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.

科学家认为这淀粉核，一种存在于藻类叶体中的蛋白质， 参与淀粉的， 它们够在光合作用过程中储存碳。