algae
Algae encompass a vast and diverse group of photosynthetic organisms, ranging from single-celled microalgae to large multicellular seaweeds, that are distinct from land plants but share the ability to harness light for energy. Because algae represent the evolutionary lineage from which land plants emerged, studying them offers critical insights into the origins of photosynthesis, cell wall structures, and multicellularity in the plant kingdom. Research into algae also informs comparative studies on stress tolerance, growth mechanisms, and adaptation strategies that parallel and illuminate broader plant biology.
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Defatted biomass of the green microalga Chlorella sp. as a sustaina...
If you grow vegetables in raised beds amended with recycled materials, this research points towar...
Algae's photosynthesis tricks could help crops grow faster and make...
The green pond scum in your birdbath runs a built-in CO2 pump that leafy garden plants never evol...
Two algae species teamed up to erase dye pollution
The green scum you might skim off a backyard pond or rain barrel is actually a tiny chemical fact...
Your algae supplement might carry hidden toxins from blue-green algae
If you or someone in your household takes Spirulina or Chlorella capsules for a health boost, thi...
Latent endogenous giant viruses drive active infection and inherita...
Seaweeds blanketing rocky shorelines and kelp forests are quietly harboring sleeping viruses that...
Land plants' algal relatives evolved complexity in surprising loops...
Every moss cushion on a shaded rock and every fern unfurling in spring is the product of evolutio...
Gene-edited pond algae could become cheaper, tastier protein for fu...
The green scum in your birdbath and garden pond is kin to microalgae that researchers are now edi...
The algal homolog of the plant CER1 and CER3 proteins is a bifuncti...
The silvery bloom on a blueberry and the water-sheeting surface of a nasturtium leaf are relics o...
Kelp uses two separate chemical tricks to make hydrocarbons
The kelp and seaweed you might spot on a coastal walk are running a biochemical trick found nowhe...
Ancient pond alga already had a plant stress-signaling toolkit
The scraggly green stonewort in a pond edge or aquarium carries the same phosphorus-handling sign...
Algae-bacteria clumps could clean sewage without power-hungry aeration
The pond scum you'd normally skim off a rain barrel turns out to be part of a self-organizing tea...
Red alga genes work the same wherever scientists insert them
The ancient red algae living in hot volcanic springs are distant cousins of the plants in your ga...
