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Algae (/ˈældʒiː/ AL-jee, UK also /ˈælɡiː/ AL-ghee; sg.: alga /ˈælɡə/ ) are any of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic organisms. It excludes the...

Brown algae (sg.: alga) are a large group of photoautotrophic, multicellular SAR comprising the class Phaeophyceae. They include many seaweeds located...

Red algae, or Rhodophyta (/roʊˈdɒfɪtə/, /ˌroʊdəˈfaɪtə/; from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon) 'rose' and φυτόν (phutón) 'plant'), make up one of the oldest...

which forms the basis of cyanobacteria's informal common name, blue-green algae. Cyanobacteria are the first organisms known to have produced oxygen. Their...

The green algae (sg.: green alga) are a group of chlorophyll-containing autotrophic algae consisting of the phylum Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister...

usually called chrysophytes, chrysomonads, golden-brown algae, or golden algae, are a large group of algae, found mostly in freshwater. The Chrysophyceae should...

An algae bioreactor is used for cultivating micro or macroalgae. Algae may be cultivated for the purposes of biomass production (as in a seaweed cultivator)...

Pink algae is a growth of pink, slimey bacterial matter which can sometimes occur in pools and laboratory equipment. The name is a misnomer, because pink...

Coralline algae are red algae in the order Corallinales, characterized by a thallus containing calcareous deposits within its cell walls, giving it hardness...

A harmful algal bloom (HAB), or excessive algae growth, sometimes called a red tide in marine environments, is an algal bloom that causes negative impacts...

Algae eater or algivore is a common name for any bottom-dwelling or filter-feeding aquatic animal species that specialize in feeding on algae and phytoplanktons...

species of algae Ice algae, algae that live in sea ice AlgaeBase, a database of algae Algae Lake, lake in Antarctica Algos National Algae Association...

green algae. Historically, as in Aristotle's biology, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi...

Algae fuel, algal biofuel, or algal oil is an alternative to liquid fossil fuels that use algae as the source of energy-rich oils. Also, algae fuels are...

The Siamese algae-eater (Crossocheilus oblongus) is a species of freshwater fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae. This bottom-dwelling tropical fish is...

lumped together as part of the traditional plant and animal kingdoms as algae and protozoa, respectively. With the advent of molecular phylogenetics and...

Ice algae are any of the various types of algal communities found in annual and multi-year sea, and terrestrial lake ice or glacier ice. On sea ice in...

Dinoflagellida. Botanists treated them as a division of algae, named Pyrrophyta or Pyrrhophyta ("fire algae"; Greek pyrr(h)os, fire) after the bioluminescent...

as glaucocystophytes or glaucocystids, are a small group of unicellular algae found in freshwater and moist terrestrial environments, less common today...

belong to one of several groups of multicellular algae: the red algae, green algae, and brown algae. Seaweeds are also harvested or cultivated for the...

of algae. Also known as algology, phycology is a branch of life science. Algae are important as primary producers in aquatic ecosystems. Most algae are...

six eukaryotic lineages: animals, symbiomycotan fungi, brown algae, red algae, green algae, and land plants. Eukaryotes are grouped by genomic similarities...

general Polynesian term for edible plants living near or underwater, such as algae. In Hawaii, there are approximately one hundred names for kinds of limu...

production, though locals do fish and hunt there. The algae's black color is unusual for marine algae, which are typically shades of green or red. Several...

are multicellular, but some are unicellular such as protozoa, unicellular algae, and unicellular fungi. Unicellular organisms are thought to be the oldest...

The International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN or ICNafp) is the set of rules and recommendations dealing with the formal botanical...

multicellular, and aerobic, as are plants and fungi. Unlike plants and algae, which produce their own food, animals cannot produce their own food, a...

centre) has constructed AlgaePARC (Algae Production And Research Centre) at the Wageningen Campus.[citation needed] The goal of AlgaePARC is to fill the gap...

Shewanella algae is a rod-shaped Gram-negative marine bacterium. Shewanella algae cells are rod-shaped and straight. They can grow on Salmonella-Shigella...

lichen (/ˈlaɪkən/ LY-kən, UK also /ˈlɪtʃən/ LITCH-ən) is a hybrid colony of algae or cyanobacteria living symbiotically among filaments of multiple fungus...

There are many types of algae that are commonly found in a freshwater aquarium setting. Species may be unintentionally disseminated through spores and...

algae scrubber is a water filtering device which uses light to grow algae; in this process, undesirable chemicals are removed from the water. Algae scrubbers...

Snow algae are a group of freshwater micro-algae that grow in the alpine and polar regions of the Earth. Snow algae have been found on every continent...

is a form of aquaculture involving the farming of species of algae. The majority of algae that are intentionally cultivated fall into the category of microalgae...

Viridiplantae (green algae and land plants) and Rhodophyta (red algae), as well as the minor division Glaucophyta ("grey algae"). While the vast majority...

AlgaeBase is a global species database of information on all groups of algae, both marine and freshwater, as well as sea-grass. AlgaeBase began in March...

trade. Its common names include honey sucker, sucking loach and Chinese algae eater. G. aymonieri is found in the Chao Phraya basin, northern Malay Peninsula...

live plants. Hobby aquarists use aquatic plants for aquascaping. Marine algae are also included in this list for convenience, despite the fact that many...

has the common name algae octopus due to its typical resting camouflage, which resembles a gastropod shell overgrown with algae. It is small in size...

freshwater mountain streams. The species in this genus are commonly called algae eaters. They hold on to fixed objects using a sucker-like mouth, and, despite...

thousand plant genomes. It renders the former "chlorophyte algae" and "streptophyte algae" paraphyletic, as the land plants arose from within them. Viridiplantae...

which photopigment-bearing autotrophic organisms, such as most plants, algae and cyanobacteria, convert light energy — typically from sunlight — into...

An algal bloom or algae bloom is a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in fresh water or marine water systems. It may be a benign...

Valonia ventricosa, also known as bubble algae, sea grape, or sailor's eyeballs, is a species of algae within the phylum Chlorophyta found in tropical...

percentage of vehicles. Algae fuel yields have not yet been accurately determined, but DOE is reported as saying that algae yield 30 times more energy...

seaweed used in Japanese cuisine, usually made from species of the red algae genus Pyropia, including P. yezoensis and P. tenera. It has a strong and...

common ancestry with freshwater green algae, having emerged within the Phragmoplastophyta clade of charophyte algae as a sister clade of Charophyceae, Coleochaetophyceae...

Trichocyte in algae are cells which grow on the outside of the thallus, from which hairs grow. In algae, trichocytes grow principally over the summer;...

Ochrophytes, also known as heterokontophytes or stramenochromes, are a phylum of algae. They are the photosynthetic stramenopiles, a group of eukaryotes, organisms...

Yellow-green algae or the Xanthophyceae (xanthophytes) are an important group of heterokont algae. Most live in fresh water, but some are found in marine...

algae, is a widespread genus of red algae, found in marine and freshwater environments. The form known as "black brush algae" (or "black beard algae"...

growth form of Aegagropila brownii (a species of filamentous green algae) in which the algae grow into large green spheres with a velvety appearance. The species...

nonpoint pollution sources. Additionally, the introduction of bacteria and algae-inhibiting organisms such as shellfish and seaweed can also help reduce...

National Algae Association is a United States non-profit algae production trade organization for commercially minded algae researchers, algae producers...

degradation. Algae inhabit a large percentage of surveyed coral locations. The algal population consists of turf algae, coralline algae and macro algae. Some...

Prosthecobacter algae is a Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic and fusiform-shaped bacterium from the genus Prosthecobacter which has been isolated...

lizards, it is a marine reptile that has the ability to forage in the sea for algae, which make up almost all of its diet. Marine iguanas are the only extant...

Edible algae based vaccination is a vaccination strategy under preliminary research to combine a genetically engineered sub-unit vaccine and an immunologic...

Mesonia algae is a Gram-negative, aerobic, moderately halophilic, heterotrophic and non-motile bacterium from the genus of Mesonia which has been isolated...

graze". Traditionally, botany has also included the study of fungi and algae by mycologists and phycologists respectively, with the study of these three...

Algae Lake is a narrow, winding lake, 9 nautical miles (17 km) long and between 0.2 and 1 nautical mile (0.4 and 1.9 km) wide, extending in an east–west...

macroalgae, refers to thousands of species of macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae. The term includes some types of Rhodophyta (red), Phaeophyta (brown) and...

the process to algae (specifically, seaweed) by making cyanotype photograms that were contact printed "by placing the unmounted dried-algae original directly...

or the Botanical Code, (i.e., the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants); and some experts on biological nomenclature hold that...

or ecological communities that encompass all aquatic animals, plants, algae, fungi, protists, single-celled microorganisms and associated viruses living...

motility and predation, and lack a cell wall, as found in plants and many algae. This classification remained widespread in the 19th and early 20th century...

instead of phylum, although the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants accepts the terms as equivalent. Depending on definitions...

production is generated by a diverse collection of marine microorganisms called algae and cyanobacteria. Together these form the principal primary producers at...

naturalist Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, who documented unicellular green algae including Chlamydomonas and Volvox. Although these early descriptions were...

and some species of algae. Multicellular eukaryotes include plants, animals, some species of fungi, and some species of algae. All multicellular organisms...

unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, fungi and protozoa. They were thought to have appeared as early as the...

Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada, has experienced excessive algae blooms since the 1990s and has been described as "Canada's sickest lake". Toxins released...

Spirulina is the dried biomass of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) that can be consumed by humans and animals. The three species are Arthrospira platensis...

15°22′8″W / 27.99111°N 15.36889°W / 27.99111; -15.36889 The Spanish Bank of Algae (BEA-Banco Español de Algas) is a national R&D service attached to the Marine...

related green pigments found in cyanobacteria and in the chloroplasts of algae and plants. Its name is derived from the Greek words χλωρός (khloros, "pale...

symbiomycotan fungi, brown algae, red algae, green algae, and land plants. It evolved repeatedly for Chloroplastida (green algae and land plants), once for...

A plastid is a membrane-bound organelle found in the cells of plants, algae, and some other eukaryotic organisms. Plastids are considered to be intracellular...

The lamina or blade in macroscopic algae, like seaweed, is a generally flattened structure that typically forms the principal bulk of the thallus. It...

Henry Watts (1828–1889) was an Australian amateur collector of Algae specimens. He is considered "the pioneer of freshwater phycology in Victoria". Very...

single-celled, but some are multicellular including some large seaweeds, the brown algae. The group includes a variety of algal protists, heterotrophic flagellates...

it had to be drained and cleaned at a cost of $100,000 due to algae in the pool. The algae growth was so extensive it almost completely covered the surface...

branching filamentous green algae in the class Ulvophyceae. They may be referred to as reticulated algae, branching algae, or blanket weed. The genus...

Formosa algae is a Gram-negative, short-rod-shaped and non-motile bacterium from the genus Formosa. "Species: Formosa algae". LPSN.DSMZ.de. Parker, Charles...

Macrocystis is a monospecific genus of kelp (large brown algae) with all species now synonymous with Macrocystis pyrifera. It is commonly known as giant...

Volvox is a polyphyletic genus of chlorophyte green algae in the family Volvocaceae. Volvox species form spherical colonies of up to 50,000 cells, and...

as a solar fuel by algae. Algae produce hydrogen under certain conditions. In 2000 it was discovered that if C. reinhardtii algae are deprived of sulfur...

normal population regulation and result in the overgrazing of kelp and other algae. This can rapidly result in transitions to barren landscapes where relatively...

Aquaculture involving the farming of algae AlgaeBase – Species database Algal bloom – Spread of planktonic algae in water Bacterioplankton – Bacterial...

had placed the blue-green algae (or Phycochromacea) in Monera; this would gradually gain acceptance, and the blue-green algae would become classified as...

Mediterranean Sea, the United States, and Australia. It is one of two species of algae listed in 100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species compiled by the...

the species succeed each other during the life cycle. For plants and many algae, there are two multicellular stages, and the life cycle is referred to as...

Valonia is a genus of green algae in the family Valoniaceae. The genus Ventricaria is now regarded as a synonym of Valonia. The genus Valonia belongs...

as hair algae, is a genus of marine green algae in the family Bryopsidaceae. Species in the genus are macroscopic, siphonous marine green algae that are...

The number of chloroplasts per cell varies from one, in some unicellular algae, up to 100 in plants like Arabidopsis and wheat. Chloroplasts are highly...

in algae and fish. Marine algae and phytoplankton are primary sources of omega−3 fatty acids. DHA and EPA accumulate in fish that eat these algae. Common...

Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization, as the algae synthesizes amino acids. The algae also contains lipids (5–40% of the dry mass), carbohydrates...

mermaid's tresses, and blanket weed) is a genus of filamentous charophyte green algae of the family Spirogyraceae, named for the helical or spiral arrangement...

(/ˌklæmɪˈdɒmənəs, -dəˈmoʊ-/ KLAM-ih-DOM-ə-nəs, -⁠də-MOH-) is a genus of green algae consisting of about 150 species of unicellular flagellates, found in stagnant...

the growth of algae, often defined in a loose sense that, beyond the biological definition, also includes cyanobacteria ("blue-green algae"). An algaecide...

is a genus of about thirteen species of single-celled or colonial green algae of the division Chlorophyta. The cells are spherical in shape, about 2 to...

Roof cleaning is the process of removing algae, mold, mildew, lichen and moss from roofs. Also cleaning oxidation on metal roofs. Cleaning can extend...

Fucus is a genus of brown algae found in the intertidal zones of rocky seashores almost throughout the world. The thallus is perennial with an irregular...

microscopic pressure changes. Both methods inhibit or prevent biofouling by algae and other single-celled organisms. Ultrasound was discovered in 1794 when...

Globia algae, the rush wainscot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1789. It is...

When the algae are stressed by lack of nutrients, increased salinity, or excessive sunshine, they create astaxanthin. Animals who feed on the algae, such...

Gloeocapsa magma may resemble "algae" in that they are green, but in fact cyanobacteria are bacteria whereas algae are single-celled eukaryotes (cells...

European Algae Biomass Association (EABA) is a non-profit organization which gathers 200 academic and industrial stakeholders from the algae sector. Its...

mollicute bacteria. Among the eukaryotes, cells walls are prevalent in fungi, algae and plants but absent from animals and many other taxa. The composition...

photosynthetic, single-celled eukaryotes known as algae. As of 2020, there were 61 viruses known to infect algae. Algae are integral components of aquatic food...

first voyage, where he mentions having encountered great masses of floating algae that made navigation difficult. Sargassum had, however, acquired a legendary...

Caulerpa lentillifera or sea grape is a species of ulvophyte green algae from coastal regions in the Asia-Pacific. This seaweed is one of the favored...

polykrikoides, which feeds on phytoplankton, Gambierdiscus toxicus, which feeds on algae and produces a toxin that causes ciguatera fish poisoning when ingested...

DNA barcoding of algae is commonly used for species identification and phylogenetic studies. Algae form a phylogenetically heterogeneous group, meaning...

the CO2 supply, while O 2 production within the leaf will continue. In algae (and plants which photosynthesise underwater) gases have to diffuse significant...

is the mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship of green algae and/or blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) living among filaments of a fungus, forming...

sap-sucking sea slugs. Some members of this group use chloroplasts from the algae they eat for photosynthesis, a phenomenon known as kleptoplasty. Elysia...

Cyanotoxins are toxins produced by cyanobacteria (also known as blue-green algae). Cyanobacteria are found almost everywhere, but particularly in lakes and...

example, encrusting algae that lives on a rock (its substrate) can be itself a substrate for an animal that lives on top of the algae. Inert substrates...

Algae fuels, can be produced from various types of algae, and are dependent on the technique and the part of the cells used, some species of algae can...

in which they retain the chloroplasts from the algae they feed on. Absorbing the chloroplasts from algae enables them to perform photosynthesis. Costasiella...

lake. Blue-green algae was reported in the lake in 2013. In 2019, Adams County website stated that the beaches were not closed due to algae, and that the...

ancestor already possessed chloroplasts derived by endosymbiosis from red algae, all non-photosynthetic Chromista have secondarily lost the ability to photosynthesise...

Haptophytina, Haptophyta or Prymnesiophyta (named for Prymnesium), are a clade of algae that can produce minerals. The names Haptophyceae or Prymnesiophyceae are...

Ascomycota have formed symbiotic associations with green algae (Chlorophyta), and other types of algae and cyanobacteria. These mutualistic associations are...

plants). They are contrasted with nonvascular plants such as mosses and green algae. Scientific names for the vascular plants group include Tracheophyta, Tracheobionta...

prolifera), also known as the branched string lettuce, is a species of seaweed algae in the family Ulvaceae that can be found worldwide. U. prolifera is visually...

species. Selected genera include Chaetocladus Eocladus Palaeocymopolia Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Triploporellaceae". AlgaeBase. University of Galway. v t e...

Polysiphonia, known as red hair algae, is a genus of filamentous red algae with about 19 species on the coasts of the British Isles and about 200 species...

emerge to shade the water, algae blooms decline. The promotion of plant growth as well as the addition of plants deter algae from spreading and eliminates...

Winogradskyella algae is a Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped and non-motile bacterium from the genus of Winogradskyella which has been isolated from...

metagenesis or heterogenesis) is the predominant type of life cycle in plants and algae. In plants, both phases are multicellular: the haploid sexual phase – the...

Microalgae or microphytes are microscopic algae invisible to the naked eye. They are phytoplankton typically found in freshwater and marine systems, living...

as Nostoc, which were placed in the phylum Archephyta of Algae (vide infra: Blue-green algae). The Neolatin noun Monera and the German noun Moneren/Moneres...

from single-celled protozoa to multicellular plants and numerous types of algae. The clade was discovered through phylogenetic analyses in the 21st century...

species a single unique name that, for eukaryotes (animals, plants, protists, algae, fungi), and prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea), is Latin and binomial in...

Monosiphonous algae are algae which consist of a single row of cells with, or without, cortication. Polysiphonous Maggs, C.A. and Hommersand, M.H. 1993...

rather than through flowers or seeds. This broader definition can include algae, fungi, and certain bacteria (like cyanobacteria), even though they may...

sometimes pushing themselves with their spines. They feed primarily on algae but also eat slow-moving or sessile animals such as crinoids and sponges...

Flowering plants do not produce flagellate cells, but ferns, mosses, green algae, and some gymnosperms and closely related plants do so. Likewise, most fungi...

along with carbon dioxide and light), provide the materials needed for algae to grow. Nutrient solutions, as opposed to fertilizers, are designed specifically...

in rigid segments. Padina and Newhousia are the only genera in the brown algae group that is calcareous. Padina species are differentiated based on the...

such as phytoplankton, and multicellular organisms such as lichens, snow algae, worms, fungi, and wingless midges. The cold environments that psychrophiles...

genus of green algae in the family Volvocaceae. It is a common freshwater genus, and has a cosmopolitan distribution. Along with other algae such as Volvox...

its potential for aquaculture. Alaria is a genus of highly variable brown algae, and a member of the order Laminariales, more commonly known as kelp. It...

fungi associated with algae produce many bioactive secondary metabolites. Algae derived fungi can be associated with a variety of algae, including brown (e...

include bacteria, archaea, viruses, and most protozoa, as well as some fungi, algae, and animals, such as rotifers and copepods. Many macroscopic animals and...

receive a PhD in science, she became a leading expert on Pacific marine algae. Abbott was born Isabella Kauakea Yau Yung Aiona in Hana, Maui, Territory...

or carrageenan moss (Irish carraigín, "little rock")—is a species of red algae which grows abundantly along the rocky parts of the Atlantic coasts of Europe...

looking for fix to pools' algae problem". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved February 4, 2008. Novak, Candice (March 5, 2007). "Algae defeats state at Capitol...

animal.) They feed on the thin coating layers of hard, encrusting algae (coralline algae) on the undersides of dead coral rubble and other concealed surfaces...

found in the temperate zone (e.g., many mosses, liverworts, lichens, and algae) or in the tropics (e.g., many ferns, cacti, orchids, and bromeliads). Epiphyte...

Desert c.3050 BC. Chile is the world's largest producer of wild-harvested algae, with Lessonia from Chile making up 29% of global exports. Chile produces...

(UK: /kəˈrɒfɪtə, ˌkærəˈfaɪtə/) is a paraphyletic group of freshwater green algae, called charophytes (/ˈkærəˌfaɪts/), sometimes treated as a division, yet...

species of single-celled flagellate within the Euglenophyceae, a group of algae. It is the only species within the genus Rapaza, family Rapazidae and order...

on free-floating algae and upon aquatic plants. There is usually a diverse array of aquatic life, with a few examples including algae, snails, fish, beetles...

with milk eyes. An algae bloom is the appearance of a large amount of algae or scum floating on the surface of a body of water. Algae blooms are a natural...

obtained directly from maternal milk (breast milk), fatty fish, fish oil, or algae oil. The consumption of DHA (e.g., from fatty fish such as salmon, herring...

startup that developed a process of growing algae using emissions from fossil fuels to produce biofuel from algae. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Greenfuel...

the scientific study of algae. Human interest in plants as food goes back into the origins of the species, and knowledge of algae can be traced back more...

In phycology, receptacles occur at the ends of branches of algae mainly in the brown algae or Heterokontophyta in the order Fucales. They are specialised...

of thalloid green algae comprising approximately 14 species. Its common name is red rust. Cephaleuros species are parasitic algae which grow within vascular...

believed to have acquired plastids through secondary endosymbiosis of red algae through a common ancestor. Meanwhile, Rhizaria was traditionally considered...

converted into chemical energy during photosynthesis in green plants and algae. Photosynthesis can be described by the simplified chemical reaction 6 H2O...

less than about 3 micrometers. They were formerly treated as eukaryotic algae and the smallest member of photosynthetic picoplankton before it was discovered...

Phycotheca Boreali-Americana, a multi-volume specimen collection of dried algae, and the Algae of Northwestern America, a reference work. Setchell was born in Norwich...

reefs. When taken from the ocean it is usually encrusted with coralline algae and inhabited by a multitude of marine organisms. The many forms of micro...

Cryphia algae, the tree-lichen beauty, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in Mediterranean...

worked primarily on the algae. He was best known for his books, particularly the Freshwater Algae of the United States, the Marine Algae of the Monterey Peninsula...

relationships whereby plastids, notably chloroplasts from algae, are sequestered by the host. The algae is eaten normally and partially digested, leaving the...

web of marine life. At the base of the ocean food web are single-celled algae and other plant-like organisms known as phytoplankton. The second trophic...

hair that is host to symbiotic green algae which camouflage the animal in the trees and provide it nutrients. The algae also nourish sloth moths, some species...

calcareas, also known as AlgaeCal, is a plant-based dietary supplement derived from Lithothamnion superpositum, a red marine algae native to South America...

reefs. Its rapid growth rate is likely due to its ability to cultivate algae in its body tissue. Although larval clams are planktonic, they become sessile...

transmission to their offspring. Algae include single-celled eukaryotes that are generally non-pathogenic. Green algae from the genus Prototheca lack chlorophyll...

that must be named according to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants). While some of the grapes in this list are hybrids,...

(among the green algae). They are unusual because they consist of only one cell with many nuclei, also known as coenocytic or siphonous algae, making them...

division of green algae, and is sister taxon to the other major division Charophyta (a paraphyletic group of predominantly freshwater green algae, which form...

Durusdinium is a genus of dinoflagellate algae within the family Symbiodiniaceae. Durusdinium can be free living, or can form symbiotic associations with...

marine or freshwater algae." It has been awarded every three years since 1979. Source: NAS Mark E. Hay (2018) For developing algae as the major model for...

help to reduce seawater eutrophication. They use algae to convert carbon dioxide into biomass. Algae Cluster, Europe Algenol, Bonita Springs, Florida;...

endolith or endolithic is an organism (archaeon, bacterium, fungus, lichen, algae, sponge, or amoeba) that is able to acquire the necessary resources for...

Precambrian macrofossils of uncertain nature originally interpreted as brown algae. Little studies are available on vendotaenids as they are rare. Vendotaenids...

people on different environmental issues, focusing on solutions, mainly algae-based biofuel. Their production company, Green Planet Productions, makes...

Caulerpa sertularioides, also known as green feather algae, is a species of seaweed in the Caulerpaceae family found in warm water environments. The seaweed...

benthic algae. This figure comprises 178 species of red algae (Rhodophyta), 50 species of brown algae (Phaeophyta) and 32 species of green algae (Chlorophyta)...

Eudorina is a genus of green algae in the family Volvocaceae, containing about seven species. It has a cosmopolitan distribution in freshwater habitats...

categorized into cyanobacteria (also called blue-green algae/bacteria), various types of algae (red, green, brown, and yellow-green), diatoms, dinoflagellates...

Lake Maracaibo possesses highly oxygenated waters which makes it rich in algae, and in turn fish, making it very biologically diverse. It is home to clams...

from slime molds, but are also found in parasitic Myxosporea, and some algae such as the Chlorarachniophyta. A plasmodium is an amoeboid, multinucleate...

including algae. In 2016, he collaborated with the Bühler Group on a project to design algae-based biorefineries to cultivate and process algae as a human...

the radula is used to graze, by scraping diatoms and other microscopic algae off rock surfaces and other substrates. Predatory marine snails such as...

BioFields is a Mexican industrial group that produces biofuels from blue-green algae (cyanobacteria). The company was founded in 2006, it has a commercial agreement...

Florideophyceae is a class of exclusively multicellular red algae. They were once thought to be the only algae to bear pit connections, but these have since been...

latter are now grouped with the stramenopiles (which include some types of algae). The Oomycota have a very sparse fossil record; a possible oomycete has...

Kelps are large brown algae or seaweeds that make up the order Laminariales. There are about 30 genera. Despite its appearance and use of photosynthesis...

biofuels that are produced by bioengineered organisms i.e. algae and cyanobacteria. Algae and cyanobacteria will use water, carbon dioxide, and solar...

protuberances that extend from the lower epidermal cells of bryophytes and algae. They are similar in structure and function to the root hairs of vascular...

worst globally invasive species. Wakame, as with all other kelps and brown algae, is plant-like in appearance, but is unrelated to true plants, being, instead...

Cryptophyceae sp. CCMP2293 v1.0". genome.jgi.doe.gov. Retrieved 2018-07-31. "Algae". genome.jgi.doe.gov. Retrieved 2018-07-31. Curtis BA, Tanifuji G, Burki...

Avrainvillea is a genus of green algae in the family Dichotomosiphonaceae. Avrainvillea is a green siphonous marine macroalgal species. In the tropical...

Pinnularia is a genus of fresh water algae, more specifically a type of diatom. Pinnularia is a predominantly fresh-water algae usually found in ponds and moist...

also called snow algae, pink snow, red snow, or blood snow, is a phenomenon caused by Chlamydomonas nivalis, a species of green algae containing a secondary...

Chrysophyta or golden algae is a term used to refer to certain heterokonts. It can be used to refer to: Chrysophyceae (golden algae), Bacillariophyceae...

country, such as Florida and California. Algae are found in almost all ponds. There are hundreds of species of algae that can grow in garden ponds, but they...

contents of algae, hence they are sometimes called "sap-sucking sea slugs". Some sacoglossans simply digest the fluid which they suck from the algae, but in...

of red algae (phylum Rhodophyta) primarily from the Gracilaria genus (Irish moss, ogonori) and the Gelidiaceae family (tengusa). These algae are known...

contains a symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae, which is necessary for the long-term survival of the sea anemone. When the numbers of algae diminish the anemone...

researchers of this lake, Michele La Fontaine, has done studies on the algae and dissolved oxygen content. The depth fluctuates about 2 feet a year,...

Zygnematophyceae (or Conjugatophyceae) is a class of green algae in the paraphylum streptophyte algae, also referred to as Charophyta, consisting of more than...

ongoing concern for decades, with issues such as overfishing, pollution, algae blooms, aquatic invasive species, and eutrophication generating headlines...

Pneophyllum cetinaensis is the only known species of freshwater coralline algae endemic to Croatia. Its ancestor lived in brackish water, and was already...

diverse and unrelated groups of algae, including Xanthophyceae (e.g., Vaucheria), red algae (e.g., Griffithsia) and green algae (e.g., the internodal cells...

2024. "Blue-Green Algae". East Bay Reginal Park District: Blue-Green Algae. Retrieved 2026-05-10. Lyons, Jenna (2015-12-09). "Toxic algae close Livermore's...

bleaching is the process where corals become white due to loss of symbiotic algae and photosynthetic pigments. This loss of pigment can be caused by various...

organisms are also microscopic, namely micro-animals, some fungi, and some algae. Microorganisms can have very different habitats, and live everywhere from...

apicomplexans, most ciliates, some green algae (the Klebsormidiales), choanoflagellates, oomycetes, brown algae, yellow-green algae, Excavata (e.g., euglenids). Some...

of gametophytes. In some multicellular green algae (Ulva lactuca is one example), red algae and brown algae, sporophytes and gametophytes may be externally...

Chondria is a genus of red algae in the family Rhodomelaceae. Chondria acanthophora C.Agardh Chondria acrorhizophora Setchell & N.L.Gardner Chondria angustata...

tail known as a flagellum, which are known as spermatozoa, while some red algae and fungi produce non-motile sperm cells, known as spermatia. Flowering...

plant-based sugars into high-value oils and whole algae ingredients. TerraVia supplied a variety of sustainable algae-based food ingredients to a number of brands...

surface of their jaw bones, forming a parrot-like beak with which they rasp algae from coral and other rocky substrates (which contributes to the process...

orders may follow consistent naming schemes. Orders of plants, fungi, and algae use the suffix -ales (e.g. Dictyotales). Orders of birds and fishes use...

Experimental Station) in 1919. Her research focused on the mechanisms by which algae acquire nutrients. One day at Rothamsted, Ronald Fisher offered Bristol...

formed by biotic (living) processes, dominated by corals and coralline algae. Artificial reefs, such as shipwrecks and other man-made underwater structures...

pigment, but to algae growing on it. Sloths will consume the algae growing on their fur through the process of autogrooming, and the algae provides the sloths...

Monostroma is a genus of marine green algae (seaweed) in the family Monostromataceae. As the name suggests, algae of this genus are monostromatic (single...

Pacific Coast, as well as on freshwater algae and fungi, and among his publications is the important reference work Algae of Northwestern America. Gardner was...

energy, and are the producers in a food chain, such as plants on land or algae in water. Autotrophs can reduce carbon dioxide to make organic compounds...

southern Georgia and Texas. Its embryos have been found to have symbiotic algae, Chlorococcum amblystomatis, living in and around them, the only known example...

known as photosynthesis, and examples of such organisms include plants, algae and cyanobacteria. Eukaryotic photoautotrophs absorb photonic energy through...

subfamily -oideae (these additional -eae ranks are present in bacteria, plants, algae, and fungi, but not animals) Accordingly, working within animals alone,...

red or pink colour. This is often caused by the presence of salt-tolerant algae that produces carotenoids, such as Dunaliella salina, usually in conjunction...

involvement in ecological activities, mainly its partnership in the local algae factory, Algatech, and its guest house and educational seminar center, Keren...

formation of harmful algae. During August 2011, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality found high concentrations of blue-green algae in lake water...

including the flowering plants and the gymnosperms, but not ferns, mosses, or algae. The term phanerogam or phanerogamae is derived from Ancient Greek φανερός...

the aquatic environment include plants, algae, cyanobacteria, coral, phytoplankton (also known as micro algae). Half of the photosynthesis on Earth is...

Compsopogon caeruleus, known as staghorn algae, is a species of red algae that lives in fresh water. It is a common nuisance in freshwater aquaria. It...

the Pacific coast of North America. This cnidarian hosts endosymbiotic algae called zooxanthellae that contribute substantially to primary productivity...

Codium bursa is a green marine algae of medium size. Codium bursa is a marine alga growing to 30 cm across. It generally appears as a spongy sphere of...

Coralline means 'resembling coral' and may refer to: Coralline algae, or corallines, red algae that produce calcareous deposits Less commonly, organisms that...

(Greek: γωνία gonia, "angle" or "corner") is a genus of colonial green algae, a member of the order Chlamydomonadales. The genus was first described...

page volume contains about the Prokaryotes. Division Chlorophyta or green algae is abundant in Bangladesh, the world's second largest delta next to the...

cells and sporangia, but no true leaves), along with arthropods, lichens, algae and fungi. This fossil bed is remarkable for two reasons. First, the age...

the lake and causes the amount of algae to grow. Especially in the more shallow parts of Lake Okeechobee, the algae grows very well because it requires...

Crossocheilus langei, also known as the red algae eater (but sold sometimes sold as "Siamese algae eater"), is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus...

June 1782 – 18 May 1837) was a Danish priest and botanist, specialising in algae. Hans Christian Lyngbye was born in Aalborg, Denmark, in 1782, the son of...

Gonyostomum semen is a species of freshwater algae in the genus Gonyostomum, with worldwide distribution. They cause nuisance algal blooms and are known...

Lithothamnion glaciale is the botanical name for a species of multicellular red algae of the genus Lithothamnion, subfamily Melobesioideae. Lithothamnion glaciale...

Guiry (2009). "Knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum". AlgaeBase: listing the world's algae. Galway: AlgaeBase. J. M. Hill & N. White (2007). "Knotted wrack...

Cosmarium is a large genus of desmids (Desmidiaceae), a group of green algae closely related to the land plants (Embryophyta). Members of this genus are...

Myrmecia is a genus of green algae that is associated with lichens. The genus has nine recognised species: Myrmecia aquatica G.M.Smith Myrmecia astigmatica...

Astaxanthine from the green algae Haematococcus pluvialis or for the production of food supplement from the green algae Chlorella vulgaris. These photobioreactors...

The water net (genus Hydrodictyon) is a taxon of freshwater green algae in the family Hydrodictyaceae. Hydrodictyon does well in clean, eutrophic water...

considered part of the liverworts). G.M. Smith placed this group between Algae and Pteridophyta. Although a 2005 study supported this traditional monophyletic...

Pleodorina is a genus of colonial green algae in the family Volvocaceae. It occurs in freshwater habitats and has a cosmopolitan distribution. Pleodorina...

Seaweed oil, also called algae oil or algal oil, is used for making food, with the purified product almost colorless and odorless. It is also under development...

Porphyra purpurea is a species of red algae in the order Bangiales. This red alga consists of a single membranous layer of cells forming a blade attached...

Desmodesmus is a genus of green algae in the family Scenedesmaceae. Desmodesmus consists of colonies of two, four, eight or 16 cells arranged in a row...

the alveolates, the dinoflagellates, the Colpodellida and the heterokont algae acquired their plastids from a red alga with evidence of a common origin...

course of nearly two decades looked into the production of energy using algae. Initially, the funding of the Aquatic Species Program was to develop renewable...

Chara is a genus of charophyte green algae in the family Characeae. They are multicellular and superficially resemble land plants because of stem-like...

south. From north to south, they include: White Jade Algae Reef and Tai Tam Algae Reef and Guanxin Algae Reef. The biological reefs in this area began to...

This is a list of coralline algae species in the British Isles. Boreolithon van-heuckii Choreonema thuretii Corallina elongata Corallina officinalis Haliptilon...

Chlamydomonas nivalis, commonly known as snow algae, also referred to as Chloromonas typhlos, is a unicellular red-coloured photosynthetic green alga...

Charales is an order of freshwater green algae in the division Charophyta, class Charophyceae, commonly known as stoneworts. Depending on the treatment...

Rissoella verruculosa is a species of red algae, the only accepted species in the genus Risoella and the family Rissoellaceae. This species is endemic...

the bottom, which means it also includes non-animals, such as plants and algae. Biologists also use specific terms that refer to bottom feeding fish, such...

τρίχωμα (tríkhōma) 'hair') are fine outgrowths or appendages on plants, algae, lichens, and certain protists. They are of diverse structure and function...

and soil, one marine species is known. Lecythium spp. feed on fungi or algae. Lecythium hyalinum (type species) Lecythium granulatus Lecythium minutum...

is a clade of archaeplastids. It includes picozoans, rhodelphids and red algae. Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (2022-05-01). "Ciliary transition zone evolution...

a genus of green algae in the family Cladophoraceae. Members of this genus may be referred to by the common name sea emerald. Algae of this genus are...

has about a 2% ash content when burned. Algae have a high water content requiring much energy to dry the algae before being able to properly use it. More...

of decomposed organic materials, including zooplankton, phytoplankton, algae (including diatoms), bacteria, fungi, protozoans, and vascular plant detritus...

genus of algae, containing the sole species Gloeochaete wittrockiana. It is found in freshwater habitats, where it grows attached to other algae and aquatic...

Tilopteridales is an order of brown algae (class Phaeophyceae). This order contains algae with different types of alternation of generation. For instance...

Anhuiphyton lineatum is an extinct species of Neoproterozoic algae, known from several fossils from the Lantian formation located in Anhui, China, first...

Botrydium is a genus of thalloid algae. Specimens can reach around 2 mm in size and produce tetraspores. Some currently recognised species: Botrydium...

a genus of green algae in the family Kornmanniaceae. Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Genus: Stromatella taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide...

organisms. Amoeboid cells occur not only among the protozoa, but also in fungi, algae, and animals. Microbiologists often use the terms "amoeboid" and "amoeba"...

cell genomics reveals plastid-lacking Picozoa are close relatives of red algae" (PDF). Nature Communications. 12 (1). doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26918-0. ISSN 2041-1723...

increases. In low- to mid-salinity ponds, green algae such as Dunaliella salina are predominant, although these algae can also take on an orange hue. Halobacteria...

Eudorina elegans is a species of green algae in the family Volvocaceae, and is the type species of the genus Eudorina. It was first described in 1832...

off the coast of California and Argentina. This diatom is a Harmful Micro Algae that produces toxic effects on a variety of organisms through its production...

22-dien-3β-ol) is a 28-carbon sterol synthesised by several unicellular algae (phytoplankton) and some terrestrial plants, like rape. This compound has...

fission at the cellular level occurs in many protists, e.g. sporozoans and algae. The nucleus of the parent cell divides several times by mitosis, producing...

rhizochromulinid algae, actinomonad heterotrophic flagellates and actinophryid heliozoa. Alternative classifications treat the dictyochophytes as heterokont algae, or...

Closterium is a genus of desmid, a group of charophyte green algae. It is placed in the family Closteriaceae. Species of Closterium are a common component...

Parachlorella is a genus of green algae in the order Chlorellales. The genus Parachlorella is more or less indistinguishable from the similar genus Chlorella...

and algae. Parasitic marine plants are described as benthic, meaning that they are sedentary or attached to another structure. Plants and algae that...

sperm. Oogamy is found in all land plants, and in some red algae, brown algae and green algae. Oogamy is favored in land plants because only one gamete...

called algin, is a naturally occurring, edible polysaccharide found in brown algae. It is hydrophilic and forms a viscous gum when hydrated. When the alginic...

a species of extremophilic red algae that lives in acidic hot springs. It is the only unicellular species of red algae known to reproduce sexually. It...

Algophagy is a feeding behaviour whereby an animal eats algae as a food source. Algae is a group of photosynthetic organisms that mostly rely on aquatic...

brackish waters. It has a mutualistic endosymbiotic relationship with green algae called Zoochlorella. About 700 Chlorella cells live inside the protist's...

herbivorous, with a diet adapted to the algae Chlorodesmis fastigiata. It is lime green in colour, similar to that of the algae it selectively shelters in and...

Griffithsin is a protein isolated from the red algae Griffithsia. It has a 121-amino acid sequence which exhibits a Jacalin-like lectin fold. Several...

genus of green algae, in the family Coccomyxaceae. Its sole species is Lusitania henriquesii. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Lusitania". AlgaeBase. University...

green micro-algae, the species Tetraselmis convolutae, hosted under its epidermis. It is the photosynthetic activity of the micro-algae in hospite (in...

menhaden and sardine, various types of edible algae, or by taking supplemental forms of fish oil or algae oil. It is also found in human breast milk. Fish...

Maerl is a calcareous deposit, in the main, of two species, of calcareous algae Phymatolithon calcareum and Lithothamnion glaciale which form free-living...

defecate on the forest floor. It is symbiotically associated with green algae, that can provide it with a camouflage. Details of mating behavior and reproduction...

kleptoplastic photosynthesis via endosymbiosis with ingested yellow-green algae. Almost all aquatic animals reproduce in water, either oviparously or viviparously...

It is primarily an algae grazer, but it will feed on small invertebrates such as barnacle larvae. It uses its radula to scrape algae from rocks and, in...

Saccharina angustata is a species of brown algae (class Phaeophyceae), in the family Laminariaceae. It is native to the north Pacific and is edible and...

October 2021. Guiry, M.D. "Halimeda opuntia (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux". AlgaeBase. Retrieved 30 October 2021. "Halimeda opuntia (Linnaeus) J.V. Lamouroux:...

levels, which govern which types of algae are present, the blue-green algae Mastigocladus laminosus, or the eukaryotic algae Cyanidium caldarium. The unique...

An alga (plural algae) is a type of photosynthetic organism. Alga may also refer to: Alga, Burkina Faso Alga-Fulbé San Giorgio in Alga, an island of the...

effects of climate change on environment. Three species of freshwater red algae have been recorded from Clare Island: Batrachospermum atrum (Hudson) Harvey...

day and night. They graze near the substrate, and their diet includes algae, periphyton, and seagrass. Most collector urchins feed on seagrass fronds;...

Foraminifera and Radiolaria have a symbiotic relationship with unicellular algae. A multicellular form, Guttulinopsis vulgaris, a cellular slime mold, has...

and pop music. The band's name comes from Spirogyra, a genus of green algae which founder Jay Beckenstein had learned about in college. Saxophonist...

list the scientific names of fossil plants, algae, fungi, allied prokaryotic forms (formerly treated as algae and Cyanophyceae in particular), algal-related...

human-made objects in the presence of water, wherein microorganisms, plants, algae, or small animals accumulate on the objects' surfaces and impede their functionality...

plant diversity, and organismic topics which focus on plant groups such as algae, mosses or flowering plants. Agronomy – Application of plant science to...

Helicosporidium is a genus of colorless, pathogenic algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae of the green algae. It is a parasite found in the gut of insects, and...

aquatic environments and is the sister group to red algae and possibly Picozoa. While red algae have no flagellated stages and are generally photoautotrophic...

several species of brown algae (Phaeophyceae). Ectocarpene has a fruity scent and can be sensed by humans when millions of algae gametes swarm the seawater...

Phragmites australis. Although seaweeds, which are large multicellular marine algae, have similar ecological functions to aquatic plants such as seagrass, they...

Chara hornemannii is a species of charophyte, a green algae in the family Characeae. Typical of other members of the genus Chara, this alga is multicellular...

Amphiroa is a genus of thalloid red algae under the family Corallinaceae. Amphiroa was first described by Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux in 1812 with the...

Gracilaria chilensis (pelillo) is an agarophytic red algae from Pacific South America. It is edible and is the main cultivated seaweed in Chile. Guiry...

the activities of animals), the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN or ICNafp) for botany including those groups, the...

nEachach [ˌl̪ˠɔx ˈn̠ʲahəx], meaning "Eachaidh's lake". From 2023 blue-green algae has polluted the lough. With an area of 148 square miles (383 km2), it is...

closed ecological systems to date are based on an autotroph such as green algae. A closed ecological system for an entire planet is called an ecosphere...

vertebrates is explained to have occurred due to poisoning by toxins secreted by algae (events also known as harmful algal bloom). Geological and paleontological...

Growth and Calcification Rates of Three Species of Articulated Coralline Algae in British Columbia, Canada". Biological Bulletin. 226 (2): 121–130. doi:10...

species of fish, some pomacentrids encourage the growth of thick mats of algae within their territories, leading to the common name farmerfish. Most pomacentrids...

Halimeda discoidea is a species of calcareous green algae in the order Bryopsidales. It is commonly known as Money Plant due to its appearance and is...

Chaetonemopsis, cytology of Rhizoclonium and Cladophora algae of polluted waters, aerial algae, algae associated with Bryophytes etc. He participated in the...

from algae growth on the roof. Moss feeds on algae and any other debris on the roof. Some manufactures offer a 5- to 10-year warranty against algae growth...

is an order of green algae in the class Chlorophyceae. Algae in the order Chaetophorales consist of filamentous, branched algae. The thalli have two parts...

are most often composed of fungi, lichens, cyanobacteria, bryophytes, and algae in varying proportions. These organisms live in intimate association in...

history studies of marine algae. Recently she has worked on the systematics and biology of red algae including coralline algae, distribution and diversity...

a superclass of algae and colorless flagellates, most of which have plastids. They are traditionally considered a division of algae among phycologists...

Dunaliella salina is a type of halophilic, unicellular, green algae especially found in hypersaline environments, such as salt lakes and salt evaporation...

Haematococcus is a genus of algae in the family Haematococcaceae. It is a freshwater alga with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution, found from every continent...

through the water for over half a metre in an opened position, and then the algae are combed to the mouth opening with special setae (bristles) on the inner...

The Chlorophyceae, also known as chlorophycean algae, are one of the classes of green algae, within the phylum Chlorophyta. They are a large assemblage...

Rugulopteryx okamurae is a species of brown algae native to the temperate areas of the Northwest Pacific Ocean that has become invasive in the Mediterranean...

provide some of the needs of the other. A lichen consists of fungi and algae or cyanobacteria, with a bacterial microbiome; together, they are able to...

glandiforme, also known as sea sacs or sea grapes, is a species of red algae. It was first described to science by S. G. Gmelin in 1768, in what is arguably...

Key to the Genera of North American Algae is an influential early technical reference book on identification of algae in North America. It was written by...

species. These algae are able to survive under kissing gourami skin and appear as dark spots. Some hypotheses affirm that these algae communities receive...

is a herbivore that feeds on brown algae, but its close relative A. californica feeds almost exclusively on red algae. This difference in food sources likely...

Gracilaria, also known as Irish moss or ogonori, is a genus of red algae in the family Gracilariaceae. It is notable for its economic importance as an...

blue-green algae). Phycobiliproteins have fluorescent properties that are used in immunoassay kits. Phycocyanin is from the Greek phyco meaning "algae" and...

is very different from the anatomy and physiology of the fungus and/or algae and/or cyanobacteria that make up the lichen when growing apart from the...

increases of ROS production were also related to the growth phase of algae. In particular, algae in exponential growth were more toxic than those in the stationary...

Previously, he was founder and CEO of EcoViate. He is known for building Algae Mobile, a device that converts carbon dioxide emitted from a car into oxygen...

Periphyton is a complex mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems...

of the orders, families and genera in the class Phaeophyceae — the brown algae. Choristocarpus Zanardini 1860 Discosporangiumtite Falkenberg 1878 Diplura...

microgametes. Green algae can divide into more than two daughter cells. The exact number of daughter cells depends on the species of algae and is an effect...

X-inactivating gene, or that the Yh chromosome has an X-activating gene. Brown algae are a group of photosynthetic multicellular eukaryotes that belong to the...

The sea lettuces comprise the genus Ulva, a group of edible green algae that are widely distributed along the coasts of the world's oceans. The type species...

Chondracanthus chamissoi, commonly referred to as sea chicory, is a red algae species in the genus Chondracanthus. It is edible and has been consumed...

exclude certain eukaryotes with whom they share a common ancestor; but, like algae or invertebrates, the grouping is used for convenience. In some systems...

Haematococcus lacustris is a freshwater species of green algae Chlorophyta from the family Haematococcaceae. This species is well known for its high content...

C42H58O6. It is found as an accessory pigment in the chloroplasts of brown algae and most other heterokonts, giving them a brown or olive-green color. Fucoxanthin...

Tetraspores are red algae spores produced by the tetrasporophytic (diploid) phase in the life history of algae in the Rhodophyta as a result of meiosis...

Most amphipods are detritivores or scavengers, with some being grazers of algae, omnivores or predators of small insects and crustaceans. Food is grasped...

Douglas Hardy (1870 – 1958) was an Australian amateur collector of freshwater algae specimens. He worked as a draftsman and botanical officer for the Victorian...

Dicloster is a genus of green algae in the family Chlorellaceae, containing the sole species Dicloster acuatus. It is found in freshwater habitats as...

(Ceratogarra cambodgiensis), also known as stonelapping minnow or false Siamese algae eater, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Garra. It lives in Southeast...

Hydroclathrus clathratus is a species of brown algae, of the phylum Ochrophyta. It is a yellowish-brown net-like algae that can be found in almost every ocean...

non-photosynthesizing plants are heterotrophic. In contrast, green plants, red algae, brown algae, and cyanobacteria are all autotrophs, which use photosynthesis to...

marine botanist and phycologist, known for her extensive research on marine algae, particularly in tropical reef ecosystems, often in partnership with her...

Prototheca is a genus of algae in the family Chlorellaceae. While this genus is a green algae, their plastids no longer have chlorophyll and therefore...

afternoon, and a minimum at dawn. Kinds of algae growing in treatment ponds include green, red and brown algae. Vertical stratification including an aerobic...

caused by a combination of red sediments and the proliferation of pigmented algae adapted to saline environments, mainly the Dunaliella salina species. The...

species. Bluespine unicornfish are herbivores and feed on brown and red algae with coarse or leafy blades. Because it is one of a small number of species...

the two alternating multicellular phases in the life cycles of plants and algae. It is a diploid multicellular organism which produces asexual spores. This...

Oophila amblystomatis is a species of single-celled green algae known for its symbiotic relationship with the spotted salamander, Ambystoma maculatum...

Rhodophyceae – red algae Chloroplastida Chlorophyta – green algae (part) Ulvophyceae Trebouxiophyceae Chlorophyceae Chlorodendrales – green algae (part) Prasinophytae...

needed] The documented biota now includes phosphatized microfossils of algae, multicellular thallophytes (seaweeds), acritarchs, ciliates, and cyanophytes...

Rhodoglossum gigartinoides is a species of red algae, of the Gigartinaceae family. This algae is found primarily in marine waters of Australia and New...

chlorophyta (green algae). It is likely that most acritarch species from the Paleozoic represent various stages of the life cycle of algae that were ancestral...

capital, Dakar. It is named for its pink waters caused by Dunaliella salina algae and is known for its high salt content, up to 40% in some areas. Its colour...

relationship with single-celled dinoflagellates, with zooxanthellae, or with green algae, zoochlorellae, that live within the cells. Some species of sea anemone...

Nitella flexilis, the smooth stonewort, is a freshwater species of characean algae that is used as a model organism for its large cell size and relative ease...

longstanding interest in light-harvesting complexes in cyanobacteria and red algae called phycobilisomes. He had also spent more than 10 years working on the...

other algae by the presence of paramylon as a storage product and three membranes surrounding each chloroplast. Euglenophyceae are unicellular algae, protists...

Epilithic: Algae that grow on rocks Epipsammic: Algae that grow on (or within) sand Epiphytic: Algae that grow on macrophytes Epizooic: Algae that grow...

in the chloroplasts of red algae and glaucophytes. They were lost during the evolution of the chloroplasts of green algae and plants. Phycobilisomes are...

– 15 May 1866) was an Irish botanist and phycologist who specialised in algae. Harvey was born at Summerville near Limerick, Ireland, in 1811, the youngest...

engineered algae ponds to obtain specific water treatment goals. He developed the "high rate pond system" of shallow, mixed raceway ponds to maximize algae productivity...

Acanthophora spicifera is a species of marine red algae in the family Rhodomelaceae. The geographical distribution of Acanthophora spicifera includes:...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bostrychia (algae). Wehr, John D.; Robert G. Sheath (2002). Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification...

chlorophyll that gives plants their green color. All land plants and green algae possess two forms of this pigment: chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b. Kelps...

Synura is a genus of colonial chrysomonad algae covered with silica scales. Synura is characterized by its heterokont flagella, and is the most conspicuous...

Olisthodiscus is a genus of heterokont algae, present in marine or brackish waters. It is the only genus in the family Olisthodiscaceae, the order Olisthodiscales...

Ochromonadales is an order of single-celled algae belonging to the class Chrysophyceae, also known as golden algae. Initially it contained numerous groups...

Amphiroa beauvoisii is a species of thalloid red algae in the Corallinaceae family. It is widely distributed across the world, and can be found attached...

Eucocconeis depressa is a freshwater species of algae of in the genus Eucocconeis. Eucocconeis depressa occurs in Fennoscandia. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G...

toxic sponges in the family Chalinidae. However, they are also known to eat algae, seagrass, and other small creatures, such as sea slugs or sea snails. As...

Astrephomene is a genus of green algae in the family Goniaceae, order Chlamydomonadales. The genus was first discovered in 1937 by Mary Pocock and later...

Crustose is a habit of some types of algae and lichens in which the organism grows tightly appressed to a substrate, forming a biological layer. Crustose...

Algae is present in the water column and on the bed of the Snowy River. The water column algae is called phytoplankton, whereas the riverbed algae is...

alga found in a cold rivers. It is a member of the chrysophytes, or golden algae. H. foetidus is found in cold, fast flowing rivers typically during times...

Kappaphycus alvarezii, the elkhorn sea moss, is a species of red algae. The elkhorn sea moss varies in size, weight, and age. It is a dark greenish-brown...

species can change colour; some are covered with other organisms, such as algae or hydrozoa. In keeping with this camouflage, frogfishes typically move...

6 April 1922), was a phycologist who specialized in the study of marine algae and is noted for her work reordering the genus Halimeda. Ethel Sarel Barton...

classified as oogamous. A nonmotile female gamete formed in the oogonium of some algae, fungi, oomycetes, or bryophytes is an oosphere. When fertilized, the oosphere...

Scenedesmus is a genus of green algae, in the class Chlorophyceae. They are colonial and non-motile. They are one of the most common components of phytoplankton...

Black Creek Washington County North Carolina: A slithery, mucous-like algae known as "rock snot" is the latest in a long line of invasive species haranguing...

systems utilize algae in this way; in other types of systems, algae in the fish tank are considered a nuisance that needs to be controlled. Algae can release...

Algae fuel in the United States, as with other countries, is under study as a source of biofuel. The Aquatic Species Program launched in 1978 was research...

In botany and mycology, under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, other infraspecific ranks, such as variety, may be named...

common names include Yamato shrimp, Japanese shrimp, Amano shrimp, and algae shrimp. Caridina multidentata are freshwater shrimp in the family Atyidae...

endophytes known are bacteria or fungi, although there are also some endophytic algae and oomycetes. This list contains genera with endophytic species (but which...

algal, and botanical nomenclature, the family names of plants, fungi, and algae end with the suffix "-aceae", except for a small number of historic but...

made of small cubes of agar jelly, a white translucent jelly made from red algae. The agar is dissolved with water (or fruit juice such as apple juice) to...

milk in which kombu was an additive. It is also a source of dietary fiber. Algae including kombu also contain entire families of obscure enzymes that break...

Anisonemidae is a small family of euglenid algae, with two accepted genera. It is the only family in the order Anisonemida. The family consists of single-celled...

The synurids (order Synurales) are a small group of heterokont algae, found mostly in freshwater environments, characterized by cells covered in silica...

Dasycladus is a genus of green algae in the family Dasycladaceae. Dasycladus is a marine species. ":: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 2018-02-18...

is an extinct red algae from Australia. It is named after naturalist George Bennett. Vanvoorstia bennetiana was a small red algae. Like other members...

Otocinclus are popular aquarium fish, and they are often purchased as algae eaters. It is difficult to breed them in captivity, and mostly wild caught...

Vidalia is a tropical red algae genus in the family Rhodomelaceae. Vidalenolone is a phenolic compound that can be found in the genus Vidalia . Vidalia...

Compsopogonophyceae is a class of red algae. Joseph Seckbach; David J. Chapman (30 August 2010). Red Algae in the Genomic Age. Springer. pp. 35–. ISBN 978-90-481-3794-7...

comprising cuticle-like fossils. Some of its constituents likely represent red algae, whereas others resemble lichens. Nematothallus was first described by Lang...

for his work in the fields of barobiology, phycochemistry and taxonomy of algae. He spent most of his five decades' academic career at the University of...

Autospores are a type of spores that are produced by algae to enable asexual reproduction and spread. They are non-motile and non-flagellated aplanospores...

including green algae. It is widely believed that land plants evolved from a group of charophytes, most likely simple single-celled terrestrial algae similar...

coralline algae, which are a red algae whose cell walls contain calcareous deposits. Due to being very similar, the species of coralline algae Lithophyllum...

John Templeton (1766–1825) (algae). William Thompson (1805–1852) (algae). Sylvanus Wear (1858–1920) (vascular plants and algae) Coslett Herbert Waddell (1858–1919)...

below). These have unicellular algae as endosymbionts, from diverse lineages such as the green algae, red algae, golden algae, diatoms, and dinoflagellates...

Beggiatoa, as well as many other species of bacteria, cyanobacteria, and algae. The column provides numerous gradients, depending on additive nutrients...

red alga in the family Peyssonneliaceae Polysiphonia japonica, red hair algae, a species of alga in the family Rhodomelaceae Paralomis japonica, a species...

Navicula alaskana is a species of algae in the genus Navicula which occurs in Northern Alaska. "DiatomBase - Navicula alaskana Patrick & Freese, 1961"...

green hydra due to its coloration, which is due to the symbiotic green algae Chlorella vulgaris which live within its body. Recent genomic research has...

Monomastix is a genus of green algae in the class Mamiellophyceae. It is the only genus in the family Monomastigaceae, which in turn is the only family...

clarify its classification. The International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) provides the rules for botanical names, including...

tissues, they cannot become as tall as most vascular plants. Algae, especially green algae. The algae consist of several unrelated groups. Only the groups included...

Ulothrix aequalis is a species of green algae. It is a freshwater species, typically found in running waters. It has been reported from Europe, the Americas...

climates between 30°S and 30°N. They are known for farming monocultures of algae such as cyanophores and rhodophytes. Stegastes nigricans was first described...

Tetraspora gelatinosa is a species of green algae. It is a cosmopolitan species found in freshwater. T. gelatinosa was first described by Swiss botanist...

Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. He was also Curator of Algae of the University of Michigan Herbarium. His field work involved collecting...

organic agro-inputs. Rhizobium, Azotobacter, Azospirillum and blue-green algae (BGA) are perhaps the species with the longest history of use as biofertilizers...

biofuel can be produced from plant or animal sources such as Jatropha, algae, tallows, waste oils, palm oil, Babassu, and Camelina (bio-SPK); from solid...

Sinosabellidites huainanensis is a species of Early Neoproterozoic algae, within the Huainan biota. When described, its worm-like shape and annulated...

Gracilaria debilis is an agarophytic red algae. Its scientific name derives from the Latin word meaning "weak". It is cultivated for industrial and nutraceutical...

times independently in different groups of eukaryotes, including protists, algae, plants, and animals. The evolution of anisogamy is synonymous with the...

a long-chain sulfated polysaccharide found in various species of brown algae, such as seaweed, and in marine invertebrates. Fucoidan occurs in the cell...

around 40,000 varieties of fungi, and hundreds of species of protists, algae, mosses, and liverworts that live some part of their life cycle as aeroplankton...

beachcomber and amateur phycologist who made many important collections of marine algae specimens. Amelia Warren Rogers was born 14 January 1768 in Pilton, Devon...

tannins found in brown algae such as kelps and rockweeds or sargassacean species, and in a lower amount also in some red algae. Contrary to hydrolysable...

every available food resource at Devils Hole, including beetles, snails, algae, and freshwater crustaceans, with diet varying throughout the year. It is...

Staurastrum is a large genus of desmids (Desmidiaceae), a group of green algae closely related to the land plants (Embryophyta). Members of this genus...

The Swan River Trust monitors the levels of nutrients and growth of the algae, issuing warnings and closing sections of the river to all activities. The...

for large-scale production of algae for conversion into diesel and aviation fuel. Its products provide a hybrid algae cultivation system alternative...

was a French biologist and naturalist, noted for his seminal work with algae. Lamouroux was born in Agen in the Aquitaine of southwestern France, the...

and translucent, and grows attached, without a stipe, to rocks or other algae by a small disc-shaped holdfast. Green to dark green in colour, this species...

hypochlorite based softwashing chemicals) are used to remove mildew, bacteria, algae and other organic stains from roofs and other building exteriors. It is...

Westella is a genus of green algae in the family Scenedesmaceae, containing the sole species Westella botryoides. The species has a cosmopolitan distribution...

водоросли пограничных слоев докембрия и кембрия сибирской платформы [Calcareous algae of the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary deposits of the Siberian platform]...

and is readily found in Cyanobacteria (also called blue-green algae), and red algae. Phycobilin pigments have fluorescent properties that are used in...

6,6'-Bieckol is an eckol-type phlorotannin found in the brown algae Ecklonia cava and Ecklonia stolonifera. Artan, M.; Li, Y.; Karadeniz, F.; Lee, S....

Porphyran is a sulfated carbohydrate derived from red algae of the genus Porphyra. Porphyran is a complex sulfated carbohydrate. It is a highly substituted...

perforate, containing a germ pore, a trait present only in the modern red algae and fungi. The similarity of these tubes to structures in the early plant...

Pedinophyceae is a class of green algae in the division Chlorophyta. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Pedinophyceae". AlgaeBase. University of Galway. v t e...

species of algae. The relative abundance of nitrogen and phosphorus can in effect determine which species of algae come to dominate. Algae are a very...

Trichophilus is a genus of green algae. Trichophilus welckeri is found growing in the fur of certain sloth species and is believed to provide them with...

grexes. All organisms traditionally considered to be plants (including algae and fungi) are included. Taxa that receive a name under the ICNCP will also...

Vaucheria is a genus of Xanthophyceae or yellow-green algae known as water felt. It is one of only two genera in the family Vaucheriaceae. The type species...

nearly any organic biomass: food waste, yard waste, spent brewery grain, algae, milfoil, corn silage, etc. AGATE can handle both fresh and wet feedstock...

glandiforme, another seaweed unrelated to Caulerpa Valonia ventricosa, an algae and one of the largest known unicellular organisms Molgula manhattensis...

web dynamics are impacted by Sargassum because of the extra nutrients and algae in the water that change natural feeding behaviors of herbivorous shallow-water...

lake which bathers rub on themselves. The water is also rich in salts and algae. The water temperature in the bathing and swimming area of the lagoon averages...

Biological hydrogen can be produced in an algae bioreactor. In the late 1990s it was discovered that if the algae are deprived of sulfur it will switch from...

Scenedesmaceae is a family of green algae in the order Sphaeropleales. Scenedesmus algae are commonly found in freshwater plankton. The former family Coelastraceae...

Diego–based American energy company that aimed to produce crude oil with algae. Sapphire Energy was founded in 2007. The company was headquartered in San...

of an algae-based replacement for gasoline and jet fuel, and was unveiled in front of San Francisco's City Hall on September 8, 2008. The algae was provided...

"farming" of aquatic animals, plants and algae Pisciculture, the breeding of fish Algaculture, the breeding of algae, particularly seaweeds Tillage, the cultivation...

colpodellids, phagotrophic predators, and the chromerids, photosynthetic algae that live as symbionts of corals. These groups were independently discovered...

Dasycladalean algae, resembling but probably not closely related to the Receptaculitids. Beadle, S. C. (1991). "Cyclocrinitids". Calcareous Algae and Stromatolites...

the oceans favored photoautotrophs capable of nitrogen fixation. Green algae joined blue-greens as major primary producers on continental shelves near...

Gelidium is a genus of thalloid red algae comprising 134 species. Its members are known by a number of common names. Specimens can reach around 2–40 cm...

that carry over to a second season from the initial spring fishery. Toxic algae have caused the lake to be closed to all access on multiple occasions. The...

are a family of green algae, and the only family in the order Trentepohliales. It is a member of the Ulvophyceaen green algae. The family is characterized...

Tetraedron is a genus of green algae in the family Hydrodictyaceae. It may also be spelled as Tetraëdron. Tetraedron consists of single, free-floating...

Volvox aureus is a species of colonial green algae in the family Volvocaceae. It is a freshwater alga with a cosmopolitan distribution, and is probably...

Most of the algae growth occurs at an optimum pH,  between 8.2 - 8.7. pH level that is neutral or lower can help to reduce the growth of algae. Potential...

Udotea is a genus of green algae in the family Udoteaceae. Udoteaceae are generally described based on vegetative characters of fully-developed thalli...

is a species of green algae in the family Ulvaceae. The species prefers eutrophic environments. "Ulva rigida C.Agardh :: AlgaeBase". www.algaebase.org...

Watanabea is a genus of microscopic green algae in the family Watanabeaceae. It is widespread in terrestrial and freshwater habitats, including as a photobiont...

coffee. Green algae in rivers and streams often lend a blue-green color. The Red Sea has occasional blooms of red Trichodesmium erythraeum algae.[citation...

forming a long conspicuous midrib, all other large and unbranched brown algae to be found in the British Isles are without a mid-rib. The lamina is thin...

(also rhodolith) is a collective name for non-geniculate coralline red algae with a certain growth habit. Maerl grows at a rate of c. 1 mm per year....

phycologist who researched the structure, cytology, reproduction and taxonomy of algae. He is known as the "father of Indian phycology" or "father of algology...

(syns. Cystoseira amentacea, Carpodesmia amentacea) is a large marine brown algae. Ericaria amentacea occurs in the Azores and the western Mediterranean Sea...

also encompass animals that eat non-vascular autotrophs such as mosses, algae and lichens, but do not include those feeding on decomposed plant matters...

Galaxaura barbata is a species of Pacific marine algae belonging to the family Galaxauraceae. It is a critically endangered plant. It was located at Post...

Acetabularia is a genus of green algae in the family Polyphysaceae. Typically found in subtropical waters, Acetabularia is a single-celled organism, but...

March 1899) was an American phycologist, whose significant collection of algae specimens was ultimately donated to the United States National Herbarium...

Chaetosphaeridiales is an order of green algae. Leliaert, Frederik; Verbruggen, Heroen; Zechman, Frederick W. (2011). "Into the deep: New discoveries...

whether a particular species is paleoendemic or neoendemic. Golden algae Spiny golden algae (Mallomonas sp.) Gymnosperms Fraser's fir (Abies frasieri) Florida...

is very unusual in land plants, unique to hornworts, but is common among algae. They are also the only group of land plants where flavonoids are completely...

are photosynthesizers, and would have been important in the shale. Red algae are found in the shale, with three genera being known. This section documents...

Atractomorpha is a genus in the Sphaeropleaceae, a family of green algae. The genus name is derived from Greek and means "spindle-shaped" or "arrow-shaped"...

Floridean starch is a type of storage glucan found in glaucophytes and in red algae (or rhodophytes), in which it is usually the primary sink for fixed carbon...