A red alga species called Asparagopsis taxiformis found around the Japanese archipelago and elsewhere in the Pacific is seen ...

Michigan environmental officials urge anglers and paddlers to decontaminate watercraft and gear after invasive didymo, "rock snot," found in Au Sable River.

This type of nuisance alga nicknamed “rock snot” is increasingly turning up in Michigan’s cold-water streams. When conditions ...

Didymo, also known as “rock snot,” is a microscopic diatom (single-celled alga) that thrives in cold, low-nutrient streams generally considered pristine. Under the right conditions, cells can form ...

Didymo is a single-cell alga that thrives in cold, low-nutrient streams. The cells can form extensive stalks, or blooms, that create dense matts that cover the stream bed. The matts take up habitat ...

Unless otherwise noted, "the alga" and "C. taxifolia" refer to the aquarium strain. A clone of Caulerpa taxifolia that is resistant to cold is observed in the tropical aquarium at the Wilhelmina ...

“Very rare” could actually be considered an understatement. The first time this happened – as far as we know – it gave rise ...

Didymo cells have been found in algae samples taken from submerged rocks and debris at two boating access sites on the Au Sable River north of Luzerne in Oscoda County. Sampling conducted by Michigan ...

Modern biology textbooks assert that only bacteria can take nitrogen from the atmosphere and convert it into a form that is ...

Sugarcane biodiversity disappeared as big plantations dominated the sugar trade in Hawaii, but now native varieties are ...

At the same time, Kyoko Hagino, a paleontologist at Kochi University in Japan, was painstakingly trying to culture a marine alga. It turned out to be the host organism for UCYN-A. It took her over ...

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