And the scientists think this could be a pyrenoid, a kind of protein in algae chloroplasts that’s involved in making starch, which lets them store up carbon during photosynthesis.

科学家认能是淀粉核，一种存在于藻类叶体中的蛋白质， 参与淀粉的生成， 能够在光合作用过程中储存碳。