This is a microscope image of two Daphnia dentifera that fed on different diets and were exposed to a fungal pathogen. The top Daphnia fed on a nutritious green algae. She is larger and has ...

These biomats often appear as slippery green slime, commonly referred to as "blue-green algae ... of cyanobacteria called Oscillatoria lutea and, using a high-resolution laser scanning microscope ...

The main algal groups represented here are: red, green and brown seaweeds freshwater algae including charophytes cyanobacteria. The algae collections include: some of the earliest specimens held in ...

but is specifically designed to ID toxic cyanobacteria, commonly called blue-green algae. Swelling visible in the microscope is among the clues the algae contains the toxin microcystin ...

Certain cyanobacteria can utilize both green and red lights for photosynthesis by using their light-harvesting antenna supercomplex called phycobilisome. They can control the absorptive maxima of ...

Cyanobacteria are found in almost all aquatic and terrestrial environments on Earth and, through photosynthesis, supply a large portion of the planet’s oxygen. According to a study published in ...