The Devarenne Lab recently had a paper published in Algal Research describing the isolation and characterization of the PSAP protein from the B race of B. braunii. PSAP is a highly glycosylated protein found in the extracellular matrix of B. braunii and it may play a role in the biosynthesis of the polysaccharide fibril sheath that surrounds the B. braunii colony. This study was lead by graduate student Mehmet Tatli and was a collaboration with the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center at the University of Georgia.