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.

科学家们认为这可能是一种核蛋白，一种藻类绿体中的蛋白质， 参与制造淀粉， 使它们在光合程中储存碳。