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Conceptual image detailing the morphological changes that occur when normal cell (A) is exposed to saline conditions (B–G). (A) A C. reinhardtii cell under no stress, (B) Upregulation of membrane transport proteins, (C) Accumulation of osmoregulatory solutes, (D) Degradation of light harvesting complexes, (E) Palmelloid formation, (F) Flagellar loss and reduction of motility, (G) Accumulation of lipids.
