Sentences with phrase «pump hydrogen ions»

In order to sustain photosynthesis, corals actively pump hydrogen ions (H +) into the vesicles encapsulating their algal symbionts.

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The acid pump does something similar, but this time with hydrogen instead of sodium ions — and with the crucial difference that the acid pump does not generate a current.
It does so by pumping protons — or hydrogen ions — out of the cell and into the environment, where their concentration is higher.
«The sperm pumps out calcium and takes in hydrogen ions, which seems to give it that last push into the egg, and also is critical to starting the zygote's life.»
The process involves pumping positively charged hydrogen ions, called protons, across a membrane.
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