basic science research /channels/taxonomy/term/28066/all en The surprising Swiss-Army-knife-like functions of a powerful enzyme /channels/channels/news/surprising-swiss-army-knife-functions-powerful-enzyme-342532 <p>Blue-green algae (AKA cyanobacteria) have a superpower which likely helps them be highly successful as invaders of waterways. They have an extraordinary ability to <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/how-bacteria-create-piggy-bank-lean-times-334147">store energy and nitrogen in their cells</a> for times of need. But how exactly they do so remains only partly understood.</p> Fri, 30 Sep 2022 16:24:56 +0000 webfull 183254 at /channels