TY - JOUR T1 - An Antarctic alga that can survive the extreme cold JF - Frontiers for Young Minds Y1 - 2022 A1 - Smith, David R. A1 - Leung, Arthur A1 - Zhang, Xi A1 - Cvetkovska, Marina A1 - Rachael M. Morgan-Kiss A1 - Hüner, Norman P. A. AB -

Microscopic algae are tougher than you might think. Some can even survive the extreme cold. In this article, we describe one of the coolest algae of all, the Antarctic green alga called Chlamydomonas sp. UWO241. This one-celled super-organism lives deep in the frigid waters of a remote and permanently ice-covered lake in Antarctica. How does this little alga thrive in such a barren and unwelcoming place? Well, dive into this article to learn how studying the genome of UWO241 is helping scientists better understand this amazingly hardy alga.

VL - 10 UR - https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2022.740838 JO - Front. Young Minds ER -