A new study led by Harvard biologists describes how some sea slugs consume algae and incorporate their photosynthetic ...

Since eukaryotic algae (Archaeplastids) arose after the last eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA), the discovery of Qingshania, if truly algal in nature, further supports the early appearance of LECA ...

Evolutionary Journey: The Ancient Roots of Nitrogen Fixation in Eukaryotic Algae Proteins destined for the mitochondria or chloroplasts, or for the chromatophore of the amoeba, Paulinella ...

The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology publishes original research on protists, including lower algae and fungi. Articles are published covering all aspects of these organisms, including their ...

From 2018 to 2023, 42 dogs and 158 humans in California were sickened by harmful algal blooms.. According to the U.S. National Office for Harmful Algae Blooms, cyanobacteria has been documented in ...

Research reported in Science has now shown that a eukaryotic algae carries an organelle capable of fixing nitrogen, changing what we thought about organisms that can perform this conversion. The ...

Complex multicellularity evolved independently in various eukaryotic lineages, including animals, plants, fungi, and algae. This evolutionary leap of going from one to many requires organisms to ...

In recent years, Precambrian lifeforms have generated an ever-increasing interest because they revealed a rich eukaryotic diversity prior to the Cambrian explosion of modern animals.

These tanks of photosynthetic algae could provide a source of cleaner air in cities where there is no space for trees to be planted. The "liquid tree" in Belgrade, Serbia.

The researchers put four types of microorganism, including algae, into a battery-like device filled with seawater. The microorganisms converted sunlight to sugar and then used the sugar to produce ...

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Amid climate uncertainty, curators at the Bigelow National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota are hopeful that if there's a bright spot, it's hidden below the ocean's surface.