Brown algae is a common problem in many fish tanks, especially those that have been recently set up. ... They are instead diatoms or single-celled algae that have walls made of silica.

Brown algae provide another example of a phylotypic stage of development. ... It is now also possible to use data from single-cell gene-expression studies to trace hourglass patterns 12.

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biology, Germany, have discovered a conserved developmental pattern known as the hourglass model in brown algae, providing more evidence that the ...

More information: France Denoeud et al, Evolutionary genomics of the emergence of brown algae as key components of coastal ...

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Covering over 70% of Earth's surface, the oceans are home to countless life forms that maintain ecological balance and support human well-being ...

Single-celled algae and marine bacteria live in a complex but largely unexplored relationship. Now, a new study shows that the surface of diatoms is a surprisingly diverse habitat for bacteria. A ...

Compartments of consistently sized, tightly packed microspheres are what makes some brown algae shimmer like opal. The Kobe University discovery not only sheds light on the mechanism behind the ...

The silica shells of single-celled marine algae known as diatoms may have evolved to capture wavelengths of light found in the Sun’s spectrum. This finding, from researchers at McGill University in ...

Now, scientists at the University of Tokyo have made what might be the smallest version ever, designing microscopic vehicles that can be pulled by single-celled algae. On their own, single cells ...

An international research team led by James Umen, PhD, member, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center has made an unexpected discovery of a biased counting mechanism used by the single-celled green alga ...