The research team has now mapped the structure of this layer in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in detail and identified the glycoproteins FMG1B and FMG1A as its main components.

Stay updated with the latest news. A live mako shark washed up at Christchurch’s Sumner Beach – prompting a police call out. Footage of the shark has appeared online and shows its jaws moving ...

DoC Mahaanui Operations Manager Andy Thompson said mako sharks were not a protected species, so DoC does not manage their population and is not mandated to respond to incidents like this.