Cyanobacteria thrive in warm, sunny lakes and ponds that contain excess nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients derived from fertiliser, manure and sewage. When conditions are right, cyanobacteria multiply ...

First a river ran blood red. Now Argentina's beloved giant rodent, the capybara, has been coated in Hulk-green slime as ...

Lakes, natural and man-made, provide water, food and habitats for wildlife, as well as supporting local economies. Around the world, though, there's a growing threat to lakes: toxic bacteria which ...

hydrogen-producing green algae under different ... A green alga that grows in lakes and rivers could be the next "superfood"—helping scientists to tackle global food security challenges while ...

When María del Carmen Muñoz-Marín, one of the study's authors, looked at Prochlorococcus under a microscope ... nanotubes have been identified in cyanobacteria, which share nutrients and ...

POTSDAM, N.Y., Jan. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A research team at Clarkson University recently published a study about a plant based alternative to traditional chemical methods of combating Harmful ...

Their recent study demonstrates* that the fossil remains of diatoms (a type of algae) can efficiently remove ... due to the textile industry: methylene blue and methyl orange.

Alison Lee, Agriculture Victoria Principal Veterinary Officer – Small Ruminants, said Blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, are bacteria that can multiply rapidly under certain conditions.

When cyanobacteria proliferate out of control, they can form clouds of green algae called cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms, or cyanoHABs. Some types of cyanobacteria produce toxins, and so ...

It also grows a type of bacteria called Arthospira, also known as blue-green algae, as it shares similar properties with microalgae. When dried out it is known as spirulina and is used as a ...