Sometimes the connections we make between disparate things are less than obvious. For Debra Edgerton, the connection between ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

2024 LITTLETON — One of the Department of Environmental Services’ lead scientists is cautioning that an expensive chemical treatment is not a cure for cyanobacteria in water bodies ...