key model organism in modern photosynthesis […]

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How A Desert Alga Helps Us Understand Plants’ Adaptability To Extreme Environmental Conditions

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