Or have you noticed how the walls of a fish tank sometimes turn green and slimy? These are all examples of algae—but there is a lot more to the algae story! On the right side of the cover, it is ...

For example, excessive growth of cyanobacteria, also called blue green algae, in water bodies causes harmful algal blooms. These algal blooms pose severe health risks to the users of these drinking ...

For example, the Man'yōshū, a 1,200-year-old collection of ... On the other side of the world, the Aztec peoples, who lived in what is now Central Mexico, harvested blue-green algae from the surface ...

Take veggie burgers, for example. For anyone not paying attention ... Babies won’t be dining on bottles of green algae anytime soon. Rather, the protein would be produced as an ingredient ...

Blue-green algae is known to emit toxins which can cause skin irritation in humans, or stomach upsets if a lot of affected water is ingested while swimming, for example. And it is known to be ...

In addition, the algae regulate ... for example in the production of sustainable biofuels. More information: Trang Vuong et al, Metamorphosis of a unicellular green alga in the presence of acetate ...